November 04, 2004 » Xenogears : Stand Tall and Shake The Heavens (2)
The Past
500 years ago, war for freedom against Solaris by land dwellers led to devastating end. Brimming the fear of losing influence due to the escalation of refugee seeking shelter in Nisan and the Nisan Sects growing popularity, the elders of Shevat and Solaris secretly agreed to stop the war in clandestine deal. At the time, the Gazel Ministry of Solaris was at odds with Miang, the woman who held the real power behind the scene. They schemed to hand over Miang to Shevat and promised a division of rulership over earth's surface. In exchange, the Shevats gave the rebel army that assembled at Nisan and their patron, Sophia the Great Mother of Nisan. It was then decided that Nisan would be the location of the final decisive battle with Solaris.
Outnumbered and surrounded on all side, the rebel forces were prepared to die. But then the rebel's flagship, Excalibur, appeared with Sophia on board, heading straight for the enemy's main ship on a suicide attack. Her sacrifice made way for her people to survive. Yet, her martyrdom forever changed the lives of two men, Krelian and Lacan.
Krelian, who followed closely as the leader of Nisan Sect militia, lost faith after calling out to god who did not respond.
Krelian disappeared and Lacan, who resented himself for not having the power to do anything as Sophia died in front of him, began his search for the ultimate power that had been told in legends: god's resting place 'Mahanon', the source of divine wisdom 'Razael', the 'Anima Relics' that were created by the very wisdom, and the god's infinite energy source 'Zohar'. Losing faith in humanity, his sorrow and hatred changed him into Grahf.
After the war, Solaris constructed spatial distortion barrier, by distorting the space surrounding it and using the distorted space as walls, to conceal the nation from land dwellers. Shevat fled from the top of Babel Tower and had been floating eversince. The rest of the leaders of anti-Solaris alliance then formed separate nations under pact of anti-Solaris alliance. However later, the nations ironically broke out "civil war" that continued to date.
And Lacan, now Grahf who held the ultimate power of destruction, lived. Though his body died out, his spirit continued living by occupying host bodies until he gained the true body that would be Lacan's reincarnation, and to one day eliminate everything and bring the world to total obliteration.
The Very Distant Past
Earth 2001 AD, from an excavation site in Lake Turkana Kenya, a monolithic object was unearthed. The Object, having caused magnetic anomalies and emitting its own magnetic field, was later known as Zohar.
In 2510 AD, a new calendar system was adopted: TC, stands for Transcend Christ with 365 days making up one standard year. The adoption marked an initiative for absolute emigration to the stars within 15 years.
10,000 years ago, in 4752 TC, a large cosmic war broke out and the interstellar war intensified. Deus, an Interplanetary Invasion System which could act upon its will to take control over a planet, was born. Zohar, which eminated infinite amount of energy, then became the power reactor for Deus.
During a connection test between Zohar and Deus, the engine examined an infinite potential phenomena and, requiring the energy, it connected to a higher dimensional space. As a result, the reactor synchronized with the Wave of Existence (WE) of the four dimensional space. (WE) descended and incarnated into this three dimensional space. To stabilize itself, (WE) had to materialize and enter the Zohar engine.
On a test run, Deus went out of control and annihilated a whole planet. Its creators found the immense power threatening and forcefully shut it down. Dismantled for analysis and evaluation of the incident, Deus was brought onto an interplanetary emigrant ship, Eldridge, to be carried to another planet. However, the dismantled Deus showed resistence and hacked Razael, the Eldridge's 7th generation central mainframe computer system. To prevent Deus from taking over the ship, the captain destroyed Eldridge and caused it to crash onto a planet.
Knowing that it couldn't escape the explosion and its imminent impact, Deus detached its core, a biological computer Kadomony, from Zohar power reactor. The core "activated" the life support program, Persona, that was able to generate organic material. The Persona then created the first "humans": Emperor Cain and the twelve Gazel Ministry. Humans propagated with an inbuilt program: to one day not only resurrect the heavily damaged Deus but also become replacement parts of Deus as more than half of it was constructed of biological parts.
