Editing Bara

[[File:The barae.png|thumb|''The barae - Chosen of Ubtao.''|350x350px]]
The '''barae''' were the seven [[Chosen]] of [[Ubtao]], undying men and women who ruled the holy city of [[Mezro]] as priest-kings.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16">{{Cite book/The Jungles of Chult|15-16}}</ref><ref name="FRCS-p104">{{Cite book/FRCS|104}}</ref>

==History==
The first bara was a woman named [[Oyai]]. She was selected by Ubtao from among the [[Tabaxi (tribe)|Tabaxi]] of [[Katashaka]] and empowered to defeat a creature known as [[the Sleeper]]. Afterward, in {{Yearlink|-2809}}, Oyai led the peoples of the Tabaxi, [[Eshowe]], [[Thinguth]], and several others who'd accepted the faith of Ubtao to follow the [[couatl]]s across the ocean to [[Chult]]. There, she ruled as the first Negus Negusti (prince of princes).<ref name="TGHotR-p30">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|29,30}}</ref>

Afterwards, Ubtao personally selected the rest of seven barae from among the citizens of [[Mezro]]<ref name="JoC-p10">{{Cite book/The Jungles of Chult|10}}</ref> sometime after he created that holy city in {{Yearlink|-2637}}.<ref name="TGHotR-p31">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|31}}</ref> He originally appointed them to assist him in dealing with the petty issues of ruling the city of Mezro, but when he continued to grow weary of the people's fickle demands, he left Chult altogether and passed the rule and defense of the city to the barae.<ref name="FRCS-p104" />

== Powers==
All barae were granted special powers by Ubtao as his Chosen:<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*They could utter magical ''[[command]]s''.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*They ''[[regenerate]]d'' health rapidly.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*They could ''[[detect evil]]'' at will.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*They had improved reflexes and physical and mental resistances.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

If within the [[Temple of Ubtao]], they could also cast the following spells:<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[Cure critical wounds]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[Forbiddance]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[Remove blindness or deafness]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[Remove disease]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[Restoration]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />
*''[[True seeing]]''<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

Each bara neither aged nor grew sick. If not killed, they would live forever.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

In addition to these common powers, every bara was granted a power unique to the individual.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

It was said that if the city of Mezro were ever destroyed, the barae would turn to dust.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

==Selection==
Of the original seven barae Ubtao selected, only [[Ras Nsi]] remained alive as of the 1370s DR.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" /> When a bara was killed, a new one was selected by Ubtao to replace the fallen. When this occurred, a supplicant would enter the "barado" in the Temple of Ubtao, where he or she would face the bara test, which centered around the dogma of all life being a great maze. If the potential bara passed the test, he or she would be granted new powers. If the supplicant failed, he or she would be taken to the [[afterlife]]. The exact nature of the test itself was a sacred secret.<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" />

==Members==
In the 1370s [[DR]], the seven barae were:<ref name="JoC-pp15-16" /> 
*[[Osaw I]]
* [[Kwalu]]
* [[Dhalmass Rayburton]]
*[[Alisanda Rayburton]]
*[[Mainu]]
*[[Fipya]]
*[[Ras Nsi]] (banished)

== Appendix==
===Appearances===
:;Novels
::''[[The Ring of Winter (novel)|The Ring of Winter]]''
===References===
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