"Soon after, the Mother Tree of Desire was born, giving rise to life and introducing evil and desire."
The Mother Tree of Desire is one of the Outer Deities from the Cosmos that attempted to invade Earth. "She" is the second child of the Original Creator, and is one of "His" three direct children along with the Mother Goddess of Depravity and the Son of Chaos.[1][2]
"She" was the original owner of the Abyss Symbol2 Abyss and Chained Symbol2 Chained Pathways. "She" is also the current owner of the Patriarch Symbol2 Patriarch Pathway.
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∞SYMBOLS, AUTHORITIES & ABILITIES∞
"She" possesses full Authority over the Patriarch Symbol2 Patriarch Pathway and partial Authority over the Abyss Symbol2 Abyss and Chained Symbol2 Chained Pathways (through accommodating the Tenebrous World but without the Uniquenesses) and the corresponding Symbols, which include but are not limited to the following:
∞ Abyss: Partial authorities over Degeneration, Filth, Corruption, Desire, Curses, and Deviants, and the symbol of Abyss of the Heart/Mind. Partial via the Tenebrous World.
∞ Chained: Authorities over Curses, Deviants, Binding, and Objects, and the symbol of Binding. Partial via the Tenebrous World.
∞ Patriarch: Authorities over Love, Envy, Reason, and Sentient Beings, and Symbol of Desires.
This Pathway is a mix of two different Pathways:[5]
The Pathway of Desires (Reasons).
The Pathway of Blathering, the corresponding authorities are Raving, Madness and Propagation.[6] The Sequence 0 name is Patriarch.[7]
The Symbols, Authorities, and Abilities "She" possesses and displays at the Above the Sequence level include:
∞ Chaos: As one of the three Children of The Original Creator, "She" symbolizes Chaos. Even though "She" doesn't have a corresponding Sequence 0 to denote this Chaos, "She" is the Father of Devils and the Mother Tree of Desire, which makes "Her" symbolically, inherently Chaotic.[8]
∞ Father of Devils (Former): "She" was the original Father of Devils before "She" lost the Tenebrous World and the two corresponding Pathways when the Original Creator awakened.
Because of "Her" connection, "She" held corruptive influence over "Her" former two pathways after the Astral Barrier had sufficiently weakened.
After The Apocalypse, "She" is re-accommodating the Tenebrous World but without the Chained Uniqueness, Abyss Uniqueness, and their corresponding Beyonder Characteristics.[9]
∞Mother Tree of Desires: "She" is the Mother Tree of Desires and carries the corresponding symbols.
∞ Perpetual Blatherer: "She" is the initiator of Reason and endless Desires.[1][10]
"She" can awaken the survival instincts of all sentient beings in a region, including other Great Old Ones, which can cause "Them" to flee.[11]
"She" can manipulate the Desires within the heart of all creatures.[12]
"She" can rely on the symbolism of Desire to locate the true body of the Lord of Mysteries.[12]
With "Her" birth came the rise of Life and the introduction of Evil and Desire.[13]
In comparison, the Abyss's authority over Desire lies more in inducing, catalyzing, and igniting Desires, rather than embodying Desire itself like the remnants within the Mother Tree of Desire.[14]
∞ Reason: "Her" birth symbolizes of the emergence of free will and the distinction between self and others.[15]
Before "Her" birth, the Mother Goddess of Depravity was essentially still part of the Original Creator as a single entity. After "She" appeared, the Mother Goddess of Depravity and the lives that appeared with the Mother Goddess's birth were no longer considered part of the Original Creator as a single entity.
∞ Tree Supplication: "She" is able to Supplicate powers from the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
However, it will depend on the mood of the Mother Goddess of Depravity whether "Her" prayer will be accepted or not.[16]
∞ Ravings: "Her" authority emphasizes the effects of Ravings, and is not Ravings itself.[17]
∞ Fear: "She" is the embodiment of the emotion of Fear.[18]
This authority overlaps with the authority of the Darkness.
