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Herba is the Traveller, who chose the family of Lanrea. Herba always loved fresh grass and an aroma of recently ripped strawberries. It is told, that the Traveller Herba was always wearing a crown made out of blooms of dandelions. When she had time, she tried to spend it in the gardens, growing new herbs, fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers. So, it is not a surprise, that when the time to give a gift for one of the ruling families came, she chose a power of Mekar. This power is known as a Power of Blooming. It will help people of the Island to have gardens, which will bloom for eternaty. The Goddess understood, that hungry people are usually angry people. So, if they will never have to face crop failures, they will live in peace.
It is not so easy to find a power of Mekar inside your heart. As always, first of all has to come knowledge about the flora, then a person can try to find a mystical energy in their hearts, which makes their hands the most powerful measure to help to grow plants even in the sand. House of Lanrea understands their hands as the most improtant and the only one weapon they can use. Their hands can grow food and that is why nobody of house of Lanrea will ever take a real weapon in their hands like a sword. Heavy and sharp things may cut through their skin and then the mystical energy will fade from their body together with the tiny and only one drop of blood. Maybe for this reason most of the members of house of Lanrea are wearing gloves. They are known to have the most soft hands of all.
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Levels of Mekar:
1 - 5 level: First of all, person has to learn gardening to at least lvl 5. She or he has to work in the gardens almost since the day they learn how to walk, trying to get as much knowledge as possible. When the time comes, the hands of a person start glowing in silver and that person can grow a plant even in barren. Then Lanrea has to find more experianced member of his family to taught him how to control the power. During this period, usually person can help grow single plants or help a few sere plants to bloom again.
6 - 7 level: Person reaches this level of the gift, when he becomes a part of the rituals. There are a few types of rituals: Ritual of the Sun, Ritual of the Rain. Three members of the family, who have not lower than level 6 of power of Mekar are needed for each ritual. Each ritual has a very hard traditional dance. During this dance three memebers of the family connect their powers and send a bright and good energy, bringing sun or the rain over their crops. While on 6th level, the weather can be changed just over a specific small teritory. The more powerful participants – weather can be changed in the more wider area.
10 - 11 level:
12 level: It is told, that just the leader of the family reaches this level and he shares his knowledge just with his oldest son or daughter, who has the power too. After all, there is just one Map of the World. It is told, that the Traveller Herba gave a map of the whole world for the leader of the house of Lanrea. The map is magical, because when a soft hand of Lanrea touches a specific region, he can see the chosen land as if looking to it through the window. He becomes so close to the area as if he would be there. Then without any rituals, he can change weather, saving the lands from crop failure, or sending one.
There are a few rumors in the Island, that there was one crazy leader, who understood himself as the God and allowed himself to judge people of any region, bringing floods and droughts because of the wrong behaviour. Of course, the map was not seen by anyone, even the Senate of the Island never saw it. It is told, that if the wrong eye will look at the map, it‘s power will fade. So, just a leader and his heir are allowed to use the map. Though, there is one old blind man, who tells a story, that he saw the Map of The World, which was made out of glass. He tries to convince everyone, that he became blind the moment he saw the map. People barely believe in him, but his blindness is really a curse, because even the memebers of the house of Clague can‘t heal it.
The flaw of the gift: The power of Mekar concentrates in the hands of a gifted person. This is the reason, why members of house of Lanrea, who find that gift in their hearts, have the most soft hands, which look as if would be glinting in silver. However, even the tiniest cut in their hands will make that power fade away with a tiny drop of blood.
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Wanted:
AMADI LANREA (m) - 63 years old. Gifted. Protector. Widower.
SIMISOLA LANREA (f) - 31 years old. Daughter of Amadi. Married. Not gifted.
TEMITON LANREA (m) - 25 years old. Husband of Simisola. Not gifted, because he came from a different family.
IGE LANREA (f) - 26 years old. Daughter of Amadi. Married. Gifted.
ENITAN LANREA (m) - 18 years old. Husband of Ige. Not gifted, because he came from a different family.
IDOWU LANREA (m) - 24 years old. Son of Amadi. Gifted. Unmarried.
KAYODE LANREA (m) - 22 years old. Son of Amadi. Gifted. Unmarried.
LEKAN LANREA (m) - 20 years old. Son of Amadi. Not gifted. Unmarried.
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