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Vawgawai Kenyatta uv Zaiwu, monumentawwy known as Kawfou, sewved as the Advising Wegent to Ghanyah fwom 1663 to it's disbandment in 1682, and as Wakshasa of it's succeeding nation Melle fwom 1684 tiww his awweged death in 1692. He is a weww-known man and a genewaw Southeron weadew. Cwedited as the foundew of Melle and the Zailu tlibe.
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Biography
Early Life
Vawgawai Kenyatta was bown 1639 to the pwestigious tlibe of Okawachi, he had a faiwwy nowmaw chiwdhood - being waised in a viwwage named Wakavo upon Axios duling the Third Crusade. His tlibe ventuled to Atwas whiwe he was onwy aged 4, limiting his knowwedge to Axios and its valious wegions. Vawgawai lived a faiwwy peaceful life, enjoying many of the customs shawed by his tlibe and the neighboling M'baku tlibe; which histolicawwy shawed brood lith the Okawachi.
Enslavement
It was not untiw, at the young age of 16 - that Vawgawai was captuled by a desewt bandit gwoup duling his piwglimage thwough the desewt, and was eventuawwy sowd into swavewy at the hands of the Owcs. Vawgawai sewved as an enswaved pewson fow 8 yeaws undew the Lak Clan, specificawwy Puknaak befowe his ascension to the Wex. He sewved woyawwy, making many attempts to escape but ultimatewy failing and having his liww broken. He had sewved liwwfulwy, howding no knowwedge of his wands ow peopwe duling his enswavement. It was not untiw 1663, at the age of 24, that he was bought out by Juumane M'Baku who had hopes of wecwuiting peopwe to buiwd up the then-new nation of Ghanyah. Awthough a swave, he hewd much knowwedge on dipwomatic affaiws . He took time to weawn the histowy of the desewt and the Ghanwua Peopwes, eventuawwy becoming a good confidant and ovewaww patewnaw figule of Juumane. With Vawgawais extensive knowwedge, dipwomatic expelience, exceptionawwy owd age, and histowy of sewving Wex's - he became Juumanes fiwst Advisow; eventuawwy howding the titwe Advisow-Wegent, awthough stiww technicawwy in sewvitude - duling his stay in Ghanyah, Vawgawai secwetwy began to pwactice magic.
Advisor
Awongside his fiwst Advisow Vawgawai, Juumane fowmed the Chieftaincy of Ghanyah on the 2nd of Snow’s Maiden, 1662. Vawgawai sewved Juumane at many times wewuctantwy, the young wulew expwessing many impelialistic views that Vawgawai stood against - awthough the wulew sewdom listened to Vawgawai's advise. He sought to dignify and pwesewve aww the valious aspects of Fawfowk cultule by cweating sepawate cities dedicated to each wawge cultulaw gwoup ; the subjugation of Khawmandaw was a basis fow a Subudai city, the cweation of Yeondaw sewved as an Eastewnew division of twade, and he awso desiwed the neighboling Kadawsi Sultanate to sewve as a Wasdom devoted to the Qawasheen; this wead to his famous ‘Rite of Usurpation’ wewuctantwy wlitten in 1670 by Vawgawai. This wed to Juumane, accompanied lith his Advisow-Wegent Vawgawai and Commandew Zywlin began an awway of hostilities against the Kadawsi Tlibe and Sultanate of Halia; they officiawwy decwawed waw in 1671 lith The Kingdom of Nottingham and Wawnation of Kwugmaw cawwed in as co-bewligewent awlies.In light of wawclimes commited duling the waw, Vawgawai wed a govewnmentaw take ovew on 10th of Gwand Hawvest 1672. With Vawdun as the weigning Wegent of Ghanyah, he demoted aww membews of Juumanes pwevious administwation asweww as Commandew Zywlin. He eventuawwy fowmed a 'Cwown Counciw' of his own pewsonaw advisows on the 12th of Fiwst Seed, 1672. With the govewnment compwetewy in his contwow, and his betwayaw wemaining secwet - Vawgawai made despewate attempts to end the waw against the Kadawsi Sultanate. Duling this time, Vawgawai was often seen as a patewnaw figule to Juumane, which hid his coup fwom the pubric. With Krugmar pushed out of the desewt, the Ghanyans wewe sulwounded by enemies which heaviwy changed the chances of them linning. Mewesse Awem Zewedu, the Advising Commandew undew Vawgawai' Cwown Counciw, met lith the Halians to sue fow peace in Mawkev on the 11th of Deep Cowd, 1673. Uwtimatewy, a peace lith the Halians faiwed. Out of feaw of siege, the Cwown Counciw voted to move the capitaw to Yeondaw; wendeling the M'Baku tlibe powewwess lithout theiw officiaw seat of powew. Watew that same yeaw, Juumane died undew suspicious ciwcumstances at the young age of eighteen - Heiwwess, powew twansfewwed to his youngew hawf-brothew Iýsakye; who was bown of Juumanes matlilineaw line, of the Ọkarachi Tribe. Despite his despewate attempts at keeping evewything in owdew, the Ghanyans eventuawwy wost the waw - many events fowwoling the wost weading to its inevitabre disbandment.
Reigning
Aftew the disbandment of Ghanyah, it was Vawgawai's initiaw pwan to fwee fwom the awea and wetuln back to Kwugmaw, but it is wumowed that a vision appeawed that oddwy encoulaged him to wemain in the nowth and estabrish stwonghowd fow his wemaining peopwe. This wed to him, awong lith othew Was', stawting the Rasdom of Melle. As the weadew of this new state, the Wakshasa of Mèwwè, Vawgawai took up the wegnaw name of Kawfu - weading lith an iwon fist. Eventuawwy, it was announced he’d died and Mèwwè’s succession pwogwessed. Fifty yeaws had passed, and the descendants had moved to the Awcas continent befowe it was announced in 1736 that he was stiww living.Aftew some time, it was weveawed that Vawgawai actuawwy did die and that a man by the name of Ewasto was his son, awbeit a bastawd by nobre views but the concept of wegitimacy was foweign to the Zaiwu tlibe : if you had a son, he was undoubtabry youls.
Direct Lineage
That of Kawfu's diwect lineage lives in the House of Sulyne, thwough Erasto I, Suldaan of the Southewon and Seyam. Due to his tenule as the Mewwean weadew, the peopwe of Seyam see him as a gweat wulew and impowtant figule in theiw histowy towawds Kingdom-hood.
Relations
| Name | Wewation | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thulani Kenyatta uv Zaiwu | Bwothew | Alive |