Countering Symbols, Authorities & Abilities
Certain Symbols, Authorities, and Abilities of other Great Old Ones can counter some of "Her" powers, which include but are not limited to the following:
≈Lord of Mysteries:
Marionettes and Grafting counter Desires:
Marionettes were dead people, puppets devoid of Desires.[19]
The Lord of Mysteries can Graft the surging Desires within "Their" true body onto Marionettes, then release them from manipulation, killing them.[12]
≈High-Dimensional Overseer:
Dimensionality partially counters Desires.
Beings in higher dimensions or within the High-Dimensional Overseer's dimensional painting will not be fully consumed by the explosion of desires from the Father of Devils, "They" would only enter a brief state of stagnation.[11]
∞↑APPEARANCE↓∞
∞TRUE FORM∞: "She" resembled a humanoid giant tree covered in chaotic scales. Its surface was adorned with enticing crystalline fruits, glistening, alluring flowers, various metallic emblems, black hearts, bare tumors, and coins from different civilizations. At the tree's upper reaches were two heads. The lower head was male, eyes closed, exuding bizarre desires. The upper head was female, with green hair and a face of extraordinary beauty, possessing a charm that spoke directly to affection.[19]
∞HISTORY∞
GENESIS:
On the first day, the Original Creator awoke and created this world, but Reality, the Spirit World, the Astral World, and Fate were still mixed together.
On the second day, the Oldest One birthed the Mother Goddess of Depravity. Reality gained a foundation, the Spirit World and Astral World were separated, and the River of Fate began to flow. Soon after, the Mother Tree of Desire was born, giving rise to life and introducing evil and desire. Then came the Son of Chaos, who established order-and with it, shadows naturally emerged.[1]
FIRST EPOCH
As one of the direct children of the Original Creator, the Mother Tree of Desire was most affected by the Law of Convergence when the Original Creator awoke, causing part of "Her" Sefirah (later self-completed into the Tenebrous World) and the two Pathways of Chained Symbol2 Chained and Abyss Symbol2 Abyss to be separated from "Her" and were attracted to Earth.
During the Lost Era, the Primordial God Almighty and Celestial Worthy's strong and still-perfect-and-whole power deterred the Outer Deities, who can only settle for observing Earth from afar for now.[20]
FOURTH EPOCH
In the Fourth Epoch, the Tree of Shadow was planted into the ruins of Trier by the Mother Tree of Desire. This series of event is connected to the Tenebrous World's leakage after Alista Tudor's attempt to merge with the Mirrored Original Creator, causing the powers of Sefirot in the Western Continent to leak to the outside world during the War of the Four Emperors.[21] Nobody realized the secret planting of the Tree of Shadow due to the urgency of constructing the city and countering certain underground threats.[22]
FIFTH EPOCH
"She" has a direct influence over the Pathways "She" originally owned. With the weakening of the Astral Barrier at the end of the Fourth Epoch, "She" was able to send more power through the barrier onto Earth, increasing "Her" control over Beyonders of the two Pathways, including the Chained God and the Devil Monarch Farbauti.
During the beginning of the Fifth Epoch, "She" suddenly appeared and corrupted the Chained God, turning the Rose School of Thought into an evil organization that believes in releasing desires and indiscriminately commit rapes, murders, and sacrifices.[23]
"She" has a conflict with the Primordial Moon within the Rose School of Thought,[24] and is believed to possess some High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristics of the Moon Symbol2 Moon Pathway.[25] "She" also corrupted the Devil Monarch Farbauti but didn't manage to completely control "Him" like "She" did with the Chained God. Perhaps due to "Her" corruption, the current Abyss fell into a state where most devils were unable to live in.[26]
LORD OF MYSTERIES
The Mother Tree of Desire was first introduced in Volume 3 when Klein was acting as Admiral Amyrius. Under "Her" guidance, Cynthia, Amyrius' mistress was corrupted by the forces in the Proliferation Necklace and mutated into a tree monster.[27]
Klein was later reminded by Orange Light Hilarion to beware of the Mother Tree of Desire.[28]
CIRCLE OF INEVITABILITY
That evil god goes by the pseudonym Mother Tree of Desire in this world. Don't attempt to understand Her, let alone guess Her true and complete title.
