Sensali
The Sensali are one of the two tengu tribes, alongside the Angchu, who originate from Shing Jea Island in Cantha. Unlike their Angchu counterparts, due to the brave acts of the priestess Shinota[1], they have managed to keep their territories in Shing Jea.
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
After the Jade Wind necessitated further human settlement of Shing Jea Island, the tribe massacred an entire village and, according to rumor, ate the corpses. It was not possible to prevent the Sensali from attacking the Canthan Empire of the Dragon, which resulted in a hatred between the Angchu and Sensali that was only surpassed by their mutual hatred of the mountain yeti.[2][3]
The Tengu Wars would rage for almost two centuries, and it was not until early in the reign of Emperor Kisu that it looked like peace may be a possibility. The emperor's half-brother and Master of Shing Jea Monastery, Togo, was called to the estate of War Minister Wona for a peace summit with the leaders of the Angchu and Sensali, among them Talon Silverwing, Gull Hookbeak, and Swift Honorclaw. However, the summit was a trap set up by Wona who intended to kill Togo and pin the blame on the tengu, creating the pretext for genocide. Togo and Talon Silverwing managed to fight their way out and put Wona down, but the damage to human-Sensali relations was permanent.[4]
Guild Wars Factions[edit]
Winds of Change[edit]
In 1080 AE, the Empire of the Dragon experienced a surge of nationalism in the wake of the return of Shiro Tagachi and his plague. After routing the Am Fah and Jade Brotherhood street gangs, the newly-formed Ministry of Purity led by Reiko Murakami turned their sights on the tengu that lived on the mainland, in Drowned Kaineng. The conflict soon spilled over onto Shing Jea Island, and peace with the Angchu finally broke down when Ministry guards witnessed Ryun Grayfeather of the Angchu defending Tsumei Village against Sensali raiders. The guards believed Grayfeather and the Sensali to be working together and killed him. Later that year, a group of Angchu led by Soar Honorclaw joined forces with the Hero of Nightfall and various human factions, including surviving members of the Am Fah and the Jade Brotherhood, to assassinate Reiko to end the Ministry's tyranny; however, the minister's death would only give the persecuted groups a temporary reprieve.
Interim years[edit]
When the Elder Dragon Zhaitan awoke in 1219 AE in an event the tengu call the Great Tsunami, the tengu of the world saw it as a sign to return to Tyria.[5] A descendant of Talon Silverwing led the charge through Zhaitan's Risen forces a hundred years ago, and many tengu clans of Cantha, Elona and Tyria, including some of the Sensali, united forces to found a sanctuary at Sanctum Cay.[6][7] They established four great houses to govern their new home.
Some Angchu and Sensali opted to stay behind in their homeland rather than follow Talon Silverwing's descendant north, however, and continued hiding from the Ministry of Purity. After the Ministry fell from power in the decades following the Great Tsunami, the Kestrels stuck around as a peacekeeping group in Echovald while protecting both human and tengu villages there from any threats.[8]
End of Dragons[edit]
Known settlements[edit]
Members[edit]
- See also: Category:Sensali
References[edit]
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