The Kihahyon
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
The Kihahyon principle, also known as The Blight is a pan-continental phenomena that inhibits techonlogy and the technological development of weapons.
Many races and cultures have a different name for this phenomena, for instance: The Dwarves, call it "The Demention", while the Halfling, gave it the name of the Stagnation of War.
Origins
The Kihahyon, first initiated after Etarr's demise first after the destructive power and technology it afflicted the world with for he cursed Theras to never achieve greatness without his blessing. Some may call it a curse known as the Blight, which cripples the advancement of mundane technology across all Material Planes. The Kihahyon was observed in 7,000 BB during the era of Blood and Ruin, where all six continents were ravaged with war with referal to powerful weapons. In Epeoris , this entailed the ever war of the elven demenses and dragonborn fought until annhilation and biological weapons were unleashed. Later on, the elves themselves would witness destruction by dragons. In Rakion, this had scarred the continent itself, with the war of the elemental and genasi civilizations, battling the dragonborn, elves, Menedaynn were at each throats, with weapons of mass destruction. This era ended with the exile of Etarr by Ervenius and the repairing of the damage by Ervenius and Pheistus ordering the world, fighting the curse itself.Overcoming the Curse
The Gods of invention of knowledge, mainly Pheistus and in many instances, Ioun, Labelas Enoreth, Sophis and Moradin, bid their follower to fight the Kihahyon. Many inventions are delayed, but are successfuly overcome by the deeds of the divine deities who surpass the curse' power.Manifestation
Though the Kihahyon has several effects and affects virtually every civilization and scientific circle, scholars divide it into two core expression.
Failure to Develop
This expression prevents new warfare technologies from being developed.Failure to Weaponize
This expression prevents weaponization of newfound technologies. The Kihayon is often described as an immune system that works in three phases:Scale
As the blight was 'born' after Etarr’s downfall and the apocalyptic wars of the Blood and Ruin era, when civilizations deployed weapons that killed entire armies or cities at once. The Kihahyon reacts to scale because devastation at mass level was what scarred the world most deeply. In esseence: Small tools are permitted. Mass-death engines are hinderedAbstraction - The Mechanism
Ancient weapons became more about processes than actions, where there are machines or mechanizations that automate killing, spells that spread contagion without direction. Abstraction separates responsibility from act. The Kihahyon disrupts this: if a tool kills without the wielder’s immediate and conscious choice, the curse scrambles it.Indifference - the Attitude
The gods wanted mortals to feel the weight of using force. In the wars of old, rulers unleashed devices that killed without ever seeing the dead, making cruelty easy. The Blight demands that every act of violence be personal and chosen, never casual or distant.Key difference between Abstraction and Indifference
Abstraction is the shadow between hand and blade; indifference is the silence of a heart that no longer hears the screams.
Criteria |
Abstraction |
Indifference |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Turning violence into a process or system, so that the act of killing feels indirect. | The moral apathy that comes after repeated abstraction, when you no longer care about the human cost at all. |
| Key Trait | Distance. You pull a lever, press a button, or set a mechanism, as if the killing “happens” without you seeing or feeling it directly. | Callousness. Life and death stop mattering; the act of killing is treated as trivial or irrelevant. |
| Example | Dropping alchemical gas into a trench. The user doesn’t watch each death, they just release the weapon and the rest is hidden in mist. | A general orders a bombardment of a city, fully aware thousands will die, but shrugs because it’s “just numbers”. |
| Effect on the Mind | It creates psychological space, when a person can tell themselves, “I didn’t kill anyone, I just operated the weapon". | It erases empathy. Death is reduced to statistics, or “acceptable losses”. |
Type
Metaphysical, Divine
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