Sisyphus and the Arrow

Aries Sisyphus is the Grand Priest of the Sanctuary — a position that carries as much responsibility as weight. His arc in the Gaiden reveals how this man of consensus became the keeper of the sacred arrow: the only weapon capable of striking a god. A responsibility he did not choose but cannot refuse.

The relationship between Sisyphus and Hakurei — Grand Pope and Grand Priest, two men who carry together the weight of the Sanctuary — is at the heart of this arc. Their silent complementarity, their mutual trust in a wavering world, is a rare portrait of friendship between two figures of authority. The arrow Sisyphus learns to fire is also the one that weighs on him most.