Godherja Encyclopedia

Tahkedarism (faith)

Parent: Zaoranism

Its adherents blame the unfaithful beyond Amsar for Zaoran's recent defeat and the catastrophe brought by Frodbrokna, seeing it as the hand of Maiya upon the world through the actions of humans. Their doctrine rests on a strictly literal reading of specific passages from the Zenda, verses that most scholars regard as metaphorical, including nations gathered in Zaoran's light and the purging of falsehood as direct commands rather than allegories. Salvation is not an individual pursuit but a collective duty.

An interpretation that has driven many of them toward violent actions, inclduing enacting forced conversion upon the wandering people of Amsar. To them, humanity must be brought beneath Zaoran's divine order for His triumph to be absolute. Only then will the world be made whole, and the Last Struggle at last be won.