Pyrkaion

Reality is imperfect, yet many mortals focus on their world's virtues while refusing to address its failures. A pyrkaion believes mortal delusion is the last wall propping up a broken universe, and wisdom is the pickaxe that will tear it down. Pyrkaions vacillate between teaching mortals enough to wither from indulgent self-awareness and shredding their students' institutions through insidious interrogation that leads to infighting as the asura watches.

Philosophical Zeal

With each philosophical victory, these asuras increasingly wrestle with their own thoughts, recognizing that they're as vulnerable to self-delusion as their victims. This can drive a pyrkaion to ravenous fits of reading and research before jealously sequestering the texts. Sometimes a pyrkaion with an inflated ego instead seeks and loses debates, craving the sting of humility to recenter their thoughts.