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A statue or minion of Yaldabaoth, comparable to the Typheus minion in Jade's house, was seen in the [[Homestuck: Act 6 Act 4|Act 6 Act 4]] Flash on the [[Land of Tombs and Krypton]]. He was later seen in person when Caliborn talked to his Denizen, making him the first Denizen to appear on screen in the comic. He has the body of a giant red serpent and his head is either obscured by or made of a bright light comparable to that of a sun, closely resembling the symbol of the [[Aspect#Light|Light Aspect]]. |
A statue or minion of Yaldabaoth, comparable to the Typheus minion in Jade's house, was seen in the [[Homestuck: Act 6 Act 4|Act 6 Act 4]] Flash on the [[Land of Tombs and Krypton]]. He was later seen in person when Caliborn talked to his Denizen, making him the first Denizen to appear on screen in the comic. He has the body of a giant red serpent and his head is either obscured by or made of a bright light comparable to that of a sun, closely resembling the symbol of the [[Aspect#Light|Light Aspect]]. |
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| − | Yaldabaoth appeared in the core of [[Earth]] when the planet entered the Medium, becoming its denizen. Once Caliborn found and unlocked the door to his lair, Yaldabaoth gave Caliborn <u>The Choice</u>: the choice to either take a passive role, sacrificing his life for the power to stop a great force of evil, or to |
+ | Yaldabaoth appeared in the core of [[Earth]] when the planet entered the Medium, becoming its denizen. Once Caliborn found and unlocked the door to his lair, Yaldabaoth gave Caliborn <u>The Choice</u>: the choice to either take a passive role, sacrificing his life for the power to stop a great force of evil, or to gain immortality and unlimited power to cause destruction, after a series of difficult trials. Caliborn, of course, chooses the latter. Once he accepted these terms, Yaldabaoth initializes a long process which involves Caliborn [[Caliborn's planets|conquering and destroying several planets]]. Once he had destroyed them all, Caliborn's true land would be unlocked, the dead Earth brought back to life. Earth at this point would seemingly be renamed, although the exact name is currently unknown, being obscured in similar fashion to a [[Land of Rays and Frogs|previous planet]]. Finally, Caliborn would have to face Yaldabaoth in combat, and if successful, would receive unconditional immortality and a limitless supply of destructive power. Aranea explains this in [[Homestuck: Act 6 Intermission 4|Act 6 Intermission 4]]{{HS|7897}}. |
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Revision as of 01:57, 25 November 2014
Yaldabaoth
, the self-proclaimed god of all monsters, is Dirk Strider's denizen in the Land of Tombs and Krypton, who shares a name with Dirk's browser of choice. He is also Caliborn's denizen, appearing in Earth's core after Caliborn brought Earth into his session. It has also been implied, but not confirmed, that Calliope was also assigned Yaldabaoth in an alternate timeline where she played instead of Caliborn. Yaldabaoth is the rarest, most powerful, and most inhospitable of the denizens, and is "“usually designated for the most naturally gifted warriors”". Additionally, it is implied that (due to his extreme nature and difficultly) he is always assigned in dead sessions. According to Aranea, he is "notoriously inhospitable" and is known for offering extreme Choices.
Yaldabaoth is a demiurge in the Gnostic school of philosophy that is a being who created and maintains the physical universe. Gnosticism requires a demiurge because it postulates that God, being perfect, could not create the imperfect world that humans inhabit. Yaldabaoth is the creator of man, and is depicted as having the face of a lion and the body of a serpent, and he is also associated with fire. He is described as being half-flame and half-darkness.
Dirk's Yaldabaoth browser icon.
Dirk's chumhandle "timaeusTestified" references the concept of the demiurge, as it was first put forth by Plato in his dialogue Timaeus. However, the concept of Yaldabaoth is by nature from an offshoot of Christianity, making it an oddity amongst six of the seven other Denizens (excluding Abraxas, Jake's Denizen) who are named after classical Greek mythological figures.
A statue seen on Dirk's planet
A statue or minion of Yaldabaoth, comparable to the Typheus minion in Jade's house, was seen in the Act 6 Act 4 Flash on the Land of Tombs and Krypton. He was later seen in person when Caliborn talked to his Denizen, making him the first Denizen to appear on screen in the comic. He has the body of a giant red serpent and his head is either obscured by or made of a bright light comparable to that of a sun, closely resembling the symbol of the Light Aspect.
Yaldabaoth appeared in the core of Earth when the planet entered the Medium, becoming its denizen. Once Caliborn found and unlocked the door to his lair, Yaldabaoth gave Caliborn The Choice: the choice to either take a passive role, sacrificing his life for the power to stop a great force of evil, or to gain immortality and unlimited power to cause destruction, after a series of difficult trials. Caliborn, of course, chooses the latter. Once he accepted these terms, Yaldabaoth initializes a long process which involves Caliborn conquering and destroying several planets. Once he had destroyed them all, Caliborn's true land would be unlocked, the dead Earth brought back to life. Earth at this point would seemingly be renamed, although the exact name is currently unknown, being obscured in similar fashion to a previous planet. Finally, Caliborn would have to face Yaldabaoth in combat, and if successful, would receive unconditional immortality and a limitless supply of destructive power. Aranea explains this in Act 6 Intermission 4.
In Act 6 Intermission 5 Yaldabaoth's door is surrounded by various carvings. Above it are a pair of sillhouettes similar in appearance to Echidna and a number of Time gears (because Caliborn is a Time Player). Even more curious is the shape of the carving around the door itself, which has the same silhouette as Doc Scratch's grandfather clock, and the rooks in Calliope's chess set. Furthermore, the pillars to the left and right of the door feature the same imagery as the lower half of the grandfather clock: female figures with twisted serpentine legs, a possible reference to Echidna (though she lacks arms).
In Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 4, the same statue of Yaldabaoth seen in Act 6 Act 4 is found by Dirk and John, destroyed as a result of LOTAK crashing into LOMAX. Its face appears bronze and is no longer glowing.
Trivia
- The colors associated with Yaldabaoth are similar to Dirk's chat color and the red that Lil Hal uses in order to differentiate between himself and his creator.
- The path to the "treasure"
Vriska speaks of happens to have a walkway shaped like Yaldabaoth.
