Wilhelm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He never reveals all though he is the man who knows all * Individual Attributes Gender: male Date of birth & Age: unknown Height: ??cm Weight: ??kg * Affiliation Vector Industries. Chief officer. * Enneagram Type According to Enneagram personality analysis, Wilhelm is classified by his behavoir as a typical type 5 (innovative/analytical/extremist/iconoclastic). Observing, analyzing, understanding, and contemplating, Wilhelm portrays the ideal. Type 5s are primarily classified by a certain characteristic in behavior. This behavioral characteristic is expressed as one that is static, as in being "lost in deep thought", rather than an energetic action. Deeply and enthusiastically indulging in their own ideas, their entire psychological world is completely devoted to thought. Nonetheless, the subject of their thought is not directed inwardly at themselves, but rather, it is speculation upon the outer world. The interest of type 5s is to understand the world. And by knowing the world, they try to obtain the ideal. What becomes the subject matter of their thoughts is something that is acquired through their own sensory perception. In Wilhelm's case, the Compass of Order comes to be connected to this. The only thing that type 5s feel that they know with certainty is their own thoughts. By placing what they want to understand onto a platform that they know with certainty, it becomes possible for the first time for them to dissect the unknown subject and uncover what is hidden inside. Wilhelm slowly but surely spends time repeatedly performing that process and reducing the unknowns of the world, for the sake of realizing the ideal that he himself seeks. For those who live this type-5 way of life, the time limit placed on human life, namely that the body decays and dies, becomes the greatest of shackles. Before eliminating the threats that fill the world, won't death end up claiming them? This is the worry for a type 5; it is the greatest threat. However, there is no sense of that worry from Wilhelm. From the fact that the red "cloaked man" is nearby him, it is thought that he has obtained a means to conquer death. But even if Wilhelm possesses power that surpasses death, what could be the ideal he seeks? Might there be necessary wisdom beyond that of overcoming death? Does a threat greater than that exist? Type 5s drift between both extremes for every phenomenon. Thought and action. Longing toward the world that surrounds themselves, and fear of it. Unity with others, and rejection of them. Love and hate. Joy and anger. Lifelong hope and pure futility. Attachment to life and abandonment of it. Not a single thing exists in the world that is sufficiently believable. A type 5's ultimate ideology is nihilism. It is impossible for there to be an existence that can bind a type 5's own self to this world as something meaningful. A complicated world with an incalculable immensity possesses power that threatens him, but it is ultimately meaningless. The more he knows of the world, the more there are things that he doesn't understand. And, the more he develops thought and knowledge when trying to overcome the threats, the more he is tormented by powerlessness. The probability that Wilhelm similarly feels such sense of emptiness is slim. This is because it is possible that he is beyond death. And that's precisely why is it necessary to keep it in mind. When a human type 5 is tortured by nihilistic feelings and becomes unhealthy toward the extreme end of the scale, he simplifies everything, forcing concepts on phenomena, and in order to protect himself, he rejects the world and all humans living there. He begins to think that this lonely darkness is life itself. And that life is nothing but a meaningless void. Wilhelm's behavior is far from that kind of unhealthiness. However, from Wilhelm's behavior, the ideal that he aims for cannot be found. If he detaches himself from all things and tries to view the world at nothing less than the vantage point of God, the possibility is high that an original, innovative principle that is derived from there will be something that can change the world. * The Compass of Order A strange device installed in Wilhelm's office. According to Wilhelm's words, it possesses the function of pointing to the future. Thousands of years ago, people who were living their lives rooted on the land of a planet called Earth, began to paddle their boats on the vast ocean and headed for another continent. In order for tiny humans to make their way across the immense world, an item was necessary. That necessary item was a compass, which indicates the path that should be followed. No matter how time may pass, the fact never changes that humans are at the mercy of the magnitude of the future. A Compass that indicates the path that should be followed, with regards to the future, may be one of the dreams of humanity. And Wilhelm is the only person in the world in possession of a Compass that sights the future. Believe it or not, the pedestal of this Compass existed long ago on Earth. The pedestal is the actual circular stone slate that was discovered on the excavation site at the lakeshore of Kenya, Turkana, and into which the Zohar- shaped plate was inserted. However, the connection between the Zohar and the Compass hasn't become clear. Invariant probability of relevant phenomena 66.33456% p.054 Albedo Piasora (character) p.061 The man in the red mantle (character) p.070 Vector Industries (organization) p.090 What is God? (religion) =============================================================================== Translated by jinxhaas. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. These translations, however, are owned by the individual translators. Please ask permission from the author before copying these translations for any purpose, other than your own private use.