systemv wrote:Does that mean the Kami are guardians of Jena as well and just spout a different philosophy as the Karavan? What of Ma-Duk, is it just a different name for Jena? They refer to Ma-Duk as "she" so it's very possible...
I believe that back when I first looked at Ryzom (november 2004) the stories about the Zorai still said that they worshipped the Kami as the true disciples of Jena, and that they believed the Karavan used to be disciples of Jena, but had gone astray, resulting in Jena sending the Kami to replace them.
Since then, Nevrax has changed the story. It now says that the Zorai used to worship the Kami as guardians of Jena, up until the year 2595, when the Zorai leader Hoi-Cho renounced Jena and introduced Ma-duk as Kami superior. Some quotes from different parts of the lore:
2495
The grand sageHoi-Cho openly officially questions role of the Kamis in the great design of Ma-Duk rejects Jena as Kami Superior. He begins his writings of his encounters with Ma-Duk, the true Lord of the Kamis
2504
Mabreka is 19 when Hoï-Cho dies without officially designating his heir. Despite his growing popularity, Mabreka is forced to find exile in Pyr when Fung-Tun, an old and influential guru, takes the power refuting the Hoï-Cho writings, and reinstates Jena as Kami Superior
2506
Fung-Tun is deposed, Mabreka is elected Grand Sage by the High Council. Mabreka takes the name of Mabreka Cho to rekindle the spirit of the Cho dynasty and faith in Ma-Duk.
How they see Jena
Since the encounters between Hoï-Cho and Ma-Duk which began in 2483, Jena no longer has any place in Zoraï culture. They consider her as a deity borne of the imaginations of less spiritual Atysians.