# Ko'vatar > [!info] Shared Tarin entity > This canonical page preserves campaign knowledge separately. Expand only the campaign context you want to reference. > [!lotvk]- Lineage of the Veiled Kin — Known & Revealed > ## 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 [[World of Tarin/05 - History & Events/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]] > - [[World of Tarin/05 - History & Events/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? > [!troi]- The Rose of Igoda — Known & Revealed > The term **Ko'vatar** was heard in the Torraxian discussion surrounding [[World of Tarin/01 - People/02 - Non-Player Characters/Nezphu|Nezphu]] in Session 7, alongside references to the Architects, [[World of Tarin/04 - Gods, Faiths & Cosmology/03 - Cosmology/The Eterum|the Éterüm]], [[World of Tarin/04 - Gods, Faiths & Cosmology/03 - Cosmology/The Divine|the Divine]] and the **Seventh Iteration**. > > > [!warning] Meta / player knowledge > > The term also exists in the parallel **Lineage of the Veiled Kin** campaign. That wider context is not currently knowledge held by the TRoI characters and should not be treated as such.