Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Welcome back, readers and followers. Today, we jump into another heavy portion of the Xyphokron, and the section that explains the current state of Cosmic affairs that we live in today regarding the destabilized realms we live in now due to Deceptuary’s scheming. In this next chapter, entitled “Conflict,” we will discuss Deceptuary’s nefarious actions whilst exiled in Gheisialez, the use of abhorrent spellcast to prolong his powers, the gathering of loyal servants to carry out his plans, and the establishment of his corrupted visions among mortal Humans on Earth. In this chapter we will be speaking of the creation of theigrited philosophies—those either hijacked by Deceptuary’s Will or created by his meddling—and how said philosophies worked to spread corruption across the mortal Human world on Earth. Let us begin.

“The Theigriet would not be dissuaded, as the Lords expected, and would see the Laws of Reality be crafted to keep him caged in the outer realms of Gheisialez. That obsession in fear would be of the greatest motivator of his chaos. The deity status would keep Deceptuary at his place in the fading nothingness, far too vast of Spirituality to move freely. Yet, the Gate of Zeiga and the fragility of Mortality’s vacuous vessels would give open to a means of influence, and he would Willingly so partake.”

Deceptuary, exiled in the outer regions of Gheisialez, feared his fading existence above all else, and spent his time concocting a scheme to free himself and continue his rebellion against the Xyphokonic Order—still filled with the desire to become a supreme god of all worlds despite its futility. As a deity, Deceptuary could still influence the realms through cracks in Reality created by his own corruption. Human Souls moving through the Gate of Zeiga—the passage between Xykopsysomi and Xyphojinami—were vulnerable to corruption moreso than those souls of Shianiki, and Deceptuary took advantage of this weakness.

“While those in the Kyurakuzin, natural Shianiki, would be of the standing to fight off the influence in most case, the Humans would see to it a plague be drowned in segmented forms among the mortals of Nikconzin. So that, Deceptuary would take a hold of worlds and blind the Humans of their sense in the Order. A festering of broken code, of corruption, and of strayed philosophy, though not unexpected or disallowed, would see the spawning of Humans in rebellion of Reality.”

Using his corrupt spirituality, Deceptuary would leak his corruption into the Gate and infect souls coming into Xyphojinami. In doing so, mortals with weak constitutions would fall victim to his dubious divergence and lose sense in the resonance of the Xyphokonic Order. Instead, many humans would diverge and form their own philosophies disconnected from the Order. This action alone was nothing of concern, as natural divergence in philosophy was expected and very much fine; Deceptuary’s divergence, however, would lead several ancient tribes of Humans, particularly on the planet Earth, to create a new philosophy very much mirroring the ideals that Deceptuary hoped to impose on all of existence.

“Yet the intention was not of reform nor of Mercy, but of Self-preservation and of rebellion. The strayed philosophies, ones of direct lineage to the image of his godhood, Birthed for the means of forming an army in defiance of Reality. For this he sought stronger aid, that his slow seeping influence would not be sufficient to breed such a rebellion.”

In what is considered now to be the middle east, several religious movements would eventually spawn from this region of Earth, with three major movements leading the charge. The most senior and initial philosophy, initially established by the ancient Hebrews, would eventually center itself as Judaism. This philosophy originally spawned from a combination of natural divergence and the dubious divergence caused by Deceptuary. The philosophy itself created the image of a monotheistic god, all-powerful and unquestioned, who had tested humanity’s loyalty to itself. And while the original philosophy itself was not created intentionally by Deceptuary, he would eventually notice this divergence and attempt to influence and communicate with these new human followers—hoping to assert himself as the image of the god the ancient Semites worshipped. In doing so, Deceptuary hoped these followers would succumb fully to his influence, head his every command, and eventually become corrupted enough to become his warriors in the rebellion by killing all who remained connected to the Order and all other faiths that strayed from worshipping him solely. To his misfortune, the ancient Semitic tribes following this philosophy lacked the malice and petulance to morph into the blood warriors Deceptuary hoped for, and would continue to follow their philosophy without the need to conquer and kill on his behalf.

