Kir Dhi
Founder of Khit Kir Dhi, First Adhīh of Shīddūnti
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Early Life and Origins
Kir Dhi was born in the year 420 LE in the Ūlākīrd Valley, then a rugged and loosely settled region known for its caverns, mineral springs, and underground rivers. His family were known geomancers and hydrologists of the Ghā ethnicity, and Kir was trained in the practical and magical manipulation of stone and water from an early age. His childhood diaries (preserved in the Tower of Knowledge and Magic) reveal a mind obsessed with order, flow, and permanence.The Vision of a City
Around 448 LE, Kir received what he would later call a “hydraulic vision” while meditating near a collapsed cavern spire—he foresaw a city built not only with precision and magic, but with symmetry so perfect that knowledge itself could be made to circulate like water. This vision would become the foundational philosophy of Khit: that infrastructure, learning, and stability are inextricably linked. In 451 LE, Kir announced his intention to found a city and establish a new political organization, one built on mastery of elemental and arcane forces rather than inheritance or tribal allegiance. He called this new body Shīddūnti, meaning “the Thought-Bound Stone” in Ghā dialect.Founding of Khit
With the backing of three local clans and two respected mining guilds, Kir began construction of Khit in 453 LE. Using a combination of dwarvish masonry techniques (learned through an exchange with the Vadumites) and Ghā geomantic ritual, Kir designed the city as a radial structure centered on a palace and tower complex. Every street was recessed for drainage, the towers were placed to provide full arcane coverage for defensive wards, and the walls sloped inward to deflect siege engines and flying threats. The city was completed in its first form in 441 LE, and Kir was unanimously elected the first Adhīh̹—a title meaning both high architect and protector. He ruled for over five decades, overseeing the early codification of Shīddūnti’s legal, arcane, and scholarly traditions.Legacy and Final Years
In his later years, Kir grew increasingly focused on metaphysical research, particularly the structure of magical flow through geomantic nodes. His final treatise, Veins of the Valley, is considered a foundational work in Minarg earth-magic theory and remains required reading in the Tower of Knowledge and Magic. Kir died peacefully in 497 LE and was interred beneath the palace foundations, entombed in a chamber known as the Vault of Lines, where his tomb is said to rest directly upon the most magically conductive vein in the valley. A statue of him stands in each of the city’s three rings, with the inscription: “Order is not stillness, but alignment.”Accomplishments & Achievements
Historical Impact
Urban Planning: Kir’s radial model has been studied and copied across Sagaas, especially in Dwarven and Minarg cities.
Magocracy Without Tyranny: His refusal to pass rule to his descendants set the precedent for civic leadership in Khit being granted by scholarly merit and public consensus, rather than heredity.
Influence on Magic: His collaborative framework between practical trade and arcane learning laid the groundwork for institutions like the Tower of Knowledge and Magic, and inspired generations of magical engineers and geomancers.
Personality Characteristics
Representation & Legacy
- Urban Planning: Kir’s radial model has been studied and copied across Sagaas, especially in Dwarven and Minarg cities.
- Magocracy Without Tyranny: His refusal to pass rule to his descendants set the precedent for civic leadership in Khit being granted by scholarly merit and public consensus, rather than heredity.
- Influence on Magic: His collaborative framework between practical trade and arcane learning laid the groundwork for institutions like the Tower of Knowledge and Magic, and inspired generations of magical engineers and geomancers.
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