The Halved

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The eye that floats, not quite unblinking. (In-game image.)

The Halved is a Judgement that presides over the region of Eleutheria, in the High Wilderness. It governs distance and measures, and has an array of servants, just like the Sun employed the Bazaar. Unlike it, however, the Halved had a falling-out and killed its resident space crab messenger, now called the House of Rods and Chains, but it has its own set of space bats: Mr Barleycorn, Mr Pipes, and Mr Pennies, among others.

The Halved is a former binary star - its other half was betrayed and murdered during a revolution of minor Judgements, incited by the current resident of the Eleutheria Well.

It is heavily implied that the Eye of the Unterzee holds some connection to the Halved, perhaps even being the former other Judgement.

The Halved appears to have ties to the Liberation of the Night, most likely to seek revenge upon other Judgements.