Matahouroa Story: Planeswalkers

Maramawhā

The  Hoiho mystic known as Maramawhā is native to the plane of Matahouroa.  Like most of her kind she was a native to Inanga, where she lead a  normal but unsatisfactory childhood, her desire to explore stiffled by  the necessary secrecy of her people. One day, in her late childhood, she  meditated under a Kauri tree, attempting to connect with its spirit.  This lead to a momentous epiphany: she witness a glimpse of the Blind  Eternities, and understood the vastness of the Multiverse, ripe for her  to explore. She held herself back, however, not wanting to break her  tribe's trust, and for several years this wasted opportunity would gnaw  at her.

Eventually, however, she was forced to leave. During one fateful morning a Parakareka scout noticed her and noticed something  about her. They darted off, but that same night Inanga was raided by  mainland Pirita Kahuna, who brutally slaughtered most of Maramawhā's  village. In the ensuing chaos, she was captured by that very same scout,  intending to take her by force to Hiriwa. Seeing no option, and no  longer having a home to return to, Maramawhā planeswalked away, evading  her captor.

Since then, the Aven has been travelling the  Multiverse, free to explore to her heart's content at last. For many  years she deliberately strayed clear from her home plane, both to avoid  drawing attention of that Parekareka and because she felt guilty over  her tribe's death. However, she began to feel restless and anxious,  realising that her past guilt had started to become a mental block.  After a moment of introspection in Theros, she decided to put aside her  own past, and return to Matahouroa, both to remove this block, to redeem  herself, and to satisfy her own curiousity, since she only ever  interacted with a small part of her homeworld.

What she found  upon arrival was a world of possibilities she never before realised...  and danger on the horizon. As tensions build from all sides, Maramawhā  sees an urgent need to prevent utter collapse, to intervene before it's  too late. Now, she has returned to the island of Inanga, which became  her center of operations. Rallying the Hoiho tribes, she works to save  Matahouroa, all the while still avoiding detection from the Parekareka.

Something easier said than done... 

Panahihou

Another  Aven planeswalker, Panahihou was born on the swamps of Wairepomango, as  befitting his nature as a Kawau. He and his brother Pukehou were  abandoned by their own parents, given to their mad uncle Hinuhou, one of  the most infamous necromancers on the plane. Their childhood was  nothing to be envied at: their uncle's complete slaves under the threat  of death, at best they could hope to be his starved errand boys, and at  worst whatever he could use them for profit. Suffice to say,  neither of the brothers have very fond memories of their childhood, but  both grew closer together than usual for Kawau siblings, seeing as there  was no way to gain favor from their uncle.

Eventually,  Panahihou's servitude to his uncle came to an end. In his  mid-adolescence, he was sent to fetch corpses from a fallen village,  when he run across a group of Parekareka enforcers. Driven by their ages  old prejudice, the Parekareka immobilised him with an arresting spell  and left him to drown in the swamp waters. In sheer desperation,  Panahihou's spark ignited, and transported him to Kamigawa, where he'd  be the slave of a gang of Nezumi for another year, before he was saved  and informed of his nature as a planeswalker.

Following this,  Panahihou lived life to the fullest, trying to make up for all the years  he felt he lost. No earthly pleasure could satisfy his resentment,  however, and gradually anger lead him to return to Kamigawa, where he  slaughtered his Nezumi enslavers - and whoever got in the way. Feeling  partly satisfied and confident, he finally returned to Matahouroa, with  the intention of getting revenge on both his uncle, his associates and  the Parekareka. He hopes to also find his brother, and if possible to  free him and see his ascendancy to power on the swamps, though he  doesn't expect a particularly warm welcome.

Upon returning to his  homeplane, Panahihou run into Maramawhā. It was she who released him  from his Nezumi captivity, and for this the Kawau acquired a degree of  gratitude for her. The two planeswalkers established a pact of  cooperation, trying to aid each other in their goals. Fortunately, these  goals largely coincide: both want to see the Parekareka removed from  power, and Maramawhā bears no particular fondness for the Wairepomango  warlords.

For now, he too tries to remain under the radar,  though taking a more proactive approach. Whenever Maramawhā needs  someone dead, Panahihou complies. 

Feluz

A young and naïve human planeswalker, Feluz is native to the plane of Baoth, a mysterious plane where reality itself isn't certain. Having just ascended due to realizing the truth about his world, Feluz has searched for a mentor, someone or something to give him meaning.

What he found was none other than Panahihou.

Now lovers, Feluz has followed the dark Aven to his homeworld of Matahouroa. He eagerly joined the fight, hoping to help Panahihou find happiness as well as help the people from this world, which edges on collapse.

But, he has his own archons to chase...