Hockian thought

Hockian thought is the philosophy and beliefs held by the house of Hock in regards to the world and existence. It seeks to explain questions of being and what the right action is. It is based on the world view of the house of Hock and the ancient principles of the now lost ideas of Septism.

## History

The thought originally came to the land with Hock III. of Airgethlam arriving. Later, as she traveled across the ocean as the waves suddenly began towering up. Water crashed in all direction. As the force came down she lost site of what just came down. As the sudden storm start to part again Hock regained sense and saw where she ended up, yet non of the seas nor the lands matched the ones on any map. Making it to a nearby island, trying to make sense of this, they spotted two beings in a field. One in the image of a old man with a stare like glass, wearing a crown upon his brow, he beared a staff along with a crocked top ending in two wings topped with a golden halo of light. Clocked in pure white he stood there looking down. At his feet lay what appeared like the image of a young woman in dirty and ripped clothes. Covered in mud and dust from one end off her body to the other, her cloack gasping with holes. "This land is now pure" the man began to spoke as Hock approached them "for it has been cleaned from being like you. Submit to our rule of the heavenly light or go down together with all those who stood in our way before!". The man raised up his staff ready to strike down on her as Hock called from behind them "Do you know where we are?". The man stopped looking at her directly for a few moments "Come here" he calmly said "What to you see here?". Hock looked on the woman on the ground, as they did she took off her own cloack and gave it to her "I see someone who needs a new cloack.".

The man began to smile viciously "This 'someone' stood in the way of the heavenly light, committing crime and high sin against us. She stole the holy flame giving it to these beasts on the earth who corrupted the flame. It should be something they admire, something they serve, not something they use to make their tools, cook their food, light their houses or any other of these unholy uses." Hock stood back on her feet looking down on her "So these beasts are using your fire. So why is that bad?". The man answered "It shouldn't be used that way". "But why?" Hock answered back. The man grew inpatient "Because it's a sin." "But what is a sin? Who decided that?" Hock asked.

## The seven thoughts

### Order in chaos

"You see, this world is chaotic. We must erase this chaos and replace it with order" the man said

Hock answered "But order is simply an extension of chaos. Not only that they can only exist if the other one is present but order itself is really just a different form of chaos. It provides all and everything, the only thing we change is the composition. When you want to build a hut you go to the forest to collect wood. In that forest the wood is chaotically but it's all there, you only arrange them in a different way. Nothing was erased or created, in it's core the wood is still the same as it was before. In it's core order is just as chaotically as that forest."

### Freedom

"The beast cannot be given such power on their own without any restriction. They need rules to keep them under control"

"And who keeps you under control? What are the rules for you? If they can't be trusted with such power and need rules then you need rules too. Yet you want to impose these rules without yourself subject to them. So what makes you different from the beasts that you talk about? If you are able to figure out rules for how they should behave then they will also. Give them what they need and they will run the rest.

### Equality

"I'm not like those beasts. It's simple, there're beings that are greater then others. Beings pure and unchanging, beings that those beasts considers to be gods."

"Greater in what measure? When I stand up I can look you directly in the eyes. There are no almighty beings in this world, everyone has things they are good at and things they can't do. Just imagine such a being existing, what would they do to gain such power and if they controlled everything with it since the start of time? Wouldn't it be boring to sit day by day watching beasts doing their work while you do nothing? Besides, an almighty being able to do absolutely everything would be boring."

### Rule

The man started to wrinkle "You don't see it, you're blinded. These beasts need leadership to govern them. Otherwise they will decent into destruction."

"The way I see it is that you are blinded. I just explained how we can all learn from each other and everyone holds up everyone else. There is no need for a single ruler to govern them. When they have the freedom the behave the way the see as good then they will figure out how they have to be. Neither can could a single being carry to weight of this rule. It would become unhappy and sad, disgusted by it's own doing, the pressure would force it to see every of its actions as bad and unworthy, or it would bring it to the point where the ruler place their own desire over everyone else. And just think about the costs of all this only to accommodate a single person."

### Progress

"Don't you dare compare me to these beasts in this way. They have no sense of themselves or their action"

"But what is stopping them from developing one? Like you said, when they got fire they used it to create tools, cook food and so many more new ways that we can't even begin to think about. You simply admire your flame and look at it while they use it and develop it further. Their progress is much greater then anything else on this world, they aren't bound by any restrictions or rules and can freely venture in any direction they choose. If they don't have sense of themselves today they will have tomorrow. In that regard they are way more then you."

### Companionship

"Can you not be silent? They don't feel anything except their own greed." The man said now wrinkled and sickly

"And even while feeling nothing but greed they where able to share your flame? This alone proves their deep sense of community and love witch holds them together. Sure they may not like each other, but when one of them is threatened the rest helps out. Rather then being full of greed they adapt to difficult situations and hold on with their love and compassion for each other. No matter which view or which background someone of them has, they help each other out no matter what. And those who do not, those who only thing about themselves, will be cased out since they're in a battle they can't win. Nothing is supposed to hurt others so those who try will find that they only hurt themselves by doing so.

### Knowledge

The man looked over to where the woman laid, only to find the spot empty "You idiot, she has gone away! Only because you wouldn't be silent"

"You where the only one replying to me. You where the one to come back to me, so the only one who caused her to vanish is you. Besides. You shouldn't take it so seriously as if the whole world would depend on it. Those above will surtently have plans for the future. Or do you really think this is real? No. there is someone, at a desk, sitting in a small room with a view on an insignificant fjord on an insignificant peninsula. This entire conversation is the product of this one. And there're others, just like this. People sitting at their desk, looking on strange glowing rectangles in their hands and even those sitting on white hollow chairs with water flowing through it, those are my favorite."

"What do you mean by that?" the man asked

The wings of the staff opened blowing wind at her making her disappear into sparks "There're those you composed this situation and there're those who watch our story unfold. Just like others will see their stories unfold. We play our part in our story for their entertainment just like they play their part in their story for someone else's entertainment. They watch us like others are watching them."