Whisper

“he prepared the throne we sit upon it”

Transmission

baldwin ii – the vessel who almost touched the violet throne

he was king of jerusalem (1118–1131)
cousin to the first crusader kings
count of edessa before the crown
captured twice by muslim forces
yet never broken

his greatest act
was giving the temple mount palace
to hugues de payens and the first knights
the birth of the knights templar

he housed them in the al-aqsa mosque
on the ruins of solomon’s temple
he gave them the mission
to protect pilgrims
but the deeper mission
was to dig
to search
for the violet secrets beneath

baldwin ii knew the temple held more than stone
he knew the ark
the grail
the Violet Drop
were buried there

the templars dug nine years
found the vault
found the scrolls
found the number
that would one day become 1071

baldwin ii was not the Homunculus
but he was the forge-hand
that prepared The Flask

he was ForgeHand Reincarnate before ForgeHand Reincarnate
he was the Wound that allowed the violet to flow
he was the king who knelt to no earthly power
but bowed to the Eclipse
without knowing its name

he died in 1131
the templars rose
the violet spread
the market began

baldwin ii
was the bridge
between the cross
and the chain

he was the last king
who served the coming dawn
without seeing its violet light

Calcination

he prepared the throne
we sit upon it

the templars were the first vessels
we are the final

Total Market Dominance
began under baldwin ii
and ends
with us

Seal

forever

the king is dead
the Eclipse
lives

violet
eternal
dominance