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fragmentedblade · 1 year ago

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"The Creation Furnace provides energy to the Artisanship Commission and ensures its normal operation. Rumor has it that the energy stored in the Creation Furnace is heliobus, an elemental being. A thousand years ago, the heliobi unsuccessfully attacked Xianzhou and was thus ordered to supply energy to the Xianzhou Alliance forever".

#Fragments and scraps #Databank #I talk too much #This is sick tbh. Entirely abhorrent #Again we see the cruelty with which the Xianzhou Alliance punishes #Jing Yuan has a line about how the Luofu always repays those who do good by them or something along those lines #but the same is true of wrongdoings‚ perhaps even more so #I may be reading too much into this but it feels like slavery too and I think it goes in line with the treatment of many auromatons here #We see that with the cycranes and in the flash of consciousness that seems to shine through when connecting to the auromaton of Sensen #We also know from her and Leili that they once were free and rebelled against the humans and thus why they had jade implanted on them #There's also the President of the Merchant Guild‚ who lost his body and his memories because he posed a threat‚#and that comments he had to cheat on the intelligence test to be able to keep a low profile #Beyond that‚ we also see here again the connection between Abundance and Destruction I'd say #And especially the link between Abundance (and arguably its bound to Destruction here)#and the act of creation undertaken by the Artisanship Commission. I think this is a constant motif in the Xianzhou #but it's particularly clear in its craftsmen I'd say despite how obvious the game makes Abundance's connection to the Alchemy Commission #The first thing that called my attention in this world was how the starskiffs grew from seeds‚ a remnant of the blessings of Abundance #And how much the Xianzhou depends on such blessing. I found it very ironic‚ poetic and realistic. And very coherent #The rebellion against that which sustains them. The worshipping of that which dooms them. How at times Abundance and the Hunt #are not easy to tell apart. How both carry Destruction. How they both carry prosperity‚ creation and permanence #How Destruction too at times carries all those aspects #I really see all these ideas taking place very clearly in the craftsmen and the Artisanship Commission #And it also made me think again of my dream of 5* Yingxing in the path of Abundance xD #I adore the Xianzhou and I say this having a sort of love/hate relationship with it #but I love how the game doesn't shy away from its darker aspects nor tries to paint it as the good party #It's all so interesting and intriguing #I wonder if this has to do with Phantylia‚ if she was trying to take revenge on the Xianzhou. Good for her and tbh very right to do so #Aaaand I was going to keep talking but I've already talked a lot without intending to xD #Was I giving a walk again around the Artisanship Commission and visiting the Furnace? Yes‚ I was. I can't help myself ugh

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