A bound scroll (text)

Excerpt from "The Way of Discipline: A History of Psionics", by Disimi the Wise.

Psionic manifestation, historically, has been exceedingly rare outside of the caladaran race. No true systematic study of such abilities existed within the Earendam river basin until the coming of the caladaran and their stories of Jalassa, Arbiter of Enlightenment. The first to truly guide other races to the study was a leading caladaran ascetic named Adrajisk.

A monk of the Jalassan order, he became keenly interested in the possibilities of interracial dialog. His curiosity was drawn to the ways of swordmastery, as its method was predicated on different, but effective, mental techniques. The aelin ak'anginta, which had in no way been influenced by the Arbiter, offered a stunning possibility: that there may be more roads to enlightenment than he had previously known.

Adrajisk began an exhaustive study of discipline throughout Avendar's known races. This included the human disciples of Dolgrael, who were well-established throughout the Republic; the aelin students of the sword; and the fledgling art of assassinry, which shared its own curious philosophical edge. In this process, he was introduced to other artistic forms which lent themselves to discipline, such as topiary and calligraphy. He then began the immense task of synthesizing these possibilities into a greater whole.

In time, he would demonstrate the techniques he had developed to others. Having passed beyond the primitive psionics of his forebears, he was able to control his body on an unprecedented level. He could rapidly heal wounds, shatter a block of stone with a single strike, levitate objects, or walk through fire without feeling pain. These dramatic demonstrations affirmed not only the primacy of Jalassa's philosophy of discipline, but as well revealed a depth of potential which rivaled the greatest mages. He named this new school of study "ginta'cham'akan", "thought creating form", and gained his first disciples within the Republic.