Robert Angeles Enrique

  

Name: Robert Angeles Enrique

Age: 54 (at the time of the discovery in 1930)

Birthdate: January 16, 1876

Birthplace: Taguig, Philippines

Father: (deceased)

Mother: (deceased)

Education: (Not explicitly named, but educated in multiple technical and liberal arts fields.)

Profession: Journalist, Geologist, Historian, and Mythologist.

Graduated on: (Year not specified in the story.)

Discovery:

 * The Axiom Archive: A secluded, deep underground vault in the Sierra Madre containing ancient textbooks and manuscripts.

 * Axiom Runes: The discovery of two ancient Philippine scripts: Aesod (c. 1400 AD) and Axior (c. 488 BC).

 * The Tellus Mater Truth: Translation of the Axior tablet confirming the story of Sierra/Yanu Ayen's sacrifice to transform into the mountain, shielding Haginit and Initan from Habagat's wrath.

 * Legacy: Initiated the Axiom Obligation, transforming Filipino myth into undeniable historical and get geological truth. 

Robert Angeles Enrique: The Keeper of Axiom

Robert Angeles Enrique, a man whose passions defied the narrow confines of any single discipline, was born on January 16, 1876, in the historic town of Taguig. By the age of 54, in the year 1930, he had already carved a formidable reputation for himself as a relentless journalist, a meticulous geologist, a profound historian, and a captivating mythologist. His studies and travels had taken him across the archipelago, always seeking the whispers of the past etched into the land and the legends woven into the very fabric of Filipino culture.

The Discovery of the Axiom Archive

It was Robert’s combined expertise that led him to the formidable embrace of the Sierra Madre mountains. He spent years poring over old colonial maps and indigenous oral traditions, searching for an ancient place of wisdom hinted at in fragmented folk tales about a "Mother Mountain."

In the monsoon season of 1930, after months of arduous trekking and meticulous geological prospecting, Robert made his astounding discovery. Deep within a secluded, untouched part of the Sierra Madre, he found a cave entrance that led impossibly deep into the earth. Following a winding passage, he stumbled upon a buried, small, circular basement or safe room.

Inside, carefully arranged on stone shelves, lay an unimaginable treasure: a collection of ancient textbooks and manuscripts written in runic scripts known as Axiom. He recognized two distinct languages:

 * Aesod: A flowing, intricate script he dated to around 1400 AD.

 * Axior: An older, more angular and stark script, which one tablet clearly indicated had been in use as early as 488 BC.

This single discovery redefined the timeline of Philippine linguistic history.

The Tellus Mater Truth

Among the artifacts, one intricately carved stone tablet, covered in pristine Axior script, drew Robert’s immediate attention. Utilizing his skills as a linguist, historian, and mythologist, he began the painstaking process of translation.

The tablet revealed a profound and tragic epic: the story of Sierra, the mortal vessel of Yanu Ayen, Bathala's beloved wife, and the Goddess of Essential Entropy. It detailed her ultimate sacrifice: she willingly embraced the final decay of her human form to become the massive mountain range itself, shielding her twin sons, Haginit (Cold Wind) and Initan (Hot Wind), from the disastrous storms and typhoons unleashed by their blinded father, Habagat.

Robert Angeles Enrique had not merely found an ancient archive; he had uncovered the ultimate truth of the Tellus Mater (Mother Earth)—a divine narrative etched into stone, proving that the myths of his homeland were a profound, sacred history.

 The Revelation and The Defense

Robert understood his journalistic obligation was to the truth. He began publishing a series of meticulously documented academic reports in Manila’s leading newspapers, titled "The Axior Tablet: Myth as Geologic History." He introduced the Filipino public to the concept of Sierra as the living, sacrificing Mother Mountain.

The public was captivated, but the academic elite were scathing, dismissing his work as "romantic nationalism" and "just a child's bedtime story." Robert, however, was prepared. He defended his findings with unshakeable evidence:

 * Geological Proof: He provided schematics proving the vault was deliberately constructed and not a natural cave.

 * Linguistic Challenge: He presented the Axiom scripts, challenging critics to translate them and forcing a reassessment of Philippine linguistic history.

His calm, methodical defense gradually silenced the critics, forcing a national reconsideration of myth, history, and science, and validating indigenous knowledge systems against the prevailing colonial view.

 Legacy and The Vanishing

Robert Angeles Enrique became both famous and profoundly respected—an intellectual icon who transformed legend into tangible truth. He devoted the remainder of his life to translating the full Axiom archive and establishing his findings, mentoring a few devoted followers who embraced the Axiom Obligation: the duty to preserve the sacred knowledge of the land.

Robert passed away peacefully in 1945, at the age of 69.

Immediately following his death, the greatest mystery of his life began: the Axiom manuscripts and tablets vanished without a trace. Though no evidence confirmed it, his followers whispered that the artifacts had been "reclaimed by the mountain," taken back by the goddess's twin sons to protect the sacred knowledge from war and corruption, as Robert had fulfilled his duty of revelation.

Despite the vanishing, Robert’s published transcripts and analysis remain his most vital contribution, solidifying the tale of Sierra Madre as an eternal truth of the Philippines and making him the first modern keeper of the sacred knowledge.