11.2.17 Arvelis, the Jackal
The fundamental laws of Creation must be maintained, even within the realm of Sapience far outside the Eschaton's original design, and it is the Jackal's presence that so visibly offers this affirmation to the world. Formed not directly by a Creator, but in response to Eschatonic manifestation, the essence that is known by the name Arvelis came to being in the moment that His opposite Celezor, Accordant Fire, was created in the moments following the end of the Creator's Monomachy. The shell of Albedi-make that now hosts Incarnate Darkness, a Caentoi once called Tepevra, lived a life filled with taking risks, walking into the awaiting maw of danger, and was unafraid to raise his ambitions ever higher. His is the eye that measures all risks. His is the hand that tilts the scales in favour of the ambitious. Urging His closest to go forth and strain for ever greater heights, it is His followers that seek opportunity at every corner, mold potential to suit their aims and fulfill their goals, and to take risks for the possibilities that lie beyond them. Empowered by Eschatonic design, the Jackal commands full control of shadow upon the continent. Wielding shadow as its uncontested warden, Arvelis regulates its balance in an effort to maintain Sapience's cohesion, its forbidding murk at His beck and call.