#so very different from the hot and humid rainforest i imagine their planet is largely made up of

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um some funny kindling myth i thinks

a widely believed creation myth is that when the universe was born one of their gods sparked a fire which became their sun. But it was weak and very cold, and their planet Iru was frozen. So the gods added fuel, too much fuel, and scorched Iru until there was only black charred creatures left. In order to regulate this great fire they created the kindlings out of the ashes of Iru and taught them how to control it and use it wisely. There is a bit of truth to this story, there’s evidence of several colder periods of Iru’s history, and the abundance of oxygen on their planet made it easier for wildfires to spread. Plus, Kindlings can’t see very far into red on the color spectrum, being more adapted to see into the uv range instead, so a kindling might look red to a human but to them they are a kind of black- orangeish color.

Another little myth they had before more scientific research proved otherwise was based around why the sky was so empty at night. Because of the ancient civilization before them and their smokescreen around the solar system of the kindlings which i talked about a while back, there are almost no stars visible in Iru’s night sky other than light from their sun reflecting off of moons and planets. These were thought to be embers from the sun that were left after it went out at night. Of course in the modern age the kindlings know the sun doesn’t actually go out at night and the other planets and moons are not embers, but its still told to kids sometimes.

i think i also talked about this somewhere but one common ideology on Iru is that all kindlings are fuel for the same fire; they’re all working towards a shared future/purpose and the best way to keep a fire going strong is to share the work. They’re a very community driven species. Although I’m not sure how they would feel about the discovery of other stars, planets, and intelligent civilizations. And with Olmi, I think that idea of community and helping one another is a bit lost at the moment.