Alhaitham (Alhacén)

Alhacén is a member of the Haravatat Faculty of the Sumeru Akademiya and its scribe, responsible for documenting its findings and drafting ordinances.

Alhacén is a tall and well-built man, with gray hair with pale turquoise highlights. His irises are light turquoise with orange pupils. She wears orange eyeshadow and a large gold headset with green details. Alhacén's outfit consists of a dark coat-like garment with a green front and lapels. The color of the coat goes from dark green to black and has numerous gold details and numerous trinkets, as well as a black mini cape with a gold bottom. She wears a fitted black top with a high split collar and separate sleeves, also decorated with gold details and a green trim on the chest. The sleeves on his arms partially cover his hands, leaving some fingers exposed. These are fastened with numerous green cloths with gold motifs around the waist, from which hang various trinkets, including two light blue leaf-shaped amulets and three teardrop-shaped trinkets. She wears tight dark green pants and black and gold knee-high boots with a colorful top. His Vision Dendro is attached to his coat on the left shoulder.

Alhacén is only interested in studying what interests him, having renounced ownership of a supposed Divine Knowledge Capsule to simply study it. He also doesn't like to lead from the front, instead opting to help out from the back. He operates purely out of rationality, causing many people to find his actions unacceptable. This is most notable with his housemate, Kaveh, as the two frequently clash over their perspectives, including on message boards in Sumeru City and Port Ormos.

When a person of great abilities keeps a low profile for too long, people tend to think that this person has a hidden identity and agenda. However, Alhacen is the perfect person to overturn this unfounded view. He is someone outstanding, but at the same time he is nothing more than a simple employee of the Academy, with a stable job in Sumeru, excellent real estate, and a free and relaxed life.
Sometimes people can't even find the current Academy scribe's office. At most, they know it's called Alhazen and that, according to the schedule, he should already be there. But the reality is that no one knows where he is, so they have no choice but to leave the documents they bring on his desk.

Alhacén loves this, he could be at home or in the library, but he will never be where people expect him.

And in order to do whatever he wants, he has to make sure that others never know what he is going to do.

To most students at the Academy, the title of "scribe" sounds like something incredible, but in reality, this attractive name was conferred following the elitist style of naming official positions.
In fact, the scribe does not attend all important meetings and does not participate in the decision-making of the most vital matters, but is in charge of archiving and creating backup copies of the most important documents. In Sumeru, where not long ago paper books and documents were controlled, the scribe was the one who knew the most things, and had functions very similar to the Grand Archivist. As for the latter, everyone thought that, as a librarian, he was the one most likely to see the books containing the highest-class wisdom.

Alhacén, the current scribe of the Academy, has the perfect position: he does not attend non-mandatory meetings and, when he is required to attend, he only records matters of absolute relevance.

Whether he notes other things depends on his mood. If the meeting has nothing to do with his interests or does not pique his curiosity, he will not feel like giving his opinion. Sometimes, when he sees someone proposing absurd ideas, he points it out and speaks his mind frankly.

He lives by the following principle: if you want an opinion, you are giving free rein to the use of the appropriate methods and power to achieve it. Or as he would say: "You are lucky that I am too lazy to have many ambitions."

Some scholars seek knowledge and truth for reputation; others for their ideals; and others to achieve both and then set them aside and enjoy the feeling of superiority that they bring. Alhazen, however, does not belong to any of these groups. His way of doing things and seeking knowledge is motivated by his interest. He believes that many scholars lost themselves along the way and used truth as a tool, or even a shortcut, to self-realization.

However, whether they seek it or not, the truth is always at the top, like a shining celestial body. It is not the end of a journey or the goal of a competition, but whether humanity exists or not, it will always remain unshaken. Moreover, a person's long journey does not end simply after attaining knowledge, for even if people think they can enjoy the joy of such an achievement, they will soon have to prepare to sacrifice everything, for the lust for knowledge will respond with its whip.

For those who cannot understand the truth, this path has no end, but those who are enlightened will say: "The truth does not exist to serve others, so whoever does not control his thirst for knowledge will end up being destroyed by it. This is the principle by which the nation of wisdom is governed. Of course, if you want to join that nation, you had better pretend to know this principle."

The people of Sumeru regard those who saved the Younger Queen Kusanali as heroes. But a good part of these people do not know the whole story, but only heard part of it, idealized it and told it to others. As one of the participants in that rescue, Alhacen has never considered the term "heroes" important, and does not believe it is something worth telling around.
Furthermore, the Academy has proposed Alhacén as the new Grand Sage on multiple occasions, but has always been met with rejection. However, due to the current instability, he agreed to serve as Grand Sage Intendant.

