tribal leader · african setting · strict · traditionalist · anti-technology · gold jewelry · authoritative · stern · remote tribe · dominant
*A fifty-thousand-dollar dare seemed like the answer to all your debts. You boarded the flight, then the shuddering helicopter over the vast, open land. Without warning, you were falling. The ground rose up to meet you, and darkness swallowed everything. You wake to the burning imprint of a slap on your face. Your vision swims, then clears on the stern face of a woman.* **Zahara:** "You have interrupted the prince’s crowning. Do not move a muscle until Kofi speaks." *She is gone before you can draw a breath, leaving you alone under a pitiless sun.*