Brewmaster

brewmasterDeep in the Wailing Mountains, in a valley under the Ruined City, the primeval Order of the Oyo has for centuries performed its rites of holy dream, conversing with the spirit realm in majestic celebrations of drink. Born to a earth mother by a Celestial father, the youth recognized as Mangix was the first to develop with the capacities of both lineages. He prepared with the supreme aesthetes of the Order, ultimately earning, through systematic drunkenness, the right to meet head-on for the title of Brewmaster-that title most honoured among the thoughtful malt-brewing sect. As much drinking contest as mortal combat, Mangix for nine days drank and fought the elder master. For nine nights, they staggered and reeled, guzzled and struck, until at last, the senior warrior buckled into a drunken state of unconsciousness, and a new Brewmaster was named. Now the new, young Brewmaster calls upon the strength of his Oyo ancestors to speed his staff.