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: ''This concerns one of many timelines for Angai. The [[Thean]] names are in this timeline's European Neo-Thean.''
: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is Xa̱y.''


: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is Xa̱y.''
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'''Ròdh Xa̱y''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady Xa̱y''' (''Na̗r Xa̱y'' /naɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) or '''Empress/Divine Ruler Xa̱y''' (''Dlen Xa̱y'' /tˡɛn˧˧ xaj˩˩/) by her worshippers, was an Old Thean xenharmonicist composer and entrepreneur. She was deified posthumously and is worshipped by many ethnic Theans to this day.
'''Ròdh Xa̱y''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady Xa̱y''' (''Na̗r Xa̱y'' /naɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) by her worshippers, was an Alliance xenharmonicist composer and entrepreneur. She was deified posthumously and is worshipped by many ethnic Theans to this day.


== Life ==
== Life ==
Xay¹¹ was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian pre-apocalyptic xenharmonic community for her compositions, approach to xenharmony, and various other accomplishments. Xay¹¹ was murdered at the age of 30 at the height of the Late Old Thean political turmoil.
Xa̱y was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian pre-apocalyptic xenharmonic community for her compositions, approach to xenharmony, and various other accomplishments. Xa̱y was murdered at the age of 30 at the height of the Late Old Thean political turmoil.


Complete or partial printed transcriptions of a number of her pieces survive (that can be attributed to her with some confidence by later historians). However, there are also many pieces that were spuriously attributed to her.
Complete or partial printed transcriptions of a number of her pieces survive (that can be attributed to her with some confidence by later historians). However, there are also many pieces that were spuriously attributed to her.
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== In-universe critical scholarship ==
== In-universe critical scholarship ==
The only scholarly consensus about the historical Xa̱y is that a woman named Ròdh Xa̱y existed, that she was a composer and entrepreneur active in the Old Thean xenharmonic movement, and that she was murdered or executed. Detailed reconstructions of her life and work are under debate. Due to the dearth of sources from her life, a minority of Angaian historians posit that Xa̱y is a purely mythical figure.
The only scholarly consensus about the historical Xa̱y is that a woman named Ròdh Xa̱y existed, that she was a composer and entrepreneur active in the Classical Thean xenharmonic movement, and that she was murdered or executed. Detailed reconstructions of her life and work are under debate. Due to the dearth of sources from her life, a minority of Angaian historians posit that Xa̱y is a purely mythical figure.