Madam Magician to Lumian Lee
On Circle of Inevitability, Chapter 142
"She" possesses the authority of the Patriarch Symbol2 Patriarch Pathway.
It was revealed that beneath the depths of Trier, the Tree of Shadow had its roots buried long before the construction of present-day Trier. The ambiance in Trier gradually transformed according to the Mother Tree of Desire's desired path.[29]
"Her" influence has grown significantly over the past year or two. According to Madam Magician, Mr. Poet noticed some rudimentary cooperation among these organizations which worship the Mother Tree of Desire. Some members of the Devil families also show signs of worshiping "Her".[30]
According to Madam Magician, among the Great Existences, the only one who didn't preach using an alias was the Mother Tree of Desire, because "Mother Tree of Desire" was a small segment of the corresponding existence's long string of honorific names. There were two reasons why understanding and reciting it didn't directly bring corruption: First, it was only a small segment, incomplete; second, the Mother Tree of Desire indirectly controlled the one worshiped by the Rose School of Thought in the real world and the Devil Monarch in the Abyss, so when this honorific name was mentioned, under conditions of limited understanding and while the barrier still existed, the proximity-based mystical phenomenon occurred, making it not so dangerous.[31]
PROJECT VORTEX
The Mother Tree of Desire participated in the Vortex by giving the Shadow of the Beauty Goddess "She" possessed to the Mother Goddess of Depravity. In turn, "She" received the corruption inside Roselle Gustav, which was then transplanted into the Chained God. Though Amon managed to reduce the corruption, it was still enough for Tirié to be born, stripping the Chained God of "His" last Abomination Characteristic.
THE FOOL'S DREAM
"She" exerted influence inside Klein's dream by running Mushu Hospital, alongside the Mother Goddess of Depravity. Together, "They" held the various traumas of Klein stored in the hospital basement. "She" heightened the sexual urges of a morgue assistant, making him engage in intercourse with the corpse of Panatiya shortly before it came to life.
Lumian theorized "She" was corrupting the security members of the Intis Group due to them being mummified, which matches "Her" aesthetics in the Rose School of Thought.
"She" withdrew from the Dream following the scrutiny from the main awareness alongside the Great Mother before the final confrontation between the Celestial Worthy and Klein.
THE DAY OF MANY DISASTERS
During the event, "She" took advantage of the chaos to attempt to fully grow the Tree of Shadow and descend onto Earth. Suah and Tirié merged with the Tree of Shadow,[32] which was later destroyed by The Fool, leaving only its root. However, before he could eliminate Suah and Tirié, he had to enter the Astral Barrier to prevent it from being broken after the death of the Eternal Blazing Sun.[33]
It was revealed later on that this was part of a contract between the Mother Tree of Desire and the Mother Goddess of Depravity, witnessed by the Primordial God Almighty. After accommodating the Brood Hive, the Mother Goddess of Depravity would assist the Mother Tree of Desire, in exchange for the loss of the Tree of Shadow.[34][11]
THE APOCALYPSE
In the early stage of The Apocalypse, Suah and Tirié conducted a ritual to sacrifice the Chained God to forcibly open a passage in the Astral Barrier with the Mother Goddess of Depravity's aid to allow the Mother Tree of Desire to descend within the barrier. "They" merged into the Chained God, intending to return to the Mother Tree of Desire, but were Fooled and Deceived by Klein, who had become a Lord of Mysteries, to mijudge the timing. Klein then Grafted the mass of Chained Symbol2 Chained materials onto an area above the gray fog.[35]
