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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sarellion" data-source="post: 2119875" data-attributes="member: 6254">Contribution:Most monks in Eyros don´t mind fighting when necessary. Other monks adhere to the teachings of Vana, a female gnome monk who lived 200 years ago. She postulated that violence against another person is wrong. As all people are part of the world being, violence against someone else is like self mutilation and sign of an unenlightened mind. Only self defense is a viable option. Her pupil Janys later postulated that fighting aggressors is allowed so to prevent further damage to the world.The teachings of Vana are popular among a minority of the eyrian monks and in every monastery are a few monks who adhere to her teachings.One monastery in the Taljik province incorporated Vanaism in their teachings and all monks there follow it. Detractors point out that Vana had some valid points but think that she was part of a Praes Thanatos plan to weaken the martial prowess of the monks.</blockquote>