San*klaass Cap

According to some Ithklur, an important symbol of their Tetramerous Way philosophy. This is reported to Humans very earnestly.

I see you've been talking to our active friends again. What have they told you this time?

-- A Hiver diplomat

Significance

The symbol of the original Blissful Warrior, San*klaass, the cap is conical red headgear usually made from dyed fur or furlike fabric, trimmed with a white headband and a white pompon at the top. The symbolism of the cap begins, supposedly, with the white trim of the headband. This represents a life begun in a commitment to purity. This purity is then given power by passion, represented by the red fabric of the cap itself. The conical shape of the cap represents the converging of this passion to a point of focus over the course of the life, and ends with the white pompon at the tip, again representing the purity that is also the destination of life.

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