The Final Tier

The creation of the Caranadu and Gwazkerrag by Naordu during the previous Weeping era was an unprecedented step in technological innovation, marrying mundane materials and Nemesharic power. These war-born monstrosities tore apart the Karthuuzar and drove them into decline, saving the Daorhu world from subjugation and suffering. Yet, while this succeed was delightful, the harnessing of such Vojûnic power into a coherent physical form carried unforeseen and dangerous ramifications. Olûndi could now construct ‘The Final Tier’ of beings, lower than anything created prior and subservient to their masters. The Eshan named them Deyunari, or the Least. Among these wary celestial observers, the same fundamental questions asked during the First Feud reemerged with a frightening potency.
Mesian was the first among the Alor’eshan to raise some alarm regarding the potential chaos which might be unleashed with these olûndari-designed-olûndi. Consider, the Eshan enjoy literal centuries of time to ponder and perfect designs and strategies. Olûndi possess perhaps 50 years in good wisdom. Their short-sightedness and destructive tendencies would make them terrible parents to yet lesser tiers of Olûllosia. Neither would there be powers of control or authority to monitor actions, leaving these Vojûnic crafted beings to wander across the world to wreak havoc. Acolitus agreed with these concerns and intervened to ensure some limitation. Aebaster possessed no means to create such entities, and thus voted in favor despite his principles of Eshanic freedom and personal bitterness over the Eshalasharn. Indeed, if he could not possess the power, and ought not! For the Ezontach, this was an extraordinary windfall. They each harbored fear that others might abuse this technology of Naordu but were now sole keepers of that strength in all the world. It provided the Daorhu with a much-needed advantage in those times.
Never again were creations like those of Noardu sanctioned by the reigning Eshan in Qadal. In places under their jurisdiction, religious authorities carried the mantle of this ban by punishing those who dabbled into this extraordinary art. The only locations where these constructions might be built free were those without direct supervision, such as Etal or Nevan until the arrival of the Axodraharik. In these circumstances, the Judges of Acolitus enforced this law with violence. When Orduza and Syhlshei did arrive with the Axodraharik, the other Alor’eshan compelled them to agree to this mandate of which they understood little.
While one might consider Eshanic injunctions against worldly creations to be the ultimate command, the enforcement remained contingent on the mandates. Indeed, if Mesian or Corgastor or Aebaster or the Ezontach or any other perceived such creations being birthed through Vojûn, they required olûndari agents to halt them. This meant that sufficiently powerful national or individual actors might circumvent the Eshan’s will by simply ignoring it. Stories are therefore abounded of those who created such ‘Final Tier’ entities for their own purposes.
As the centuries passed and such massive constructions lived and failed to die, it became a plausible expectation to encounter rogue Persatir scattered throughout the land. Where they wandered and tentatively settled was never quite predictable, for they were possessed with reason and cleverness per their Vojûnic quasi-birth. The abnormal monstrosities became potent threats to peace when angered.

“Friends and all sorts say that my experiences and life are boring. Petty trader of petty craft goods, nothing worth a singer or writer’s time. Just one in a thousand dozen and hundred more. Well, less direct than those words but they never say how existing it is, which is around the same. It’s plenty exciting I say, and I have a story to prove it so… I was travelling east to Hennas past the Aeducarrs, planning nothing unusual in the regions about north Hennas- trading here and there and all. Other was alongside me with a deal of coins for protection. Not much seemed to bother nor concern him, stranger as any beater I hired for any trip. He named himself Tahomest, and never did he ever mention which corner of Everos he was born from. Sleepy fellow who carried a long knife and carried a beard which drooped down past the collar. He muttered morning and along how this work might end him some day. Upon that journey a rumble and series of breaks rounded through the country. Tahomest gathered his weapon in protection, for it came close. A dread thing emerged against us, bearing the coherent carvings of some wealthy dynasty. It rambled and razed in a terrible fluster, clawing against these markings to destroy them. Tahomest bid it leave or perish, but this angered the rock monster. It swung against him and shattered his bones. In terror I offered my money and goods. I yelped that it might take these and escape anywhere or buy anyone. The monster was calmed by this and indeed stole my goods, but thanked me in some infantile babber before rushing away. Whereupon it traveled I can never know, nor whether it was successful in its escape.”

- The Merchant of Medrehem Travels of the Imperial Age - 3356

In response to these isolated incidents, governments such as the Corgastodmar in Ghethemas or Eurobasar in Tarimikras issued strict laws against those who constructed them. Temporal legalism caught up to the long-standing bans of the Eshan themselves.
It might appear reasonable to fear the violent usurpation of olûndari civilization at the hands of these Deyunari whose bodies are massive and require near nothing in nourishment. Fairs words and fair concerns. Yet, the Deyunari are not without needs whatsoever. They require significant quanities of Vojûnic power to replenish themselves without the existence of true biological functions to sustain them. Other Nemgerotir are different, for they possess biological bodies and can thus sustain themselves through food in addition to Vojûnic power. In any case, this need for energy means the Deyunari must hibernate in Vojûn-rich environments to sustain themselves are many years in a process which itself takes many years. These locations are noted in the sections regarding Vojûn and the gwakerrag themselves, but in terms of the Final Tier they represented a significant issue for the Eshan. Beyond all else, followers of the Alor’eshan were simultaneously confused, enraged, and intrigued by the existence of lesser subjects who might be crafted and remain enduring and powerful throughout many years. For every field of hibernation which the Deyunari discovered or established for themselves, the olûndari followers of the Eshan sought to exploit or destroy them.
In considering such potent developments in Esha, one must not forget the Lesser Half.The Eshanic ban on these Vojûnic pseudo-olûndi was steadfast, if not unquestioned, law in Qadal but had unforeseen consequences in Voryndal. Eshan who previously carried no knowledge of these technologies imparted inklings of Narodu’s methods upon their people. Powers of Vojûn, which were indeed known, were repurposed from casting Nemesharic energies to constructing crude replications of Naodu’s work without proper reference. Immense quanities of this reimagined power was hurled into wooden, stone, or mineral bodies with the hope of creating superior warriors. The results were uneven. In some places under erudite Eshanic eyes, the proper methods were derived, and glorious feats were achieved. In other places, these same efforts met disaster, with Vojûnic entities running free. Acolitus took sudden and terrible vengeance upon those dabblers, causing one of the most significant eras of the age.