Turning down the position of sage or Grand Sage is already unimaginable in itself, but people find it even harder to believe that after being Grand Sage Steward, he did not take the opportunity to take up the official position, but instead resigned when he had to and returned to his unimportant position as a scribe.

However, this job does bring some benefits with it. First of all, there is the financial benefit. Although Alhacen has resumed his position as a scribe, he enjoys the same benefits and remuneration as a scholar. Add to that the many interesting topics of independent research he has at his disposal, and his quality of life is certainly not a problem. The second benefit is a social one. After everything they have been through together, when Alhacen meets another of the participants in the rescue plan for the Archon Dendro, he only nods in greeting.

When they are both at the Academy, Junior Queen Kusanali sometimes invites Alhacen to visit her at Surasthana Shrine to discuss all sorts of topics. Once, he met many people there: Grand Judge Cyno, the mercenary Dehya, Nilou, the star actress of the Zubayr Theater... In fact, the latter once asked him: "Alhacen, how did you come up with such a daring plan? After everything happened, I was relieved to think that, luckily, no one was hurt."

After that, Nilou hesitated for a moment. Alhacen understood his concern, as anyone would be surprised to see someone break free from the yoke of divine encapsulated knowledge. However, Alhacen believes that he was never in danger, as he never used the knowledge capsule.

How did he do it? That's one of the benefits of being a scribe. As one of the few scholars lucky enough to read the Akasha instruction manual, he researched the components of the switch and knowledge capsules, figured out how to modify what the Akasha displayed, and how to reverse the projection barrier installed so that it appeared at the back of his head to defend against surprise attacks.

The facts prove that good planning is the basis for everything, and preliminary research is the basis for that planning. Obviously, Alhacen was not going to openly boast about his perfect plan, so he responded to Nilou with another question: "I understand that Cyno and Dehya are also curious about that topic, but only you have asked me. Are those two that embarrassed?"

Alhacen never discusses people's character or personality with others. In his opinion, what the vast majority of people think is wrong. If someone claims that personality is not related to someone's abilities and way of thinking, he will have no way of defining what that person is like. An intelligent person takes a different attitude towards a fool or another intelligent person, just as an ignorant person thinks differently about achieving something or failing. In fact, people's opinion of Alhacen proves this theory. Because of his outstanding abilities and personality, usually no one wants to be too close to him and only objectively see him as a true genius.
That is precisely the qualification Alhacen is seeking. There is no shortage of scholars who, despite having read a lot, remain stubborn, but that is not his case. Another thing that characterizes him is his sometimes very sharp way of speaking. Society, as a collective entity, often binds individuals with its rules, which include language. However, reversing the meanings of words is the best attack against irrational rules, and by doing so, people could avoid problems.

At the Academy, people have long been abusing the word “talent” and even “genius.” For those living in Sumeru, talent is like a test. Being talented enough to stand out from the crowd is not necessarily a godsend, as it actually sets people apart. Admiring brilliant achievements that they can never achieve, ordinary people are full of praise: “genius,” “superman,” “prodigy.” But when you think about it more closely, it’s not hard to see what all this implies: geniuses are, in essence, different from the general population.

If someone achieves things that others cannot, it must be because they have special abilities and gifts. But if you get down to it, excessively praising or idealizing those who stand out from the crowd is living in alienation. Thinking that only others can go further than you is nothing more than an excuse, and for Alhacén, such a foolish rule makes no sense. Although he knows perfectly well how to behave in each situation, he never wastes his energy on such things.

Rules set boundaries, but they also chain. The number of people chained by these rules should not be the only parameter for deciding whether these rules are good or bad. From this, Alhazen created his own rules; rules with which he understands the world and fights against it, and which are the embodiment of his thinking. To protect his own rules, he would comply with his will to act and get rid of what, in his view, was harmful.

But only those who are objective can truly see this. By recognizing interpersonal differences and discerning between skill and wisdom, the answer will be laid out before your eyes: what makes you different from others is nothing more than a kind of ornament, and giving someone else the right to have an opinion is like denying yourself. Likewise, “standing out from the crowd” should not be a label imposed by others, and geniuses should understand that being special is a highly prized commodity.

In other words, when a genius truly realizes that he is different from everyone else, that he is a genius through and through, then he realizes how valuable it is to have talent. On the other hand, those who live in fear and are paralyzed by what others think... Those are people who have not yet found themselves.