Yet, something beyond Deus' control had happened before the crash of Eldridge. Abel, a child who got lost and was in search for his mother accidently "made contact" with (WE), the source of Zohar energy that resided inside the Zohar power reactor. (WE) had always wanted to return to its own dimension but been bound by its "cage of fleshly existence" in the reactor. (WE) came to conclusion that it must reverse the process it had gone through to ever descend to this dimensional space. When Abel made contact with it, Abel projected, or installed, his will to return to his mother. (WE) received the projection and then prepared "the mother's will" program and created Elhaym. To reach its goal (WE) inserted the program into Deus Restoration Program and gave its power to Abel.
When Deus' life support program in the bio computer Kadomony was executed, it created the vital element, the Persona whose physical form was taken after the Abel's projection, and (WE)'s attribute, "the mother's will", also incarnated through the bio-plant into it. As a result to this "conflict of interests", The Persona which manifested into Elhaym, belonged to both (WE) and Deus because, though Abel and (WE) provided the base for Elhaym, it was Deus who supplied the organic elements. So, when the original Elhaym was 'On' it became Deus' Miang and when it's in 'Off' mode, Elhaym was under what (WE) programmed.
Set up by Deus, the Elhaym metamorphed into Miang Hawwa. After creating Cain, founder of humanity, Miang Hawwa split into both Miang, the caretaker of humans, one who would assist humans towards Deus resurrection, and Elhaym who carried (WE)'s "the mother's will" and guided the prospective Contact who would destroy Deus and allow (WE) to return to its dimension. As for Abel, having given the power from (WE), he survived the crash of Eldridge.
Thus, humans inhabited the planet and propagated. The humanity began.
500 years ago, war for freedom against Solaris by land dwellers led to devastating end. Brimming the fear of losing influence due to the escalation of refugee seeking shelter in Nisan and the Nisan Sects growing popularity, the elders of Shevat and Solaris secretly agreed to stop the war in clandestine deal. At the time, the Gazel Ministry of Solaris was at odds with Miang, the woman who held the real power behind the scene. They schemed to hand over Miang to Shevat and promised a division of rulership over earth's surface. In exchange, the Shevats gave the rebel army that assembled at Nisan and their patron, Sophia the Great Mother of Nisan. It was then decided that Nisan would be the location of the final decisive battle with Solaris.
Outnumbered and surrounded on all side, the rebel forces were prepared to die. But then the rebel's flagship, Excalibur, appeared with Sophia on board, heading straight for the enemy's main ship on a suicide attack. Her sacrifice made way for her people to survive. Yet, her martyrdom forever changed the lives of two men, Krelian and Lacan.
Krelian, who followed closely as the leader of Nisan Sect militia, lost faith after calling out to god who did not respond.
"God didn't answer our prayers... Is that because we didn't have enough faith? Even if we didn't have faith, Sophia did. why did she have to be sacrificed? Is god dead...? Is he just not there...? Maybe god never existed to begin with!"
"... I see... That's it... If god doesn't exist in our world, then... I will create god with my own hands!"
Krelian disappeared and Lacan, who resented himself for not having the power to do anything as Sophia died in front of him, began his search for the ultimate power that had been told in legends: god's resting place 'Mahanon', the source of divine wisdom 'Razael', the 'Anima Relics' that were created by the very wisdom, and the god's infinite energy source 'Zohar'. Losing faith in humanity, his sorrow and hatred changed him into Grahf.
before she died, Sophia spoke for the last time, "Lacan..... live!"
"I will live...!"
"Even if I go to hell, I will live till the end of this world. And if the
world does not come to an end... I will destroy it with my own hands!"
After the war, Solaris constructed spatial distortion barrier, by distorting the space surrounding it and using the distorted space as walls, to conceal the nation from land dwellers. Shevat fled from the top of Babel Tower and had been floating eversince. The rest of the leaders of anti-Solaris alliance then formed separate nations under pact of anti-Solaris alliance. However later, the nations ironically broke out "civil war" that continued to date.
And Lacan, now Grahf who held the ultimate power of destruction, lived. Though his body died out, his spirit continued living by occupying host bodies until he gained the true body that would be Lacan's reincarnation, and to one day eliminate everything and bring the world to total obliteration.
The Very Distant Past
Earth 2001 AD, from an excavation site in Lake Turkana Kenya, a monolithic object was unearthed. The Object, having caused magnetic anomalies and emitting its own magnetic field, was later known as Zohar.
