Ghansgraad

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## The Book of the Ghansgraad

The Ghansgraad being read by Cecil the Star.

### Source

God (presumably)

***The Book of the Ghansgraad*** (also known as ***The Ghansgraad*** for short) is a religious text that outlines the structure and destiny of Heaven's Fence. It was widely believed to be written by God himself and contained prophecies in cryptic language that led many to debate its meaning. As the full text was not recorded to us, the following are excerpts and paraphrasing that *has* been recorded.

## The Creation of the Worlds

Broken up into a few passages, the following text is what we can gleam from the Ghansgraad regarding the creation of the Worlds.

> Long ago, the universe held nothing but cold, obscure darkness... then, light fractured shadow giving birth to many worlds, each one as magnificent as the next. A colony, comprised of seventy-eight planets was formed, aligned in a triangle bound together by a beam of light known as the Keywork. Along with its creation, came its division—twelve sectors were appointed and given equivalent power. The colony was deemed Heaven's Fence.
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> First there is Man—designated to maintain and harvest the planets while living safely under the rule of the more superior inhabitants... The Mage—one was positioned at each of the twelve sectors, and given the authority to rule over all. And the Prise—burdened eternally with the crucial responsibility of guarding the Keywork.
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And to the Prise was given the following prophecy...

## The Main Prophecy

So-called the "Main" prophecy, this passage is the most well-known and often repeated text from the Ghansgraad.

> If Man should decide to dabble in my affairs, then Guardians must intervene. But, should I come forth to change the face of Man with you there to challenge me, then I shall return with the stars to destroy all I have made. Whether Man or I present that danger will not be told in the coming.
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Though it was given to the Prise (thus making the "you" definitely them), many people debate exactly what it means and how this destruction by God will come about.

### Other Versions

The following is another bit written in the Ghansgraad elsewhere, perhaps right before the other:

> And the Lord God will watch his creations, and he will find them good to look upon in all their endeavors, unless mankind tampers with God's design and his designated representatives, the Prise, do nothing to prevent such tamperings.
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Upon reading this passage, it is easy to make the connection the "God's Design" refers to the Keywork, which the Prise are responsible for anyway.

## The Crowing

Also known as the prophecy of the "Son of Three." Here are the passages we have:

> And in the face of such defacement, the Lord God will send his messenger, his good right arm, his ultimate judge to determine the fate of Heaven's Fence. And this ultimate judge will be known as The Crowing. And beware the coming of the Crowing, for then the end of the worlds may be at hand. Woe betide all those who live upon the Fence, for the Crowing's judgement, once done, cannot be undone. His will be the power and the passion, the fire and the ice.
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## The Vishual

Here are the passages we have for the Vishual:

> But his [The Crowing] arrival will not be unheralded. Instead it will be presaged by the coming of the Vishual. The Vishual, a being of such immense power, capable of manipulating the very world around it that its arrival upon Heaven's Fence will let all thereupon know that the judgement of the Crowing is imminent.
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> The Vishual, being the harbinger of the Crowing and thus the final judgement of God, will appear at a time of greatest battle. Great will be the Vishual's wrath, because the armies of false gods will be on the march and reality itself will serve as fuel to the Vishual's energy. Woe betide those who stand up against the Vishual, for they will know not what they face until it is far, *far* too late. And they will behold the power of the Vishual who will be able to take that which is of this world and make it violently *not* of this world. Reality will become unreality and the victims of the Vishual's power will litter the field of battle.
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> The Vishual, the vision that bears the gift, and the Prise, the winged soldiers of the Lord, will prepare for God's judgement and they shall be the word and the Vishual will be the way and the path to glory and to the light. Praise God in the highest.
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## Trivia

* As the full title is *The Book of the Ghansgraad* we are actually not sure who or what the original Ghansgraad is or why they have a book. (Perhaps the name is actually like Yahweh and is just the name for God, even.)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2010.
2. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Prologue. Evil Ink, 2010.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 4. Evil Ink, 2012.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 5. Evil Ink, 2012.