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: ''This concerns one of many timelines for Angai. The [[Thean]] names are in this timeline's Modern Standard Thean.''

: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is ~~Xay¹¹~~.''

: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is Xăy¹¹.''

'''~~Roodh⁵³ Xay¹¹~~''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady ~~Xay¹¹~~''' (''~~Naar¹³ Xay¹¹~~'' /naːɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) or '''Empress/Divine Ruler ~~Xay¹¹~~''' (''~~Dlen³³ Xay¹¹~~'' /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.

'''Rodh⁵³ Xăy¹¹''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady Xăy¹¹''' (''Nar¹³ Xăy¹¹'' /naːɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) or '''Empress/Divine Ruler Xăy¹¹''' (''Dlĕn³³ Xăy¹¹'' /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.

== Life ==

~~Xay¹¹~~ was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian [what age?] 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.

Xăy¹¹ was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian [what age?] xenharmonic community for her compositions, approach to xenharmony, and various other accomplishments. Xăy¹¹ 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.

== Growth of the Lady ~~Xay¹¹~~ cult ==

== Growth of the Lady Xăy¹¹ cult ==

Todo: read more of ''Guan Yu: The Religious Afterlife of a Failed Hero''

After ~~Xay¹¹~~'s death, climate change caused most of the existing Internet infrastructure to submerge underwater, causing most data online to be lost. Thus historical sources from her lifetime are scant, and most available sources are by her acquaintances relying on their memory (they agree that she was extraordinarily creative and funny). Many of these people apparently had supernatural experiences involving her; she appeared to them as a vengeful ghost.

After Xăy¹¹'s death, climate change caused most of the existing Internet infrastructure to submerge underwater, causing most data online to be lost. Thus historical sources from her lifetime are scant, and most available sources are by her acquaintances relying on their memory (they agree that she was extraordinarily creative and funny). Many of these people apparently had supernatural experiences involving her; she appeared to them as a vengeful ghost.

In the first few centuries after ~~Xay¹¹~~'s death, oral tradition played a major role in developing and maintaining folk religious material about ~~Xay¹¹~~. Later embellishments also claim that she excelled in combat when she was alive.

In the first few centuries after Xăy¹¹'s death, oral tradition played a major role in developing and maintaining folk religious material about Xăy¹¹. Later embellishments also claim that she excelled in combat when she was alive.

=== In state religion ===

The Thean state first paid no mind to what exactly was believed about ~~Xay¹¹~~. Emperors just sponsored her cult and gave her higher and higher titles, going along with popular sentiment. However, later she became a subject of state religious dogma because of the need to quell popular unrest...

The Thean state first paid no mind to what exactly was believed about Xăy¹¹. Emperors just sponsored her cult and gave her higher and higher titles, going along with popular sentiment. However, later she became a subject of state religious dogma because of the need to quell popular unrest...

== Divine attributes ==

Lady ~~Xay¹¹~~ is a goddess of creativity, wisdom, and craftiness. Her allegedly unjust death led to her being regarded as a deity of retributive violence able to avenge other victims of injustices (according to post-apocalyptic Thean beliefs, such a death in addition to being a great figure during one's lifetime boosts one's spirit's power posthumously). In fact, she is worshipped by both powers that be (such as police and entrepreneurs) and dissidents in Thean society.

Lady Xăy¹¹ is a goddess of creativity, wisdom, and craftiness. Her allegedly unjust death led to her being regarded as a deity of retributive violence able to avenge other victims of injustices (according to post-apocalyptic Thean beliefs, such a death in addition to being a great figure during one's lifetime boosts one's spirit's power posthumously). In fact, she is worshipped by both powers that be (such as police and entrepreneurs) and dissidents in Thean society.

== In-universe critical scholarship ==

The only scholarly consensus about the historical ~~Xay¹¹~~ is that a woman named ~~Roodh⁵³ Xay¹¹~~ 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 ~~Xay¹¹~~ is a purely mythical figure.

The only scholarly consensus about the historical Xăy¹¹ is that a woman named Rodh⁵³ Xăy¹¹ 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 Xăy¹¹ is a purely mythical figure.

