Greetings from the Order and Ordinance. Today we will be going through the Sacred Lesson of Skin of Dark Soil—the lessen given from Hayle Mihe to the Child of Punishment, Jaszmisia. To introduce this topic, we will first go through the lesson itself, explain the impacts on our world, and identify key groups that fall into this lesson today. Let’s begin.

The lesson of Skin of Dark Soil is a lesson taught to Jaszmisia about the hatred Deceptuary has for the Lord of Punishment, Kurakku. As described by Daetos, Lord Kurakku is said to be of dark complexion, and this trait is said to also be inherited by the Child. Deceptuary’s fear of Lord Kurakku stems from the divine attribute the Lord holds: Punishment. The attribute of Punishment is the power the Lord possesses to purge corruption from spirituality and chamber it within Terigath’s Hell for eternity. As shown in their dispute during Deceptuary’s first rebellion, Lord Kurakku was incensed by Deceptuary’s vandalism of the realms, and made it so that the name “Theigriet Arkellus Eulez Deceptuary” be crafted in the first place as a result; the Lord would then repurpose Terigath’s Hell not just to hold corruption but specifically Deceptuary’s theigrited energy as well. Deceptuary feared Lord Kurakku for this very reason.

Moving onward, the lesson was a warning to the young Child, who resembles the Lord, that once they were born in Xyphojinami, Deceptuary would do everything in his power to inflict his fear of the Lord upon all that resemble either the Lord or the Child. The lesson goes on to say that some specific groups including in Deceptuary’s hatred will eventually be liberated from this targeted aggression with the help of Jaszmisia and the other Sacred Children.

As to who exactly these groups that are destined to be liberated from Deceptuary’s aggression, the lesson explains who falls into this focused criteria:

“It shall be, thus, the goal to mitigate any future corruption on this front. Those, skin of soil, behoove to the innocence of the land and of the realm, have not cast the sin of brethren or of weak-last relinquishment to the kin of such kind, yet take the brunt of the remainder’s wrath of sin. They, of that captured status, shall be liberated in their indulgence of spiritual conquest…”

Stated above from the recount by Daetos of Hayle Mihe’s words, those of this dark complexion, who are innocent to the land they sit upon, have not cast any sin or pain to their fellow brethren or to others through the same imperial or oppressive means, have not sold their brethren and attempted to strip the dignity of their brethren with such authoritative power, and who are still the targets of Deceptuary’s hatred and fear, will then be liberated from this evil we know as racism and hate and enjoy an indulgence of liberty and freedom from this oppression.

From this description alone, we can readily draw a few groups of people that fall into this criteria. The story and lineage of Black descendants of the transatlantic slave trade who are now based in the Americas and Caribbean are clear examples, especially those based in North America. We can also draw clear references to natives of many portions of the global south, Australia, and New Zealand. Many indigenous populations found across the global south and other portions of the world could also be under this case. Naturally, this is only what we know as Earth-born humans. Outward in other realms, there are certainly other cases we as Earth-born humans wouldn’t be aware of.

Regardless, the lesson itself pertains to Deceptuary using racial hatred as a means to spite any mortal that would resemble Lord Kurakku or the Child out of his petulant fear for the Lord’s power over Punishment. Corruption and Deceptuary’s very essence can and shall be captured in Hell, and the Child of Punishment is tasked with bringing this Divine Punishment to theigritism in Xyphojinami.

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