Pajajopi bamatojasi-or simply pajo-is the last of a despised race of hair-covered creatures. Though only thirteen years old, he has lived alone in the darkwood since his mentor, an elderly monk, died nearly four years ag...Pajajopi bamatojasi-or simply pajo-is the last of a despised race of hair-covered creatures. Though only thirteen years old, he has lived alone in the darkwood since his mentor, an elderly monk, died nearly four years ago. His life is one of isolation and self-loathing until he is unwittingly-then unwillingly-drawn into a multi-faceted plot that includes an assassination attempt on the royal prince and the beginnings of a civil war.