// 'Interview' with reconstruction of Beixi about their unrecorded time spent after leaving Fenzoshu in 118591 UR (The UnRecorded Era). //

// 'Interview' is conducted by the Amanuensis of the Majifo Wing within The Index Of Life. //

// The Amanuensis is not to interfere with the Reconstruct. //

// WARNING: Some things may not be accurate. //

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*Beixi. Tell us how you were known as the ForbiddenCreator.*

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Well that title isn't entirely correct, nor is it wrong. I am a Shaper by birth, so I create with my will, but most importantly the largest Shape that I've done defied the Higher Deities. But is it really defying? I have made something in the same vein that they have. I have imitated them in creating new life. No. That's not correct. I've changed something that they've made. Just like how they changed us many centuries ago. Just like how we were once humans, unable to shape this world. I have given a non-Shaper the power to shape, but in a different aspect. Well, it's not really Shaping in our sense. What they create is fake, while ours is real. But, that's not true either. It is based on their Will just like ours, so does that make it a Shape? It's not a World Shape as it's not natural, but it's concept is natural as any other. It's tough to say as it's unique. It is both real and fake at the same time, quite a conundrum I'll admit and I'm the creator of it. Ah, listen to me ramble, it may be my postmortem and yet I still don't have answers to even my own questions. Well, let's begin shall we.

Anyways, I am Beixi. And that's it. Just Beixi. Shaji names are not like Human names. We aren't given a name to be called by and a family name. No we are simply known for our deeds and dedication, the very foundation that Fenzoshu was built upon for future generations to grow and prosper rather than how some Human cities neglected its poor and uneducated. When someone speaks to us, we are called by our Title then family name. These are exclusive to Shaji, and Half-Magi if they so choose, from Fenzoshu. Titles aren't given out just because you asked for one, they are proof of your commitment to Shaping. Trials are held for general titles for how well you've Shaped by some metric, it's not always the same you see. Area, Intensity, Strength, Adaptiveness, Longevity, & Augmentation. Earning all six areas is a very special occasion for this is very rare for a Shaji to be able to do all six things if not at the same time but very close to each other, which is incredible dedication. No, I never earned up to six in an aspect. At most it was maybe two, or three. There are also other special titles that are from government work. I'm not going to list them all because there are several sections and within those sections have their own sections for things, and that is simply too much information that I never cared to learn. Enough on that subject though, too much of a place I don't really care for now.

Hmm.. Humans tend to not know much about Ishu. At least I'm assuming your Human from how you vaguely look. I can't tell well because.. well you'll learn why. Anyways Ishu is very important to everyone, whether they know it or not. Ishu exists in everything, living and dead, though living tends to have more Ishu. Shaji is a Shaji word for Shaper [of the] World, Sha Ji. We are able to Shape nearly everything in existence with enough of a connection, training, and dedication. I say nearly because those blowhards in Fenzoshu don't believe we can Shape Light or Dark, I won't even get into their disciples. Ugh. Anyways, Shaping. Adapting to a new Shape is a rather difficult thing to do. It's like learning an entirely new skillset, not something you just leap into some kind of mastery of it. In most cases at least. Theres always exceptions here and there to everything. Though I don't think anyone has picked up a new Shape and been able to to do all six trials for complete mastery. Seems rather impossible if you ask me. Some Shapes are rather difficult to even pick up, something like plants or blood, something living takes many years of training to even understand the basics. Understanding doesn't follow some logic either, at least not in the general sense. Its about feeling and your connection to the Aspect. Certain Stances help with Shaping Aspects, but there have been those that can just Shape without having the need to do anything physical, their Will over the Aspect is just that great. And no, I cannot do anything like that, that kind of dedication never interested me. The only kind of Aspects that truly interested me were Light and Dark.

