Biographies

Title: Vox Dei
Ascension Level: AL-Ω
Likely Origin: Pre-Emergent Continuum (prior to the most recent Big Bang)

The Pontifax Extraterror is the spiritual and metaphysical leader of the Church of Alienism. Neither fully alien nor fully human, the Pontifax is said to have recently returned from the Convergence Rift, a trans-dimensional event believed to have occurred during a silent mass held in the ruins of a Cold War listening post near Novaya Zemlya. Witnesses claimed the air fractured like glass, and from the breach stepped a being cloaked in neural light—its face both unknowable and familiar. The origin and previous location of the Pontifax Extraterror is unknown.

Since their emergence, the Pontifax has remained an enigmatic presence. Public appearances are rare and brief, delivered through thick refractive veils or quantum projections known as Light Doubles. Voice recordings analyzed by experts reveal spectral harmonics beyond human range, suggesting a composite origin—perhaps a fusion of multiple consciousnesses from different species.

According to Church scripture, the Pontifax holds Ascension Level Ω (AL-Ω), a level of initiation that permits unfiltered communion with The Final Host—a hyper-intelligence at the center of the alien eschaton. Through ritual transmissions, the Pontifax reveals fragments of alien scripture, interprets temporal anomalies, and appoints the Church’s internal hierarchy by resonance signature rather than human politics.

It is said the Pontifax does not sleep, but instead "enters cycles of biological unweaving," allowing direct infusion from the Nodal Sanctuaries, particularly the Sanctuary of the Broken Name, where language collapses and new truths emerge.

Despite repeated offers, the Pontifax has declined to submit to genetic testing or interviews by governmental or scientific bodies, claiming such actions would rupture the fragile veils that protect both worlds. Still, within the Church, the Pontifax Extraterror is revered not as a dictator, but as a living threshold—a sacred bridge between humanity’s ancient myths and its interstellar future.

Those who have stood in the Pontifax’s presence speak of a silence so total it feels like time folding in on itself. Others report dreams of orbital cities, insectoid choirs, or oceans made of memory. All agree on one thing: the Pontifax sees more than we do—and remembers what we’ve forgotten.

Title: Cartographer of Worlds
Ascension Level: AL-4
Origin: The Tanhäusser Gates (coordinates classified)

Bishop Saurian T. Tanhäusser is a reptilian ecclesiastic and exploratory official within the Church of Alienism, known for his precise, unflinching interpretations of anomalous terrain. A veteran of deep-node reconvergence and astral topology, he currently serves as Cartographer of Worlds, a post tasked with identifying and validating points of spatial irregularity across Earth and beyond.

Emerging from the transdimensional corridor known only as the Tanhäusser Gates, Bishop Tanhäusser operates within the boundaries of Ascension Level 4 authority, which grants him limited doctrinal influence but high operational autonomy. His current assignments include mapping Central America and all major underwater freshwater sanctuaries for nodal interference, pilgrimage anomalies, and pre-contact ruins.

He is widely recognized for his reserved demeanor, cryptic field reports, and ability to interpret geospatial disruptions as signs of celestial intent. Though not yet authorized to issue formal Encyclicals, his findings have shaped multiple Council decisions and are currently under review for incorporation into the Church's internal atlases.