Kurn
Kurn was a major god in the Thauzunian Orthodoxy, associated with greed, accumulation, and the uncontrolled drive to possess. In pre-Fall belief, Kurn did not represent evil or corruption, but excess without regulation. His domain governed the point at which acquisition ceased to serve function and began to destabilize systems. Greed under Kurn was not treated as a moral failing, but as a predictable pressure that emerged wherever resources, status, or power could be accumulated.
Orthodox doctrine treated greed as a warning condition rather than a sin. Kurn represented imbalance: taking beyond need, hoarding beyond capacity, and pursuing accumulation without consideration of system impact. Pre-Fall teachings emphasized that greed was not eradicated through prohibition, but managed through structure. Institutions were designed with the assumption that Kurn’s influence would always be present, requiring oversight, limits, and redistribution mechanisms.
Kurn was closely associated with wealth concentration, monopolization, and elite accumulation rather than everyday desire. His influence was believed to increase within unchecked hierarchies and unregulated markets. Excessive disparity was treated as evidence of Kurn’s dominance rather than success. The Orthodoxy did not condemn wealth itself, but framed uncontrolled accumulation as a systemic risk rather than a personal achievement.
No knowledge of Kurn survives into the post-Fall era. There are no remaining references to his name, role, or conceptual framework in modern Vey’Zari society. The Thauzunian Orthodoxy itself is unknown, and with its collapse, all structured understanding of Kurn vanished. He is not remembered, invoked, or reinterpreted, leaving no trace beyond speculative reconstruction of pre-Fall religious structure.
Orthodox doctrine treated greed as a warning condition rather than a sin. Kurn represented imbalance: taking beyond need, hoarding beyond capacity, and pursuing accumulation without consideration of system impact. Pre-Fall teachings emphasized that greed was not eradicated through prohibition, but managed through structure. Institutions were designed with the assumption that Kurn’s influence would always be present, requiring oversight, limits, and redistribution mechanisms.
Kurn was closely associated with wealth concentration, monopolization, and elite accumulation rather than everyday desire. His influence was believed to increase within unchecked hierarchies and unregulated markets. Excessive disparity was treated as evidence of Kurn’s dominance rather than success. The Orthodoxy did not condemn wealth itself, but framed uncontrolled accumulation as a systemic risk rather than a personal achievement.
No knowledge of Kurn survives into the post-Fall era. There are no remaining references to his name, role, or conceptual framework in modern Vey’Zari society. The Thauzunian Orthodoxy itself is unknown, and with its collapse, all structured understanding of Kurn vanished. He is not remembered, invoked, or reinterpreted, leaving no trace beyond speculative reconstruction of pre-Fall religious structure.
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