
The society bustled with unique personalities, strangers with a vast array of motives and shapes. Many a creature, even another Oovi-Kat, might be afraid in that situation-but not Neeko.

When Neeko emerged from the ship into the city, it was a strange and unfamiliar new world. She felt only scattered, sad echoes in response, and images of towering, dead trees that lay somewhere over a fragile horizon… Neeko rested where she could, calling out into the spirit realm for her lost tribe. With the last of her strength, she crept aboard what turned out to be a mercantile vessel destined for Harelport. She could hear voices carrying over the waves, and so she swam toward the strange structure. She clung to driftwood, entirely at the mercy of the currents, until an odd silhouette rose into view. She clumsily took the form of a bird, and fled the smoldering destruction, feeling the screams of her people fading into the ethereal gulf between realms.ĭays later, desperate and exhausted, Neeko plummeted into the sea. Thanks to the quick thinking and self-sacrifice of the Oovi-Kat elders, Neeko escaped the death of her homeland.

Her inquisitive nature knew no bounds, and she was pure and innocent in her charmed existence.īut it was not to last. She developed a fondness for games, hiding trinkets and thoughts to see if others could find them. No secrets existed between the Oovi-Kat, but few were as curious, resilient, or energetic as young Neeko.

Their harmonious society blended seamlessly with the spirit realm, so that their sho’ma-their spiritual essence-could intermingle with other beings through mere proximity, and even help them mimic other physical forms. The Oovi-Kat were peaceful beings, of unrivaled potential. They were called the Oovi-Kat, and could trace their lineage generation by generation back to the legendary Vastayashai’rei-the ancestors of all vastaya. Neeko was born on a remote and largely unknown island, far to the east, where the last members of an ancient vastayan tribe remained isolated from the rest of the world.
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No one is ever sure where-or who-Neeko might be, but those who intend to do her harm will soon witness her true colors revealed, and feel the full power of her primordial spirit magic unleashed upon them. Hailing from a long lost tribe of vastaya, Neeko can blend into any crowd by borrowing the appearances of others, even absorbing something of their emotional state to tell friend from foe in an instant.