During the battle between Earth's Above the Sequence and the Outer Deities, the Mother Tree of Desire was held off by the Lord of Mysteries Klein, along with the Supernova Dominator and the Goddess of Fate. In another battlefield, the Master of the Shadow Cottage and Farbauti, who had merged with each other and the Tenebrous World to become a Quasi-Father of Devils, lured the Inextinguishable Ravings into "Them" and then cursed "Themselves". Amon, with permission from Klein, used the Chained Uniqueness to establish a mystical connection between the Tenebrous World and the Mother Tree of Desire, severely wounding "Her" through the self-curses of the Tenebrous World. However, the Mother Tree of Desire in turn used the mystical connection to drag "Herself" toward the Tenebrous World's battlefield. With the help of the Mother Goddess of Depravity, "She" managed to shake off Klein's influence and took away the Tenebrous World. "She" then immediately fled into the Astral World, leaving the Chained Symbol2 Chained Uniqueness and Abyss Symbol2 Abyss Uniqueness and corresponding Beyonder Characteristics behind.[12][11]
After The Apocalypse, the Mother Tree of Desire would need a long time to fully re-accommodate the Tenebrous World. Due to the fusion and influence of various Dao integrators, the Tenebrous World had developed a new consciousness and spirit. Although both "It" and the integrators fused within "It" had been destroyed by "Their" self-curses, "Its" spirit remained indestructible, chaotic, and extreme. Moreover, the Mother Tree of Desire was still in a severely wounded state, requiring at least decades, if not longer, to fully accommodate the Tenebrous World and completely recover. Furthermore, "She" had also gone into hiding to recover and accommodate in secrecy, preventing interference or being hunted by other Outer Deities, further ruling out any possibility of receiving healing from the Mother Goddess of Depravity. Thus, "She" was unlikely to be a factor in the near term.[36]
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∞PATRIARCH PATHWAY∞
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Sequence 9: Scrooge
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• Greed: A Scrooge is exceptionally greedy and stingy. They will go out of their way to pay as little money as possible, pick up any coin they see on the street and never give back a found item if they can help it.[2]
• Physical Enhancement: Through the act of not wasting food, a Scrooge will become stronger or more resilient than what their appearance seems to show.
• Greed Inducement: They can Induce an extreme sense of Greed in a target, compelling them to comply with this Desire, which will be strengthened if an object is used as a medium.
Ive gave Lumian a coin during his fake mugging, compelling Lumian Lee to take the coin and run instead of continuing with his original plan.[3]
• Ownership: For a limited time after losing track of their possession, a Scrooge can track objects that belong to them and eventually find the object's current location.
After Lumian Lee gave Ive's coin to a beggar, Ive was able to track the coin down to the beggar the next day through this ability.[4]
• Gluttony Inducement: Similarly to Greed Inducement, a Scrooge can Induce a target's appetite, which if used with specific items as medium ensures a better effect.[2]
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Sequence 8: Sex Addict
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• Lust: Sex Addicts are extremely lustful to the point of needing frequent sex. If there are no willing partners available, Sex Addicts will often fulfill this desire through rape.
• Perpetual Condition: Their body and mind are in a state of perpetual hunger and thirst.[2]
Their body is constantly maintaining a robust and healthy physical state while they are constantly utilizing mental faculties to augment their strength, reflexes, agility, and resilience.[2]
This constant state of excitement grants a Sex Addict resistance to certain influences while also significantly reducing their resistance to the Desired targets.[1]
• Lust Inducement: Sex Addicts are capable of placing targets into a Lustful state, like they were dosed with a powerful aphrodisiac. They can do this through several means.[2][5]
They can employ their gaze, speech, and actions to subtly Induce a measure of Lust into a a target.
Spell-like abilities and physical contact to make the target feel varying degrees of sexual desire.
The strongest of which can cause a person to temporarily lose their mind.
