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-**Thorn** is the name of the extinct volcano that's responsible for [[Sehto]]'s existence and all of its
+**Thorn** is the name of the dormant volcano that's responsible for [[Sehto]]'s existence and all of its landmass.
-landmass.
-It was revered as a deity by the [[Kyza]], the first colonists and thus 'native' inhabitants of Sehto,
+It was revered as a minor deity by the [[culture:Kyza]], the first colonists and thus 'native' inhabitants of Sehto. They believed it judged their souls and brought natural disaster upon those who would attempt to upset the balance with nature, but later dropped their belief in it once the [[Legendaries]] had their attention.
-who believed that Thorn had a sapient spirit that judged their souls and brought natural disaster upon
-those who would attempt to upset the balance with nature.
-The spirit would be bound //in part// with its avatar, a mortal made immortal, a sapient creature capable
+Unbeknownst to the Kyza, Thorn is an actual metaphysical phenomenon, manifesting in ways they did not account for mythologically. Thorn possesses a spirit - something best considered a soul.
-of understanding the world in a way the mountain itself could not, given the mark of Thorn (an obvious
-outward sign of its alien nature) and powers beyond comprehension. The immortality could find an
-artificial end, though Thorn's spirit was said to simply incarnate another if this occurred.
-Some part of the spirit would always rest within Thorn itself, and the Kyza believed the avatar of Thorn
+The spirit was bound //in part// with its avatar, a mortal made immortal, a sapient creature capable of understanding the world in a way the mountain itself could not, given a mark (an obvious outward sign of its alien nature) and powers beyond comprehension. The avatar's immortality can easily find an artificial end, though Thorn's spirit simply incarnates another if this occurs.
-could draw upon the knowledge of Thorn if it was allowed to live long enough to achieve enlightenment.
+Some part of the spirit would always rest within Thorn itself, and it's conceivable that the avatar of Thorn could draw upon the knowledge of Thorn (most notably, its omnipresence) if it was allowed to live long enough to achieve enlightenment. Equally, Thorn does not possess the knowledge of its incarnations, more force of nature than guided process of thought, but a feedback and learning process (then encoded into the structure of the island itself) is theoretically possible. Deliberate terraforming is probably the most straightforward way to communicate with Thorn's non-incarnated self.
 ===== See also =====
-  * [[Jagdish Tsukinaka]], current spirit of Thorn
+  * [[character:Jagdish Tsukinaka]], current spirit of Thorn
+  * [[character:Jagdish Tsukinaka:Abilities]] of a spirit of Thorn (as per Jagdish's incarnation)
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