Sun Monks
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The Sun Monks are monks who fight by using their own inner Ki energy. They are not widely known or common in the Lands of Exile, and though tales of people with similar extraordinary abilities have been heard throughout history, the monks remain shrouded in mystery.1
Way of life
The Sun Monks still keep their secrecy. They spend their lives in hidden monasteries atop unknown mountains, learning lost techniques and safeguarding hidden secrets.1
The monks who follow the Way of the Inner Sun are masters of the martial arts with a deep spiritual bond to the power of light. Their philosophy emphasises balance and harmony: they strive to live in harmony by embracing both the light and the darkness within themselves.2
They believe that their fighting skill is a reflection of their inner light, which they can channel to strike down their foes, and that true mastery comes not from suppressing or denying the darkness but from integrating and transcending it through that light. It is said that their strikes carry the brilliance of the sun. Of them it is written that no darkness can extinguish the sun within them, and that wherever they are, there is light.3
History
About sixty years ago, the Sun Monks stepped onto the stage of history as an unexpected ally wielding the power of the sun, during a campaign that Emperor Conrad II led against the infamous dark elves. Why they joined is unknown; whether it was hatred of the dark elves or some other motive that led them to aid the Empire remains unclear.1
Monasteries
One monastery of the tradition is the Monastery of the Inner Flame, home of the halfling Sun Monk Eleanor Ponytail.4
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