Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we shall conclude our Period-long discussion regarding evil and Divine Punishment as per the schedule. Throughout all these Commentary on this subject, and from other Commentary outside of it, there has been a central underlining concept that has ran throughout the topic of evil and Punishment—the lack of forgiveness for it. Today, we shall talk more specifically about why there is no forgiveness for evil in the Xyphoist Philosophy. Let us begin.

To start, it is important to note that there is the concept of forgiveness and Mercy within the Xyphoist Philosophy, and both concepts belong under the Carneiyean Xyphozon—that of purity and worship. Lord Carnyie, often depicted in a state of deep meditative repose, listens to the suffering of those who are innocent or otherwise purified of sin yet have been inflicted with worldly suffering and grants them Mercy through Purification; this Mercy and forgiveness is then administered via Hayle Ihou’s coordination.

The key factor in granting and enacting this Mercy and forgiveness is that said divine relief is given to those who are innocent, not evil. This means beings that have suffered by the dubious hands of evil are given Mercy; beings that have been forced to conduct immoral acts under threat or by enslavement are given forgiveness so long as they never intended to conduct those immoral acts and were held hostage and forced into the action. For these cases, forgiveness can be administered.

Evil—as we’ve defined before as being corrupted, tainted and knowingly conducting immoral acts, and doing so intentionally with the goal of causing harm—receives none of this Mercy. It is certainly one thing to be forced into doing something heinous against one’s will, but doing it intentionally and especially with the goal of unjust suffering and harm is an entirely different circumstance. It’s for this very reason that Aerigeth’s Heaven is open to all souls that have good tenure in their previous mortal lives, even if they were themselves theigrits. So long as good tenure was held and no acts of evil or Great Acts of Theigritry were taken, they can be permitted a Term in Heaven.

It goes without saying, however, that any being that does either of the aforementioned acts is denied a Term in Heaven and sent to their appropriate final place of unsavory dwelling—whether that be to rot away painfully into nonexistence in the wretches of Gheisialez, or to be cast into the Azure Flames and the personal chamber of torture within Terigath’s Hell. When it comes to evil and Great acts of Theigritry, Lord Kurakku has no patience for either, and there shall not be Mercy or forgiveness granted regardless of how much begging is done. For those demented souls, there is no repentance, only Divine Punishment.

—jzX, kyX, erX