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{{qud quote|When the Eaters lived and skirred the stars, they visited the worlds of a thousand thousand different beings, and those beings likewise visited our own world.|&WThe Black Glass&y|noindent=true}}{{tocright}} | {{qud quote|When the Eaters lived and skirred the stars, they visited the worlds of a thousand thousand different beings, and those beings likewise visited our own world.|&WThe Black Glass&y|noindent=true}}{{tocright}} | ||
The Eaters were | The {{name}} (or Eaters of Earth) were the inhabitants of Qud in the days of the [[Sultans]]. They may have been a singular society, or the term may be a modern one applied to all prior civilizations. Their legacy persists through the {{favilink|ruins}} and [[artifacts]] they left behind, as well as memorials such as the {{favilink|Tomb of the Eaters}}, {{favilink|statue of implanted Eater|statues of implanted Eaters}}, {{favilink|statue of Eater|statues of Eaters}}, and {{favilink|hologram of Eater|holograms of Eaters}}. [[True Kin]] are often considered to be the direct, unmutated descendants of the Eaters. | ||
== Society == | |||
The {{name}} were extraordinarily technologically advanced, capable of interstellar travel<ref name="prism">{{favilink|Amaranthine prism}}</ref> and able to create marvels such as the [[Relic|relics of the Sultans]] and the [[Sultan masks]]. They engaged in extensive [[Mutations|genetic manipulation]] and usage of [[cybernetics]]. Their capabilities seem to have declined over the Sultanate period, with remnants of the earlier Sultans being more powerful than those of the later Sultans. | |||
Their society was apparently highly stratified, with the [[Tomb of the Eaters]] separating graves into several tiers based on social class and {{favilink|becoming nook|becoming nooks}} refusing to apply cybernetics to anyone other than aristocrats. "Saad" was a title for those of high rank<ref name="shomer">[[Rainwater Shomer/Conversations]]</ref>, such as {{favilink|Saad Amus}}. | |||
The term "Eaters of Earth" may refer to destructive, extractive tendencies of the civilization. [[Mayor Haddas]] mentions in conversation that they "ate Earth and belched freight at the stars", and [[Ezra]] "was their stomach."<ref name="haddas">[[Mayor Haddas/Conversations]]</ref> | |||
They were part of a coven of interstellar societies, and imprisoned [[Ptoh]] on the coven's behalf.<ref name="prism"/> However, they apparently fell at odds with the coven at some point, as [[Resheph]] discovered that "the misdeeds of the elder saads and sultans" had convinced the coven to curse the earth with plagues. | |||
== Becoming Nooks == | == Becoming Nooks == | ||