Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today is the last Sacred Day of this cycle’s Juliar Period, and so we will round up our Period-long discussion around the topic of Death and the Vuetenexian Xyphozon by talking about some key figures within it—namely the Sacred Child, the Hayle, and the Lord. Among these three key figures, the difference among them and how they generally conduct themselves paints an interesting dynamic among the highest ranks of the Vuetenexian Xyphozon. Let us begin.

With our greatest respects, we shall talk about the Lord of Death first. Lord Vuetenexzyei, as the Lord of this Xyphozon and thus the pure embodiment of Death itself, reflects the raw nature of Death as a Divine Attribute. When stripping Death and Spiritual Ends down to its raw nature, both attributes are simply the ceasing or eternal end of an existing entity or concept; Death is the end of Life. Spiritual Endings are, at their root, immediate, cold, unquestioned, and eternal. One may try their best to avoid such a destined reality, but in the end there shall be an end. In this perspective, we see Lord Vuetenexzyei as the true embodiment of this solemn and cold ending.

This description of the Lord is backed up by the Caretaker, Hayle Kizu. In his recount of the Faces of Death, Kizu would remark on how the Lord was adamant on this very procedural and solemn description of Death; Death itself is cold, absolute, and eternal. In terms of Hayle Kizu himself, he found himself as the perfect intermediate between the solemn Lord of Spiritual Ends and the enigmatic Child of Death. Kizu, as the eldest of the Hayles and of all Spirits prior to Sacred Ascension, found most of his purpose in keeping the ancient traditions of spiritual regulation and order in place—which was a natural part of Kizu’s highly principled and orderly personality. Prior to Deceptuary’s first rebellion, Kizu and his legions spent their time keeping track of the rapidly perishing Spirits from Deceptuary’s corruption, and Kizu believed this action would be necessary to keep regulatory order among the Spirits. In all respects, Kizu is a figure focused on keeping regulatory spiritual order, and as such could not find himself in a better position than as Lord Vuetenexzyei’s Archangel and the Hayle to the Child of Death.

Speaking of the Child, we move onto the enigmatic nature of the Child. Xyzukizusia, Child of Death, is described by Hayle Kizu as a Child of enigmatic nature. Xyzukizusia, in the recount of the Sacred Lesson “Faces of Death,” has been described as an incredibly insightful and forward-thinking individual with a proclivity for mischief. Xyzukizusia has been described as being charming, guile, pragmatic, and often unpredictable while having an incredible knack for scheming and plotting. In the Faces of Death, Xyzukizusia draws the conclusion that Death as a mortal reality would come in the form most fitting for each moral being—that Death could be playful yet swiftly enacted, that Death can be brutal to those that have brutalized, that it can be uncaring and cold as is the raw Nature, and that Death can be a companion to those that accept and do not fear the eternal reality of it. As Hayle Kizu noted, Xyzukizusia’s perspective on Death was a stark contract to the Lord’s solemn and procedural presence, and that the two figures would not be any different in outward demeanor. However, in the end, the Child of Death, at the bones, will still embody the absolute, solemn, and eternal reality that Death shall end mortality, and regardless of the enigmatic and charming nature of the Child, the Child represents Death incarnate and shall usher in its eternal reality when the end times of all come.

—crX