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{{spoiler}}<blockquote>{{Character|title1=Logoi|caption1=|location=[[The High Wilderness]]|allegiance=[[Judgements]]|alias=Logos (singular)|notable_members=The Pansekritis<br>
{{spoiler}}''"A wheel of living flame; a commandment of the Westernmost King's highest Law; an utterance of fire and glory."''<ref name = "golden">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Aureate_Logos|An Aureate Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
The Courtesy|image1=<gallery>
sigil1.png|A Logos
pansekritis.png|The Pansekritis
</gallery>}}
''"A wheel of living flame; a commandment of the Westernmost King's highest Law; an utterance of fire and glory."''<ref name="golden2">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Aureate_Logos|An Aureate Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>'''The Logoi''' (singular: '''logos''') are living [[The Correspondence|Correspondence]] sigils spoken by a [[Judgements|Judgement]], taking the form of a wheel of living flames.__FORCETOC__


==Living Words==
'''The Logoi''' (singular: '''logos''') are living [[The Correspondence|Correspondence]] sigils spoken by a [[Judgements|Judgement]], taking the form of a wheel of living flames.__forcetoc__
<blockquote>''"The Logoi are words spoken by the Sapphir'd King. They are decrees; they are statements about how the world should be; they are giant wheels of spinning fire."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Free_Consultation|What are the Logoi?|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>Logoi are commonly used by the [[Sapphir'd King]] to enforce his rule over the [[Blue Kingdom]], and they are best known for guarding the vaults of souls from spirifers.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Spirifer_Engine,_Stopped|A Spirifer Engine, Stopped|Sunless Skies}}</ref>


The most prominent and powerful Logos in the Blue Kingdom is the '''Pansekritis''', which acts as the final judge of the House of Days. The sigil of this Logos is plastered on the numerous courts of the House of Days, and can be interpreted in three ways: ''"Eternal dominion,"'' ''"Everything in its place''," and "''No drop-in meetings permitted."<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Antechamber_of_the_Pansekritis|The Antechamber of the Pansekritis|Sunless Skies}}</ref>''
==The Flames That Live==
''"The Logoi are words spoken by the Sapphir'd King. They are decrees; they are statements about how the world should be; they are giant wheels of spinning fire."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Free_Consultation|What are the Logoi?|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
[[File:Sigil1.png|thumb|100px|Logoi's main sigil "To Become Fire Rather Than Be Burned"]]
Logoi are commonly used by [[the Sapphir'd King]] to enforce his rule over [[the Blue Kingdom]], and they're best known for guarding the vaults of souls from spirifers.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Spirifer_Engine,_Stopped|A Spirifer Engine, Stopped|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>


There are three kinds of Logoi that patrol the Kingdom, called '''Orders''', which may hunt or protect an individual depending on their status. Those who are considered Invisible are hunted by all three Orders.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Free_Consultation|What is Invisible status?|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
There are three kinds of Logoi that patrol the Kingdom, called '''Orders''', which may hunt or protect an individual depending on their status. Those who are considered Invisible are hunted by all three Orders.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Free_Consultation|What is Invisible status?|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
* The azure '''Order of Perfection''' hunt the Antedeceased, those who dare to be legally alive in the Blue Kingdom.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Blue_Logos,_Diminished|A Blue Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
* The azure '''Order of Perfection''' hunt the Antedeceased, those who dare to be legally alive in the Blue Kingdom.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Blue_Logos,_Diminished|A Blue Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
* The golden '''Order of Visitation''' delivers judgements to the Ephemera, those who are legally dead.<ref name="golden2"/>
* The golden '''Order of Visitation''' delivers judgements to the Ephemera, those who are legally dead.<ref name = "golden">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Aureate_Logos|An Aureate Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
* The crimson '''Order of Propriety''' includes the taskmasters of the Blue Kingdom; it's in charge of making unruly Yoked spirits - those that are "overly seen or excessively heard" - do their jobs correctly.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Red_Logos,_Diminished|A Red Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
* The crimson '''Order of Propriety''' includes the taskmasters of the Blue Kingdom; it's in charge of making unruly Yoked spirits - those that are "overly seen or excessively heard" - do their jobs correctly.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Red_Logos,_Diminished|A Red Logos, Diminished|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>


== The Courtesy ==
== The Pansekritis ==
<blockquote>[[File:Fireblue.png|thumb|The Fire That Follows|213x213px]]''"Some secrets – like the Courtesy – are dangerous for those of us lower on the chain even to speak of. You must learn them from something higher."<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Pan#Visit_the_Cypress_King|Ambition: Consult the King about the Courtesy|Sunless Skies}}</ref>''</blockquote>There is another order of logoi, called the [[Courtesy]], that does not serve the [[Sapphir'd King]]. It enforces the rules of the great agreement between [[stars]], which allows them to kill each other so long as they follow a set of regulations.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Speaking_to_your_Second_Mouth|Ask it what the Courtesy is|Sunless Skies}} ''"An order of Logoi that were made to be the agreement's impartial arbiters. They are also charged with keeping the existence of the Courtesy, and the strife in the heavens, a secret from lesser beings."''</ref> Beware this knowledge, lest you be hunted by the [[Fire that Follows]]...<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Mr_Menagerie's_Stall_for_Delicious_Scouts|Ambition: Ask Mr Menagerie about the Fire that Follows|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Fire that Follows. Dangerous knowledge for us; more so for you. The Fire is a hunting-flame. It comes for those who know a thing they should not know. [...] A secret, sworn between suns. The knowledge itself is the scent it follows. And when it has you, the Courtesy will come."''</ref>
''"The Pansekritis is a wall of flame and wind and noise. So strong is the light that your body is transparent. Even the shadow of your bones is only a faint pattern on the ashen floor."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Presence_of_the_Pansekritis|The Presence of the Pansekritis|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
[[File:Pansekritis.png|thumb|100px|left|The Pansekritis]]
'''The''' '''Pansekritis''' is a Logos in the House of Days that acts as the court's final judgement. The sigil of this Logos is plastered on the numerous courts of the House of Days, and can be interpreted in three ways<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Antechamber_of_the_Pansekritis|The Antechamber of the Pansekritis|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>:
* ''Eternal dominion''
* ''Everything in its place''
* ''No drop-in meetings permitted''


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