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This article contains the following triggers: multitude of eyes, genocide, war
Pythias are a race of powerful beings that are mainly shown in Hello Charlotte Episode 1, but are referenced throughout the series. The Pythias were inhabitants of a land within the TV World known as "Delphi" before their world ceased to be by the end of Episode 1.
Appearance[]
Pythias are perceived differently by every race, and as such, have a humanoid appearance to Charlotte due to their abilities to manipulate time and space. They have 3 eyes if they are female, also known as Freya, with the third eye in the center of their forehead. If male, also known as Frei, they have 4 eyes with two of their eyes underneath where the standard eyes would go. The third eye of the female pythia is shown to have the ability to turn red when angry, upset, or filled with bloodlust.
Pythias tend to have similar haircuts. Short hair with two longer tails on both sides of their face. Almost all Pythias have black hair, the two exceptions being White Freya and a Pythian Priestess shown on a mural.
Pythia Groups[]
- Globalist: Those among the Pythai who sought The Oracle's power to unify their minds with one another, presumably with or without consent.
- Individualist: In fierce opposition to the Globalists, these Pythias wished to maintain their individuality and fought to prevent the loss of ego.
- The Executioners: Radical and violent Pythias who relentlessly persecuted the Oracle during the second Godhunt, taking countless lives in the process and presumably driving their species to extinction. These Pythias will eagerly attack anyone not directly affiliated with them.
Story[]
What precious little is known about the legacy of the Pythias is revealed through monologues from both the Librarian (Frei), Felix Honikker, and later the Umbrella Man in Hello Charlotte Episode 2. According to Felix, the Pythias were created by an Oracle, although these seems to have been retconned when the Librarian Frei says that the Pythias didn't always used to be connected by the Oracle, and rather that the Oracle appeared at one point. Pythias are noted to be extremely powerful, and can alter reality to their will.
The Pythias enjoyed prosperity in the pre-Oracle era. The emergence of the Oracle proved to be divisive, and war would soon break out between the two major opposing parties; such was the beginning of the first Godhunt, as recounted by Frei. Initially, the Globalists proved too formidable due to their vast numbers, and mass suicides and desertion thinned the ranks of the Individuals even further.
Umbrella Man elaborates further on the pact between the Oracle and its Globalist hosts. As the Globalists themselves didn't fully believe that their wish would be realized, it thus became twisted. Consequently, the process was slow and agonizing — thoughts, feelings, and memories became shared by all hosts without the loss of their sense of selves ("Loss of privacy without loss of ego!" - UM). The Pythias would then denounce the Oracle and retaliated violently against it, which sparked the second Godhunt. The Executioners organized, donning distinct white masks, and brought the Globalists to their knees; Charlotte and Felix arrived in the Slaughterland in the aftermath of this second clash.
The Pythias have a cameo appearance in Hello Charlotte: Delirium, found only in The REDRUM. Dr. Huxley was keeping a livestock of them for his experiments, and interacting with them will result in Charlotte being discovered and inevitably killed by the doctor.
The Pythias do not appear at all in Hello Charlotte Episode 3, but are mentioned a few times, most notably in the 6F laboratories. Q84 also mentions that she will effectively turn the White Society into Pythias when she decides to change the channel. A Pythia also appears briefly in the HC3 trailer.
Known Pythias[]
Gallery[]
- Visit Pythias/Gallery to see the gallery.
Trivia[]
- In the Book of Truth, Charlotte describes the Pythias as a "Type 4 Civilization". This is linked to The Kardashev Scale,[1] created by the Russian Astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev,[2] who created it as a method of working out how advanced a civilization is by how much energy they have access to.
- The original scale did not include Type 4 Civilizations, which was added later after the scale was extended. A Type 4 Civilization would have access to all the energy in their universe.
- This may explain why Charlotte believes that Pythias are extremely dangerous.
- According to Umbrella Man, Pythian society managed to successfully embrace communism.
- From Charlotte's perspective, Pythias have red blood.[3]