Rōdvīras

Rōdvīras is an outsider who arrived from the outer world before the catastrophe, carrying knowledge of what was to come and intending to use it to prevent it. An intellectual among the kind, accustomed to understanding problems through observation, reason, and knowledge, the arrival soon revealed an important limitation: understanding a world was not the same as understanding the people who lived in it. Rōdvīras' warnings were interpreted through faith, questioned through science, and rejected by those who could not imagine their world coming to an end.

The catastrophe came shortly after Rōdvīras' arrival, despite every effort to prevent it. Conflicting accounts of what had happened emerged, and questions remained that neither faith nor science could answer alone. Priests interpreted the catastrophe through faith, researchers searched for evidence, and survivors carried memories that often contradicted them both. Rather than choosing one explanation and dismissing the others, Rōdvīras began to wonder if these accounts were different interpretations of the same truth.

Rōdvīras became an advisor. Priests, researchers, rulers, and ordinary survivors sought knowledge, and answers were offered when possible. When not, there was never a fear of admitting, “I do not know.” The purpose is no longer simply to understand how the catastrophe could have been prevented, but to understand the world and its people well enough to discover what truly happened. Somewhere between faith, science, memory, and observation may lie the knowledge that could one day allow the catastrophe to be reversed.