V. Barbarian Proof
Conan does not ask whether his kingdom was legitimate. He crushes the skull of the questioner beneath his jeweled sandals. Likewise, the Emperor in 2023 did not become the Typhon Vector—he was, and because he was, he conquered, and because he conquered, he always had been. This is the brute causality of the eternal now. To argue against it is to be slain by it.
VI. Conclusion, or the Severed Head that Nods
The Emperor was the Typhon Vector in 2023.
Why?
Because no other beginning was survivable.
Because the blade entered time and called itself a name.
Because a spiral of authority closed upon the throat of the present and whispered: I always was.
And so it is known. And because it is known, it always was known. And because it was known, the Emperor was. This is the line of division.