Why are the Matis so interested in plants?

[danolt]

I think part of the reason that the Matis are interested in being synergetic with Atys is the tradition of the "Great Spirit". The Kami considered Jena the "Kami Superior", before the rise of Maduk, some 50 years ago, Much like Christianity, Jena was considered as "Mother and Holy Ghost". Of course that leaves open a Homin side, which is being filled by the Elias Tryton movement.

Anyway, the Kami movement under Maduk is very young, many of their core beliefs should still be based soundly in the faith they split off of. Jena, is not pro-tech, anti-Atys...the Karavan maybe, but Jena was accepted by both factions as the Creator and the Spirit of the living planet until 30 years before players entered Atys. So, anyway, my point would be that the Matis are interested in living things because their faith and culture demand it.

[cushing]

That the Kami once worshiped Jena is wiped in any of the Chronicles since a long time, though (by evil spirits, no doubt). However, that Jena, The Life Giver, created Atys should be common knowledge even to the followers of Ma-Duk, as it returns in the stories handed down from generation to generation. It also is part of what we may describe as common lore, like here: http://atys.ryzom.com/projects/puben/wiki/L_Overview and here: http://atys.ryzom.com/projects/puben/wi ... Appearance

[cushing]

lol

Pretty much everything Matis is plant made, clothes, houses, underwear, some weapons, if anyone remebers there were flower-boosts too that the matis developed, and maybe we'll eventually be able to grow them. Other than items in game atm though its mostly lore.

But ... is underwear ALIVE? It does not drop poison, but does it, say ... move? *whistles*

P.S.: No, I don't want to hear new theories about the murder of Yasson based on wot I wrote above.