Arkidgi

The dreaded "Thunder Gods" of Vilani myth.

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History & Background (Dossier)

These are largely thought to have been inspired by Ancient juggernauts and automated fortresses that survived the Final War. At any rate they are terrible firebreathing and earthshaking giants, oblivious to the destruction they inflict upon normal people. Because of their indestructible nature, Vilani cultures tend to lack the heroic myths of overcoming a monster or demon that flourish in traditional Solomani legends. In many ways the Arkidgi benefited the Vilani, as it caused early communities to focus upon nature in less superstitious and adversarial ways, helping to ease their transition from gilded captivity under the Ancients to the difficult yet hospitable countryside. Nowadays the term "Arkidgi" has a pair of meanings: usually it means a blind, blundering idiot; but more rarely it refers to a person who moves ponderously but with great patience and thoroughness, so that resistance is slowly worn down through attrition rather than messy confrontation. Generally the emperors of the old Ziru Sirka were titled Arkidgi.

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• Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List Deneb Library Data: The Last Lexicon Part 2 published 8 April 2002