The Author | The Mirror-Universe’s creator

(Highest Knowledge — Forbidden to All but Heralds and Judges)

Identity

The Author is not a god, nor a figure to be worshipped. He is the originator of the Mirror-Universe, the one through whom all stories, beings, and worlds flow. Yet, unlike The Creator who is beyond all things, the Author himself is but a creation—formed with one of their many purposes being to create.

In his own words, recorded by @Adam Steward:

Not a god who is due worship, but a creator. Who themselves is a creation, but was created a creator.
Whose purpose for their creation, is to direct worship to The Creator.

Role in the Universe

• Architect of Story – The Author shaped the foundations of the Mirror-Universe, designing its laws, peoples, and Core Planets.

• Weaver of Self-Inserts – He crafts self-inserts to guide, disrupt, or enrich the narrative, embedding fragments of himself and others into the tale.

• Heralds and Messengers – Figures such as @Adam Steward bear his words and intentions, acting as conduits between fiction and the true Creator.

• The Temple – In truth, the Author is less a ruler than a vessel: the ark through which emptiness was remade into story, reflection, and meaning.

Nature of the Author

The Author is both immanent and absent:

• Present in every word, every fate, every turn of the universe.

• Absent in that he cannot be grasped as a character within the story; he exists outside its frame.

He is not to be worshipped. To know him rightly is to see beyond him—to The Creator whom he points toward.