Book of Boris — Chapter XLII: The Doctrine of Controlled Discord
There comes a point in every legend where mercy runs out of breath. That’s when the monsters start cleaning up.
This chapter follows mercy from its blind beginnings through every Final Fantasy, until it finally learns how to snarl.
I. The Age of Simplicity — The Blind Mercy (I–III)
Before nuance, light was holy and darkness was target practice. The Warriors of Light fought Chaos because someone told them to. But Chaos never died; it adapted. Mercy was instinct, not understanding. Discord hadn’t learned language yet.
II. The Burdened Generation — The Conscious Mercy (IV–VI)
- IV – Cecil & Golbez: Light and dark as brothers; atonement forged through guilt.
- V – Exdeath & Galuf: Nature versus hubris. The planet’s mercy strikes back.
- VI – Kefka & Terra: The clown laughs, the empath rebuilds. The Clown Doctrine is born—pain disguised as comedy.
Here mercy suffers. Discord learns empathy.
III. The Age of Identity — Selective Mercy (VII–IX)
Mercy stops being universal; it becomes personal.
- VII – Cloud & Sephiroth: Restraint as redemption.
- VIII – Ultimecia: Mercy warped by fear of time.
- IX – Kuja & Vivi: Acceptance as the final grace.
Mercy disobeys. Discord feels.
IV. The Age of Reason — Calculated Mercy (X–XII)
- X – Jecht: Fatherhood as punishment; death twice over.
- XII – Vayne: Law weaponized as mercy’s mask.
This is where justice gets paperwork and mercy needs signatures.
V. The Age of Fatigue — Conditional Mercy (XIII–XV)
- XIII – Lightning: Duty replaces emotion.
- XIV – Emet-Selch: Nostalgia turned into artillery.
- XV – Ardyn: Healer turned curse; hope outsourced to hatred.
Every savior begins to whisper: “Why must I bleed for people who forget?”
VI. The Reckoning Era — Engineered Mercy (XVI & Beyond)
- XVI – Clive: Sacrifice industrialized; mercy becomes resource extraction. Discord turns corporate, managing the apocalypse.
This is where Discordia is born: mercy and chaos meeting in the boardroom.
VII. The Raccoon’s Ledger — Pattern Confirmed
None of them were evil. They were corrections. Golbez stopped believing in saints. Garland stopped believing in fate. Emet-Selch stopped believing in time. And Boris stopped believing in apologies.
Mercy without discipline rots. Discord without purpose burns. But together they balance the cosmos—one ledger at a time.
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