Fiction:Purity

Real Purity
Purity is the uncommon trait that, rarely, some spaecies exhibit. The most prominent of these species is teh Core federation's inhabitants, the Ravenrii.It is often thought that it is connected in some way to Essence. Purity is described in the most ancient Ravenrii sacred texts as


 * "The quality of being pure of heart,clear of emotion and immaculate of mind."
 * Sigmas, the Book of the Eons


 * The so-called Purity is often interpreted as almost complete perfection by most space-faring Empires, as it is the most general desctiption of the Ravenrii's behaviour. They have also been interpreted, famously, by a judge at the Human Trial who was aksed what Purity was and he answered "Purity? Purity is what makes those beings one step closer to blocks of ice and ten steps away from being human." (Humanity was thought of as impure, destructive and criminal before the human's extinction).Modern Ravenrii, by contrast, have called purity "the will to leave in harmony". There are many aspects of Ravenrii behaviour that are believed to have been altered by Purity, among them emotional and moral behaviour; Ravenrii do not commit crimes, act harshly, malevolently or instinctively, usually taking long periods of time to further speculate about the smallest situation. Physical traits were also somewhat affected; the Ravemrii have been known to outlive any ther species in the known universe, often living for over a million years. Most live six millenia, yet, as another effect of Purity, they do not age or acquire physical abnormalities or defficiencies as they grow.

Perfect Purity
It has ben proposed that, since the ravenrii have been known to commit mistakes throughout history and are not omnipotent or omniconscious, they are not experiecing a 'complete' state of Purity, called "Perfect Purity". however, Ravenrii historians believe that, before the Darkness was created and the Great War of Light began, the ravenrii did experience a complete state of purity, as the entire Universe was believed to be in complete harmony. Most Ravenrii believe that after the Great War, though,they lost it and only retained a part of it, what is now "Purity"