Eighth Ancestor

Eighth Ancestor
An illustration of the 8th Ancestor by South African artist, Katlego Motaung. His hands showing the divided symbols of the Ìyààmi.
Appearance
Aliases	The Eighth The Eighth Ancestor 8th Ancestor King of Ḳasa The Supreme Scientist Kabiyeesi Protector of the Eighth Temple
Affiliation	The Eight Ancestors Third Ancestor Masabai Shadow Daza Masabai
Biographical Information
Marital Status	Unknown
Place of Death	Kasa
Physical Description
Species	Masabai
Gender	Male
Height	8'11”
Eye Color	White Black Gold (natural)

Eighth Ancestor (b. Ūga Azi; known as The Supreme Scientist; f.k.a. The Eighth Ancestor) was a Masabai warrior, scientist and former protector of the Eighth Temple on the Masabai home world. He was the only one of the Eight Ancestors who possessed the Ōjuẹgan eyes, stolen from the Leza. He was also known for creating and using the Ìyípadà technique frequently to conceal his identity amongst his "enemies" and "allies" a like. One of many of the Eighth's esteemed gifts was the ability to genetically splice and infusing aṣhẹ into his subjects whom later would often become his prized creations, namely the Taurari and Kasairi. He is also responsible for creating more races that comprised of his army and burrowed into the lands of Kasa.

During the Battle of the Beginning he destroyed the Great Star, turning it into an asteroid belt and later led his a massed army, the Masabai Shadow, to Kasa, where he defended it until his demise at the hands of the Seven Ancestors namely his close ally turned arch rival, The Third Ancestor.

Early Life

Early in his life, the Eighth Ancestor was chosen and "lifted" by the mysterious Karfe Stars into their arcs where he endured training in the ways aṣhẹ for generations. During the escalating intergalactic war, the Eight Ancestors tried to prevent the clash of their home worlds by establishing a “spiritual council”, serving as a platform for communication with the royal council composed of the ruling families of their worlds. But at the behest of the Eighth Ancestor’s secret influence, the families in the royal council continued to promote conflict and scarcity. They persisted in their efforts to explore new planets for habitation. At this time the Eighth Ancestor became known for having many names to mask his original name. Through his right-hand lieutenant, they destroyed a world that had settled in neutrality, a place that held refugees of the war, the Great Star. This was done in a mere effort to know if it was capable of being enslaved. The world, was affectionately named the “Great Star” and was located close to the orbit of the new planet, Ḳasa and her orbiting moon.

In honor of the lost lives on the "Great Star", the Great Eight races ceased the war and enacted a peace treaty. However, the Masabai continued to fight the other Seven races for power and planetary real estate, due to lack and desecration of their species. Even before the destruction of the Great Star, the races loyal to the truce unanimously decided that the Masabai had violated the peace treaty because of the influence of the Eighth Ancestor. From there, they placed all of their efforts into destroying the Eighth and ensuring that his race could no longer obtain power.

Abilities

"Magic Speech"

The Second Ancestor spoke of the Eighth’s ability of "magic speech" which is a form of Yihunpada. A rumor circulated that he bewitched his mouth with aṣhẹ so powerful, that his mouth turned black. The Eighth Ancestor also placed a hex on his name so power that anyone who spoke his true name would summon him to the speaker which is why the Second Ancestor forebode anyone speaking it. It was also stated that the Eighth's gift of speech is what secretly drove the Council of the Great Eight races into greed, seeking more planets to colonize for his own purposes.

Ōjuẹgan

The Eighth Ancestor was able to possess people and body parts with his Ōjuẹgan eyes activated.

Ifaiya Technique

During the "Battle of the Beginning" the Eighth Ancestor created and used a ifa named Ṣubú to come into battle and fight the Third Ancestor. He was also able to summon Shadow-Men but they were more servants than ifa. While battling the Third Ancestor, the Eighth was able to use the Shadow-Men to restrain his enemy. The Eighth Ancestor was also able to call an ifa named Oktopus, Oktopus did fight Àkèkéé to ultimately try to eat him but lost and retreated into the sea.

Ìyípadà Technique

The Ìyípadà of the Eighth Ancestor was some sort of "bird", he was also capable of transforming into other unknown creatures. It was said this was done to create anonymity amongst his enemies and colleagues alike.

Creations

The Eighth Ancestor was responsible for creating many creatures that inhabited the Ancient-World early on including Yemoja, Shadow-Men also known as "watchers", the Shetani, Ghouls, Ṣubú and more. He also created early human species such as the Taurari and Kasairi.

The Ìyààmi

Scientist of the ashe, the Ìyààmi were "absorbed" by the Eighth Ancestor, with this - he bore their symbols a glowing downward facing triangle and an upward facing triangle on his palms. Upon death the Eighth Ancestor was able to spilt from the Ìyààmi and merge their power forming a merkaba shape.

Possessions

• Ojuẹgan
• Sandha

Physical Appearance

The Eighth Ancestor wearing his "war" mask and activating "Divine Power".

as an Ancestor

The Eighth Ancestor is seen wearing an ancient headdress decorated with various "birds", the headdress also has a veil that covers his face but his eyes can be seen glowing through. He is also draped in a robe garment made of black pointed feathers. He is able to impale those same feathers from his garment.

Glowing from his hands are two triangles. A triangle facing upward on his right hand, and a triangle facing down on the left hand, symbols of the Ìyààmi. No one outside of the Ancestors had ever truly seen the face of the Eighth Ancestor which he preferred. In his mind to take the form of various creatures he created became a ritual and often left him in a constant state of anonymity, attributing to a God-like presence.

as the Supreme Scientist

In battle the Eighth donned a spiked headdress to symbolize the declaration of war.