Jamaa Before Settlement

History of Jamaa.

Chapter 1: Ice Age
Monkeys. That's the only species in our world right now. I'm Wa. The land is filled with ice. Every step we take is over a cold, freezing sleet of ice. To describe it, it's much colder than water. It's like walking over glacial wind, surprising you even when you know it's there, below you. But somehow it manages to use the element of surprise every time. But it's never boring. It's awful.

Monkeys are the only creatures here in our continent. Monkeys aren't like the tigers of the west. The tigers of the west have a polytheistic pantheon. One thing similar is both monkeys and the cats of the land of fire is they both have temples. Yes, temples. Covered in frost and snow. Monkeys believe in two gods- Zos and Mer. Zos is the god of the sun, and his wife is Mer, goddess of the moon. We're different from other monkeys.

The apes are large and there land is in a jungle, full of grass, with rain, food, everything. Not too cold like our continent yet not too hot like the west. The apes are polytheistic, too. They are very kind. We have trades with them. Nothing grows in these cold waters. They send us fruit, but we do not negotiate with the tigers.

The tigers call our Zos Zios and our Mer Mira. And even bigger a disgrace- Mira isn't married to Zios. Mira has a sister named Anima, goddess of the sea and it was her married to Zos. But then the evil Zar and Zod, the twin brothers of Zios, kidnapped Anima to be their bride, and Zios, having the gift of foresight, saw Anima would be freed if he married Mira. Mira was unsure that it's what her sister would want but did it.