Ndipaya Kingdom

This civilisation existed in the Kijuju region of West Africa. It's capital was hidden underground, where it's people worshipped and protected the Stairway to the Sun flower.

The role as leader was not selected by birthright, but rather to one that ate a "Stairway to the Sun" flower and survived. This was told to bring great strength - in reality, this flower contained the Progenitor virus