"My time on Palan Voyd was both bitter and benign, filled with the long conversations that make living rich and full even when memories lose track of specifics. It was like my own Thotalna Illingvir Palan Fonnonsivin except that I had every intention of coming back. I'm certain the Voy Diurne would say I missed the point but they say that about most things."
-Chom Biitulaay, Reflections On a Life Lived Too Long, ch 17, p 285
The Voy Diurne have a long history of attaching Great Importance to a very complicated series of things that to us seem to be connected by pure chance. They believe in the Connection of All Things and always look for the wisdom behind the wisdom in their dealing with the rest of Creation. The
Thotalna Illingvir Palan Fonnonsivin* is debatably their most convoluted tradition and as such, has largely faded from general practice. However, once completed it confers the title of Accomplished Journeyman and tends to lead to a solitary life of seeking and dispensing wisdom.
A complete depiction of The Journey would require more pages than allotted here. In summary, it involves a solitary walk with limited equipment into the central lands of
Palan Voyd . The early days of the Voy Diurne were taken up with magical experiments and complicated incantations which thoroughly and permanently changed the interior of their continent to a haunted wasteland of bizarre creatures and plant life. (See
Lar Voyattara)When one wants to take on The Journey they simply walk away from civilization and into the wilds. When enough time passes and they do not die, it is assumed that they have achieved Greater Wisdom and are treated with reverence and deference for the rest of their lives. Accomplished Journeymen are often treated like the ancient Oracles of Lasskyrolia and consulted by the rich and powerful.
It is not known how many Accomplished Journeymen are currently practicing on Palan Voyd but each major settlement usually has one and the larger cities will have several. Recently they have begun appearing on other continents like
Ennostwell and
Lasskyrolia but they command far less respect in the foreign lands.
*Multiple translations of this ritual are found throughout Voy Diurne culture but they all tend towards some variation of Journey to the Center Without Thought of Coming Back. As is typical of Voy Diurne social practices if there are many ways to say something, say them all.
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