On The Paragon Codexes of Arthas and Rae

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This Essay aims to propose a new Paragon Codex that combines the Codex of Rae and the Codex of Arthas

 

It is common knowledge within the Faith that multiple Paragon Codexes have been written by various High Keepers. In my opinion the two most notable Codexes were written by High Keeper Arthas and High Keeper Rae. To begin I shall first look at High Keeper Arthas’s writings. High keeper Arthas includes all of the Paragons that are currently prayed to in the Faith and the same Paragons as mentioned by High Keeper Tyr in his own Codex. High Keeper Arthas also defines a Paragon by writing “The Paragons of the All Father are those select figures of the All Father’s children who embody singular virtue and service far beyond the norm. These figures are those who have performed the highest level of service.” He then goes on to include the common Paragons, figures like Astrid the Maiden and Thoromir the Father. 

 

Similarly, High Keeper Rae defines Paragons as “A paragon is raised from the ranks of the ancestral spirits that have joined the ranks of the All Father.” These are very similar ways to define the Paragons and note them. The question has to be asked, however, why does Rae mention several other Paragons that Tyr and Arthas didn’t, but also doesn’t include others entirely? The answer is quite simple I believe. I believe that Rae, when writing his own Codex, was biased and only included those Paragons who he thought could be fully proven to have existed. This is why he does not include faces such as Astrid the Maiden and Æthelflaed the Weaver, as some of these Paragons are rumored to not have existed at all. He also includes two Paragons not mentioned by Arthas or Tyr which were Donnovan The Bastion and Rodrik The Governor. We know these men existed as their acts are written in Norlandic history, however we do not know for certain if they are Paragons. I believe that Donnovan and Rodrik are Paragons, and as such propose a new Codex be written. 

 

This Codex shall include both Donnovan and Rodrik within it as well as provide where the first mention of the Paragon came from. For example, the first real mention of Astrid the Maiden comes from High Keeper Arthas, within my own research, and as such it should be noted within the Codex itself. I have no doubt that all the Paragons mentioned in both Codexes were real people who existed and have now been raised to become Paragons. As such they should all be mentioned so that information does not have to be hunted down and cross-refrenced to prove its credibility. It is clear that past High Keepers have agreed on the definition of a Paragon, and their interpretation of one is practically the same. Therefore I believe it is a good assumption that the Paragons they wrote about existed and, therefore, should all be recorded down together, in one Codex.

Signed

Keeper Gareth Faretto