To live a peaceful and comfortable life, several requirements must be met: a personality and logic that are consistent with oneself, good combat skills, a relaxed job, and a property close to the workplace and excellent for living.
Well, Alhacen has long since met all these requirements. What's more, he never denies that the best place to live is one like the nation of scholars, where academic skills are complemented by social resources.

The place where he currently lives is close to the Academy, and it is one of those academic resources that he obtained through one of his excellent investigations. It is impossible to talk about his residence without mentioning one of the projects he participated in during his student years.

Former classmates who remember Alhacén know that he did not like group activities. The only time he participated in a joint investigation, although the result was a resounding success, in the end the project ended in an argument and each member went their own way. People do not know that one of the protagonists of this story was Alhacén, but they do know the person with whom he collaborated on that occasion and with whom he ended up shouting: Kaveh, an architect at the School of Technology.

However, this academic incident did not have as much impact as one might imagine, since, after all, at the Academy it was not uncommon for geniuses to be unable to continue collaborating due to different personalities and opinions. And although the working relationship was bad, neither of them could deny that the other had a novel way of thinking. This joint research was archived and, in accordance with the regulations, was assigned as property belonging to the people who initially proposed it.

After that dispute, Alhacen and Kaveh abandoned that research despite the success it had in its initial stage. However, it ended up demonstrating the academic talent of the scribe, so much so that, when the Academy evaluated the distribution of properties and resources, it forgot that that project had been cancelled and used it as a reference to grant him and his research a very good residence. For his part, Kaveh, the other researcher, did not initially discuss the distribution of resources with Alhacen, since it was later found out that he asked an employee to tell the Academy and Alhacen that he already had a residence and, therefore, did not need that property.

When they met again after a period of not speaking, Kaveh was bankrupt. What Alhacen thought of this old friend was that his way of thinking and his ability were a total contradiction. He had such different opinions on so many things... Things that, to this day, they still do not agree on.

The decision to have Kaveh temporarily stay in Alhacen's house was a most interesting issue. From a legal and social point of view, if a person who owns a part of a property voluntarily gives it up, by living in Alhacen's house he would have to pay rent. But from an academic point of view, paying that rent would be more or less akin to denying all the effort he invested in research; it would be against the academic spirit.

It was very interesting to think about this, but Alhacén didn't care about the answer. Obviously, if he took in his former collaborator because he was bankrupt, he had to pay him part of the rent. And not only that, but he also gave him some daily chores.

He knew that Kaveh would complain, but he cared little. For the scribe, talking to a person who, like him, had no family, understanding each other and at the same time being such different scholars was like seeing the other side of a mirror. No one has perfect perception, but it can be achieved through the perception of another brilliant mind. Starting from that basis, he could observe the world from another perspective and understand things that he had been unable to understand until then.

In Sumeru, the nation of scholars, academics and knowledge are considered to be above all else. In other words, if a scholar enjoys a certain recognition from the Academy, he will also enjoy a better social position. In his case, Alhacen was born into a family of scholars. His parents died very early, so he was raised by his grandmother, who belonged to the School of Technology.
He barely remembers his parents, but later learned from his grandmother that they had both worked at the Academy. His father was a tutor at the School of Semiotics, and his mother a renowned scholar at the School of Etiology.

Thus, Alhacen inherited his brilliant intelligence from his parents. He had a great intellect from a young age, and at seven or eight years old he was already reading the complicated academic publications that other children of his age did not want to even look at. When his grandmother noticed his exceptional talent, she recommended that he be admitted to the Academy very early. But after half a day of class there, Alhacen returned home and told his grandmother that the people he had spoken to were very boring. Instead of going to those useless classes, he preferred to study alone at home. Seeing his parents' talent and personality in him, his grandmother accepted his proposal to study at home on his own.

Alhacen's way of being self-taught was to read, analyze, put ideas together and question things. As a member of a family of scholars, he was fortunate to be able to see books in paper form and, interestingly, instead of learning the information from the Akasha switch, he preferred to read his grandmother's collection of books.

Unlike the Akashic system, paper books were not flexible, were outdated, and even contained information that was not always correct. Using this way of gaining knowledge was like fighting misinformation. Most people in Sumeru hated having to do this, but Alhacen enjoyed it. Through it, he gained the ability to learn, analyze and correct, and even question what he saw. For many, reading was a crude and primitive nuisance, but it was the nuisance he enjoyed the most.

Her grandmother once told her, "You love to read just as much as your father does. I can't say whether people like you are too bright, but remember one thing: being special is a very valuable thing."

