Username // patooi
Name // Mei, meaning beautiful in Chinese
Gender // Female
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxclick for full sizeItems // Mei wears a big wooden beaded necklace around her neck and a dimly lit paper lantern wrapped around the end of her tail with some string. Both items were passed down, generation-to-generation in her family. The necklace was made out of dark oak that was cut and polished into perfect little spheres, and strung together by a thick string. It was almost unscathed, a few scratches here and there but that was to be expected from such an old item.
The paper lantern was her most important possession. Mei was basically a nomad who brought her beliefs with her on her journeys, gathering other viscets to join and learn about her ideology. She would usually travel at night, hence why she would carry the lantern. As she would mostly roam around the same area, most viscets knew when she would be at their village, ready to speak about her ancestors and beliefs.
Extra // History of the Lantern
The lantern dates back to the 1700s- it was a bit dirty and scratched up- nevertheless, it got fixed every time it was ripped.
Mei's great-great-great-great grandfather had made the item for his tribe, the Huo (火), the lantern itself was made out of very thinly chopped bamboo stained red with berries, gold, and tied off with horse hairs. They were a nomadic bunch of viscets that took care of the lantern as if it was a viscling. The leader of the tribe (at the time, Mei's great-great-great-great grandfather), would lead the pack with the lantern tied to their tail.
Other viscets would join the group if they see them. The telltale lantern was a great indicator of strength, love and
home. One look at it will have an outsider viscet begging to join the group.
The Huo accepted almost every single viscet. They knew if one may be evil or wrongdoing, they just
knew.The pack became somewhat famous in the region of China, the numbers of the Tribe were growing at a pretty quick rate. They would frequently cross through villages where viscets would be watching outside their doorstep, happy and cheering, the leader in front carrying the lantern. It basically became a tradition.
Fast forward to the modern era, where Mei now carries the lantern. It doesn't hold as much of a significance, as the Tribe numbers have dwindled as more advanced technology and housing became available. Though, Mei was still nomadic, still carrying the lantern, and let all bypassing viscets know that the Huo will not be forgotten.