Fuio

Although the nation of Fuio is hardly anymore rooted in divine magic than the rest of Beyne, its customs may come across as superstitious or religiously charged to those unfamiliar with the nation's emphasis on logic and empiricism. The Fuians view the universe as something akin to a highly precise, engineered machine; for there to be life across many planets cannot be a coincidence. Instead, it must have been cultivated on purpose in some form, and it keeps itself going for an unknown purpose, a goal unknown to the people that comprise its tiny parts. Like with machines, then, it is impossible for anything truly new to be created -- rather, it must be repurposed from something else.
Because of this belief, the Fuians have a firm belief in reincarnation. Reincarnation is not based on anything akin to justice or karmic retribution -- it is simply the natural progression of a tool who has worn out its old purpose and must find a new one, and not always as a person, but sometimes as an animal or a plant. As such, someone who reincarnated may feel an odd kinsmanship with people or things from a past life, particularly if they go to a location that their past life once inhabited. Fuians think that there is only a finite number of lives that can exist in the universe at once. Wars, plagues, and apocalypses curtail populations from trying to exceed a naturally finite amount. They tend to think little of such losses, believing that a life's end will end when its purpose has been met, whatever it may have been, and from this belief, their country's name is derived. The original phrase was said to be fui io -- "thus, I go."
Category:Ealdremen Nations
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