Greetings from the Order and Ordinance. Today we’ll discuss the concept of the lack of mercy regarding Divine Punishment in Xyphoist Philosophy. While Mercy does exist within the Philosophy, it is a Carneiyean subset of Purity and not of Morality or Punishment. The discussion on Mercy will take place later during Lord Carnyie’s periods.

The concept of Divine Punishment and Cosmic retribution in Xyphoist Philosophy is commonly referred to as wrathful punishment; as in, the Lord of Punishment is actively casting His disdain for sinners for their transgressions. Going through the chronology for this concept, we revisit the dialogue between the 10 deities upon the reveal that Deceptuary was purposely corrupting the realms during his first rebellion. Lord Kurakku was beside Himself and bathed in annoyance by the willful vandalism of the realms, as it is His duty to handle the Punishment for all that would commit such actions.

Upon the reveal of the true culprit, it was Lord Kurakku who branded Deceptuary as a high traitor and stitched his dishonorable title to his being before the remaining deities cast Deceptuary out into Gheisialez—a region crafted by Lord Caspierre specifically to send demented souls who committed acts of evil. The Punishment in Gheisialez, as deemed by Lord Kurakku, is to rot away painfully until the entire existence of the demented soul ceases to exist. This form of Punishment from the spirits Deceptuary corrupted demonstrates Lord Kurakku’s sentiment on sin—He loathes sin, is burdened by the destruction that sin causes, and has no patience or mercy for sinners. In the case of general immorality, Lord Kurakku simply discards such demented and lost souls into Gheisialez and allows their own corruption to rot away at itself painfully. Theigrited souls, however, receive a different yet still wrathful punishment.

Enter the establishment of Terigath’s Hell, a section of Terigath crafted specifically to hold Deceptuary’s power through the Selves that are attached to it. Those that commit Great Acts of Theigritry are sent to Hell in their Death where chambers await them. The soul is sent to Hell where the cold Azure Flames painfully purge the Self and the theigrited energy attached to the Self from the soul’s spirituality. Once purged, the free spirituality is then broken apart and scattered while the corrupted Self is kept in the chamber. For the rest of eternity, the theigrited Self will be tortured in the most horrific ways within the chamber, never knowing peace or growing numb to the suffering. This demonstrates yet again Lord Kurakku’s disdain for having to carry the burden of handling wanton sinners. It is even more apparent that He simply doesn’t eradicate the theigrited Self in the chamber but instead keeps them there to suffer for eternity. This is both to ensure Deceptuary’s essence is kept within Hell but also to show how disdainful the Lord is to sinners who must be kept near His presence by the latter circumstance alone. Because the Selfs are theigrited, and because Deceptuary’s energy must be chambered in Hell, Lord Kurakku must keep the sinful Selfs in His domain and must to listen to their anguished yet deserved screams of pain for all eternity.

After investigating the circumstances of Lord Kurakku’s Sacred roles in the grand scheme of the Order, it becomes quite apparent as to why Divine Punishment is without forgiveness and with wrath. Forgiveness for sin willingly committed isn’t a concept in Xyphoist Philosophy. Mercy, which would encompass forgiveness, is reserved for those who are either victims of sin or who have commuted immoral acts against their Will, but not for those who willingly commit such immoral actions and cause suffering on purpose.

—jzX