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|Image=[[File:Goingieng.jpg|center|frameless]] | |Image=[[File:Goingieng.jpg|center|frameless]] | ||
|Spirit=Pavkanai | |Spirit=Pavkanai | ||
|Inhabitants= | |Inhabitants=Denyen | ||
|Significance=The Realm of Imagination | |Significance=The Realm of Imagination | ||
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{{Realm Sections | {{Realm Sections | ||
|Introduction='''Goingieng''' is the realm of [[Pavkanai]], the [[Primordial Spirit]] of imagination. It is an intangible realm and lies outside time, beyond [[Q'ommer]]. | |Introduction='''Goingieng''' is the realm of [[Pavkanai]], the [[Primordial Spirit]] of imagination. It is an intangible realm and lies outside time, beyond [[Q'ommer]]. | ||
|Etymology=''Goingieng'' is the [[ | |Etymology=''Goingieng'' is the [[Denyen|Faeh]] word for "imagining", literally "heart-thought", shortened from ''homhuengj''. | ||
|History=Goingieng came into being with Pavkanai in the [[Napadéh]] and is the oldest of the realms. Pavkanai formed the first humans there and, after the realms had stabilized following the [[Great Erosion]], placed them on [[Haberria]]. After the Great Erosion, once the [[Dawn Wars]] had begun, she formed the | |History=Goingieng came into being with Pavkanai in the [[Napadéh]] and is the oldest of the realms. Pavkanai formed the first humans there and, after the realms had stabilized following the [[Great Erosion]], placed them on [[Haberria]]. After the Great Erosion, once the [[Dawn Wars]] had begun, she formed the Denyen to protect it. Because Goingieng lies outside time, these events are ordered only as they appear from the other realms. | ||
|Geography=Goingieng has no physical extent. It is described as a shifting continuum of memory, emotion and potential, shaped by the dreams, fears and desires of sentient beings, and sometimes as "a sea of unshaped thought". | |Geography=Goingieng has no physical extent. It is described as a shifting continuum of memory, emotion and potential, shaped by the dreams, fears and desires of sentient beings, and sometimes as "a sea of unshaped thought". | ||
|Inhabitants=The [[ | |Inhabitants=The [[Denyen]], the warden race of Pavkanai, are the protectors of Goingieng. Dreamers who reach it report meeting them there. | ||
|Native Spirits=Pavkanai dwells in Goingieng, which is often regarded as the medium through which she acts on the other realms. | |Native Spirits=Pavkanai dwells in Goingieng, which is often regarded as the medium through which she acts on the other realms. | ||
|Cultural Significance=Goingieng cannot be entered physically, but it can be reached in dreams. Disciples of the [[Path of Pavkanai]] practice dreamwalking, entering Goingieng to study the forms that thought takes there; some who enter do not return. Cultures across [[Adaris]] interpret Goingieng in different ways. Some regard it as the realm the soul comes from and returns to; others regard it as a source of prophecy and art. | |Cultural Significance=Goingieng cannot be entered physically, but it can be reached in dreams. Disciples of the [[Path of Pavkanai]] practice dreamwalking, entering Goingieng to study the forms that thought takes there; some who enter do not return. Cultures across [[Adaris]] interpret Goingieng in different ways. Some regard it as the realm the soul comes from and returns to; others regard it as a source of prophecy and art. | ||
|See Also=* [[The realms of Adaris]] | |See Also=* [[The realms of Adaris]] | ||
* [[Pavkanai]] | * [[Pavkanai]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Denyen]] | ||
* [[Haberria]] | * [[Haberria]] | ||
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