8/11/2023 0 Comments Coppermind elarel![]() Working by spherelight through the night, she wrote the glyphs of the ten foolish attributes before the dais upon which sat the Common Throne. Pai left Lhan and went to the People's Hall, the location from which the monarch typically addressed the people of Kholinar. She told Lhan that she had decided that she would remain in Kholinar to do good and try to be an example for others to follow. ![]() She also asked him why no one heard from the Almighty anymore, why the Heralds had not returned to denounce the Hierocracy if it had been so evil. She wondered if any of the Alethi elite even cared for or believed in the Almighty anymore. Pai asked him what he thought of the spiritual cost of his actions. Pai sat and stared at the food until that evening, when Lhan returned to speak with her asking after her decision. He asked Pai to think about her decision, and left her sitting by the piles of rotted food. He also told her that if she made too much of a commotion, nothing would change and she would simply be sent away. Lhan told Pai that if she kept quiet and did not interfere with the ardents' lives, she could do a great deal of good for the needy of the city by regularly distributing this food. Lhan took Pai to the service yard behind the kitchens to show her a number of piles of rotting food, explaining that the extra food there had once been distributed to the poor by another ardent who had died. Despite Lhan's explanation that the queen gave her ardents easy lives because she feared that the Almighty was displeased with her, Pai maintained that they were merely sycophants and needed to be honest with the queen. Lhan tried to explain to Pai that a life of luxury was now hers, but Pai was more concerned with the queens recent actions, canceling the Beggar's Feasts, leaving food to rot while the poor starved, and her general excess and debauchery. They walked through the Circle of Memories and into the eastern wing of the palace, conversing about Pai's new position within the queen's retinue. Pai met Lhan in the morning, at the monastery next to Kholinar Palace. They asked Lhan, another ardent already in the queen's retinue, to speak to her. Pai's superiors were worried that her zealotry and her principles of self-denial would cause trouble in the court. She requested with some persistence to be assigned to be a member of the retinue of the Alethi queen, Aesudan Kholin, and after a year working in the city her request was granted in late 1173. Around the year 1172, Pai began serving as an ardent in the Alethi capital city, Kholinar. ![]() She began living a life of asceticism and abnegation around the year 1168, eating only simple meals of boiled tallew with the occasional piece of fruit on special occasions. It is uncertain when she joined the ardentia, but she chose the Devotary of Denial as her sect of Vorinism. Pai speaks her mind regardless of the consequences, openly condemning the government and the Alethi Throne, accepting that her words will lead to her own martyrdom. Her passion is such that she is absolutely unafraid of physical harm. Pai is stubborn and uncompromising in her beliefs, unwilling to abet the corruption at the heart of the Alethi monarchy, even if it allows her to help some of the poor and hungry. She has no desire for the luxuries and privileges enjoyed by the rest of the queen's ardents, and the very mention of their lifestyle angers her. Pai is also a very disciplined young woman determined to live a simple lifestyle in accordance with her faith. She is deeply angered and disgusted by the excess and wastefulness of the lighteyes' lifestyles while the poor starve in the countryside. Pai is also a very strong advocate for the poor. Pai believes there is something deeply wrong in Alethkar, although she is not sure precisely what is wrong. She also wonders whether or not the Hierocracy was acting in accordance with the Almighty's will, as he did not send his Heralds to stop the ardents. She does not know when they stopped acting in accordance with Vorin beliefs, and began to instead merely speak as if they were true believers. She feels they do not truly believe in the Almighty. She genuinely fears for the spiritual well-being of the lighteyes. Pai wants people to work hard to transform their lives into something better by following Vorin teachings and listening to the ardents. Pai has a huge amount of passion for her faith and the poor of Alethkar. Pai's appearance is unknown, but she is a young woman.
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