Kaldeedoo-Nazeen

Kaldeedoo-Nazeen (474:74 - 524:08) was a Mispitiin aristocrat who is credited with inventing philosophy. She was born into the ruling family of Mispitkan.

Life
Kaldeedoo was born in the city of Binch in 474:74. She was related to Captain Rarǰ-Nazeen, the ruler of Mispitkan, who shared much of the country’s wealth amongst her extended family. Kaldeedoo was ashamed of this activity and purposefully tried to earn her own living as an intellectual-begger, giving out advice and teachings to crowds and individuals alike, in exchange for nothing more than voluntary donation. However, Kaldeedoo had lived a sheltered life and soon realised herself to be even more ignorant than she had supposed others to be. When the Kamakan started to spread south and envelope the Afbar region, mysterious and fantastical stories surrounding the Emperor and his divine origins began to circulate. Kaldeedoo was intrigued by these and wanted desperately to visit the Glaankan mountains, home to the monks that had predicted the Badkalden’s future victory. However, Captain Rarǰ found out about Kaldeedoo’s interest and forbade him from travelling into the Kamakan under any circumstance, on penalty of indefinite imprisonment. Knowing it would be pointless to risk this fate, Kaldeedoo decided to wait for the Kamakan to invade Mispitkan. He famously explained this decision by declaring, “Alas, I shall not visit Glaankan until Mispitkan has been invaded. However, such a visit would only be worthwhile if the Glaan prophecy comes true, and the Glaan prophecy will only come true when all nations are united under him (the Badkalden). Therefore, there is no reason to travel (there) until Mispitkan and the rest of the world has fallen.” In spite of this strict conclusion, Kaldeedoo’s curiosity got the better of him and he left for the Glaan mountains in 509:62, after only Mispitkan had been annexed.

Arriving at the Glaan capital of Faalad after a long journey across land, sea, and mountain, Kaldeedoo was presented to Len-Glaan-Armera-Daahat. She asked the sage-king, “how can man understand God?” Armera replied, “no man can understand God.” Kaldeedoo asked, “Why can no man understand God?” “For the same reason that you cannot see day and night at the same time.” “In the lowlands we have lanterns to see the day at night, and I promise I have knowledge to see God. So, tell me one solid fact about God and I shall, by clear and practical reasoning, establish a holy palace to the attainment of divine understanding.” The Glaan immediately thrust his arms towards the setting sun and said, “That is God.” Kaldeedoo described his subsequent reaction as an intense spiritual experience, in which she felt the presence of a divine intelligence centred in the light of the sun. The association between God and the sun (or sunlight) would become an unquestioned fact in religious thought for many centuries, but it is worth noting that there is no evidence for this association before the Kaldeedoo incident. The meeting of Kaldeedoo and the Len-Glaan is one of the most famous stories in the history of philosophy, and was frequently depicted in artwork: typically, Armera is shown sat in the centre of the image pointing directly upwards, while Kaldeedoo marvels (and occasionally appears to be cowering) in awe in the bottom-left corner; these images are often golden (or gilded) to represent the sunlight of God.

The newly awakened spiritual seeker wandered the land of San for a while developing his theory.

Kaldeedoo attended the Assembly of Trel in Gorn in 511:40, a major political event celebrating the victory of the Kamakan. It was here that Kaldeedoo began to public announce his newly-hatched philosophical theories to the public. The Badkalden publicly commended him and said “I can confirm that what this man says is true, though never before have I heard this truth in such clear terms. I am truly amazed and grateful that even an Emperor of the world such as myself can still learn, and even more amazed that I can learn such things about myself from another. I endorse Kaldeedoo-Nazeen as a man of superior intellect even to myself. Sir, would you care to stay in Gorn and formulate your theories in my court?” Kaldeedoo agreed and was made an honorary advisor to the Kamakan government, though she rarely involved herself in politics.

The art of Beyedeedoo was named after Kaldeedoo and spread rapidly across the Kamakan. A famous expression used to describe Beyedeedoo is “waging wars of ideas” due to a quote from her: “Just as the San-Kamakan proved victorious against the other false nations by divine right, so too must humans wage wars of ideas to determine the divine theory.” Many of the founders of Tunguu were admirers of Kaldeedoo, and the first Grand Advisor, Teviin-Komhararra, had been present at the Assembly of Trel.