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 : ''This concerns one of many timelines for Angai. The [[Thean]] names are in this timeline's Modern Standard Thean.''
-: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is Xay¹¹.''
+: ''This is a Thean name; the surname is Xăy¹¹.''
-'''Roodh⁵³ Xay¹¹''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady Xay¹¹''' (''Naar¹³ Xay¹¹'' /naːɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) or '''Empress/Divine Ruler Xay¹¹''' (''Dlen³³ Xay¹¹'' /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.
+'''Rodh⁵³ Xăy¹¹''' /ɻoːð̞ˤ˥˧ xaj˩˩/, known by her artist name ???, nicknames ???, and reverentially referred to as '''Noble Lady Xăy¹¹''' (''Nar¹³ Xăy¹¹'' /naːɻ˩˧ xaj˩˩/) or '''Empress/Divine Ruler Xăy¹¹''' (''Dlĕn³³ Xăy¹¹'' /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.
 == Life ==
-Xay¹¹ was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian [what age?] 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.
+Xăy¹¹ was born into a technological world much like early 21st-century Earth. She gained wide appeal within the Angaian [what age?] xenharmonic community for her compositions, approach to xenharmony, and various other accomplishments. Xăy¹¹ 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.
-== Growth of the Lady Xay¹¹ cult ==
+== Growth of the Lady Xăy¹¹ cult ==
 Todo: read more of ''Guan Yu: The Religious Afterlife of a Failed Hero''
-After Xay¹¹'s death, climate change caused most of the existing Internet infrastructure to submerge underwater, causing most data online to be lost. Thus historical sources from her lifetime are scant, and most available sources are by her acquaintances relying on their memory (they agree that she was extraordinarily creative and funny). Many of these people apparently had supernatural experiences involving her; she appeared to them as a vengeful ghost.
+After Xăy¹¹'s death, climate change caused most of the existing Internet infrastructure to submerge underwater, causing most data online to be lost. Thus historical sources from her lifetime are scant, and most available sources are by her acquaintances relying on their memory (they agree that she was extraordinarily creative and funny). Many of these people apparently had supernatural experiences involving her; she appeared to them as a vengeful ghost.
-In the first few centuries after Xay¹¹'s death, oral tradition played a major role in developing and maintaining folk religious material about Xay¹¹. Later embellishments also claim that she excelled in combat when she was alive.
+In the first few centuries after Xăy¹¹'s death, oral tradition played a major role in developing and maintaining folk religious material about Xăy¹¹. Later embellishments also claim that she excelled in combat when she was alive.
 === In state religion ===
-The Thean state first paid no mind to what exactly was believed about Xay¹¹. Emperors just sponsored her cult and gave her higher and higher titles, going along with popular sentiment. However, later she became a subject of state religious dogma because of the need to quell popular unrest...
+The Thean state first paid no mind to what exactly was believed about Xăy¹¹. Emperors just sponsored her cult and gave her higher and higher titles, going along with popular sentiment. However, later she became a subject of state religious dogma because of the need to quell popular unrest...
 == Divine attributes ==
-Lady Xay¹¹ is a goddess of creativity, wisdom, and craftiness. Her allegedly unjust death led to her being regarded as a deity of retributive violence able to avenge other victims of injustices (according to post-apocalyptic Thean beliefs, such a death in addition to being a great figure during one's lifetime boosts one's spirit's power posthumously). In fact, she is worshipped by both powers that be (such as police and entrepreneurs) and dissidents in Thean society.
+Lady Xăy¹¹ is a goddess of creativity, wisdom, and craftiness. Her allegedly unjust death led to her being regarded as a deity of retributive violence able to avenge other victims of injustices (according to post-apocalyptic Thean beliefs, such a death in addition to being a great figure during one's lifetime boosts one's spirit's power posthumously). In fact, she is worshipped by both powers that be (such as police and entrepreneurs) and dissidents in Thean society.
 == In-universe critical scholarship ==
-The only scholarly consensus about the historical Xay¹¹ is that a woman named Roodh⁵³ Xay¹¹ 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 Xay¹¹ is a purely mythical figure.
+The only scholarly consensus about the historical Xăy¹¹ is that a woman named Rodh⁵³ Xăy¹¹ 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 Xăy¹¹ is a purely mythical figure.