The Nameless, Summer 2025
The First Tenet is derived from the First Rift in the narrative.
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The First Tenet
Iblis before Iblis is the
Shadow of the Divine
In the First Rift, Iblis rejects a command from divinity to worship or pay homage to humanity. This vital sedition incites retribution, tumult, and tribulation.
The divine is here taken to be a deity, but it can also represent the spirit of an age, the highest ideals of a caste, or providence of laws in natural cycles.
The divine is here taken to be a deity, but it can also represent the spirit of an age, the highest ideals of a caste, or providence of laws in natural cycles.
The First Tenet is that Iblis before Iblis is the shadow of the divine.