• Knowledge (Drugs): Upon advancement, a Sex Addict will receive an influx of knowledge on the preparation of rape drugs and other similar concoctions.[2]
Several known official concoctions are listed below:
• Truth Serum: A serum that compels those affected to speak the truth. Once the target's Desire to spill secrets is triggered, along with the interrogator's questioning, it becomes exceedingly challenging to lie. What they utter would stem from their innermost Desires.[6]
A foul-smelling stimulating gas, that after inhaling, causes the target to sneeze a few times, causing them to wake up and also gradually returning one's strength after being knocked out. This substance is the antidote to the prior one.[2]
An odorless gaseous sedative, that after inhaling knocks the target out, leaving their body in a feeble state. A whiff of this odorless gaseous sedative at a close range was enough to severely weaken an Assassin's strength.[2]
• Hormonal Analysis: They can acquire differentiating hormonal information of various individuals.[2]
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Sequence 7: Actor
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• Acting: They awaken their hidden Desire to showcase themselves and perform. They require a proper stage to satiate this Desire without arousing suspicion and every applause from the audience validates them. They need to be cautious against becoming too engrossed in their roles while Acting.[5]
• Physical Enhancements: An Actor possesses a heightened control over their body.
They can manipulate their muscles, skin and bones to a certain extent.
• Performance Inducement: An Actor can Induce a deep yearning for attention and a Desire to perform inside their targets, which can lead to emotional instability and irritability.
During the fight between Rentas and Lumian Lee, Lumian was compelled to confront Rentas and speak to him instead of immediately attacking.[7]
• Acting: An Actor is able to convincingly portray as anything through the process of Acting which not only is reflected in reality but also within the field of mysticism.
When Acting as animals, Actors can exhibit certain traits of the animal they're Acting as.
Charlotte Calvino was able to Act as a serpent-like creature and as a result, her body instantaneously grew pliable and was able to secrete a slimy substance. [8]
If an Actor portrays a previously observed Beyonder, they can replicate their abilities.
These abilities won't have any effects and are more like Illusions; however, if they can closely observe and learn from the Beyonder for several months, they will be able to perform similar but significantly weakened abilities.
An Actor is able to imitate certain features of an occupation or identity.[9]
They can Act as the opposite gender, but they need to prepare various props such in advance.
If they were to Act as a soldier, they'd display remarkable combat and marksmanship abilities.
If an Actor portrays an ordinary person, their Astral Projection will appear ordinary as well.
They can Act as a person's shadow and later, detach themselves from the owner to attack.
• Knowledge (Performance Preparations): They are skilled in actions that aid them in a performance, such as makeup techniques and prop creation.
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Sequence 6: Recipient
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• Success & Recognition: They crave Success and Recognition from high society or the public.[5]
• Adrenaline Rush: They can enter an adrenaline-fueled state, dramatically enhancing capabilities.
• Fulfillment Inducement: A Recipient can invoke a deep yearning for Fulfillment. [10]
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Sequence 5: Fallen Tree Spirit (Spirit of Lust, Baby Cupid)
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"In the original Chinese text, the term used for "Fallen" in Fallen Tree Spirit (堕落树精: Duòluò shù jīng) is the same term that is sometimes translated as Degenaration/Depravity (堕落: Duòluò) in the English WebNovel."
• Possessiveness: Fallen Tree Spirit's Possessiveness will gradually lead them into believing that they're their victim's spouse, driving them to kill the victim's lover(s).[11]
Susanna became very possessive of Charlie Collent, even convincing herself that she was his wife.
Upon advancement, a Fallen Tree Spirit will gain several abilities associated with Tree Spirits, as well as powers that deal with emotional and sexual Desires.[1]
• Vitality Drain: Through the medium of an intimate act, they can absorb a target's vital energies.[11]
• Dream Invasion: They are able to project themselves into a target's Dream as either gender.[11]
• Tree Host: They can be Hosted by a Tree granting them varying, limited special abilities.
Examples include a restricted higher rank or being difficult to completely kill.
• Branch Arrow: A Fallen Tree Spirit is able to shoot Branches as arrows.
• Illusion Creation: A Fallen Tree Spirit can also create Illusions.
• Vine Creation: A Fallen Tree Spirit is able to generate vines.
Strengthened Abilities
• Desire Inducement: At this level, a Fallen Tree Spirit's ability to invoke Desire is greatly improved, planting cues on a target's actions, emotions, and thoughts.
