🜃 Divine Currents of the World
The Karnathi interpretation of the Elder Four
| Elder Name | Element | Flow Aspect | Karnathi Title | Symbolic Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeru | Aether / Soul | Root | The Silent Stone | The foundation of spirit and the stillness before movement. |
| Sujaz | Fire / Earth | Rise | The Forge-Mother | The becoming of form through effort and creation. |
| Antaz | Air / Water | Rend | The Storm-Bearer | The force of upheaval, change, and necessary fracture. |
| The Wild | Nature / Will | Return | The Watersong | The renewal through memory, death, and natural flow. |
Among the Karnathi—stone-skinned delvers, builders, and keepers of memory—the divine is not a court of gods to be feared or appeased. It is a cycle, eternal and unbroken, known as the Fourfold Flow. This sacred rhythm was not taught by priests or carved in flame, but revealed in the bones of the world itself. The Elder Four—Aeru, Sujaz, Antaz, and the untamed force called The Wild—are not worshipped as lords, but understood as the primordial currents through which all things are shaped, endure, collapse, and return.
Each aspect of the Flow holds its place: Root (Aeru) is the silence before shaping, the still breath of the mountain. Rise(Sujaz) is the moment of creation, of craft and ambition. Rend (Antaz) brings trial, change, and the breaking of false structures. And Return (The Wild) is the great unwinding—the song of decay, rebirth, and wild harmony. These forces move through every Karnathi ritual, from stonecraft and metallurgy to death rites and seasonal observances. Their sacred places—called Shrines of Motion—are not temples in the traditional sense, but geometric spaces of balance, built in tune with the terrain and the flow itself.
To live Karnathi is to move with the Flow. To resist it is to crack. There are no idols, only echoes. No commandments, only patterns. In their eyes, the gods are not above the world—they are the world, singing forever through earth, flame, wind, and deep water.