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Name: Ukhozi
Born: September 22, 1860; Zulu Kingdom
Died: October 29, 1922; Port Said, Egypt (age 62)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Born in South Africa to a mighty Zulu warrior, Ukhozi was practically groomed for war. She was taught how to fight and defend her people's culture as soon as she was able to hold a spear. Proud of her heritage and willing to defend her people to her last breath, she was quick to take up her spear and shield against the encroaching threat of British colonial forces that had been trying to gain trade and access to valuable minerals in the area for decades. Territorial tensions between the Brits, the Zulus, and local descendants of Dutch colonists who called themselves the Boers, eventually climaxed in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, a war which Ukhozi was quick to volunteer to fight.

Towards the very start of the war, she encountered a hooded British soldier whom she ambushed and nearly killed on the spot. However, he told her that he was actually there to help, and through his charms he convinced her to take him back to her kingdom so that he might negotiate with the Zulu king. Disbelieving in such a man, who's name was Charles Arlington, he convinced her to sit and talk. He explained that he was of a Brotherhood called the Assassins, a group dedicated to preserving free will and equality amongst all peoples, and that this little episode of British invasion was actually just the first phase of a much larger scheme crafted by their enemies, the Templars, who sought to dominate Africa as both a power play and as a chance to hunt for ancient artifacts known as Pieces of Eden littered throughout the continent. Ukhozi hardly trusted Charles, but she could not ignore the threat to her people, and so she reluctantly agreed to work with him. The two fought at the Battles of Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, and Ulundi, the last of which Ukhozi killed a British officer who spat Templar rhetoric in her face with his dying breath, confirming that Charles was speaking the truth. Realizing what a horrible threat the Templars posed to Africa, Ukhozi volunteered to join the Assassins by the end of the war.

The next tussle with the British came not long after, in 1880, when the local Boers grew tired of British rule and revolted, igniting what we know today as the First Boer War. Ukhozi and Charles helped push back the British attacks, with the former assassinating Templar officer George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881. The Boers won their sovereignty, and while the British still technically controlled the area, their power in South Africa was heavily weakened.

In 1885, report from Charles’s contacts in Europe informed the Assassins that the Templars were shifting gears. The Berlin Conference established the dominance of several European powers over different regions of the African continent, the most horrid of which was the Belgian rule over the Congo area. Slavery and mutilation was rampant under the rule of Belgian King Leopold II as his “humanitarian agents” forced native Africans to toil away in their mines looking for resources and Pieces of Eden. Unable to stand for such evil, Ukhozi and Charles left South Africa to fight the oppressors there as much as they could.

Their quest to stop the Templars took them all across the continent throughout the 1880s and 1890s. They travelled to French West Africa, Zanzibar, Egypt, and dozens of other places struggling against colonial rule. By 1896 though, the only African nations able to resist colonization entirely were Liberia and Ethiopia, and the rest of Africa essentially became a neglectful European chess board. Still, that was hardly enough to deter Ukhozi, who had sworn to protect her lands from the imperial monster no matter how long it took. Decolonization efforts finally began to take effect in the early 1900s, with one of the first big victories arriving when the Assassins helping to repulse the Belgian rule out of the Congo in 1908. A prime time for celebration, Ukhozi and Charles, who in their adventures had become best friends and lovers, shared a lovely night together that resulted in their son Edward being born nine months late.

However, many of these decolonization victories tragically led to anarchy and violence, as the Europeans who left their colonies behind drew up new random borders for Africa's nation states that often had no regard for ethnic or religious ties and conflicts, leading to horrible atrocities by the incompetent rulers they left behind, almost as a final middle finger to the African people and the Assassins trying to help. As the chaos loomed, Ukhozi told her lover to return to England with their son so that they would be safe from the danger that she was now determined to fight. Ukhozi ultimately passed away in 1922 while visiting Egypt to help ease tensions between the locals and the British influence that was still clinging on to control.

Ukhozi is the great-great grandmother of Ava Arlie.

