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As stated before, the Dokkaran's most defining quality is their harmonious nature. Where most humanoid cultures only see two options for the rule of the universe, chaos or order, Dokkarans see a third way, Harmony, which they define as the acceptance that neither order nor chaos is either true or inherently false as both ideas are delusions made up by primitive minds to boil down the world around them to a singular simplistic view. Rather Dokkarans believe that the universe exists in a state of harmony, with tranquility being the prevailing element of the world around them. Mortals only perceive order or disorder because they have a limited scope of the universe that limits their viewpoint, boiling down their existence to simple absolutions, one way or the other with the proposed balance between the two being an even greater delusion. To see past what one wants to see or what they have been allowed to see is to break the chains of these simplistic and false ideas of mutually exclusive absolutions and see the harmony that prevails in the universe. Billions might die in a supernova, but billions more will be born as the carbon from that exploding star travels to a newly formed planet, planting the first seeds of a new cycle of life. It is all in the Goddess' plan. | As stated before, the Dokkaran's most defining quality is their harmonious nature. Where most humanoid cultures only see two options for the rule of the universe, chaos or order, Dokkarans see a third way, Harmony, which they define as the acceptance that neither order nor chaos is either true or inherently false as both ideas are delusions made up by primitive minds to boil down the world around them to a singular simplistic view. Rather Dokkarans believe that the universe exists in a state of harmony, with tranquility being the prevailing element of the world around them. Mortals only perceive order or disorder because they have a limited scope of the universe that limits their viewpoint, boiling down their existence to simple absolutions, one way or the other with the proposed balance between the two being an even greater delusion. To see past what one wants to see or what they have been allowed to see is to break the chains of these simplistic and false ideas of mutually exclusive absolutions and see the harmony that prevails in the universe. Billions might die in a supernova, but billions more will be born as the carbon from that exploding star travels to a newly formed planet, planting the first seeds of a new cycle of life. It is all in the Goddess' plan. | ||
====The Elders==== | |||
The Elders of Dokkaran society are those who emerged in the first 10 years after the Awakening, constituting around 2400 individuals, There is a 10 year gap between the first/Elder generation of Dokkarans and the second (And all subsequent) generations of Dokkarans. All of these Dokkarans are entitled, but do not all choose, to sit on the Council of Elders, which handles the mundane running of Dokkaran society and grants assent to laws passed by a general vote. Many Elders drift in and out of Dokkaran politics, with the majority of the Elders choosing (At one time or another) to wander either Ceata or the galaxy. 567 Elders have not been heard from in over a century, 398 on Ceata alone and while some in the Federation speculate them to be dead, the Dokkarans refute these claims, asserting that they would know if one of their own had died. Many Elders also flock to Kural Hanesh to study with the Clerics and commune with the Goddess in serene meditation, forsaking politics. Within Dokkaran society, Elders act as mediators and magistrates, facilitating and organizing their highly democratic society. Dokkarans may chose to show however much respect they believe is appropriate as the Dokkarans as a culture despise the notion of protocol, seeing it as divisive, and talk to each other as equals, no matter what position they may hold in the greater society. | |||
==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||