Role

Chapter 5

Iskrith is not used to individuality.

Before, he was part of a collective: A cell in the organism of Ysigrath. His
feelings were harmonious with the flow of Sra. There was no internal conflict.
There was no desire. "Self" was a fluid concept.

When he was disconnected from that collective, he was alone for the first time
in his life and not equipped to handle that.

Here is how this has affected him:

* He immediately began searching for something else to be a part of. He was
certain he would find belonging in the Goddess Rarywey, the patron of
Death/Weh. He found a strange and intoxicating mix of acceptance and
rejection. He is called "Breathless," along with others, yet there is only a
loose kinship between them. Some have even tried to harm him.

* He values his life, but not in the same way as others seem to. He sees it as
something to be spent or used for some greater purpose. This is due to his
fundamental view of the world that each person is but a part of a much greater
whole. The supremely vain and self-centered are confusing and silly to him.

* He has a great deal of anger over his rejection, but does not understand the
feeling at all. He instead integrates his darkest urges into his naturalistic
understanding of the world.

* He believes it is his calling to make Weh seen by the K'sra, and all others
who live in denial of their ultimate fate

* He has at times begun referring to himself as Iskrith Tora'weh, a mockery of
the sacred hero of K'sra legend (Tora'sra, translation: Avenger of Life, who
is foretold to wipe away all Weh from Thera).