When given a choice, she avoids the obvious path and looks for a back door. She is not afraid to retreat from a battle in order to find a better strategy.

Goal: To seek the divine by learning as much of herself and the world as possible.

Name: "Seeker of the World"

Appearance: Her body is lean and taut, although her face shows traces of hard living in years gone by. Her dark eyes show an intensity of gaze surprising in one her age.

Order of the Divine World: The one principle of the Order of the Divine World is that we and the world contain everything we need to reach enlightenment and the truth of the divine. Disciples seek experience of all kinds and learn as much as possible about themselves and the world and people around them.

Although hurting others is frowned upon, most behavior is accepted as bringing one closer to full knowledge. This is unlike many religious orders which prohibit certain behaviors as "impure" or "too worldly".

Children are given to the monastery no later than age two, usually as infants, and are trained to age 12 before being sent out into the world to learn. After that, the life of a monk of the Divine World is divided into 12-year seasons: they live in the world for 10 years, acting as they please, then return for a two-year period to bring their acquired knowledge, experience, and insights back to the order. During their stay, they teach and share their changes with the children and elders, get more training, and learn to integrate their experiences with the Order's training, before leaving for another 12-year cycle.

At age 72, if they have survived, monks of the Order finally retire to the monastery leaving the world behind. Having completed five seasons of experience in the world, they are considered to have lived an entire lifetime. They are greatly revered for their vast experience and wisdom, serving as the teachers for the next generation. Thus, the monastery has remained fresh, with many different philosophies and personalities keeping it alive, all held together by the common principle of the divine as expressed and experienced in the world.

Personal History:

Like many disciples, Dardjima was given to the order as an infant because her family already had too many mouths to feed. She was given a new name upon entry, the Order became her new family, and she never knew her biological parents.

Her first season was a season of Fire: During her first ten years out in the world, the monks' second life cycle, she had something like an Amish crazy year, pursuing sex, drink, gambling, and excesses of all kinds. Like many young monks out in the world for the first time, she saw these excesses as rebellion against the strictures of life in the monastery. It wasn't until her two years back in the monastery that she realized that these were as much expressions of the divine as her early life. Before she left for her next cycle in the world, she managed to integrate these two halves of her life into a stronger whole.

Now, several years into her second season, she has not yet found her new way. She has become more of an observer than before, rarely taking part in the activities she sought out before. Her main pursuit is that of adventure, but she wonders what she will be at the end of this cycle. Will she have become dedicated to a cause or lofty goal? Will she have found a love and marriage? Or will she remain aimless and rootless as she is now?