Profane Battle at the Core

When internal strife among the High Guardians threatens to disrupt their unity, Happy Fox intervenes by invoking Wessay's divine wrath. Happy Fox wished Khlee razed off the map, as he interpreted Ingersoll’s despotate rule as an affront to life. Indeed Ingersoll had brainwashed life and organized in such a robotic way that Happy Fox felt it was an insult to Wessay. He felt personally responsible for this as he gave Ingersoll the approval centuries before to go in Khlee and save it. Ingersoll had evaded the multiple attempts of Happy Fox to liberate the city, so he decided unilaterally to erase Khlee from the map. Happy Fox wanted to force Amala to take control of Betunn Tumtunn’s mind and destroy Khlee in its entirety. The other guardians protested, and decided instead to send Ohannas and Hormuz to liberate Khlee once and for all. They would find Betunn in the way, and have him assist them in destroying Khlee’s walls. Happy Fox accepted this, but he secretly saw this as a challenge to his authority over all of Zarnul. Power had gone to his head. Not too long after Ohannas and Hormuz’s departure, Happy Fox confronted Amala, as she had disobeyed him before. Amala told Happy Fox that her mind was her own, and she would not be forced into controlling anyone else’s either. Angry, Happy Fox commanded Finfiloo to curse Khlee as he had done to the Citadel-Without-Name in the east. A battle then ensues, the Profane Battle at the Core. It opposed the loyalists of Happy Fox (Happy Fox of Wessay, Goldorr Acks of Darenkei, Bravas-dra-Kos of Narnen, Finfiloo the Friendly the guardian of the south and Preux de la Tour of Seoway) to the all-powerful divine representatives who resisted to Happy Fox’s authoritarian strangle on the kundalyni (Amala the Oracle of Izaia, Shilala-Sama of Mersea, Fazeric Kun the guardian of the east, Nirifaris Nelhidil of Emei and Gili-gili the Bravest the guardian of the north).

The forest itself responds, entwining those who defy the unity in vines and roots, forcing them to confront the consequences of their discord. Amala was trapped in the vines of Zarnul, but she managed to inform the absent kundalini (Hormuz, Ingersoll, Ohannas and Betunn) that Happy Fox had turned against the free will and jurisdiction of the gods, disrupting the divine balance of Zarnul. She warned them never to return to the Core, then went unconscious. The other resistance fighters escaped with their life, but Finfiloo died in the fight.

Finfiloo was a myconid high priest of Wessay who protected the south side of Zarnul. He was one of the five Guardians of Life. Finfiloo got forced into erasing Khlee off the map by Happy Fox as the liberation of Khlee was eminent. Against his will, Finfiloo started meditating, while the High Guardians of Zarnul fought their way to Finfiloo to stop the ritual that would follow.

Finfiloo died in the Profane Battle at the Core, not having achieved his final command.

This was the drop that made the jar tip, and it showcased Happy Fox's willingness to use extreme measures to uphold what he perceives as the natural order and the will of Wessay, even if it means resorting to drastic and potentially harmful actions.