“The disheveled Nature of castaway souls in Gheisialez would play the role, as one would see its way to the Theigriet’s grips. Once a mortal of Earth, now a broken mangled Soul in Gheisialez, the sickened Detarc Revelius Krighe, would be the first of the grand victims of his evils. Lost of Core and begging for a chance again, Deceptuary would see opportunity.”

In the interim, Deceptuary stumbled upon several broken souls cast to Gheisialez to rot for their immoral actions in their previous lives as humans. The first was a man named Detarc Revelius Krighe. Krighe, a broken soul with no heart remaining, was the perfect being for Deceptuary to manipulate. Offering to rebuild Krighe’s body and send him back to Earth, Deceptuary would grant Detarc a second chance on Earth as an emissary. However, Krighe would only be given place back on Earth again under the conditions that Krighe serve him indefinitely, and that Krighe aid in the creation of artifacts of pure evil on Deceptuary’s behalf.

“Deceptuary, a deity, privy to forbidden Truth, would see the opportunity to move himself into the New Realm in pieces, to ensure an immoral Mortality through such means, and to move freely among the mortals and spread corruption in great form. For this, the forbidden Knowledge of the Moraghorzaus Xycrugon would be in use.”

Deceptuary, having the knowledge privy to only those of high level as a deity, knew of and was able to conduct a forbidden spell known as the Moraghorzaus Xycrugon, or the “Horrid Heart Transfer.” In doing this forbidden spell, a being of incredible power can transfer their heart and strongest Will across realms or into other empty vessels as a means of staving off Death in an attempt to gain immortality. In Deceptuary’s case, as a being of deity status, his spirituality was so vast that he could theoretically conduct this process multiple times until, eventually, his entire spirit would be transferred out of Gheisialez and into Xyphojinami within multiple vessels. Once completed, Deceptuary hoped to gather a legion of mortals to take over Xyphojinami,  use the realm to clash with Xykopsysomi, and eventually conquer both to attack the Sacred Realm and the Lords.

“…The Heart, required in first transfer, would be embedded in the flask. Instructed to hide the flask from all sight, Krighe would be called on again to be of ill-use, as the contract was written.”

Without much hesitation, Deceptuary granted Krighe his body back in Earth, now branded with Deceptuary’s essence and servitude. Deceptuary then called upon Krighe to stand on Earth as an anchor for Deceptuary to transfer his Heart to. Requesting Krighe find an obscure glass flask as the first vessel—one that be hard to determine as anything remarkable—Deceptuary performed the Horrid Heart Transfer and transferred his Heart into the flask along with his greatest Will of Fear. This Flask of Fear was then hidden.

“The taking of Life from yet more innocence, Krighe called upon yet again to use the horrid transfer to move more of Deceptuary’s being into the mortal realms. In the form of a sword of future legend, embedded with Deceptuary’s Will of Malice for the Order, formed into the Sword of Malice, aptly, and then dropped into the hands of men of many eras, causing misfortune, Death, and bloodshed for eons.”

But Deceptuary was not close to being finished. Next he commanded Krighe to find a magnificent sword, one of legend, and use it for the same nefarious horrid process. As before, with Krighe as an anchor, Deceptuary would transfer another part of his soul into the sword and embed it with his Will of Malice against the Lords.

“Among the disheveled souls of Gheisialez came three, all of composition found suited, and in wish to be returned. A stable of his normal operative, would Deceptuary craft new destiny for these three broken souls and weave a world of chaos to humanity within the grander scheme. The first, patriarch of an elder village of strayed believers of Earth, Ranz Jzudahzeilz, Death spawned from the murder by a lowly robbery. The second, Gheisuhz dej Trinte, a mortal of Earth killed by the lover of his brother, for whom he had murdered for lying with another man. And the third, Izlaye Macus, a man who had been betrayed by his tribe for a divergence of belief, and in retaliation, had slaughtered the men in their sleep in had forced himself upon their women, yet was overwhelmed and captured, aptly hung in response. These three would be used as tools to initiate a new spawning of disbelief and incitement in war of philosophy to craft the perfect warrior of rebellion…”

However, Deceptuary was not lost to the failed attempt to goad the original human tribes to do his bidding on Earth, and found their lack of bloodlust unsatisfactory. As such, he saw fit to create his own philosophical legions using the suffering of the original divergence tribes as a stepping stone. In doing so, Deceptuary directly orchestrated the spawning of two major religious factions on Earth among humans and pitted the two against each other and the original Semites in order to create a grand struggle to create the most loyal and vicious warriors he could. Finding three more broken souls in Gheisialez, Deceptuary made their acquaintance and once again offered the three their bodies on Earth back in exchange for their servitude.

