Arahant

Arahant refers to people in the seventh and final Adventure, usually running from about 180 years of age to death. At this stage the karmarang is close to pure white. The karmala is no longer a number, but has morphed into a golden circlet, like a halo. Their karma is now officially off the scale and they are treated with great reverence and respect. Doing anything for them pours intense karma. Most Arahants remain active and lucid till the end, but rarely interact with other people. There is a kind of turning inward and their eyes seem to see great distances. They rarely speak, but when they do, what they say shows great judgement. Sometimes we don’t understand what they mean until some time later, when things have unravelled. They are listened to very, very carefully. Other than that, they are very happy, like peaceful babies. They usually die in their sleep; they rarely sleep more than two or three hours a day, but they may spend much of the day in deep, wordless contemplation. They also enjoy bathing till crinkly, being driven around in trackle baskets. Very senior people will do them this honour.

Arahants rarely travel, and it's not unusual for them to spend the last forty or so years of their lives in one basha. The custom is that after death their bodies are recycled in the crackerbox, but their skulls are cleaned, polished and placed upon the shelves of memory in the [Klimaximus]], also called the Place of Remembrance. A soft purple radiance pours from the small star-in-a-jar inside them. They are then known as the Witnesses, and the wealth of a basha in experience and sheer grit is measured by how many circles of memory the basha has.