# Ko’vatar ## Category Pre-Breaking People / Religious Culture / Vanished Race ## Known Facts - The Ko’vatar were a humanoid people described as similar in build to elves, usually hairless, with chalky skin that could resemble cracked marble. - Most Ko’vatar lived in [[Kazzad]], which was a significant power before [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/03 - Cosmology & Divine Structure/The Breaking|The Breaking]]. - Their spoken language was Kazzadi. - Accounts describe them as strongly warrior-focused, with some individuals possessing exceptional abilities regarded as a **Blessing of [[Ko]]**. - Their religious structure was unusual: they worshipped both [[Ko]] and [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]]. - Most surviving cultures appear to have recognised many gods while primarily worshipping one; the Ko’vatar's dual worship therefore stands out as a historical exception. - They believed strength granted freedom, and their struggle was represented through worship of [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]]. - They were generally isolationist and rarely involved themselves in other nations' affairs. - Personal relationships, and even children, with other peoples were known but rare. - No reliable records of the Ko’vatar remain after The Breaking; surviving accounts describe them as having vanished without trace. ## Religious Significance - [[Ko]] is one of the very few repeatedly named beings associated with the possible higher divine tier, yet was also directly worshipped by the Ko’vatar. - [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]] was worshipped alongside Ko and represented struggle, dominance, ambition and rebellion. - This unusual practice is tracked separately in [[The Ko'vatar Religious Exception|The Ko’vatar Religious Exception]]. - The [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]], [[Ko'van|Ko’van]], [[Voice of Ko]], [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]] and [[Prophecy of Kieraquel]] preserve or reuse Ko-related terminology, but the exact continuity with historical Ko’vatar belief is unknown. ## Known By - Party, through historical texts and the [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]] - Sol Spire scholars - [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]], at least through inherited doctrine ## Connected To - [[Ko]] - [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]] - [[Ko'van|Ko’van]] - [[Voice of Ko]] - [[Kazzad]] - [[The Brotherhood]] - [[The Opus Codex]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/03 - Cosmology & Divine Structure/The Breaking|The Breaking]] - [[Extinct races of Tarin]] - [[Ko and the Ko'vatar|Ko and the Ko’vatar]] ## Open Questions - What actually happened to the Ko’vatar during The Breaking? - Did any survive? - Are any modern peoples descended from them? - Why did they worship [[Ko]] directly when that appears unusual in surviving Pre-Breaking religion? - Why did they worship both Ko and [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]]? - Did their religious knowledge give them a different understanding of the Architects or higher divine structure? - Are modern Ko-related traditions preserving Ko’vatar belief accurately, or only fragments of it?