These three men, named Ranz Jzudahzeilz, Gheisuhz dej Trinte, and Izlaye Macus, were each brought back to Earth as servants of Deceptuary both to create more vessels for him and also to orchestrate more religious factions on his behalf. Deceptuary concocted a grand scheme to use Jzudehzeilz and Trinte as the key factors to spawn the new religious movement that would become Christianity. Ranz would be reborn as Judas Iscariot while Gheisuhz would be reborn as the figure Jesus Christ. The mythology of these individuals, as orchestrated by Deceptuary, would be that one would betray the other, who would be propped up as a prophet and of immaculate origin. Gheisuhz, playing the role as said alleged prophet, would be executed after his betrayal by Ranz. His followers would see this moment as a pivotal moment in their philosophy, already subscribing to the idea of him being immaculate and the messiah alleged in previous iterations; therefore, his sacrifice was one to their god itself and it would subsequently absolve them of their sins. This tale would spawn the creation of the Christian faith, one of immense proselytizing and of eventual crusades and conquest of lands and people with the intention of spreading their influence across the Earth.

For Macus’s case, he was sent back to Earth as the figure Mohammad, meant to foresee a single, ultimate god and proclaiming said vision was the only truth of the world. In response, he would spread his vision regionally and orchestrate a bloody rebellion and conquest of many lands in an attempt to impose his new philosophy across the world. This rebellious conquest would naturally come into conflict with the other faction of Christianity  and, of course, the old world philosophy followed by those of Jewish origin. On the part of the class between the Christians and Macus’s new legion of Islam, this was by design. Deceptuary hoped the conflict between the two would sharpen both and create a single legion of religious warriors who would corrupt the Earth with his influence, regardless of which faction would be victorious.

However, in terms of the conflict’s effect on the Jews, Deceptuary found their existence distasteful for their lack of loyalty to his demands and hoped that the various factions he spawned directly would wipe them out for their disobedience. Much to his frustration, he seemingly is unable to successfully orchestrate their destruction, nor was he fully able to string about the other two factions to successfully create his warriors, at least as we currently stand. All three of these religious movements are theigrited in nature as it stands now; however, it’s important to note that the initial Jewish followers have rejected Deceptuary’s Will and weren’t created by his direct action (and have been targeted for this action), Christians have largely strayed and broken themselves into so many demonization that the original intention has been diluted and often times in opposition to Deceptuary’s direct Will, (mostly regarding less fundamental denominations) and the Muslims have largely preoccupied themselves with regional conquest and infighting among their own sects to form a cohesive global rebellion (although, of the three, they have been the closest to the level of rebellion Deceptuary had envisioned yet failed to manifest).

“…An amulet encrusted in cerulean gem, one of the greatest temptations, was Willingly taken. And in use of his heart, and with Willing commitment of the abhorrent acts, would once again allow Deceptuary to transfer the horrid Will of temptation of ultimate power into the amulet. As with others, the amulet would be placed in the path of many others, causing corruption and great misfortune.”

Regardless of the influence spread by these religious movements, Deceptuary also had other intentions with the servants responsible for much of this chaos. For Ranz, an old amulet from his previous life, one of tempting status, was used as the next vessel for Deceptuary’s soul and greatest will of Temptation naturally.

“…the toiling of written evils, old scrolls, and scripture of unholy lies. In using his heart, and with Willing commitment of the abhorrent acts, would again give Deceptuary privilege to transfer his Will of hate into the scrolls, lacing each word with hatred of the Lords. The scripture, hidden soon thereafter, was deemed too damning to let circulate wildly among humankind.”

Trinte would spend his time while alive toiling away in ancient scrolls filled with the hate and anger that Deceptuary had for the Lords, and these archives were used as the next vessel for Deceptuary’s greatest Will of Hate for the Lords. These Archives were then hidden prior to Trinte’s Death.

