Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Welcome back to our space. For this Period, the Ordinance has decided to conduct each Sacred Day Post with this “question and answer” format on various topics or figures. This is a Period all about inspiring and igniting the mind and spirit through philosophical exploration, and so it seems fitting to spend it asking interesting questions about the Philosophy. In our last question segment, we answered some intriguing questions about the Sacred Children. Today, we shall dive into some pending questions about the Lords themselves. Let us begin.

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Question: Are the Lords Omnipotent?

Answer: Yes, or at least as far as the rest of our existence is concerned. The whole of the Spiritual Plane of Existence—of the Spiritual Spectrum—is at the host of the Lords’ Will. Theoretically, the combined forces of the Nine Lords can change any and all, see all, and destroy all. That is, IF they willed it to be. However, the Lords of the Order act as linchpins, and with the exception of directly planning against Deceptuary’s meddling, act in such a way to let existence flow freely. A god can always act, but that doesn’t mean that they shall.

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Questions: Is there a divine hierarchy or order of age in this pantheon of Lords?

Answer:  No. All the Lords—and to extend further, the 10 deities in general—are all equal in divine origin. There is no “supreme god” nor are any of the deities eldest in rank. Upon emerging from the Initial Flash of Light, all of the 10 deities walked out in unison. Upon the defunct Divine Thrones, they acted as a single monarchial power. In Xyzokizon, the unison of the Nine Lords act as a unison organ body.

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Question: Why did the Lords create Xyzokizon, the Sacred Realm, instead of just removing Deceptuary’s Divine Throne and keeping the thrones in place?

Answer: That was always the end goal, as was the creation of the dual existential realms of Xykopsysomi and Xyphojinami. While initial existence encompassed only Xykopsysomi and the Divine Thrones that hovered above it, the Lords recognized this primordial form of existence was fragile and able to be broken from entities like the Cario Lordes, and envisioned creating the Spiritual Spectrum we have now to create the balance needed for existence to flourish. Part of that plan was the creation of a central core that facilitates that existence and acts as a passing points between the two. Xyzokizon is that core.

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Question: How do the Lords allow non-Xyphoites to believe in the existence of “other gods” in other religions. Is that not blasphemy?

Answer: Blasphemy virtually doesn’t exist within the Philosophy because the Philosophy is based on the core concept of Spiritual Liberty. The Lords simply do not concern themselves with that. Moreover, it’s entirely possible for other religious philosophies to have worshipped beings they believed are gods but are, under Xyphoist Philosophy, turn out to be lesser beings in the Spectrum with powers that would seem godly to Humanity.

It’s entirely possible to believe a god to actually be a Shianiki or perhaps misunderstood knowledge of a Shiupsyodon. In less favorable cases, it’s entirely possible for people to mistakenly worship more dubious entities—or perhaps even be manipulated into doing so—such as Cario Lordes, Alle Lordes, and of course Deceptuary himself. But to bring it back to the question at hand, the Lords simply are unconcerned with the application of the Spiritual Liberty they bestowed in the first place;  They intended for this outcome to be a possibility.

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Question: Do the Lords not demand praise or worship?

Answer: No, and that piggybacks off the previous answer. The Lords of the Order do not expect nor demand praise, worship, or unquestioned adherence to their existence. At some point, mentioned in “Xykozheiz,” Lord Pharuuii established this principle well in His confrontation with Deceptuary’s outburst by stating that deities are, by default, all-powerful. There simply is no need to demand praise when you are the linchpins of existence. The Lord goes on to say that gods are simply beyond that level of petulant arrogance, and the role of a god is to maintain existence, not demand praise for creating it.

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Question: Why did the Lords allow their Hayles to bring in their legions of spirits to inhabit Xyzokizon’s Sacred Realms? Are those legions not just spirits instead of Angels and Archangels?

Answer: As a reward for their contribution to aiding in the war against Deceptuary. The Hayles, as Divine Generals, were quite powerful but did not act alone; they had the help of their massive legions of fellow spirits to aid in the battle. As a reward, along with giving the Hayles their Sacred Spirituality and turning them into Archangels, the Lords permitted the legions of those Hayles to make home within Xyzokizon’s Realms as well. And so, while those legions were not bestowed angelic status or infused with Sacred Spirituality, they were allowed to exist within Xyzokizon for that time thereafter up onto their spirits naturally perish and move into Xyphojinami.

It’s entirely possible that a few of those legions—particularly the higher apostles or followers of the Hayles—were actually granted angelic status and exist as lower-ranking Archangels or angelic beings that simply do not play a major role in our portion of the Cosmic Struggle and therefore aren’t known.

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Question: How is the relationship between the Lords and their respective Children? Are They distant omnipotent beings or loving doting parental figures?

Answer: A mix of both, if the Hayles’ recounts are anything to go by. By no means were any of the Lords so distant in authority that They did not love Their Child and never interacted. Quite the contrary, in most cases the Lords were a close proximal part of the upbringing of the Children—especially with the cases of Lord Kyaien and Lord Saifaosé, who adore Their Children greatly.  

It can be noted that the cases of Hubrakiuosia and Xyzukizusia can often be interpreted as distant—with Lord Carnyie willing chaining Himself to the Tower of Repose and listening to the cries of woe from the Innocent and Lord Vuetenexzyei simply depicted as a cold and eternal force in general. To counter that, we see that in the case of Lord Carnyie that He willingly chains Himself to the suffering of the world so that He may grant it Mercy, and loves His Child through that ghostly force. Lord Vuetenexzyei counters this by remarking to Kizu that He finds His Child remarkably intuitive, and even was willing to take Xyzukizusia’s radical interpretation of Spiritual Ends and Death to heart—something unheard of for a being so eternal and absolute. Only the Love for the Child could bring about either outcome.

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Question: Can Xyphoites hold an intimate or personal relationship with the Lords or even the specific Lord they descend from, or are the Lords too distant of beings to have such a bond?

Answer: We can only give the most Xyphoist response to this kind of question. Sure, if you desire as such.  Prayer is already personal and private, so the relationship between you and the Lords remains under your own perspective. It is important, just as the Philosophy is structured, that the Lords are the Lords of all of existence, and so logically they are universal to all, but that also means They are the Lords of your own faith in them as well, and so the relationship between a follower and the Lords is personal and not the interest of the Order to police. So long as we all remember that Xyphoist Prayer is always about praying to mitigate worldly suffering above all else.

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Question: Xyphoism is said to be the “Doctrine of Spiritual Love” because the Lords’ Initial Will of creation was Love. Why do the Lords love our existence so much?

Answer: This is a more profound and enigmatic question than many would think. The answer we can give is that the Lords are the only beings to know why They love existence enough to create it, guarantee its liberty, and to defend it against Deceptuary’s desire to destroy it and reform it In solely his image. It’s in no way the place of us AGHs to assert what the Lords feel about the Initial Will; we simply know that the Lords love existence—ours included. It is a fun and intriguing question to think over, and we here in the Ordinance’s ranks have talked quite a bit about our feelings about this. We’ve come to the conclusion that, much like how we love the gift of Life, the Lords might find a similar divine love for and existence they host. Only the Lords can truly know, and it is okay to not know the reason why exactly.

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And that shall conclude this round of questions. We hope we could provide some philosophical context to the Lords of this Order that we worship and trust in. The goal, as mentioned ad nauseum, is to inspire and intrigue, and so having a place to put out and attempt to ask such questions—whether they are difficult or fun—is an important for expanding the mind and inspiring the soul. We hope to see you all again in our next installment for more questions and answers. Until then, have a great Sacred Day.

—AHG, et al