Courage

Courage is a protagonist of The Dhavas, and one of the main characters of the Arberre Saga. A tiger-like mani with unusually-strong water powers, he is Fatimah's primary mani, despite Sunspot being arguably stronger. He is known for his ability to manipulate water, with his main powers revolving around drawing large quantities of water from various surfaces (or, more riskily, from his own body), and levitating or manipulating it to inundate or asphyxiate his enemies. Courage is a highly-disciplined and dignified fighter; despite this, he holds multiple personal regrets and insecurities that often hinder his performance.

Physical Appearance and Name
Courage is a tall and muscular feline mani with blue fur and red stripes. One of his most notable features is his comically-large eyebrows.

Courage is the name given by Fatimah to him; when he was independent, he had a name in his native language which is untranslatable into English.

Pre- The Dhavas
Courage was born in Northern Jodha among a herd of manis of the same species. The herd was nomadic but with human-level intelligence, having developed its own language and customs.

An unknown sequence of events led to Courage wandering territory disputed between the Arberre and Seka regions, where he narrowly avoided death from a detonating mine and gunfire from security forces. Afterward, he spent time traveling through the southern area of the neighboring region of Seka. Ultimately, in a town near the coast, he got into a fight with a local crime syndicate, which resulted in the group attempting to drown him in a river. Unbeknownst to them, he narrowly survived when a little girl named Fatimah dragged him out of the river. Due to his large size, it was a difficult task and Fatimah nearly drowned herself.

Fatimah brought Courage to the attention of the local mani center, where Courage spent some years. Fatimah often walked up to the fence of the center's outdoors area, where she would meet with Courage. Fatimah became determined to be Courage's tamer; her father was one of the most famous tamers from the region while her mother despised taming as it was the source of much of the crime syndicate activity in the region.

Ultimately, Fatimah succeeded in receiving Courage as her agrima. The two traveled to the Miskún and Hana regions (the latter being where Fatimah acquires Sunspot), where their success inspired Fatimah to take on the Arberre circuit. It is there that they meet with Michael, Kenji, and their manis.