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ur-kahl-duhn [2019/08/04 15:28]
evilgm created
ur-kahl-duhn [2020/04/17 09:50] (current)
evilgm added link to gods
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 The UKD are forces of nature in the truest sense, for they observe their own rules, obey their own physics, and can ignore almost anything. ​ For comparison, consider how ants might perceive Humans. ​ The scale of physical difference is staggering, but likely impossible for the ant to gauge. ​ Rather the ant is only aware of the effects of the human as it intrudes upon their world. ​ The ant has almost no chance to interact with the human, and in the rare instances where it does, there is no ability to communicate. ​ How would a human describe computer programming to an ant or watching television? ​ Such is the scale of difference in experience and intellect of the UKD and humanity. The UKD are forces of nature in the truest sense, for they observe their own rules, obey their own physics, and can ignore almost anything. ​ For comparison, consider how ants might perceive Humans. ​ The scale of physical difference is staggering, but likely impossible for the ant to gauge. ​ Rather the ant is only aware of the effects of the human as it intrudes upon their world. ​ The ant has almost no chance to interact with the human, and in the rare instances where it does, there is no ability to communicate. ​ How would a human describe computer programming to an ant or watching television? ​ Such is the scale of difference in experience and intellect of the UKD and humanity.
  
-The UKD are not gods in the classical mythos sense of creators of the universe and all things that in them are.  However, they are divine in the sense that they have Power with a capital P and for all intents and purposes are deity to normal mortal beings. ​ Consider a hurricane. ​ While humanity would not call a hurricane “divine” or “deity”,​ they possess a power and force that we cannot really stop with current technology, we can only “weather” (pun intended) their passing. ​ We can’t really harm a hurricane, but we don’t think about it in that context, because it is a power to be endured, never one to be corralled. ​ The sheer power of a hurricane is such that to be in its mere presence is life threatening. ​ We hunker down where we are or flee its wrath. ​ But what if a hurricane never left?  How would humanity react to the destructive power of a hurricane as it perpetually marched across our land?  How would we adapt to its existence and destructive power? ​ Complicating things further, what if the hurricane did not always blow with gale force winds except every now and then?  What if we had no way of knowing what caused it to blow with such force or whether it was truly random? ​ Now, add in that we know that the storm is intelligent and is sentient, but might not even see us.  How would we react to such a being?+The UKD are not [[gods]] in the classical mythos sense of creators of the universe and all things that in them are.  However, they are divine in the sense that they have Power with a capital P and for all intents and purposes are deity to normal mortal beings. ​ Consider a hurricane. ​ While humanity would not call a hurricane “divine” or “deity”,​ they possess a power and force that we cannot really stop with current technology, we can only “weather” (pun intended) their passing. ​ We can’t really harm a hurricane, but we don’t think about it in that context, because it is a power to be endured, never one to be corralled. ​ The sheer power of a hurricane is such that to be in its mere presence is life threatening. ​ We hunker down where we are or flee its wrath. ​ But what if a hurricane never left?  How would humanity react to the destructive power of a hurricane as it perpetually marched across our land?  How would we adapt to its existence and destructive power? ​ Complicating things further, what if the hurricane did not always blow with gale force winds except every now and then?  What if we had no way of knowing what caused it to blow with such force or whether it was truly random? ​ Now, add in that we know that the storm is intelligent and is sentient, but might not even see us.  How would we react to such a being?
 ===== Communion ===== ===== Communion =====
 A few brave souls have managed to commune with the UKD and have come to be known as sages. ​ Every race has been known to have at least one sage, except the Orcs.  Sages have been tremendous sources of knowledge and inspiration,​ often catapulting their society into a new level of understanding on some key issue. ​ Most sages have died within one year of their awakening, though some have lived longer. ​ Important advances found through sages have included metallurgy, crop rotation, herbal wisdom, magic, and ki. A few brave souls have managed to commune with the UKD and have come to be known as sages. ​ Every race has been known to have at least one sage, except the Orcs.  Sages have been tremendous sources of knowledge and inspiration,​ often catapulting their society into a new level of understanding on some key issue. ​ Most sages have died within one year of their awakening, though some have lived longer. ​ Important advances found through sages have included metallurgy, crop rotation, herbal wisdom, magic, and ki.
ur-kahl-duhn.txt · Last modified: 2020/04/17 09:50 by evilgm