Pavkanai

Pavkanai
Image	A representation of Pavkanai
Realm	Homhuen
Aspect	Imagination, Creativity and Dreams
Osia	Path of Pavkanai
Wardens	Saevien

Introduction

Pavkanai is the Primordial Spirit of imagination, creativity and dreaming. She arose in the Napadéh from the dreams of Umalyu, the first consciousness, as a natural consequence of consciousness.

Nature and Influence

Pavkanai's influence covers imagination, creativity and the possibilities they open. She formed the first humans, the Yendea, in Homhuen, and after the realms had stabilized following the Great Erosion she placed them on Haberria. All human races carry aspects of her, and many other races of Adaris owe their humanoid form to her influence.

Relationship with Other Elements

The other seven Primordial Spirits arose from the interaction of Umalyu's consciousness and Pavkanai's imagination.

Realm

Homhuen is the intangible realm of imagination and dreams. It came into being with Pavkanai, is the oldest of the realms, and lies outside time. After the Great Erosion, once the Dawn Wars had begun, Pavkanai formed the Saevien to protect it.

Osia

The Path of Pavkanai is the study of creativity, dreams and imagination. It was open to humans from their time on Haberria. It has no formal course of training, and its disciples reach Homhuen through dreams.

Significance and Worship

Pavkanai is the focus of a religion.

Cultural Practices

Lucid dreaming, becoming aware within a dream and directing it, is a practice of the Path of Pavkanai, taught to its disciples.

Philosophical Interpretations

Whether a dreamer visits Homhuen in ordinary sleep is debated. Some hold that every dream is a brief passage into Homhuen; others that only trained dreamers reach it, and that ordinary dreams remain within the dreamer's own mind.

Because Pavkanai arose before the other seven Primordial Spirits, imagination preceded much of reality. From this some argue that imagination is prior to reality and that what is imagined can come to exist, while others hold that imagination only reshapes what consciousness already holds.