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On Emet-Selch, Golems and מת vs. אמת

Contemplating various things here and there has made me wonder if the writers of FFXIV considered Jewish history and lore when writing and naming Emet-Selch. 

If you translate Emet-Selch''s name, the 'Emet' part in Hebrew, אמת, means 'truth.' Selch doesn't directly equate to a word, but I've read things saying it could be 'shelkha' (your) or 'selach' (forgiveness). So you would either have "forgive the truth" or "your truth." 

That's telling enough for our erstwhile frenemy, but then you get to other places the word 'emet' appears in Jewish lore: golems.  There's a lot to be said about golems and I am not always particularly happy with the name being used in video games and fantasy, but the word means something different now than it originally did and stories change over time and all. So we're not going to get into that here. What we are going to talk about is how a mainstay in a lot of golem lore is that they have the word 'emet' inscribed on their foreheads or on their chests. What if you need to deactivate the golem, temporarily or permanently? You take away the first letter, the א (yes, remember in Hebrew one reads right to left, so that is the first letter of the world) and that gives you 'met', מת, Which means 'dead.' 

The golem in many stories, like the Golem of Prague, started out as a protector and defender, but eventually caused so much carnage he had to be stopped. So roll that over in your mind again: Emet-Selch is the Convocation member in charge of the underworld. He later has a 'third eye' on his forehead, sort of like a golem mark. In Shadowbringers he seems to vacillate between cruelty and protectiveness. And, we learn in Endwalker, he missing a very crucial part of his memories that were deliberately taken away. 

End result...the Hades/Emet-Selch in Elpis becomes an Ascian who commits countless acts of mass murder and other atrocities. Truth turns to death. At the end of Shadowbringers, the Warrior of Light and Scions have no choice but to stop him.

Which suits his role in the story down to the ground.

Just some guy, kind of the weirdest thing is that they know the WoL

Just Some Guy, but like. There is something distinctly off about them, like maybe they have been living in the wilderness alone for 15 years, who knows, but like. They do the job!

An expert in the field. Makes sense, you probably run into those saving the world and whatnot.

A world-renown expert in the field. Still makes sense, but wow you were not expecting that for your silly problem.

A world-renown person. Like, everyone’s heard of Cid Garlond by this point, what do you mean you have him on speed dial.

A world leader. You thought the Elder Seedseer never left Gridania except in times of crisis, but ok!

A dragon, quite possibly of the first brood or otherwise quite old. This feels like overkill.

Something you weren’t even expecting to be sentient, like the plushy chocobo and its robotic friend. Extremely weird.

A literal cryptid or person you thought was entirely mythical. Sure, this might as well happen.

You never meet ‘the guy’, because apparently ‘the guy’ lives in a different world/dimension. Somehow still gives excellent and applicable advice.

Ozone~

You're finally awake! You hit your head pretty hard there.

Collab discourse? Simulators are cheating? What're you talking about? C'mon, we've got to deliver this dagger to Fufulupa in Horizon. There's a Fate on the way, too! We can do it together!

PoV: You are a little creechur

Location: Primal, Famfrit Mist Ward 17 Plot 15

I updated my Industrial Suite for Tsukiyomi for Dawntrail! I kept the bottom of the build the same, with the lobby and the elevator except I updated the mail slots in the lobby to an all-in-one furnishing object instead of 20 Bachelor Chests lol

What you'll notice this time is I kinda went all out with a New York City brownstone facade! There's even side stairs for a fire escape! I'm actually quite proud of this one, and I really had to consider whether to keep the rain fall or not, but I ultimately decided that the rain would add a lot when you visit ingame and you can see the moving bits, and it's about vibes, innit.

I like this new loft I figured out, using the Everkeep Kitchen. Granted, it's a corner furniture so you have to make an L shaped loft, but I think it looks great. Good luck trying to hide the faucet on top, tho lol That's why I used wooden showcases above!

I also tried to make the illusion of a glass sliding door with curtain inset, so hopefully that comes across in the build.

BLU Prince