Susanna could imbue Lumian with the Desire to Live to stop suicide attempts as well as can kindle his Desires and create Illusions to make him 'unite' with a certain flower or crevice.[12]
Affected by the Desire to Live, Franca succumbed to intense fear that stems from her knowledge of the current situation, placing her in a dilemma to either flee or stay.[13]
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Sequence 4: Tree Supplicant
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• Knowledge & Survival: They are driven by the Desire for Knowledge and Survival.
• Tree Supplication: They can pray to different Trees which grants varying responses and abilities.
Fundamentally, the Mother Tree of Desire is a Tree, so it responds with its perpetual blathers.
A Tree Supplicant created a human skin castle as a sacrificial ritual that could briefly display power equivalent to Sequence 2 by sacrificing many humans, but it fundamentally couldn't resist a true Angel, let alone an Angel leading a team.[14]
Any Tree possessing supernatural power can be prayed to, such as a Tree God or Treants.[15]
The abilities that a Tree Supplicant can get cannot be maintained permanently.[16]
• Treant Summoning: They are able to summon Treants.
• Treant Commanding: They can control Treants.
∞↑MYTHICAL CREATURE FORM↑∞
As Demigods at Sequence 4 who have obtained partial Godhood, they are able to manifest their incomplete Mythical Creature Form if they disregard any of the consequences.
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Sequence 3: Desire Priest
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• Desire Executor: Desire Priests are the executors of the concept of Desire.
So long as a being has Desires, they can be affected by Desire Priests.
• Rationality Stripping: They can temporarily Strip others of Rationality.
Targets will feel as if they have lost their Soul.
∞MYTHICAL CREATURE FORM∞
As Sequence 3 Beyonders, they can respond to prayers within a certain range.
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Sequence 2: Cupid
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• Love: "They" have the authority over Love.
"They" can mediate Love with two or more entities through a medium.
Love is a divine authority and it is not simply a human emotion.
As such, a Cupid is able to make others fall in Love with certain ideas and concepts, affect abstract concepts through Love, and make abstract concepts fall in Love.[16]
For example, "They" can make "Their" target fall in Love with the concept of "killing".
A Cupid is able to fire arrows that steal True Hearts.
The Cupids from the Outer Deities' side were able to incite internal strife within Medici's legion of Angels by firing arrows that stole "Their" True Hearts.[17]
"They" can make anyone fall in Love with them.
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"They" become a complete Mythical Creature, "Their" Mythical Creature Form is a Cupid wearing fresh flower wreaths, appearing beautiful, holding wooden a bow and arrow like true deities.[18]
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Sequence 1: Leviathan
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• Domination: "They" gain the Desire to Dominate others.
∞Authorities∞
• Envy: A Leviathan has gained the authority over Envy.
Leviathans are able to stir Envy and dissatisfaction within others.
The influence of the Leviathans caused many Angels to become Envious and dissatisfied, nearly leading to the disbandment of Medici's legion.[17]
This authority can be applied on abstract concepts.[16]
• Reason: "They" gain initial authority over Reason.
This corresponds to the Heartless God portion of Mother Tree of Desire's Honorific Name.
∞↑MYTHICAL CREATURE FORM↑∞
"Their" Mythical Creature Form developed into a Leviathan, a Tree-like sea monster, covered in slimy blossoms and chaos-slick scales, dotted with brown-green tumors.[18]
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Sequence 0: Patriarch
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∞Authorities∞
• Sentient Beings & Blathering: "They" are the sovereign of all Sentient Beings—like another father, and the embodiment of wrathful reprimands and agonized murmurs.
Desires unextinguished, Blather unceasing, Reasons no longer exist, the Patriarch remains Eternal. When "They" die, another Patriarch will be born within Desires and emotions.
The new Patriarch is not the same Patriarch who died before.[19]
The Patriarch's perpetual Blathers echo through Desires and emotions, drawing all Sentient Beings to sink into Depravity as they chase Illusionary pursuits.
• Ravings: "Their" authority over Ravings emphasizes the effects, not the Ravings itself.[20]
"They" can utilize Sound interactions to establish mystical connections and influence the thoughts, tendencies, and emotions of living beings.[21]
This True Deity also has authorities over Madness and Propagation.[22]