"Of the Quai, to the People"

Origin

This document, recorded immediately upon the abandonment of the Tara-Jhen by the deity known as the Quai, states the threat asserted byArniel Kane at the same time. Capable of communicating with all who affiliated with the Quai, Kane delivered this message unto them telepathically. It was moments later that their connection to the deity was severed, so began the era changing crisis known as The Silence.

Shaking a Culture

While history told tales of the Tara-Jhen losing connection to the Quai in favor of other species, these were millennia old. There was no expectation that these stories were truth (though it was still used as the justification for Kaban slavery), much less did anyone expect that a species could be abandoned in favor of one individual. Luckily, by the end of the conflict, Kane was defeated and the Quai begrudgingly returned to the Tara-Jhen. When the population came to know that their deity was not in fact stolen, but chose to abandon them, it shattered the culture. While it is still in recovery and the population has begun shifting away from the behaviors that made the god leave them in the first place, many have developed a deep disillusionment for what they considered an all loving god. Matters were only made worse when the city of Augur's End became Newmot and the human government began assimilating the free peoples of Mot D'nir, a fate which Kane had sworn to prevent.

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"Of the Quai, to the People"

"To all of Mot D'nir... to all who hail from it... Your exploitation has been long and deep cut, exploiting your glorious Quai and its fruits. You have done this not to give back, but to grow in your gluttony and greed. You use its gifts to prolong your old, sell for coin, and sate your ego in a losing war. In return, what have you done to your 'deity?' You lock it behind walls, you raze its gardens when it grows too large, and you provide not but kind words to sate its appetite. For centuries it has remained silent.
In its silence, the appetite of your beloved Quai has grown. Its needs are expansive and unnurtured. In your absence and incapability to provide, I have stood in to take your place. You provide no aid when it calls, and as such I shall answer myself. The bearing of its weight is now upon my shoulders. Relieve the burden that you never carried with gratitude, for I shall appease the god that you have mistreated for years upon years.
Rejoice amongst yourself for the burden that is lifted, but mourn in the weight you hold anew. With no sacrifice comes no reward. You shall no longer have access to its fruits, as I have. Me and the being have come to an understanding, and your severance is but the first part of deliverance."

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Type

Statement, Political (Manifesto)

Medium

Paper

Location

Mot D'nir

Authors

• Arniel Kane