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| “ | A new Sanctum shall now be erected upon the land, thus fulfilling the wish of the Nameless Priests. And with its arrival, all mystery shall at last, be archived. | ” |
~ Key |
The Nameless Priests (無名の司祭) are one of two known ancient factions in Kivotos and a group of adults.
General Information[]
The Nameless priests were ancient cult implied to have controlled the world prior to the foundation of Kivotos. Although they had vanished long ago, many of their technologies remain as out-of-place artifacts or OOPArts (presumably separate from the crafting material OOPArts). They sought the construction of Atra-Hasis' Ark: a "ship" that would "Archive all Mysteries" and carry out genocide upon Kivotos.
Princess of the Nameless Gods: AL-1S[]
AL-1S is an OOPArt in modern Kivotos, once worshipped by the Nameless Priests. In the Alternate timeline, the said machine was activated and brought destruction to Millennium and likely the rest of Kivotos and the entire world.
In the current timeline, AL-1S has been activated by Sensei and the Saiba Twins. AL-1S has her name replaced with Alice/Arisu instead.
Key/Kei[]
The "Key" to AL-1S's ascension that will lead the "Princess" to her rightful throne. While the actual role of Key is not clear, at the present, she is the means through which Aris initiates Protocol ATRAHASIS.
In Volume 2 Chapter 2, she masked herself as a system to integrate with Momoi's handheld console. Upon her activation, Key, through Alice, attacked the students present and nearly killed Momoi and assaulted Maki, by the time Neru came in, Neru assaulted Kei and knocks her out, returning back into Alice. By the time Alice was captive by Rio, the Eridu is in risk of danger as Kei is once again activated and installs the Di:Vision systems inside Eridu, but this was interrupted by Yuuka and Noa just in time to prevent Kei from corrupting the entire stronghold and Millennium as a whole. By the time of Volume F, Key had been pondering her purpose, and like Arisu, she also started to deny what they were originally are but soon to be revealed at some point (As them being "Ancient weapons of Destruction"). During the Utnapishtim, she and Aris combined their codes to supercharge Sword of Light using allocated data from the Utnapishtim ship, piercing the barrier protecting Atra-Hasis and revealing it as a huge airborne Fortress. However, Utnapishtim's essence was lethal to Alice and she nearly died, but in the end, Key herself sacrificed so Alice can live with her friends and Sensei.
After Volume F, a file (or mostly software) known as "Kei.sav" appeared on the Game Console and was sent to the Paranormal Affairs Department in order to solve the occurrence. At some point, it was transferred to a keychain robot that Alice kept around. During the events of Volume EX, she was fully recovered with any remaining glitches patched out. Upon introducing herself properly, her program was transferred to a purpose-built AMAS drone, from which she assisted Rio, Himari, and the others present in investigating Decagrammaton, Malkuth, and their intentions for Kivotos at large.
Nameless Gods[]
The Nameless Gods (名もなき神) are mysterious, transcendent entities worshipped by the Nameless Priests. They represent primordial Mysteries and Terror — the lands, seas, and disasters that plague them. They manifest in forms that imitate nature. Currently, the only officially known Nameless God is the God of Death - Anubis.
Divi:Sion[]
The AI that presumably produces its robots and the Nameless Guardians (無名の守護者), etc. It was assimilated by Decagrammaton at some point, turning into its 4th Prophet, Chesed.
Atra-Hasis' Ark[]
Atra-Hasis' Ark
Atra-Hasis' Ark (アトラ・ハシースの箱舟), also known as the Ark of Atrahasis on Global, is an interdimensional floating fortress and the base of operations of the Iridescent Vanguard. First appearing in Volume F Chapter 3, Its currently using its Black-Hole appearance mimicking that of "The Iridescence" before its shielding got eradicated by Alice's Utpanishtim's blast, revealing its true form.
Its purpose is to "Archive all Mysteries" and destroy the world while enduring the process. Key used to control the Ark, but at some point, it was taken over by Plana (A.R.O.N.A) herself, The Ark was later severely damaged by the relentless attacks from the combined forces of Abydos, Gehenna and Millennium, with the Gourmet Society locating and destroying the "Core" system of the Ark and later destroyed by the Utnapishtim's final shot and its self-destruct device, leaving only scant, useless debris. Plana's program was integrated into the Shittim Chest by Arona, and the two ultimately protected Sensei from the destruction of the station and the intense heat of atmospheric entry, though their clothes ended up lost as a heat shield.
However, despite its destruction, Plana can still use its systems for Last Resort, which leads the Shittim chest to activate Perez-Uzzah, which leads to the Unrestricted Decisive Battle.
Plana, along with Shiroko Terror, can use the powers of the Ark if Sensei is having a great Crisis.
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Trivia[]
- Atra-Hasis' Ark is named after a ship constructed by the protagonist of the Akkadian epic, Atra-Hasis. This ship later served as the basis of other flood myths, such as Utnapishtim's Ship in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah's Ark in the Bible.
- The control room is named the Throne of Naram-Sin (ナラム・シンの玉座), after the first Mesopotamian king to proclaim themself divine, Naram-Sin of Akkad.
- There's a joke that Key's actual motif is the Japanese studio Key, which is famous for making Nakige (Crying games), due to her sacrifice in Vol. F.
- The Nameless Gods likely represent a possible origin of gods and deities — concepts that were created that may have to explain the Mystery and Terror of natural phenomena.
