Xarfaxianism

Xarfaxianism, formally known as Xarfaxian Thought, is a heterogeneous philosophical theory derived from the Seluco-Pontesian political leader Alamar Xarfaxis, founder of the Crimson Crusade and his book The Arcanaeum.

Political Xarfaxianism
The most basic concept of Alamar Xarfaxis' political ideas is the idea of the Overlord, a sovereign ruling through his or her own right, representing what is best for the people as opposed to nobles, businessmen or politicians who rather represented their own or someone else's egoistical interests. Xarfaxis took inspiration from (his own interpretation of) the Indralan concept of the Mandate of Heaven, that a ruler who lacks the means to rule will be naturally replaced by someone who does. Xarfaxis believes that power firstly derives from will, secondly from strength, and that everything else (democracy, monarchism, human rights) is just charades to justify ones power.

Politically, Xarfaxianism is hard to define. The concept of "Enlightened Despotism" is perhaps the closest. While many Neo-Xarfaxian movements such as the Good folk of Dranland have been clearly right-of-centre, Alamar Xarfaxis himself was clearly anti-capitalist. Xarfaxis sought to create a large welfare state that would ensure the well-being of the subjects for their loyalty to their leader. Xarfaxis was also fiercely environmentalist and supported the idea of animal rights, combined with a general disdain for cities and technological development in general.

At the same time, Alamar Xarfaxis was consistently arch-conservative on social issues: banning abortion, homosexuality, contraception, extra-martial sex, prostitution and all forms of drug use during his tenure as Overlord of the Union of Imperial Crusader Kingdoms (Pontesi). While Xarfaxis saw it as his obligation to prohibit decadent lifestyles, he never defined himself as "conservative" but rather a radical, seeking to overthrow and replace decadent regimes with idealistic "enlightened" despotisms of his own liking. Xarfaxis, though himself of noble blood, loathed the nobility and monarchy, viewing these as means of stagnation. Ironically, many of his descendants and followers would later on go on to become nobles and monarchs themselves, after the Crusade's exile in Felinist Barmenia.

Concerning his view on nationalism, Xarfaxis had an inconsistent record. On one hand, he believed that some cultures were below others. He hated Ahmadism which he attempted to ban, and the Jelbic peoples, he sought to integrate the Pntek into Seluciandom and saw this as his sacred mission. On another hand, Xarfaxis didn't seem to care particularly of the ethnic background of his subjects as long as they followed his orders, he even hired a band of Satanilic Davostagi mercenaries to fight for him in the Pontesian Civil War.

Religious Xarfaxianism
Xarxaxis' was a Hosian belonging to the Selucian Patriarchal Church (now Aurorian Patriarchal Church). Work in progress...

Hereditary Xarfaxianism
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Military Xarfaxianism
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