Talk:Attributes/@comment-30736282-20180425080412

Sooooo if I picture the "Common Sense of Man" as a pyramid, I can see those with [Man] attribute on the tip of the pyramid, continuously trying to make humanity grow upward with their deeds.These are conquerors, explorers, and scientists that are pivotal to the progression of humanity (that is, their presence or absence will affect the direction and form of the pyramid (human history) greatly). Servants with [Man] attribute are recognized by their effort at "Pursuit of Improvement".

Those with [Star] attribute are on the lower edges on the pyramid, continuously trying to make humanity grow outward. These are inventors and pioneers that discovered new fields and challenged the bound of humanity (what they do might looked insane or supernatural at the time, but ultimately, it is done by transcending the realm of human while still being human). They make the pyramid's base wider, and made it possible for the pyramid to grow upward. Servants with [Star] attribute are recognized for their effort at "Pursuit of the Unknown".

Servants with the [Earth] attribute are the byproduct of the "Common Sense of Man". They are cultures, superstitions, folklores, and urban legends, that are made from human sapience as it grows taller and wider. These servants are crystallization of human moral and civilization and they dictate the density of the pyramid (a civilization with just one culture is very brittle and would easily crumble to forces from the outside or inside). Servants with [Earth] attribute provide mass and prevent the pyrmid from being destroyed from the outside (morally ambiguous situation, supernatural occurences, foreign outer gods) or collapse into itself (genocide, anarchy, self-destructive consumption).

Servants with the [Sky] attribute (the kanji really says Heaven though) are simply divine interventions. They are influence from outside the "Common Sense of Man" to provide orientation of up and down for the pyramid. They are the source of morals which are entirely mysterious in origin (you can argue that morals vary between civilization, but there are things we consider good and bad uniformly from the moment of our birth, such as pain and loud noises. I can't explain that beyond divine intervention or self-preservation instinct, but then instinct would also be divine in origin.) Servnts with [Sky] attribute provide a very basic and primitive sense of virtue and vice, so that the pyramid can be built upright (they can still be built very crooked with a really high tensile and compressive strength (rich with [Earth] attribute)).

Servants with the [Beast] attribute are controlling elements, each one dedicated to pruning troubles at their source. They prevent humnity from inventing harmful contraptions (malfunction of the [Man]), or collapsing into itself (malfunction of the [Earth]), or being too focused on one field only (malfunction of the [Stars]). These agents come both from within the pyramid itself (Beast of Alaya) or from outside of the pyramid (Beast of Gaia). Servants with [Beast] attribute made sure the pyramid grows properly and is preserved sufficiently.