Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Central Legends (section)

==Knixi is sent to the Hitangan==
The time for Knixi to fulfill her first mission is at hand. She will go to the
Hitangan tribe, and serve as an ambassador. She will learn from the gorrirogs, so
that the godworm might asses their usefulness. So far, her mind has been relatively
stable, despite the numerous mental re-programmings she has undergone.

The cool humid air of the storage burrows washed over Knixi's body, as she descended
to these underground chambers. These burrows provided her with some sense of
privacy, privacy that she desperately needed right now. Zhen'qual had talked to her.
Finally, everything was clear. The years of confusion and uncertainty were finally
over. Her path had been made clear by the Hazuvaat.

She had to leave.

It had been almost five years since she emerged from the wormflesh as a fledgling
nymph. During these five years, the dreams continued, and intensified. Her pre-born
experiences granted her knowledge and intelligence her peers lacked. Eventually, she
was made aware of the fact that she had died, and the dreams were her memories from
her past life.

At first, she was understandably shocked, but the information also explained so
much. Over time, the dreams started to merge into her own persona, as if she had
truly experienced them. This process was aided by Chirrin, who was the only clear
link between her past memories and current self. Under his care, she grew stronger
and wiser.

It was not to last however. When she started nearing adolescence, Zhen'qual's
blessings started manifesting themselves. She grew bigger, stronger and smarter than
her peers, and no longer did she resemble the girl in her dreams. This dissonance
between her memory self and true self caused her to question her own identity. Due
to these wormborn traits, she also started drifting away from Chirrin, as every day
the past memories became even more muffled, her identity, more obscured. Chirrin
attempted, but failed to help her, as he himself was equally lost when witnessing
his childhood friend suddenly changing this way. The tribe started preparing her to
claim the place of the ruling council of sisters, as she clearly bore the traits of
the wormseer.

The tittle of the wormseer wasn't destined for her however. When the scouts
discovered the holy capsules, Zhen'qual started speaking to her. Every time she
communed with the Hazuvaat, she could feel the thoughts of the godworm pouring to
her feeble mind. Desires, goals, motivations... they all were slowly infused to her
mind. Soon enough, she too shared the desire for knowledge that Zhen'qual had. As
time went on, her identity became stronger. She was meant to serve Zhen'qual. The
changes to her form were intended to help her fulfill her tasks better.
No longer did she feel as one with the dream self. The Knixi of the her dreams was
young, naive and adventurous, while the true Knixi was infused with knowledge from
the Hazuvaat.

The last communion with the godworm had finally made everything clear, the pieces of
the puzzle had fallen in their place, and only clarity remained. Her purpose in
life, her destiny was to aid Zhen'qual to learn more about this world. The Hazuvaat
commanded her to leave the tribe, join up with the neighboring gorirrogs and learn
what there is to learn from them, before returning back to Zhen'qual and sharing the
obtained knowledge.

She retreated to the storage chambers, so that she could meditate, and prepare
herself for that what lied ahead. The hardened sand felt cold against her clawed
feet. She started gathering supplies for the trip to the Hitangan territory, mostly
dried gillworms, into a pouch.

A worm-statue gifted by the bulky creatures sat at the opposing wall, guarding this
chamber. It was clear that there was much that could be learned from the gorirrogs.
These statues showed that these infidels could perhaps serve the godworms too.

Her thoughts were disrupted when she felt someone entering the chamber. It was
Chirrin. A strange sensation that she had already experienced this crossed her mind.
She put the pouch to the floor and gazed at her guest. The patterns on his wings
indicated feelings of sorrow and anger.

"So it's true then. Why are you doing this?"

"Doing what?"

"Leaving. Sadkha told us."

"Because it is my destiny."

"How? How can it be your destiny?"

"Zhen'qual has dictated it so. I must help her to learn from the Hitangan."

"What could the infidels teach us? We have done fine by ourselves! We have built
wells, hunted, raised plants and water worms without the help of the outsiders. What
could you learn from them?"

"Jet it is clear that they know things that we do not. The statue behind you was
made by our neighbors, was it not? Zhen'qual must gain the knowledge the Hitangan
have, and I will be her agent in this task. I was made for this."

"No! You were brought back to us! You were reborn Knixi! Why would the mighty
Hazuvaat bring you back only to change you so utterly?"

"You praise Zhen'qual in the same sentence in which you doubt her wisdom. What is
that you want from me Chirrin? Zhen'qual guided me back from the desert winds, isn't
that what all of you hoped?"

"..Yes, but you are not the Knixi I knew."

"How so?"

"She wouldn't abandon her friends, her family and her home like this. She wouldn't
speak like you do."

"Perhaps you are correct...It might be that your friend really did die back then,
and that I am just a close imitation of her, or perhaps the blessed Zhen'qual
decided to turn me into something far greater than I used to be. Pondering this is
pointless Chirrin. What is done is done. And besides, Zhen'qual has granted us an
eternity during which we can get to know each other again."

"No. You are the eternal one. You are the wormborn. You are the one Zhen'qual will
bring back to life. The rest of us will just join her spirit upon death."

"But isn't that the eternity I mentioned? Eternal communion with each other an the
Hazuvaat in the afterlife, isn't that what we all desire?"

"No- Yes...I..Please don't leave Knixi, I..we can't bear to loose you again. The
infidels don't know our ways, they might kill you outright. We are different from
them, how could you live amongst the defiling brutes?"

"I do not know, but Zhen'qual will protect me from harm. It is touching to see how
much you care, but I am afraid that the time for me to go has dawned."

" ..But-!" she interrupts Chirrin by grabbing his hand, and slipping out her neural
tongue, which connects with his one.

"No more words Chirrin, everything that can be said has already been said. You can't
change that which is dictated by the Hazuvaat. Know that I am not abandoning you, I
will return with knowledge that will benefit the whole tribe", with these thoughts
and reassuring emotions she disconnects from him, picks up her pouch and starts
walking from the chamber.

"Farewell my friend! I will never forget how well you took care of me when I was
younger! Tell the rest of the tribe not to worry about me!"

As she exits the burrows, she is greeted by many of the other Zu-nul.

"So you are leaving then?" Sadkha says.

"Yes. You shouldn't have told him."

"He had to know. Otherwise he would have been devastated. Well, anyways, take care
of yourself child. This is the will of the wormgod, Zhen'qual must have great plans
for you."

After saying goodbye to the rest of the tribe, she jumps in the air and flies away.
She flies towards the mountains looming in the west, towards the black stone fields,
towards her destiny.

Knixi could not be easily taught as she was shy and distrusting of the Hitangan.
Time would change this. She learns the written languages from studying the libraries
and archives. She has developed a great deal of curiosity towards the warriors of
the tribes and their practice sessions.

In the archives, she notices some mentions of worms living in the obsidian fields.
Suddenly, the need to know more about these worms overwhelms her mind. It is as if
someone else had taken control over her mind. She attempts to learn everything there
is to know about these worms by reading and asking about them.