The emperor of the Ai-Naidar, Thirukedi is a continually reincarnated individual who is also known as Civilization (or the god of Civilization).
It is our belief that Thirukedi is the same man who founded Kherishdar thousands of years ago, reborn into new bodies with each lifetime to continue guiding the development of the Empire. You have only to meet Him to see that it must be so, for such an aura could only be born of generations of patience and witness.
- Black Blossom, Chapter 1