Maori Legends
Army Lists for 'Hordes for the Things'
By Jay Woolrich
Note that these details are from "Maori Legends" by AW Reed, ill. by Roger Hart, pub. AH & AW Reed of Wellington/Sydney. Reed had earlier written two more comprehensive books - "Treasury of Moari Folklore" and "Myths and Legends of Maoriland". However, I don't know anything else about the guy so serious immersion in this area would necessitate further research and cross-referencing.
Maoris
|
Blade general @ 2AP |
(Rangatira) |
1 |
|
Magician @ 4AP |
(Tohunga) |
1 |
|
God @4AP |
(Tu-Matavenga, the God or War) |
1 |
|
Flyer @ 2AP |
(Poua-Kai, the giant eagle) |
1 |
|
Warbands @ 2AP |
(Taua warriors) |
5 |
|
Hordes @ 1AP |
(Villagers) |
1 |
|
Lurker @ 1AP |
(Patupaiarehe) |
1 |
Stronghold: beached waka-taua (war canoe) or village.
Alternatives: Beasts @ 2AP (Moa)
Maori Demons
|
Magician general @ 4AP |
(Evil Tohunga) |
1 |
|
God @ 4AP |
(Hine-Nui-O-Te-Po, Goddess of Death) |
1 |
|
Behemoth @ 4AP |
(Tanihwha) |
1 |
|
Warbands @ 2AP |
(Ponaturi) |
4 |
|
Hordes @ 1AP |
(Tipua)) |
4 |
Stronghold: A forest clearing
Alternatives: Lurker @ 1AP (Ogress).
A Rangatira is a noble, a Tohunga a wizard. Taua is a war-party.
Patupaiarehe are large, white-skinned supernatural beings. They inhabit large, fortified villages on mountain-tops, have an aversion to sunshine and an ambiguous relationship to men.
Tanihwa are giant lizards. They are crocodile-like in appearance with scales and spiny ridges, and very large (growing as large as a whale in some cases). They are equally comfortable in lakes, rivers, sea and on land. Named Tanihwa include Hotu-puku, Peke-haua, and Kata-ore. Taniwha are generally (but not always) hostile to men.
Ponaturi or Sea demons are sea creatures who only come ashore at night. They have greenish-white skins that glow in moonlight, with claws for hands. Evil Gong Fishmen would do for these in 15mm.
Ogresses can appear as beautiful women to entrap mortals. You've been warned.
Giant birds include the flightless Giant Moa, and the eagle-like Poua-Kai*.
Gods and Goddesses - I don't have any details of their appearance, so either assume Moari-like in appearance and paint up poncy or do a web search.
Tipua are goblins.
*Concerning this, Luke Ueda-Sarson writes:
The NZ forest eagle died out when the last of the big moas were killed off. It is depicted in early art, but not later on.
Quite a bit larger than any other (now) living eagle, it had a short wingspan as befitting the forest environment (half of which was burnt down when the Maori arrived of course; most of the rest when the Europeans arrived). A female would have weighed 9 to 10 kilograms; with its high wing loading, its minimum flight speed has been calculated as 50 km/hr. An adult female's talons stretched nearly 30 cm from point to point - that's as big as a large male grizzly bear's rear paw. Imagine that hitting your neck (or anywhere else really...) at 100 km/hr with 10 kg of weight behind it, and you can see how they were able to kill giant moas 3 m tall.