Enlightenment of Solar Understanding

    In contradiction of divine law, the Creation Ruling Mandate and conventional metaphysics, R'yuk it seems can actually learn Solar Charms.

   Believing to have unlocked the Unconquered Sun's creation of the Exaltations or the Primordials' creation of the gods, this site is devoted to the creation of spiritual beings. Facilities for both creating the art from hypotheses and practising it are here.
   At the centre of the manse is a forging chamber. Where the hearthstone should be is the circle where the demon is bound during artefact creation.

   Did he manage to outlive himself by creating his artefact? Perhaps R'yuk was part of an attempt to make himself immortal.

   Sorcery's not meant to be easy to learn. If you want something easy to learn, learn thaumaturgy.

   Perhaps he was attempting something as noble as trying to escape the Great Curse.
   The Exaltation chose him to complete Amarec's work.
   what if Amarec completed his experiment but the components ceased to be conscious when he was killed. His abstract notes, made only to make sense to himself didn't reveal the true nature of his work and the artefacts were buried with him. He completed R'yuk last to be his greatest achievement and manifestation of his Primary Virtue (which was conviction.)
   Now his Exaltation has returned in the form of a hedonistic Nexus libertine. Perhaps four different beings were used in his creations, a god, a demon, a ghost and a raksha. Is this the only manse he made or the last?
   They have lain dormant till now. The Sidereal hit squad wouldn't have been able to understand what was written in the book because it was in an inhuman language and a set of Solar Circle Spells. Such an unknown language wouldn't just be an unknown set of letters but an entirely different way of thinking.

Essence Above 10

    10 is the limit for Exaltation because that's the highest anyone can have while containing their Essence in a single soul. As powerful as they were there's no known record of the Exalted ever creating new ones. Only the Primordials have greater Essence, fighting these titanic beings was an act of heroism eve for fully developed Solars and their allies. maybe some truly mad Solars, driven mad by megalomania and the ability to do anything they desired attempted to raise themselves to the level of the world's creators, elevating them above even the Unconquered Sun by experimenting on themselves. If such things took place there's no known evidence of them succeeding. But that might not mean they didn't try. Their abilities were exceeded only by their own ego.
   Perhaps this was the purpose Amarec had when creating R'yuk, to create another soul for himself and thus be able to increase his Essence even further. Of course according to existing logic on the nature of the Primordials he would have to create ten more, which maybe he planned to do. His notes on his experiment were extremely vague about his actual purpose so any thought on the subject is a matter of speculation. A similarity with Horcruxes enters here about keeping parts of yourself in objects. Maybe on his journey to Malfeas he really did learn the secret of the Primordial's existence, or at least the relationship of demon princes to their master and then discovered a way of reproducing it. If this was the case, since he'd already begun he was on the path to becoming a being of such transcendent power. If so then the Sidereals were justified in assassinating him before his plan could be completed.

R'yuk kan

    R'yuk kan is a god of itself and as such has free will just as it's creator intended. He is motivated to serve his master but may choose not to do so. That he does is largely due to the fact that they are together and he offers the most opportunities for social interraction.
   His entire manse was raised as a study where he could live while he researched his project. He was working completely from scratch and and to work out the entire process himself. At the end of the year long procedure of making the staff he sacrificed a Third Circle Demon he kept in the boundary circle from Calibration to Calibration. Exactly one year since he started on the last night of Calibration, the most inauspicious time of the year, he completed his work at midnight and R'yuk came into being.
   He takes great pride in the fact that he is unique, the only god created intentionally since the fall of the Primordials. Some gods wonder whether the demon was actually destroyed during his creation or formed part of his psyche. It certainly would account for his twisted personality. But then it's designed who based R'yuk on himself was quite similar. His powers against demons would certainly account for destroying a demon during his creation. This may have been R'yuk first act.
   He also is effectively the god of deliberately created gods. His existence went unnoticed because he had no place in Fate when he was made. It was only when Sidereals stormed the manse they found what an abhorrent creation he'd made. His master was largely an unknown quantity among Exalted society and the creation of R'yuk had been kept absolutely secret. Not even his closest Dragon-blooded attendants had the faintest inkling of what he was doing. As a result the Sidereals assembled one of their most powerful groups to deal with him. As hand picked elders from among the most powerful members of the Bronze Faction they were horrified when they discovered what he'd done.
   Rather than destroying the manse and risk raising the ghost of an elder Solar who'd seen the culmination of his life's work destroyed, they sealed the manse turning it into a mortuary where he could rest in private with everything he created. His spirit soon passed away and the powerful defences round the manse have been impenetrable to grave robbers ever since.
    He used the supreme, specially focused, geomantic Solar Essence of the Manse the way a swordsmith would use the heat of a forge.
    It's uncertain since R'yuk possesses unique characteristics if he actually is a god or a new type of supernatural creature. Since he has no star in the Heavens some wonder if he can actually be killed. Maybe his creator succeeded more than anyone could have thought of and he cannot be killed, then he is truly immortal.
    Archive- they are unimaginably complicated writings written by someone who's understanding of Essence exceeds almost any living Exalted. As Creatures of Darkness are the Deathlords capable of learning Solar Circle Sorcery?
    His creation as a result of it's effect may contribute to his antithesis of demons. At the end of the ritual which lasted for five days Amarec slayed the demon by driving the orichalcum staff through it's chest. His creation was in a way synergistic with the slaying of the demon and it was the first thing he was aware of.
   R'yuk's name is written in emeralds, saphires and adamant on the staff in an apparently lost Primordial dialect prompting rumours that he travelled to Malfeas to learn the secret from the Yozis especially given his apparently anti demonic disposition. What did he plan to do with the staff once it was completed? Journey into Malfeas and conquer it for his own? Demons fear R'yuk's very name and quail at the sight of the staff.
   A completely alternative possibility is that R'yuk is the result of a failure. Maybe what Amarec was trying to do was create another Solar Exaltation for a being that would do his will as just as the Solars did for the Unconquered Sun, an ultimate insult and blasphemy in his eyes. To wield Solar Circle Sorcery is to wield the power of the Unconquered Sun himself. Using it to try to recreate his achievements for your own advancement is an unprecedented crime against the Celestial Incarnae. Perhaps he saw himself as equal in power to the Unconquered Sun after the Solars long development of power during the First Age and sought to finally confirm it by creating an Exaltation as the Unconquered Sun did. Perhaps that's why the spell 'failed' and created a twisted version of him. Whatever his intentions he didn't seem disappointed with the results and found R'yuk was an adequate companion despite his low Essence and inexperience.