Nazeebo (The Servant)

Nazeebo is an Umbaru Witch Doctor. With cabalistic incantations and vestments of feather and bone, the Witch Doctors call upon spirits from the Unformed Land to aid them in battle. Few outlanders have ever encountered a Witch Doctor in the flesh, without losing their own.

Early Life
Nazeebo was born to the Tribe of the Five HIlls, one of the Umbaru Tribes. He was taken in and trained as a witch doctor, a studen of Zuwadza. As a witch doctor, Nazeebo was tasked with maintaining the relationship between the Umbaru and the spiritual world, and did this task very faithfully. However, doubts began to grow in his mind.

A Heretic Witch Doctor
Nazeebo grew increasingly suspicious of the Igani Bawe or Harvest of Souls, in particular. Participating in this mock battle is one of the highest honors for a witch doctor and they spend their lives preparing for it, a ritualistic war that ended in human sacrifice. Since this ritual sacrifice is decreed by the spirits of the Unformed Land no one questioned the practice, at least no one until Nazeebo did.

Seeking the guidance of the spirits, Nazeebo entered into a trance to hear what the spirits had to tell him. What he learned was shocking. Nazeebo discovered the truth of the Unformed Land, that the spirits did not seek to be appeased through the Igani Bawe, and that the Umbaru's form of ritualistic warfare was nothing but the needless taking of lives. With this information, Nazeebo defied his peoples' laws and stopped an opposing tribe from taking the life of his master because he knew the truth. During the next Igani Bawe, he found that his master had been captured by members of the Clan of the Seven Stones. He begged them to release his master, claiming that the Igani Bawe was unnecessary, that it was not the will of the spirits. The Seven Stones Witch Doctors refused to listen, and Nazeebo was forced to kill all of them bar one among them, the witch doctor Benu. Nazeebo warned him to flee as Five Hills Witch Doctors approached. Despite his protests, Benu obliged.

Nazeebo had learned that the elders had lost contact with the spirits and truly knew nothing of the Unformed Land that lies beyond their reach. The elders were using the laws and traditions of the Umbaru to further their own power and were not offering any spiritual guidance to their people. For his heresy, Nazeebo was banished from his people, who accused him of defying the spirits of the Unformed Land when he tried to tell them the truth.

Adventures in the West
Guided by the spirits, he followed their words. The spirits told him of a fallen star, and warned him of the end, its coming prophesized. Realizing that he had other lands to venture to, the witch doctor left his homeland and headed towards the West. Before he left, however, Nazeebo encountered others and planted the seeds of doubt in the minds of other witch doctors to help his people on the proper path to the Unformed Land before he set off on his own personal journey.

Arriving in New Tristram, the Umbaru witch doctor would fight with the other gathered Nephalem, successfully defeating Diablo and the other Prime Evils, and even saving humanity from the threats of the fallen archangel Malthael. Following the defeat of the Diablo, Nazeebo found a small portion of the Black Soulstone, crafting the Hellfire Mask and keeping the evil artifact close to him.

Corruption and Salvation
Nazeebo did so to keep the magical artifact out of the hands of evil, but corrupting influence of the Soulstone slowly began to twist and warp Nazeebo's mind and soul. He wandered Sanctuary for years, slowly growing weaker and darker.

Despite his strong will, Nazeebo began to go mad, but thankfully he was saved by the intervention of the Servant and his former companions. The Black Soulstone was destoryed, and Nazeebo was finally free of its corruption. Recruited by the Servant Nazeebo would fight with his Nephalem brethren, against the resurging demonic invasions and the incursions of the angels.

During this period, Nazeebo furthered his understanding of the spirit world, and returned to his people, teaching them the truth of what their elders had hidden from them. He began training a new generation of witch doctors, and successfully united his people in a temporary truce, leading them into battle against demons hordes at the Battle of Tristram.

In the aftermath and new age of peace, Nazeebo has returned to the jungles, a powerful teacher and leader among his people. His revelations have shocked the Umburu tribes, but have also been their salvation, and he is content to at last enjoy the peace he has worked so hard to achieve.

Personality and Traits
Nazeebo is a strange individual his manners, customs, and ways alien and exotic to most Westerners. He is dresses in exotic clothing and grisly attire, harkening to some of the violent past of his people. In addition, his corruption by the Black Soulstone has taken its toll, making Nazeebo eccentric, erratic, and often uncomfortably unpredictable. Despite this, however, he is very committed to his goals, and willing to sacrifice everything he has for his people and his friends. Using his training as a witch doctor, Nazeebo is able to concoct strange potions and elixers of rare herbs, capable of healing others or poisoning his foes. He charges into any conflict with a wild fury, ripping, hacking, and tearing, but never afraid, guided by the spirits of his people.