Xipe's 3rd face: Trailblaze. The method of Stellaron delivery.
I've watched the new trailer regarding Asat a few times and a revelation came to me.
So, ever since I've accused Xipe of spreading the Stellarons and had gotten it right, see here: The Truth of Stellarons and Celenova the Ashes of Order. I've been asking myself a very simple question.
Why did Xipe only begin the spreading of Stellarons at 2147 AE? After all, Xipe had existed since around 1500 AE. Which is around the time when the Swarm Disaster ended. So what changed? Why couldn't they deliver Stellarons prior to 2147 AE?
Well, after something like the 10th viewing of the new trailer, it finally hit me. There were 3 documented events that happened very closely to each other. The fall of Akivili, the rise of Nanook and the spread of Stellarons secretly by Xipe. After thinking about it, I've came to the conclusion that it is not at all unreasonable to link these three events together.
Ergo, even without knowing the exact details of what happened, the change in Xipe's behavior would've probably originated from one of the other two events. So which one triggered Xipe's actions? Well, I would actually eliminate Nanook from this equation and focus solely on Akivili. Why? Because I've noticed that Harmony and Trailblaze actually have a glaringly problematic point that overlaps with Xipe.
The Fatal Overlap.
So, what is the overlapping issue that is between Akivili and Xipe? Well, the following is from the first stanza for the Odes of Harmony.
The world is in harmony and the stars shine bright.
Praise the Lord! All are connected and the winds of blessing breathe across the lands!
And what is it that we do when we arrive in every new world?
Explore, understand, establish, and connect.
The Path of Trailblaze could arguably be reduced down to a narrower idea of Harmony as a lot of what Trailblaze does is to make connections and therefore, universal unity. All core principles of Harmony and it was one bad accident away for Xipe to over take the Akivili.
But hold on, before any of you say something to this effect: "Just because a concept in these two Paths overlaps, it doesn't mean Xipe could've ate Akivili. There are plenty of other Aeons with similar concepts that doesn't eat each other. Like Preservation and Remembrance or Abundance and Propagation."
And I would begin by pointing out that Abundance and Propagation did not existed at the same time in history. Then there is Preservation and Remembrance which I would argue that they actually cannot collide because of what their Paths are. Preservation's Primum Mobile is most likely purely about the Preservation of things, so it would be antithetical for Qilipoth to end the existence of another Aeon or Path. Then there is Fuli who I suspect cannot change anything of the present because THEY can only ascend at the end of the Universe. And so, looking at the remaining Aeons and looking at Xipe THEMSELF, I would say that this method of killing an Aeon is actually only applicable purely to Xipe and the Path of Harmony because the whole concept for Harmony is assimilation. This idea of assimilation had been brought up time and time again with some of the most recent one with A Letter from an Apostate.
Now, again I would emphasize that normally, Paths that shares one or two overlapping concepts would probably not devour each other. But this is Xipe that we're talking about, and Aeon who already have tasted fellow Aeon flesh (This is a metaphoric joke, don't go yelling about how Xipe may or may not have actually ate Ena.) and I wouldn't put it past THEM to do it again.
With that out of the way, we continue with why would consuming Akivili allow Xipe to begin chucking out Stellarons? Well, consider this: What if Xipe had Stellarons ready to go but no way of transporting them? Yes, I'm suggesting that by consuming Akivili, Xipe gained access to the mass delivery of Stellarons via the Silver Rails that the Express had laid.
The Great hijacking of Trailblaze.
The Silver Rails, the greatest legacy of Akivili which connected the universe together. Nowadays, anyone can use it to travel to anywhere where the tracks have connected. But here's the thing, although anyone can use it, they still have to travel by using their own spacecraft. What am I trying to say with this? Well, if someone from The Family were to have transported Stellarons by carrying them as luggage, then Stellaron disasters always happens whenever there are Family members nearby, wouldn't suspicion naturally fall to the Harmony for the cause of Stellaron disasters?
So how to avoid that issue? Well, by taking hold of the power of Trailblaze so THEY can send out Stellarons in a much more stealthy and quick way. Something like imbuing the Stellarons with some Trailblazing energy so they can fly out on their own.
But that is not to say that ALL Stellarons are sent out via this method. The Family sometime still use the carrier method as they once made Gopher Wood deliver one as punishment.
Ending Notes:
- Didn't know where to put this but the description of Trailblaze encompasses really suspicious wording like the "Countless shooting stars" and "It will carry your wish to thousands of distant worlds." Both phrases can be substituted as Stellarons and how Xipe is now chucking them.
Then there is the number 3 imagery that is here. It brings Xipe to mind but this could just be nothing but a coincidence.
- The reason why I don't like that Beauty is one of Xipe's faces is because although Melustanin is one of the first Stellaron sites and the place where Idrila ascended,
This doesn't seem so significant to me at all. Pom-Pom's wording already begin undermining the idea by saying it's "one of the initial sites" as in not the sole origin point of the Stellaron disasters. Then there is the fact that it is said that Idrila felled at Lafcadio, which I don't see any reason why Melustanin's Stellaron disaster would affect Idrila at Lafcadio. That's like saying someone was born in Britian but a great fire broke out there and that someone then died in America because of the fire at their homeland. It just doesn't make any sense to me.
Then there is the improbable nature of TWO Aeons falling in the same AE and one was born.
- I've also been thinking of a visual metaphor for the Stellarons stopping interstellar travels near it and I've come up with this:
A Stellaron is considered as a stranded train or vehicle blocking traffic. So one would actually need to remove it or try and travel off or in a different tracks to avoid it.
- Expanding on my reversi analogy from the last theory.
