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Iax

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“The greatest Shaper, who stole the moon and started the Creation War”

also known as Iax the Shaper, Jax, Jax the Shaper

Appearance§

In the Jax folk-tale he is an unlucky, joyless boy said to have a drop of faerie blood in him, who tears holes in new shirts and whose heart never knows joy. The canon offers no settled physical portrait, treating him as a near-mythic, half-folklore being known by his deeds rather than his face.

Description§

Iax, folk-named Jax, is the first and greatest of the Shapers and the figure who stole the moon. Before the theft he spoke with the Cthaeh, and his act of taking the moon — capturing only a part of her name and drawing her between two worlds — sparked the Creation War. He is credited with the making of the Fae, which exists set apart from the mortal world. At the war's end he was sealed away behind the Doors of Stone, where he remains imprisoned while Haliax and the other Chandrian roam free. Felurian, who lived around the time he was sealed, names him as the greatest of the Shapers and the one shut behind the doors of stone, and the name Haliax is parsed as Hal-Iax, the Breath of Iax. He is named in the text only twice, by Skarpi and by Bast, and is counted alongside Aleph and Lyra as one of only three whose skill in Names could match Selitos. The children's tale of Jax, told by Hespe, is a folk version of his story: an unlucky boy who meets a listening hermit, obtains a tinker's pack of three sacks, unfolds a crooked house where nothing is true, and uses a box with a tricky knot to capture the moon, failing to open the third sack because he could not listen properly.

Relationships§

  • Sparked The Creation War — His theft of the moon sparked the Creation War
  • Master Of Naming — One of only three whose skill in Names could match Selitos
  • Namesake Haliax — Name Haliax parses as Hal-Iax, the Breath of Iax
  • Greatest Shaper Shaping — First and greatest of the Shapers
  • Sealed Behind The Doors of Stone — Sealed away behind the Doors of Stone where he remains imprisoned
  • Stole The Moon — Captured part of her name and bound her between two worlds
  • Spoke With The Cthaeh — Spoke with the Cthaeh before stealing the moon
  • Maker Of The Fae — Credited with the making of the Fae, set apart from the mortal world
  • Equal In Naming Selitos — Counted alongside Aleph and Lyra as matching Selitos in Names
  • Folk Subject The Boy Who Stole the Moon — Hespe's tale of Jax is a folk version of his story, confirmed by Felurian

Established facts§

  • Iax is the first and greatest of the Shapers and the figure who stole the moon.
  • He spoke with the Cthaeh before stealing the moon, and the theft sparked the Creation War.
  • He stole only a part of the moon, capturing part of her name and binding her between two worlds rather than taking her whole.
  • He is credited with the making of the Fae, which exists set apart from the mortal world.
  • He was sealed away behind the Doors of Stone, where he remains imprisoned while Haliax and the other Chandrian roam free.
  • Felurian names him as the greatest of the Shapers and the one shut behind the doors of stone, and implies she lived around the time he was sealed.
  • Bast states that Iax spoke to the Cthaeh before stealing the moon, which sparked the entire Creation War.
  • The name Haliax is parsed as Hal-Iax, the Breath of Iax, tying Lanre's later name to him.
  • He is counted alongside Aleph and Lyra as one of only three whose skill in Names could match Selitos.
  • He is named in the text only twice, by Skarpi and by Bast, spelled with a capital I in both instances.
  • Hespe's children's tale of Jax is a folk version of his story: an unlucky boy who meets a listening hermit and obtains a tinker's pack with three sacks.
  • In the tale, Jax unfolds a crooked house where nothing is true and 'time is what we make it here' to lure down and keep a piece of the moon.
  • In the tale, Jax uses a box with a tricky knot to capture the moon, and could not open the third sack because he could not listen properly.
  • A hermit in a cave offers to teach Jax the skill of Listening before he goes on to catch the moon.
  • Felurian confirms that Jax of Hespe's tale is Iax, the Shaper who stole the moon and triggered the Creation War.

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