The kami black years. Preamble.
Note: in this material, we refer to "kamis" in the sense of the disciples of the true Kami. Here, we only concern ourselves with the mere homins, not the Higher Beings.
Preamble
People think of kamis as a tight group. And they may be so, when fighting. They are a formidable enemy, sure. They're like a legion.
Nevertheless, kamis can be as quarrelsome as small children. Even moreso, in fact. When looking back at homin history, you must understand that Kamis never communicated to us in an orderly fashion. They showed themselves to us, and taught us magic tricks; but they never sat down with a homin and told him straightforward words. In fact, they barely have a language in common with us. We guess around their gestures, and we like to believe that we understand what they mean when they point to the sky. But in fact, we don't.
So naturally, kami disciples have some freedom to interpret the will of their masters. And where a breach in the hierarchy opens, people that are strong willed fight over the positions.
For example: both the fyros and the zorais follow the kami. But where a zorai is pensive and meditative, a fyros is ready to act. What does a fyros priest preach to do when you meet an enemy of the kami? To fight and kill! There is little place or call for goodwill in the desert, and this attitude carries over from priest to commoner. At the same time, a zorai priest will tell you to avoid being hasty. Yes, a karavan follower is misguided by black magic, but you should not simply fight fire with fire! Instead, what happens if you show them the love of Ma-Duk?
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I vividly remember the bitter fight in Zora over the way of showing proper respect to the Kamis. Some lunatic dreamed one night that the Kamis told him to rebuild his house facing east. East, where the sun rises from, and all good in the world. He soon had a smattering of adepts, who all reorganized their homes to face east. But it wasn't enough, of course.
The idiots started demanding that all buildings should follow this rule. In fact, they wanted the rule codified into zorai law, "to show proper respect to the Kamis". This madness led to a small-time civil war, which at its heights claimed 5 lives. Eventually the entire group was simply banished from the city, and told to build their community in the vast openness of Grove of Umbra. No one heard anything about them, afterwards.
(to be continued..)
Note: in this material, we refer to "kamis" in the sense of the disciples of the true Kami. Here, we only concern ourselves with the mere homins, not the Higher Beings.
Preamble
People think of kamis as a tight group. And they may be so, when fighting. They are a formidable enemy, sure. They're like a legion.
Nevertheless, kamis can be as quarrelsome as small children. Even moreso, in fact. When looking back at homin history, you must understand that Kamis never communicated to us in an orderly fashion. They showed themselves to us, and taught us magic tricks; but they never sat down with a homin and told him straightforward words. In fact, they barely have a language in common with us. We guess around their gestures, and we like to believe that we understand what they mean when they point to the sky. But in fact, we don't.
So naturally, kami disciples have some freedom to interpret the will of their masters. And where a breach in the hierarchy opens, people that are strong willed fight over the positions.
For example: both the fyros and the zorais follow the kami. But where a zorai is pensive and meditative, a fyros is ready to act. What does a fyros priest preach to do when you meet an enemy of the kami? To fight and kill! There is little place or call for goodwill in the desert, and this attitude carries over from priest to commoner. At the same time, a zorai priest will tell you to avoid being hasty. Yes, a karavan follower is misguided by black magic, but you should not simply fight fire with fire! Instead, what happens if you show them the love of Ma-Duk?
~*~
I vividly remember the bitter fight in Zora over the way of showing proper respect to the Kamis. Some lunatic dreamed one night that the Kamis told him to rebuild his house facing east. East, where the sun rises from, and all good in the world. He soon had a smattering of adepts, who all reorganized their homes to face east. But it wasn't enough, of course.
The idiots started demanding that all buildings should follow this rule. In fact, they wanted the rule codified into zorai law, "to show proper respect to the Kamis". This madness led to a small-time civil war, which at its heights claimed 5 lives. Eventually the entire group was simply banished from the city, and told to build their community in the vast openness of Grove of Umbra. No one heard anything about them, afterwards.
(to be continued..)
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Xyan Palteus, unofficial scribe