Fiction:The Sages of Qasarn

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=Introduction=

This Page is about the most elusive empire "not" in existence. A group of knowledge seekers and recorders who have all of the Omniverse's history recorded for the preservation of all history. From the most basic particle to the Omniverse they have it recorded. They even have all "unimportant" people down in their library as memory. They may show you holographic recordings of yourself all through this point but as is their rule they would never show you your future because of Multiverse Theory you shall have multiple futures. And it is just too complex for the mortal mind to handle.

=Recorded History= In their most primitive days the Archeosapiens and the Tachyomorphs fought over regions of tachyon radioactivity, their primary food scource. Over time they both developed advanced military techniques. They eventally found peace when a sudden surge of tachyon radioactivity engulfed their world feeding untold numbers of beings and thus they grew closer together as brethren.

Untold amounts of Time went by as the beings waited in the darkness. Alone they sent out graviton waves generated from their own brains in the hopes that some other sentient species would respond. A tier 0 civilization (no one knows who) received the transmission and investigated. Seeing a sentient species in The Inter-universal Void opened the eyes of the great beings and thus they shared some of their knowledge and resources with the Sages. They quickly conquered all forms of science and mathematics. Still hungering for more they left their hole in space and found a bright glowing world full of life.

Venturing into the expanses of space, generating Alcubierre Bubbles to propel themselves forward, they discovered somethings they had never experienced in their energy rich home. Hunger, their first discovery(note:in the void they had plenty of energy). The majority of their population starved to death during their first waves of exploration. The remaining 2,400,210 discovered quasars to be a reliable scource of their neccessary energy requirements just in time to discover war. The first quasar they encountered was being fought over by two civilizations. The Sages encountered one of the sides and were convinced that they should help. The Sages were nearly wiped out by the war leaving only 364 individuals left. They retreated to their home in fear of further destruction.

Because of their longevity and high reproductive rates their population came up from extinction but they would never again achieve their former population. The young eager for knowledge went on expeditions without their parent's knowing. Hearing stories they wanted to see for themselves the cold world out beyond their existence. The first thing the youngsters found was a massive library in an asteroid field. Unable to understand it they tried to bring the library with, but ended up taking the entire asteroid field too. Unable to hide the giant cloud in nothingness the parents found out soon, but soon their youthful curiosity took over and they spent several centuries deciphering the information. The library incinerated after several millenia of radiation and lack of maintenance. So the Sages decided to build a library of their own.

They took the metals from the asteroids and constructed a massive complex. The Grand Monastery, A massive library built with laboratories, observatories, and conservatories. It contained a super-massive black hole at its center to power the station and massive wormhole generators to send the Sages across Spacetime. However they never forgot the decimation from the war and swore an oath of nonintervention to avoid getting caught up in a potentially lethal war.

=Culture= Being comprised of a species inexplicably old and living in the absence of spacetime would create a bizarre culture right? Not really. The Archeosapiens and their cousins the Tachyomorphs despite having bizarre physiology actually have a culture very similar to the monks and nomads of Medeival Earth. However, they do try to avoid interfering in the affairs of all major events.

They travel the omniverse in search of knowledge and wisdom, recording it and sharing it with those they deem worthy. They also hold true to their nonintervention policy and refuse to participate in any violence. If any of their order forsakes their beliefs to join in any violence whatsoever, even a small skirmish, they shall be banned from the order for an eternity. They may warn civilizations of cataclismic events (the Great Flood on Earth) or major wars that would lead to extinction.

They let other smaller species join to partake in their wisdom. Those who wish to join must swear oaths to protect the knowledge within the Grand Monastery and never to abuse it for selfish gains. Few species hold the restraint to join the Sages.

=Religion=

Their religion is inexplicably linked to the most bizarre and powerful "substance" known, Cosmic Energy, a force of nature inexplicably connected to and connecting the mind/soul, the laws of physics, and the birth/death cycle of reincarnation.

Some of their more pathetic followers(on alien Twitter) believe that when you die, which they find easy, your soul reconnects to the comic flow and transcends time and space to metamorphose into a cyborg named Larry. At least that is the translation that makes most sense to them. In truth, the soul still reconnects, but with the COSMIC flow, and it still metamorphoses, but into five versions of yourself. One reenters the cycle and is reincarnated into new life. The second remains in the memories of those whose lives have been touched by you. The third stands trial and gets to go to one of six locations, each named for a location in Greek mythology:


 * Olympus:for the Holy, beings whose thoughts were pure
 * Elysium:for the Blessed, beings that did good things
 * Atlantis:for the Extraordinary, beings that did incredible things, yet no good/evil or not enough of each
 * Asphodel:for the Ordinary, standard beings, no good/evil or not enough of each
 * Ereberos:for the Cursed, beings that did evil things
 * Tartarus:for the Damned, beings whose thoughts were corrupt

The fourth becomes a messenger to the living(Angel, Ghost, or Demon), and lastly the fifth becomes pure cosmic energy and continues to transcend time and space.

=Military=

see The Knights of Qasarn