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A Scholarly movement of the Imperial Age

  • They discerned cosmic truths which they proved were true to most perceptions of the God Time
  • They identified and manipulated the Gods as if they were inanimate powers.
  • Their origins came in the pillaging of Arkati temples.
  • Their original experiments were tentative while their last experiments were reckless.
  • They broke the Cosmic Compromise and were wiped out.
  • They are remembered poorly for their thoughtlessness, brutality and indifference.
  • Their dicoveries were however correct and used even by their victims and enemies.
  • Their ruthlessness is occasionally sought by madmen and demons.
  • Properly a philosophical movement in the Middle Sea Empire.
  • Jrusteli is used as a synonym as they are born from the subcontinent.
  • The term is widely used to refer to a Malkioni of the Imperial Age or those influenced by them.
  • Hence Shang Hsa is considered a God Learner Emperor even though Shang Hsa did not owe allegiance to the Middle Sea Emperors and abandoned their philosophy.
  • Known to the Kralori as Wise Knowing Demigods

Sources: Revealed Mythologies, Cults of Runequest: The Prosopaedia

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