Role

Chapter 1

With the Death of Zanitjah, the villagers quickly welcome me as the new
Witch-doctor of the Ju'Karl tribe. Finally, my days as an apprentice
are over. People will now look to me, as they always should have.
From this day forth, I am now the new Zanitjah, my old name forever
gone. As my first act, I abolished the long tradition of the sanctity of
the corpse after death. There is much to learn. My first cadaver was an
elderly man who lost his mind. On his death I probed his brains and
discovered significant scarring. This was in great contrast to the brain of
his grandson who died a few weeks later, having been stabbed in the
heart. In the following months, I studied the dead further and continued
to document my findings. Unfortunately today I have found out that
that the tribe has had a secret meeting without me, about me.
I can only think they wish to challenge me, of course, they fear my interest
in the dead, but their fear is simply that of the unknown.
So there is a chance this may be my first and only chapter in this book.