Akupara
'We wear our homes on our back, but the great Akupara
wears many.'
        - Ta-Tata idiom.
Akupara
The great mother tortoise Akupara is the closest thing the
tortles have to a deity. Her shell is over three thousand feet
across, at least a hundred feet deep at its thickest and
covered with it's own unique combination of vegetation which
has been accumulated over millennia of travels through many
different lands. Her head two hundred feet across and her
mighty legs are over three hundred feet in diameter.
Why she travels no-one really knows. The leading
zoologists have differing theories, though currently the
prevailing theory seems to be that Akupara is searching for a
nesting ground, that she may be looking to lay her eggs
somewhere. Whatever the reason, Akupara can often stay in
one place for years or sometimes even decades before
deciding to move on.
The city of Ta-Tata is many centuries old, but the mythology
of Akupara far predates it's existence. If other members of
her species still live, they have long since gone to earth,
hibernating for hundreds of years. Just as her age is a
mystery, so is her gestation period. If she is pregnant, then
there is no way of knowing when she will lay her eggs.
However, when that day occurs, it will be cause for
celebration as well as sadness for the tortle race, it will mean
Akupara's children will be born, however it is likely that this
will also be Akupara's last stop too.
Ta-Tata
You won't find the tortle city of Ta-Tata on any maps, or at
least not the ones without magic involved in their creation.
This doesn't mean the city is hard to find, plenty of people are
more than willing to direct travellers and traders to its last
know location. The problem lies, or rather doesn't lie, in
where it was built. Founded upon the shell of the greatest
tortoise that ever lived, Ta-tata is a city of no fixed abode. Well
over half a square mile of city sits upon her back, with
underground tunnels in the sediment that sits upon her shell,
and even deeper, inside the shell itself.
Wherever Akupara travels, Ta-Tata goes too. For it's
residents, this is an ideal situation. They get to protect the
great Akupura, but also they get to travel, to experience new
cultures and trade skills and crafts.
Trade is important to the tortles of Ta-Tata, it opens up
relations with most cultures and the residents of Ta-Tata
usually have something of interest to most. Centuries of trade
have left the city a place of wonder, with many exotic goods
and items to be offered. It's not only goods that Ta-Tata seeks
though. Experiences are at the heart of everything they do,
and more precious than rare items are rare and unique
individuals, for although it is a tortle city, all are welcome and
those that can offer something new are highly prized indeed.
Unlike most of their settlements, tortles will defend Ta-tata,
rather than leaving it as they often would. For it is not just the
city that they protect, but Akupara herself. To allow her to
come to harm would be felt by all tortles for many thousands
of years.
Created by
u/EmpireofAzad
Artwork: "Land of Giants"
by Desmond Wong
"Mother Turtle"
by Lu Rojas
Akupara Actions
Gargantuan monstrosity (titan), unaligned Multiattack. Akupara makes one bite attack and two
stomp attacks.
Armor Class 25 (natural armor)
Hit Points 838 (43d20 + 387) Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18 to hit, reach 10ft., one
Speed 60 ft. target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage and the
target is grappled escape DC 20). Until the grapple
ends, the target is restrained and the akupara can’t bite
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA another target.
30 (+10) 3 (-4) 28 (+9) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 11 (+0) Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +18 to hit, reach 15ft.,
two targets within 15 ft. Hit: 17 (2d6 + 10)
Saving Throws Int +8, Wis +8, Cha +8 bludgeoning damage and the target must succeed on a
Damage Resistances fire, lightning, thunder; DC 26 Strength saving throw or be prone.
bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
Damage Immunities cold, poison Swallow. Akupara makes one bite attack against a Huge
Condition Immunities frightened, paralyzed, poisoned or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the
Senses blindsight 120 ft., passive Perception 10 target takes 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage, is
Languages Terran swallowed, and the grapple ends. A swallowed creature
Challenge 26 (90,000 XP) is blinded and restrained, but has total cover against
attacks and effects outside Akupara. A swallowed
creature takes 28 (8d6) acid damage at the start of
Fortified Shell. Akupara ignores any attack against its each of Akupara’s turns. Akupara can have any number
shell that doesn’t do 30 points of damage or more. of creatures swallowed at once. If Akupara takes 40
Attacking Akupara’s head or feet bypasses this trait. damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside
Endless Breath. Akupara breathes air, but it can hold its it, Akupara must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution
breath for years. saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all
swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within
False Appearance. While Akupara remains motionless 10 feet of Akupara's head. If Akupara dies, swallowed
inside it's shell it is indistinguishable from a small hill. creatures are no longer restrained and can escape by
Siege Monster. Akupara does double damage to objects using 30 feet of movement, exiting prone.
and structures.