Goku (Author)

Goku is the author of 2168 and the religious figure of the Followers of Goku.

Not much is known about where Goku comes from. What is known however, is that he "[Grew] up on farmland deep within the inner city" (2168, Line 1 of Autobiography).

Childhood (?)
Before Goku's re-discoverence in his later years. It's clear that Goku ever since a young age has been very interested in animals. In his autobiography he supports this by saying that "[Growing up in that kind of environment] allowed [him] to see the many species of creatures that dared to set foot on [his] soil," (2168, Line 1-2 of Autobiography). Though mildly aggressive, it's clear that this topic is of great passion to Goku.

Goku even goes as far as to say that "[he] would often find [himself] looking up at the sky and pitying the birds for their ignorance," (2168, Line 2-3 of Autobiography). Goku clearly wishes for something more, some change in him that would be profound enough to change everything he knew about himself at this time.

Pre Re-discoverence
"After a few years of - pathetic back and forth," (2168, Line 3 of Autobiography) Goku's struggle with understanding where he stood within the animal kingdom made him reach an incredible solution. This solution would later create the most historically important cult ritual known as the Re-discoverence, used as a form of ascension for the Followers of Goku.

At this time Goku began the fighting rites, a series of combat rituals that take place in a large pit at least 30 feet into the ground. He continued to hunt and capture animals while completing the fighting rites, this continued for what most people have agreed was at least 4-6 years. After Goku killed the final animal in his fighting rites, that animal being the now extinct Dodo bird (which both historians and archeologists agree may have been the final specimen of its specie), "[he] re-discovered [himself]. Learning [he was] Goku, the strongest being in the universe," (2168, Line 6 of Autobiography).

Post Re-discoverence
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