It first started back in Intermediate schooling, I was around the age of thirty. Fenzoshu Schooling works differently than Human Schools to my knowledge. But that's a different topic for a different time, or maybe for someone more suited to the inner workings of Fenzoshu. I had become obsessed with the Light and Dark aspects. The two that we were taught were out of our control. We are taught that the Higher Deities created essentially everything within the universe and pretty much everything that ever existed. That everything has Ishu within it, except for Void, one of Dark's disciples, otherwise known as an Aspect. I would argue that even a basic Fire can create Light. And Solid can create Dark. But their answer back was always the same. "It is a byproduct. It is not True Light or Dark." And they were right, I was foolish and blind. I argued with my studies and with myself. Our Lightgiver surely had to have a manipulable Ishu. Just like the wind that carries Ishu, we are able to manipulate that. But try as we might, we cannot manipulate Light, Dark, or their Disciples. Perhaps Light & Dark don't actually exist, and the Shaji gave them a name and image to try and explain things. And it's just been so widely accepted within Fenzoshu that no one bothers to dispute it without the risk it carries to question our entire society's view on what is Light & Dark. I may have questioned it as a student but that is viewed differently than someone on the streets going around telling people what they know is a fallacy, as trivial as something as Light & Dark is. This concept that you can't control and has very little effect on your life because you live within the safety of the tower built by our ancestors long ago.

I always held onto the idea of being able to manipulate Light & Dark. I won't claim that I was the first to have this idea, because of the invention of the Tosha we were able to go from lighting our great home with fire and flames with some actual light, a copycat of the Lightgiver. Fascinating things. I was never an inventor myself, never had the talent for it. It takes a special kind of person to make those things, let alone make them work. But we're not here to talk about the inventors. I'm labeled as a Creator, and yet I don't create, at least not in terms of inventors.

I earned my titles for what interests me though. Few from mastery tests, others from positions. I'll give myself the credit of being talented with Shaping, it might not sound like much coming from a Shaji, but comparatively to all those on the lower levels, I had more of a talent. Mastery tests in Blood, Metal, Water Aspects. Positions for Medic and Agriculture. And on top of that I am a Pure Ishu manipulator. Though, it's not something I would have seen within myself in the early years of learning. We are very special people. Now. Being a Pure Ishu manipulator is very different than your average Shaper. As mentioned before, everything has Ishu in it yes. So manipulating an aspect is manipulating the Ishu within it, that Ishu is bound to it's aspect or object. We don't create things out of nothing, we alter their shape. But, those of us with the talent of being a Pure Ishu manipulator, we can grab that Ishu and we can Shape it without touching the aspect or object. Let me give you an example: Say you have a ball in your hand. And you stick your hand into a jar of syrup, release the ball inside, and pull your hand out. It's a simple way to look at because your inserting or retrieving an object and some of the syrup would stick to your hand when pulling it out. Which is similar in it's own way. But in this scenario, the ball is your Will and the syrup is anything in existence, provided it has Ishu that is. That may sound like it doesn't do anything, but you've just inserted extra Ishu into it and there many possibilities that may happen, because Ishu and Aspects are not like balls and syrup where there's only one outcome, the syrup gets displaced. Now with extra Ishu in this Aspect what would happen? Well, what could happen? That is up to whatever influence you put into it to be merged into the surrounding Ishu. Hmm... I guess that makes the ball analogy not make as much sense, as it would be closer to something dissolving and mixing into it, but you're still holding it and inserting it within and pulling your hand out. Metaphorically speaking. But that is the interesting thing of being a Pure Ishu manipulator. It's not as pure as you're lead to believe. Because you're inserting your influence, your Will, your Ishu. It's no longer pure and it never was to begin with because it's bound to it's aspect. The whole study is very messy with it's documentation and trying to teach such things to those without the talent is very difficult. Why does this all matter? What does any of this have to do with my punished title of ForbiddenCreator? Well, it's all buildup of course. To understand how they came to be, past whatever story you probably heard.

Whenever I would talk to Colleagues and friends about grasping Light & Dark, they'd give a generic response of something "Sure you will." and "Non World Shapes aren't meant for Shaji hands." It was annoying. We are mere steps away with these Glyphs. We can make Light and possibly Dark. We might even be able to make their disciples' Aspects as well. No. They wouldn't assist me. But they would realize that I did it. That I was the first Shaji to truly make True Light & Dark with my own hands without the need of Glyphs. That's to say if my work wasn't destroyed and my name wasn't smeared, which I would assume the former didn't happen, but that the latter did. That's to say if they even bothered with naming me past my punishment Title. But I know and that's all that really matters doesn't it? The Shaji teachings of self improvement. Well I improved so far that no one will be able to compare to me. Now if only they'd learn from my improvement. Well that should be enough setup, correct? Let's begin the story, shall we?