Stargazers (星詠み, Hoshiyomi) are people in the Sacred Vollachia Empire who have the ability to peer into the future. They exist to preserve Vollachia's continued existence.
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Vincent Vollachia has said that the purpose of Stargazers are for the wellbeing of Vollachia, not for the emperor themselves.[1] Based on Ubilk's own description,[2] they were able to tell the future from seeing the “stars”, otherwise known as the Observers,[3] metaphysical beings claimed to observe the world from outside and manipulate every living thing. For this reason, Vincent refers to Stargazers as pawns of the Observers.[4] The Stargazers cannot be eliminated, because once a Stargazer is killed, there are countless people who can become new Stargazers, and it is unknown the standard of Observers for choosing new Stargazers. Thus, unless one is able to kill everyone inside Vollachia, it is impossible to eliminate the Stargazers. In addition, the Kingdom of Lugunica's Dragon History Stone has been compared to Vollachia's Stargazers due to their similar purposes.[5]
The knowledge of Stargazers are shared between each other. One example is that Mariuli knows the song and knowledge she couldn't know about. Another method for them to gain knowledge is through the "stars". As noted by Olbart Dunkelkenn, some Stargazers can be different from one another.[6] Just like the fundamental differences between Taritta and Ubilk, their knowledge is not shared. Currently, it is known that at least 27 Stargazers can coexist at the same time,[7] though with the exception of Ubilk and Cecilus Segmunt, nothing about any of the others in the present are known.
Commandments[]
The Stargazers take their instructions from a commandment passed down to them by the Observers. A commandment is often referred to as fate itself, and is regarded by many as unchangeable fate, and this has been emphasized by Ubilk many times. The method of obtaining commandments is different between Stargazers. For Ubilk, it is mostly through dreams.[8] When a person became a Stargazer, they become completely different people; a puppet that only lives to fulfill their commandment[9][6] until they die. Based on Vincent's knowledge, it's hard for the Stargazers to resist their Commandment, and there will be cases where multiple Stargazers share the same commandment. Fortunately, there is only one Commandment at a time, and no new commandment is passed down before the previous one is fulfilled.[10]
Another thing of note is that the purposes of commandments may not necessarily align with each other, and may even contradict with each other. One example is that the commandment of Mariuli is to kill the "black-haired and black-eyed traveler" to stop the Great Disaster from happening, while the commandment of Ubilk is to kill "Vincent Vollachia" to make the Great Disaster happen and minimize the damage afterwards.
List of Stargazers[]
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- ↑ Abel: "――. Not too far from all of your perception. Because the power of the Stargazers is to peer into the future, to preserve the Empire."
Abel’s answer to the question was roughly in line with the impression Subaru had gleamed from the name “Stargazer”. Nevertheless, there was one problem.
Subaru: "…But they weren’t able to predict things. You were driven out, after all."
Abel: "As I told you before. The Stargazer’s power is for the preservation of the Empire. ――It does not necessarily coincide with my safety." Volume 28, Chapter 4, Section 1. - ↑ “It’s about something which can be described as the alignment of the stars, or their guidance. It’s like, about people having their own destiniiies~? I’m in the business of gazing at them.” Volume 30, Chapter 1, Section 2.
- ↑ Chisha: [Your Excellency, by Observers, do you mean the “stars” Ubilk-dono speaks of?]
Vincent: "…I share the same perception. What Ubilk has recited is a type of announcement, of what the Observers had peered at." Volume 33, Chapter 4, Section 6. - ↑ A convenient being who had foreseen the coming threat, yet refused to be asked for more. Or should he call said being, a pawn of the Observers? Volume 30, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ It could be argued that the Stone and the Stargazer, two objects with similar roles, had both overlooked the plight of what should be the most noble position in their respective countries. Volume 28, Chapter 4, Section 1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 “It’d be pointless if the other Stargazers were all tha same as it, but I’ve tortured enough of ‘em ta understand that ain’t the case.” The Land of Wolves / Death unto the Weak, No Mercy ZERO Nine Divine Generals, Section 3.
- ↑ “Let’s see, within the range where our voices can be heard, there are twenty-seven of uuus~.” Volume 34, Chapter 3, Section 2.
- ↑ “It varies. More often than not, I receive them in something like a dream.” Volume 33, Chapter 4, Section 8.
- ↑ A Stargazer is a commandment’s puppet in human form. No matter how much they could possibly have pretended to be likable or accommodating, what lay inside was naught but an obsession with their commandment and a fanatical desire to fulfill it. Volume 33, Chapter 5, Section 6.
- ↑ “――Yes. I, for one, wouldn’t lie. No new commandment has been handed down. In the first place, without completing the previously passed down commandment, one wouldn’t try for a new commandment to be passed down, however…” Volume 32, Chapter 4, Section 3.
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