The universal harmony of the Age of the Shared Riddle was not to last. A new philosophy began to gain traction, one that challenged the core tenet that all questions were sacred. This was the First Heresy of the Question. Its proponents, who called themselves the “Harmonists,” argued that some lines of inquiry were inherently destabilizing, that certain riddles could unravel the fabric of their carefully constructed peace. They advocated for the creation of a new order of Riddle-Keepers, one that would not only curate questions, but also proscribe them. This idea was met with fierce resistance, and for the first time in generations, the universe was divided not by answers, but by the very nature of the questions it was willing to ask.