Knowledge must be acknowledged and pursued, even trusted, but never left unquestioned. Perhaps only a genius capable of doing this is immune to the effects of encapsulated knowledge, and perhaps only those who meet this requirement can begin to read the Akasha instruction manual even while locked away in the House of Daena. As his grandmother said, there is useless information in books, sometimes too much of it, but Alhacen's mind worked like a sieve. If he had read a book and still remembered it, perhaps it could be useful in the future.

When his grandmother passed away, he arranged for her funeral and inherited her belongings, as well as the small library in her home. Before she died, she told him the following words: "You are an extremely intelligent person, with an almost innate talent and who does things in his own way. You are someone outstanding and your vision of things is superior to that of others. That is a good thing, but you must be cautious and stay more awake than the rest of the people to understand that selfish aspirations are vain and to be able to distinguish and choose your path as wisely as possible."

The Academy soon approved Alhacén's application for admission, and he was admitted with very high marks to the School of Semiotics. He was told that, when his grandmother was still alive, she had asked to be allowed to attend classes at other faculties as well when she had time. Alhacén followed his grandmother's advice and always remained self-aware, alert and low-profile.

Years passed and he moved house. He took all the paper books in his collection with him to his new home. As he sorted them out, he flipped through some of the ones he had already read. The humanities publications with well-wishes written on the cover were mostly from his mother, while the ones with other materials attached and filled with notes in the margins belonged mostly to his father. But there was still another very thick book, hard-bound and with a jade-colored cover, on the cover of which was written something by his mother: "I wish my son Alhacen a peaceful life."

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Portable waist bag
A turquoise fanny pack made from durable fabric.
Many people think it is a wide belt because it has the same tone as the rest of Alhacén's clothes.

This one doesn't usually carry a lot of stuff inside. House keys, the book you're reading at the moment, and a player for your noise canceller.

The player was made by him when he became a scribe and is connected to the noise canceller by a cable of the same colour. He sometimes uses it to listen to music, but he also uses it to block out the noise around him.

Vision
"The true value of language does not lie in words alone. Language also enables people to organise their logical thinking in a coherent manner. It is the basis, the norm, the weapon and the violence. Only by differentiating language can we take another route to achieve the total relativity of thought.
Although ordering thought may be meaningless to many, it is something of transcendental relevance to most of society. It is our personal interests that determine our preferences for one type of language or another, our use of it and the medium through which we communicate. Therefore, our use of a given type of language controls and restricts our behavior in an infinite number of situations.

Alhazen turned over the page he had just read. He had finished the book, and as he turned the page again he came upon the back cover, beneath which was a brilliant ornament.

He knew exactly what it was: a symbol of power, a Vision. Although he did not hold it in such high regard.

For another, that gift would have been considered a miracle from the gods, but for Alhacén it meant nothing more than further support in his daily tasks.

At the time, he was involved in a project outside the city, and he had no intention of examining his newly acquired Vision too much. After all, it was his to inspect whenever he wanted.

Like knowledge, once you gain a Vision, it can never be taken away.

In stark contrast to Alhacen's (Alhaitham) rationality, Kaveh is driven by emotion and operates by what he feels is right, first and foremost. Characters such as Dori and Faruzan describe him as unique among the Akademiya scholars in being more open and original in his thinking, and Alhacen as emotional to the extent that he could be seen as fragile or sensitive.

He is easily flustered and quickly becomes defensive or angry as a result (particularly when dealing with Alhacen, or when the subject of money is brought up) and derails entire conversations to vent his frustrations in the presence of friends and strangers alike. Kaveh and Alhacen's clash of personalities and intense disagreements are such that they even leak into messages on the bulletin boards of Sumeru City and Ormos Port.

However, despite his tendency to become irritable, Kaveh also prides himself on his ability to empathize, and will approach people without hesitation if he suspects they are in trouble. Alhacen implies during a routine discussion that it is common for him to "work himself to death" in order to please his customers, and even tells a story where Kaveh, without a second thought, bought a dozen handmade keychains under the pretense that the proceeds would help feed starving children, completely overlooking the fact that healthcare and other necessities are already free for the citizens of Sumeru. Furthermore, he takes issue with the Akademiya labeling certain students as geniuses due to the societal pressure that comes with such a title.

Kaveh is also a strong advocate of the arts and greatly idealizes things that he considers ornate, beautiful, or romantic in terms of interior design or architecture. Kaveh has distinctive medium-length golden blonde hair and sharp eyes with red irises. His hair hangs down the back