Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we shall wrap up this First Period of Lord Pharuuii by speaking of the Lord themselves, the Pharusian Hayle Zhii, and the Child of Truth Pribyczisia. We will be doing a comparison of these three figures and their various approaches to Knowledge and Truth. Let’s begin.

We shall start with the Lord of Knowledge himself, Lord Pharuuii, God of Truth, and ruler of the Pharusian Xyphozon. Lord Pharuuii, during the era of the Divine Thrones, took aim at revealing the source of the newly-plagued vandalism of the Spiritual Realms below the thrones. It had become apparent that the Realm of Spiritual Collection was being tampered with, as chaos and destabilization were being sewn throughout—first asking the other deities on the thrones as to who was responsible for this.

The Lord, a master of rhetoric, proposed the accusatory question to His brethren fully knowing that each deity would easily clear their name of the corruption until the true vandal would be outed by their own Hubris, and while the deities that would soon form the Order easily dismiss the challenge, Deceptuary would come in defense of the degraded realms and out himself as the culprit. We see, among other traits, that the Lord easily played Deceptuary by using rhetorical prowess knowing full-well that Deceptuary couldn’t resist.

Meanwhile, Hayle Zhii is a figure steeped heavily in the philosophical aspects of the Order. Previously a legendary Shiupsyodon known as “Wise Sage Zhii” that would spend time deciphering Truths among an elite group of other great spirits, Zhii was chosen to be the Divine General for Lord Pharuuii and tasked with countering the deceptions and misinformation that Deceptuary attempted to spread during the rebellion of the Divine Thrones, and Zhii was successful in this venture.

As Hayle and mentor to the Child, Zhii demonstrated these philosophical skills by teaching the Child of the power and consequence of Knowledge and Truth through the gift of the Old Flame. Explaining in great detail, Zhii remarked the power of the Old Flame, a single flame handed directly into the hands of the Child, and how the flame is an awesome tool and yet a terribly destructive force if mishandled. Representing Knowledge itself, the Old Flame can bring an inferno of ruin if mishandled, and can burn Realmly Truths to ash if abused. In this case, we witness Zhii’s deep commitment to philosophy and rhetorical speech.

Finally, we are introduced to the Child of Truth, Pribyczisia. While the Lord is highly rhetorical and pointed, and the Mentor is intrinsic and philosophical, the Child watches both the Father and the Mentor and has decided to be a listener, and observer, and a mindful thinker as a result. Pribyczisia truly is the epitome of an attentive student and thinker, always preferring to listen over talking. However, this quiet and reserved personality is not mask Pribyczisia’s perceptive nature and foundational grasp of Truth itself, and that judging and rhetorical trait of the Father is always swiftly and ardently deployed from the Child as well. If the Truths are clear, the judgement from them will not waver, or at least in the eyes of the Child.

We see here, with the three key figures of the Pharusian Xyphozon, three different directions on the use of Knowledge and Truth, from the mastery of rhetoric from One who already Knows All, to another with a powerful respect for the philosophical pursuit, to the final figure who is apt to listen and judge based on deciphered Knowledge. All of these angles aim to accomplish several tasks: Seek Knowledge, find and accept Truths, and use both of these to make wise decisions in Life and to combat Deceptuary’s lies.

—phX