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Kaiaren

A venerable monk sage of Norrath whose Celestial Fists martial discipline was infiltrated and corrupted by a blood demon of Rallos Zek disguised as his student Vorash.

Overview

Drawn from mkuqimm2 in-game book.EQ1Primary · official · best available source

We are taught to keep in the gray and to avoid extremes. The 5 flavors dull the taste and the 5 colors ruin our sight. Some ask how can this be. How can one know the gray if black and white is not experienced? This is a philosophy of the Celestial Fists.

They pursue the extreme of power so as better to understand emptiness. So they say. However their master, our Sage Kaiaren, did not teach this.

Kaiaren took a student as he had begun to realize that the Celestial Discipline must be handed down before he passed on. The student's name was Vorash. The master traveled with the student for years, learning everything he could about Vorash and how he would use the discipline once learned. The student seemed an excellent candidate and the training soon began.

Vorash learned quickly. Kaiaren was surprised at how His student was able to pick up on complicated techniques more quickly than he himself. Vorash learned so quickly in fact that the master began to suspect perhaps this young human was more than he appeared to be.

The venerable Kaiaren decided to test him. One day, during their mid day meal of fishcakes and tea Kaiaren set down his bowl and suddenly leapt across the table at Vorash throwing a volley of fists at him like a meteor shower upon Luclin. Vorash quickly spun away Imitating a pulsar, spilling his tea, and deflecting his master's attack, then landing and immediately launching his own attack at the advancing Kaiaren. The master started