Seems nowadays a profession can be taught to anyone, despite the
sacriligeous beginning or ideals of the people who first developed,
learned or were gifted with the profession.

In such regards, I post a reminder of history, that we do not forget
those whom we serve as generations following in footsteps of greatness.

For the young monks of Manoa - yes, the Way is a solitary path, but pay
close attention to the word 'they'. 'They' was not simply 'he' or 'she',
once...the monks used to work together and care that 'together' existed.

By twelve hundred and eight years after The Awakening the city of
Antioch had become quite developed. Many Clerics began to feel as though
the city was focusing too much on their conflict with the Stavennites
and not enough on self-fulfillment in service to the Divine. After
several years of trying to affect change from within the Guild a small
GROUP, led by Rymon Yilun, left Antioch on a journey of discovery.

THEY traversed the desert for two months before entering Wadi Manoa the
Paran Mountains to the south of the Shaahri desert. As THEY climbed
upwards the mountain walls on either side of the dry riverbed grew
taller and THEY noticed caves along the top of the walls. THEY sent a
few scouts to explore the caves and found that THEY were actually
connected to each other deep within the heart of the mountain. It is
here that THEY founded the Monastery of Manoa and the Guild of Taekyon.

ONCE THE MONESTARY WAS ESTABLISHED, THE TAEKYON ABANDONED THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE CLERICS. Through meditation and observing their surroundings THEY
developed the new disciplines of Taekate, Telepathy and Kaido. While the
Taekyon have traditionally kept to themselves they have maintained loose
ties to Antioch and have traditionally been granted the same rights as
citizens of Antioch. In times of trouble the Taekyon aid Antioch but
retreat to their mountain meditations the moment the battle is over.

Well. Fancy that. A Taekyon seeks learning and meditation to become
wiser, but do we not learn from other aspects of life as well as
ourselves in pertaining to the gaining of wisdom? Hrm, any scholar would
also note that the Taekyon sought to better their paths, shape their
lives, in forgoing the abilities of the Clerics. Apparently - if you
can't truly master Taekyon skills, young ones, rely upon the Clerical
ones you so vehemently depend upon.

Well. Back to my books. I am, after all, only a scholar of Caanae.

Penned by my hand on the 15th of Bellum, in the year 528 AD.