Editing Cyfecti (section)

===The Four Kings===
The myth of '''the Four Kings''' or is apparently the most fundamental building block of the Cyfecti culture. Dating back to their very earliest history, the Four Kings myth is not unlike the myths of great and wise hero's of old found in Terran history.
When translated literally into Gothic, ''King'' or ''Emperor'' would be the closest translation, but this does not accurately translate the languages meaning: Kingship, and indeed authority itself in Cyfecti society is vastly different from what we Imperials would understand. 
For the Cyfecti, the role holds no actual power over anyone, but is instead a great and solemn responsibility, the ultimate objective of which is to protect others; so ''guardian'' or ''warden'' is a more accurate translation. 

The '''Four Kings''' themselves guard the Cyfecti from the 4 cardinal directions: North, East, South, and West. They also uphold the four ''core'' values of life according to the Cyfecti: '''creation, truth, unity,''' and '''discipline'''. Cyfecti all follow their own interpretations of these core tenets, but all strive towards an ideal that embodies each of the tenets equally.
Fundamentally, the Cyfecti sought to always undertake actions that would lead to at least some creation, unity, truth, and discipline, while avoiding or preventing all actions of pure destruction, falsehood, discord, and disorder.
The result was that Cyfecti thought of the consequences of their actions before undertaking them, ensuring that they always acted in a noble and just fashion.

An obscure scroll from a collection recovered from a buried Cyfecti temple complex mentions a fifth King, who's role was to try to undo the Four Kings work, thus maintaining a balance of forces in the galaxy, but this fifth King is never mentioned anywhere else, especially after the 8 Paths movement begins.