“…given untold material riches in the conquering under the new philosophy, would take upon a staff, one to demonstrate the rebellion of the Truth and the replacement with falsehood. With the sacrifice of heart, the ritual of abhorrent act on the innocent committed, Deceptuary would transfer yet again the Will of rebellion against the Order into the staff…”

Finally, a staff won in the vast conquests of the middle regions, and brandished by Macus himself, was the next vessel for Deceptuary’s greatest Will of Rebellion. Through the combination of the multiple vessels now circulating in Nikconzin and the establishment of religious movements working on behalf of his Will, Deceptuary spread corruption all across the Human world of Earth—hoping to make this planet the landing point for his entrance into Xyphojinami while trying to escape obscurity in Gheisialez.

“Significant Time would pass, before Deceptuary would once again gain opportunity to move. Yet his influence strengthened in many ways upon the sickly Earth. In simple chance of Cosmic malfeasance, the opportunity would come in the form of a wealthy son of a merchant, Benavuer Talakaizin.”

The level of corruption has reached such a height that Humans on Earth would succumb to it by their own Hubris alone. An individual named Benavuer Talakaizin would be the next victim to fall to Deceptuary’s servitude through the sheer power of his own Hubris and corruption alone.  

“A tempting drink, and alluring grasp, of disabling accord, the intoxication of the mind let to addiction. Sickeningly so, the grip on Benavuer would be relentless. Secret sips, taken in the night under no watch, stolen from the church and from whenever else, sunken in sorrow, would suffocate the young man.”

Having ran from his home and an arranged marriage by his parents, Talakaizin escaped to France and fell in love with a woman by the name of Maria. Maria, a Catholic, invited Talakaizin into her Church for worship and communion. The young man, originally Muslim, eagerly disavowed his family’s faith for Maria’s, and in doing so opened the door to the consumption of alcohol—wine in particular. The severity of his taste for drinking was the catalyst that would change the once sound mind into a corrupted nightmare. Talakaizin would often claim to hear demons in his head when intoxicated asking of him to commit bizarre actions. Little known to him, Deceptuary’s influence had spread so far that even his corrupted resonance was enough to speak to Benavuer and to manipulate him so far as to create a full vessel on Deceptuary’s behalf.

“Ill in all ways, body and mind and soul and heart, and turned to his captive, the one claimed of Love now turned into sickening obsession and of disgusting authority over. Taking full advantage, violating, and breaking all humanity, would Benavuer, totally lost in madness, then place his hands around her neck. Once again uttering the praising of Deceptuary, would he then murder his beloved Maria, and drag her vessel into the darkened church.”

“…with abhorrent acts already committed, while Benavuer as the anchor, Deceptuary would take his Will of intoxicated power and transfer the Will into the goblet…”

On one fated night, after a long-standing bout of drinking, Talakaizin would burn the village he and Maria lived in, kidnap her and drag her to the town’s cathedral before shouting his praise of Deceptuary directly. Following, he would take the life of his beloved Maria, brandish the goblet used in the sampling of “the blood of Christ” from the alter, and be fully possessed by Deceptuary’s Will on that fated night. Acting as an anchor, with abhorrent acts already committed, Talakaizin would be used to turn said goblet into a new vessel for Deceptuary’s greatest Will of intoxication with power. Talakaizin would pour in yet another glass of wine into the now perverted goblet, drink from it, and consummate his full marriage to the corrupted forces before deserting the body of his lover and disappearing with the goblet in hand.

From there, the progression of corruption within the Human planet of Earth continued, with nearly all corners of Earth overtaken by some form of corrupted influence. This is where the chapter “Conflict” ends, but the schemes of Deceptuary have not yet finished, and the Lords of the Xyphokonic Order were very much aware of the moves Deceptuary had been making on Earth as they had already anticipated he would exploit the Gate of Zeiga and the Hubris of Humanity to his ill gain. We’ll continue next week on this journey what we know as present day. Until then, we make a brief reminder that this is Sacred Ground, we speak our Xyphoist views here without limit as this is a space we created for such purpose, and that we hope you all have a Sacred Day.

—AHG et al.