I have been combing over my work of late — the queen still refuses to grant me an audience — and have begun to notice a pattern in the structure of the world... Nothing I would publish to a society, certainly, but worth writing down. Perhaps, as my journey continues, I will find other specimens.
Observation
There are three
Creator Gods on each side of the
Mirror, which combine to make a single entity, which comprises one half of the
Godhead. While we may easily draw the line to
Harmonic Trinitarianism from there, there are also three relics crafted during the
Twilight War, three types of stable magic, three
Owls of Dylath-Leen, and three
ways to ascend above being mortal. There are four
Towers, four elements, four public
System functions, four cardinal directions, and four sentient
Splinters of
Jack Turin recognized by the
Skinless.
There are seven chosen by
Bast at
End Day, and thirteen to ride against them. There are seven sins — pitfalls for mortals to avoid in order to be goodly — and
Thirteen Agonies. Thirteen constellations in the
Cosmic Caravan! Goodness, as I write, I recall that there were once thirteen planets in the
Golarion system, before
Damiar and
Iovo crashed together to create the
Diaspora. Even better: how many powerful magical relics restore themselves after seven days?
The Sequence
When these numbers are placed in sequence, the pattern seems trivial: 3, 4, 7, and 13. But the more I analyze, the more I seem to find new connections! Four is the only non-prime, and thus lacks the metaphysical stability of the others. Thus with every four, there seems to be the three, and the one that tears them apart.
Vulreach stands out among the Towers for its role in End Day, fire is a transitive plane that touches upon the
Astral as well as the
Material, and we
Gnomes have not forgotten the strange chillness that the other birds held for
Carrot.
I haven't yet discovered how this pattern carries to the higher numbers, but this notion of "hidden" numbers in the sequence draws other conclusions. 4-3=1, 7-4=3, and 13-7=6. Hidden ones, threes, and sixes. I see many of these across history. The Owls, which
Raemus kept hidden from his peers, and dear
Grimal, left alone in his strangeness. The Last, and his quest against the Old, Black, and Mad. The halves of the
Godhead, hidden behind their three aspects. The number of secret councils I have uncovered made of six members, or this recent business with the six emperors, is a footnote for another day.
I will have to bridge this topic with those I trust — the others will think me mad. Perhaps they will be able to identify patterns I cannot see...
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