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| ====== Kordai ====== | ====== Kordai ====== | ||
| - | The Kordai are a hunted species, the scattered remnants of a group of refugees fleeing from a conflict somewhere in the Leading Orion Arm, beyond the known volumes of the Orion Sphere. After initial contact with several itinerant [[Ikunkuma]] tribes in 3582PT, the beleaguered inhabitants of the refugee ships were guided to safety and taken in by the Free Union, where they spread across the Sovereign Worlds in small family groups. Over the following 50 years more ships were to follow, encountered by [[:Free Union]] and [[:Commonality]] ships in the Augustus, Julius and Cetus Beta sectors, each in progressively worse condition and containing fewer surviving Kordai. The refugees slowly established a number of enclaves in the Sovereign Worlds and Commonality space, and tried to rebuild. After 3629PT, no more Kordai ships arrived, although since that year Commonality and Free Union explorers have found several wrecks in the Lock and Cocoon sectors bearing Kordai markings. Most of these wrecks were found torn to pieces and burned by powerful weaponry, or in a handful of cases orbiting silently and intact in barren star systems, devoid of oxygen and containing only floating bones and dust. | + | [{{:species:kordai_suse11_byrobdavies.jpg?250 |<html><font color=black>Composed of refugees split between two Factions, the Kordai are a hunted people.</font></html>}}]The Kordai are a hunted species, the scattered remnants of a group of refugees fleeing from a conflict somewhere in the Leading Orion Arm, beyond the known volumes of the Orion Sphere. After initial contact with several itinerant [[Ikunkuma]] tribes in 3582PT, the beleaguered inhabitants of the refugee ships were guided to safety and taken in by the Free Union, where they spread across the Sovereign Worlds in small family groups. Over the following 50 years more ships were to follow, encountered by [[:Free Union]] and [[:Commonality]] ships in the Augustus, Julius and Cetus Beta sectors, each in progressively worse condition and containing fewer surviving Kordai. The refugees slowly established a number of enclaves in the Sovereign Worlds and Commonality space, and tried to rebuild. After 3629PT, no more Kordai ships arrived, although since that year Commonality and Free Union explorers have found several wrecks in the Lock and Cocoon sectors bearing Kordai markings. Most of these wrecks were found torn to pieces and burned by powerful weaponry, or in a handful of cases orbiting silently and intact in barren star systems, devoid of oxygen and containing only floating bones and dust. |
| The remaining Kordai are few in number - less than five hundred thousand at the last estimate, their culture and ancestral way of life crumbling under the pressure of life in the Orion Sphere. Within their enclaves in the Free Union and Commonality, there are Kordai who try to cling on to the remnants of their lost homeworld’s culture, while others seek to integrate more fully with the culture of their hosts. Among the [[Elysian|Elysians]], the Kordai have been encouraged to become fully part of Commonality society, while in the Free Union they have been mostly left to fend for themselves. Many have taken the particular rituals of their ancestral priest class, the Kordaiaura, and used them as a way of strengthening their tenuous connection to their ancient home and culture. The few Kordaiaura that maintain an unbroken line of scholarship from before their flight are looked up to by young Kordai, and many seek a teacher or to cobble together some approximation of their practices and skills. | The remaining Kordai are few in number - less than five hundred thousand at the last estimate, their culture and ancestral way of life crumbling under the pressure of life in the Orion Sphere. Within their enclaves in the Free Union and Commonality, there are Kordai who try to cling on to the remnants of their lost homeworld’s culture, while others seek to integrate more fully with the culture of their hosts. Among the [[Elysian|Elysians]], the Kordai have been encouraged to become fully part of Commonality society, while in the Free Union they have been mostly left to fend for themselves. Many have taken the particular rituals of their ancestral priest class, the Kordaiaura, and used them as a way of strengthening their tenuous connection to their ancient home and culture. The few Kordaiaura that maintain an unbroken line of scholarship from before their flight are looked up to by young Kordai, and many seek a teacher or to cobble together some approximation of their practices and skills. | ||
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| ==== The Kordaiaura ==== | ==== The Kordaiaura ==== | ||
| - | The initial waves of refugees contained enough adepts of the Kordaiaura to maintain a corpus of their traditions, practices and training regimens, and these were handed down to subsequent generations in a somewhat scattered and haphazard form. With the Kordai population scattered and only a fraction of its original numbers remaining, few were willing to dedicate themselves to the path of the wandering mystic in the early years of re-establishing themselves. The few Kordaiaura initiates had to be taught by lone mentors, training them and imparting their rituals and the intricacies of the Aura faith while they travelled between Kordai enclaves, resolving disputes and preserving what remained of the Kordai culture. The Kordaiaura, travelling in pairs between the diffuse Kordai enclaves, became the primary cultural touchstone for the species as a whole - and as such elements of Kordaiaura practice began to spread into the wider culture of the Kordai. | + | [{{ :species:kordaimeditatee9_byagentbsmith.jpg?300|<html><font color=black>Free Union Kordai are a spiritual people.</font></html>}}]The initial waves of refugees contained enough adepts of the Kordaiaura to maintain a corpus of their traditions, practices and training regimens, and these were handed down to subsequent generations in a somewhat scattered and haphazard form. With the Kordai population scattered and only a fraction of its original numbers remaining, few were willing to dedicate themselves to the path of the wandering mystic in the early years of re-establishing themselves. The few Kordaiaura initiates had to be taught by lone mentors, training them and imparting their rituals and the intricacies of the Aura faith while they travelled between Kordai enclaves, resolving disputes and preserving what remained of the Kordai culture. The Kordaiaura, travelling in pairs between the diffuse Kordai enclaves, became the primary cultural touchstone for the species as a whole - and as such elements of Kordaiaura practice began to spread into the wider culture of the Kordai. |
| Core to the practice of the Kordaiaura is the ability to maintain a calm, stoic detachment about the world around them. It is believed that this state is crucial to accessing the latent psionic power of the Kordai, which allows them to manipulate matter and forces around themselves. Kordai psions attempt to occupy a point of balance, an emotional fulcrum that in turn allows them to move phenomena in the outside world, and bend the forces of gravity to their will. | Core to the practice of the Kordaiaura is the ability to maintain a calm, stoic detachment about the world around them. It is believed that this state is crucial to accessing the latent psionic power of the Kordai, which allows them to manipulate matter and forces around themselves. Kordai psions attempt to occupy a point of balance, an emotional fulcrum that in turn allows them to move phenomena in the outside world, and bend the forces of gravity to their will. | ||
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