Description: This folio records a set of contested symbols associated with the Fallen Arch-Fysi of Shadow, sometimes called “The Moonless King”, Njal. The most recognizable of the marks is the Triple Talata (𝋆𝋆𝋆) — a repetition of the numeral six in Archrymic notation. Some hold it as Njal’s number, though whether this is ancient truth or later superstition remains uncertain. Interestingly, parallel associations between adversarial deities and this particular number (or at least its equivelents) are seen throughout various other languages, cultures, and religious mythologies.
Common variants include stylized claw-marks in place of the talata numerals, and a series of hand signs known as the three-shot and the holster. To most, these gestures are mere play — finger-guns fired thrice in jest, or mimed holstering — but certain scholars suggest they carry hidden allegiance, the finger-gun itself resembling the shape of a single talata.
Most elaborate of all is the Syzurag: an eight-pointed star with the triple talata inscribed at its center. Traditions diverge on its meaning. Some argue the eight points mark Njal as the eighth Arch-Fysi. Others see the concave geometry as a deliberate inversion of the octagon traditionally used to honor the Fysi and their wendings — an act of opposition, even corruption.
Provenance: “Copied from the fragments of the Moonless Ledger, shelf C–19, folio 88.”
Marginalia (transcribed):
– A: “Due to the ambiguity of the hand-gestures, it is plausible they originated as popular play, only later reinterpreted as cultic.”
– B: “The Syzurag’s concave star form strongly implies inversion; whether this is doctrinal or accidental remains debated.”
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