Netzae Tupaqi

The Zjaum had no standing army, so Netzae was a miner. Mining was not a common job, especially when the Zjaum moved across the plains on a regular basis. However, even in such a humble position, Netzae was a legend among miners for always finding the right veins of molybdenum, the metal used to forge their axes. Some contributed his skill to luck, though his intelligence would soon be no longer questioned. For as few miners as there were, there were even fewer professional blacksmiths, so Netzae had to do most of his forge-work and metallurgy. When the Lido-wa declared war on the Zjau-yl, then, Netzae made the best set of axes he could forge and set off to join the Zjau-yl army. No one in the military had much knowledge of war, and so at the time of the great Battle of Marinica, it was up to the most charismatic to take up the gauntlet. Naturally, Netzae rose to that position, and the rest is history. He became the first great king of the Zjau-yl Sovereignty, establishing the Tupaqi Dynasty as the de facto rulers of Mliza.