Description

Name: Ukhozi
Born: September 22, 1860; Zulu Kingdom
Died: October 29, 1922; Port Said, Egypt (age 62)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Born in South Africa to a mighty Zulu warrior, Ukhozi was practically groomed for war. She was taught how to fight and defend her people's culture as soon as she was able to hold a spear. Proud of her heritage and willing to defend her people to her last breath, she was quick to take up her spear and shield against the encroaching threat of British colonial forces that had been trying to gain trade and access to valuable minerals in the area for decades. Territorial tensions between the Brits, the Zulus, and local descendants of Dutch colonists who called themselves the Boers, eventually climaxed in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, a war which Ukhozi was quick to volunteer to fight.

Towards the very start of the war, she encountered a hooded British soldier whom she ambushed and nearly killed on the spot. However, he told her that he was actually there to help, and through his charms he convinced her to take him back to her kingdom so that he might negotiate with the Zulu king. Disbelieving in such a man, who's name was Charles Arlington, he convinced her to sit and talk. He explained that he was of a Brotherhood called the Assassins, a group dedicated to preserving free will and equality amongst all peoples, and that this little episode of British invasion was actually just the first phase of a much larger scheme crafted by their enemies, the Templars, who sought to dominate Africa as both a power play and as a chance to hunt for ancient artifacts known as Pieces of Eden littered throughout the continent. Ukhozi hardly trusted Charles, but she could not ignore the threat to her people, and so she reluctantly agreed to work with him. The two fought at the Battles of Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, and Ulundi, the last of which Ukhozi killed a British officer who spat Templar rhetoric in her face with his dying breath, confirming that Charles was speaking the truth. Realizing what a horrible threat the Templars posed to Africa, Ukhozi volunteered to join the Assassins by the end of the war.

The next tussle with the British came not long after, in 1880, when the local Boers grew tired of British rule and revolted, igniting what we know today as the First Boer War. Ukhozi and Charles helped push back the British attacks, with the former assassinating Templar officer George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881. The Boers won their sovereignty, and while the British still technically controlled the area, their power in South Africa was heavily weakened.

In 1885, report from Charles’s contacts in Europe informed the Assassins that the Templars were shifting gears. The Berlin Conference established the dominance of several European powers over different regions of the African continent, the most horrid of which was the Belgian rule over the Congo area. Slavery and mutilation was rampant under the rule of Belgian King Leopold II as his “humanitarian agents” forced native Africans to toil away in their mines looking for resources and Pieces of Eden. Unable to stand for such evil, Ukhozi and Charles left South Africa to fight the oppressors there as much as they could.

Their quest to stop the Templars took them all across the continent throughout the 1880s and 1890s. They travelled to French West Africa, Zanzibar, Egypt, and dozens of other places struggling against colonial rule. By 1896 though, the only African nations able to resist colonization entirely were Liberia and Ethiopia, and the rest of Africa essentially became a neglectful European chess board. Still, that was hardly enough to deter Ukhozi, who had sworn to protect her lands from the imperial monster no matter how long it took. Decolonization efforts finally began to take effect in the early 1900s, with one of the first big victories arriving when the Assassins helping to repulse the Belgian rule out of the Congo in 1908. A prime time for celebration, Ukhozi and Charles, who in their adventures had become best friends and lovers, shared a lovely night together that resulted in their son Edward being born nine months late.

However, many of these decolonization victories tragically led to anarchy and violence, as the Europeans who left their colonies behind drew up new random borders for Africa's nation states that often had no regard for ethnic or religious ties and conflicts, leading to horrible atrocities by the incompetent rulers they left behind, almost as a final middle finger to the African people and the Assassins trying to help. As the chaos loomed, Ukhozi told her lover to return to England with their son so that they would be safe from the danger that she was now determined to fight. Ukhozi ultimately passed away in 1922 while visiting Egypt to help ease tensions between the locals and the British influence that was still clinging on to control.

Ukhozi is the great-great grandmother of Ava Arlie.