Mayakai

The Mayakai people lived in Polynesia before European colonization.

According to their lore, the Moak (translated as "god" or "giant") taught them to "read" the bones of any animal. This led the Mayakai to be obsessed with animal biology, viewing all animals, from little to big, as weapons. By pointing bones at enemies and performing small rituals, they could cause cardiac, nervous, and muscular system reactions in targets. In late 1769, one of the few Europeans to ever encounter a Mayakai war party suffered from apparently inexplicable and severe brain damage. Their all-male council of war was headed by six chiefs with ornate and fearsome bone-staves.

Mother Francesca of Faction Paradox believed their culture had been designed during the War as a weapon, but it went virtually extinct in 1773. However, an American naturalist named Fischer captured a Mayakai warrior called Mayakatula and brought her to England as a diplomatic gift for King George III in 1774. (COMIC: Political Animals) She escaped her bounds and went on a killing spree. (COMIC: Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses)