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Abelsark

Abel's Ark as it appears in Episode II.

When Abel awakes, his cradle, the Ark, shall appear. It shall seek the eternal circle.
—A message in the Y-Data of Joachim Mizrahi

Abel's Ark (アベルの方舟, Aberu no hakobune) is a star system-sized object that the Federation perceives to be a giant Gnosis; however, it is actually one of the "eyes of U-DO", serving as one of U-DO's observational terminals in this dimension, the other being Abel. According to the Episode III database, it has the power to change its perceived shape based on circumstances, and it only serves as an observer.

Abel's Ark and U-DO[]

UDOobseve

U-DO.

Terminal

U-DO and Abel's Ark.


As the Ark is from the Imaginary Domain, it does not exist physically, leading it to be percieved as a massive Gnosis. Since U-DO exists in a separated part the universe (the "Upper Domain"), it depends on Abel's Ark and Abel to observe the other half, which consists of the physical bodies and consciousness of humanity (the "Lower Domain").

In Episode III, when Margulis confirms the appearance of Abel's Ark, Pellegri asks if it was "the object that was said to have appeared when the Messiah was crucified".[1]

Shape[]

Its primary shape resembles a crystalline tree or chandelier. The database claims that the ringed object in the center of its structure is not a planet, but an energy field.

In Episode III, once Dmitri Yuriev travels to it, it reshapes into a flattened sword or cross. This secondary form resembles the Eldridge from Xenogears.

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse[]

After the space-time anomaly collapses, Abel's Ark appears out of nowhere and swallows the Zohar in space and then disappears.

Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra[]

In Shion Uzuki's subconscious ("Miltia"), Abel's Ark was summoned during the Miltian Conflict when Shion's despair, caused by the deaths of her parents Suou and Aoi, resonated with the Zohar in Labyrinthos. This is because the Zohar is a portal to U-DO, and Shion was really resonating with U-DO. The awakening of U-DO was responsible for the summoning of Abel's Ark.

Abel's Ark then begins moving to Michtam because Abel's Ark seeks the "eternal circle": Zarathustra. The shockwave from Abel's Ark begins causing planetary disappearances.

The Durandal carrying the Zohar Emulators rams into Abel's Ark, transforming Abel's Ark.

ArkCore

The core of Abel's Ark.

Abel's Ark is later explored as a dungeon.

In the ending, Abel's Ark reconfigures into a shape resembling a cross and appears to cleanse out the Gnosis surrounding Michtam.

Episode III database[]

A perceptual phenomenon that is the lower-dimensional, tangible form of the (imaginary-space) consciousness of the higher-dimensional being U-DO (Abel). It is a perceptual phenomenon in the same way that the Gnosis are, but it is also a completely different form of existence.

Abel's Ark (U-DO) observed Albedo's consciousness during the fall of Old Miltia. It later took in the Zohar as a connection point in order to more steadily observe the lower dimension.

After Shion's awakening, the Ark's imaginary-space transformation accelerated, reflecting the consciousness of mankind. Detecting the operation of Zarathustra, an anti-higher-dimensional system constructed ages ago, it took the planet Michtam into itself. This action was not taken in an attempt to destroy Zarathustra; it was purely trying to "observe" the changes in the consciousness of the lower dimension.

Trivia[]

  • At the end of Episode III, due to Abel's Ark new appearance being a cross, and the effect it has on Gnosis in the area around Michtam, there have been comparisons drawn between that scene and Jesus wiping out humanity's sins, a main tenet of many Christian religions.

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References[]

  1. MARGULIS: It's Abel's Ark. PELLEGRI: Abel's Ark? The object that was said to appear when the Messiah was crucified?
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