In 2510 AD, a new calendar system was adopted: TC, stands for Transcend Christ with 365 days making up one standard year. The adoption marked an initiative for absolute emigration to the stars within 15 years.
10,000 years ago, in 4752 TC, a large cosmic war broke out and the interstellar war intensified. Deus, an Interplanetary Invasion System which could act upon its will to take control over a planet, was born. Zohar, which eminated infinite amount of energy, then became the power reactor for Deus.
During a connection test between Zohar and Deus, the engine examined an infinite potential phenomena and, requiring the energy, it connected to a higher dimensional space. As a result, the reactor synchronized with the Wave of Existence (WE) of the four dimensional space. (WE) descended and incarnated into this three dimensional space. To stabilize itself, (WE) had to materialize and enter the Zohar engine.
On a test run, Deus went out of control and annihilated a whole planet. Its creators found the immense power threatening and forcefully shut it down. Dismantled for analysis and evaluation of the incident, Deus was brought onto an interplanetary emigrant ship, Eldridge, to be carried to another planet. However, the dismantled Deus showed resistence and hacked Razael, the Eldridge's 7th generation central mainframe computer system. To prevent Deus from taking over the ship, the captain destroyed Eldridge and caused it to crash onto a planet.
Knowing that it couldn't escape the explosion and its imminent impact, Deus detached its core, a biological computer Kadomony, from Zohar power reactor. The core "activated" the life support program, Persona, that was able to generate organic material. The Persona then created the first "humans": Emperor Cain and the twelve Gazel Ministry. Humans propagated with an inbuilt program: to one day not only resurrect the heavily damaged Deus but also become replacement parts of Deus as more than half of it was constructed of biological parts.
The Deus System is a conglomeration of organic weapons designed to invade and attack at an interstellar level. Guiding the system at its core is Deus, a bio-mechanical weapon in charge of carrying out direct attacks and invasions. With its self-restoration and growth functions, the Deus System can virtually prevent itself from being destroyed.
The self-restoration functions work by absorbing organic material found in the surrounding battlefield. The absorbed organic materials (life forms) are then slated to replenish components damaged during combat. These absorbed materials can be equated to "nourishment" for the damaged parts.
Yet, something beyond Deus' control had happened before the crash of Eldridge. Abel, a child who got lost and was in search for his mother accidently "made contact" with (WE), the source of Zohar energy that resided inside the Zohar power reactor. (WE) had always wanted to return to its own dimension but been bound by its "cage of fleshly existence" in the reactor. (WE) came to conclusion that it must reverse the process it had gone through to ever descend to this dimensional space. When Abel made contact with it, Abel projected, or installed, his will to return to his mother. (WE) received the projection and then prepared "the mother's will" program and created Elhaym. To reach its goal (WE) inserted the program into Deus Restoration Program and gave its power to Abel.
When Deus' life support program in the bio computer Kadomony was executed, it created the vital element, the Persona whose physical form was taken after the Abel's projection, and (WE)'s attribute, "the mother's will", also incarnated through the bio-plant into it. As a result to this "conflict of interests", The Persona which manifested into Elhaym, belonged to both (WE) and Deus because, though Abel and (WE) provided the base for Elhaym, it was Deus who supplied the organic elements. So, when the original Elhaym was 'On' it became Deus' Miang and when it's in 'Off' mode, Elhaym was under what (WE) programmed.
Set up by Deus, the Elhaym metamorphed into Miang Hawwa. After creating Cain, founder of humanity, Miang Hawwa split into both Miang, the caretaker of humans, one who would assist humans towards Deus resurrection, and Elhaym who carried (WE)'s "the mother's will" and guided the prospective Contact who would destroy Deus and allow (WE) to return to its dimension. As for Abel, having given the power from (WE), he survived the crash of Eldridge.
Thus, humans inhabited the planet and propagated. The humanity began.
Credits:
[1] Perfect Works (english translation)
[2] Xenogears Universe at Wikipedia
[3] Some of the game cites come from Sheamon's Xenogears Script
[1] Perfect Works (english translation)
[2] Xenogears Universe at Wikipedia
[3] Some of the game cites come from Sheamon's Xenogears Script
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