- "It's the truth."
- —The White Xiphium's slogan
The White Xiphium was a seditious pamphlet published in Settlement 2 during the Interwar Period, following the Settlement 2 Protest Massacre. It was named after the White Xiphium, a flower that was the favorite of First Minister Anya Stroud,[1] whose administration was considered more meritocratic and less heavy-handed than that of later First Minister Mina Jinn. Presumably created and circulated by disgruntled COG citizens, a copy of The White Xiphium was brought to the attention of an employee of the The New Ephyran, who intended to forward it to Jinn for investigation.[2]
Pamphlet text[]
There is a Resistance inside the Founder Community
Today, we are speaking out.
In the wake of the Settlement 2 massacre, we have been led to complacency by hollow words and and half-hearted concessions. We as citizens are in danger of losing sight of the reason we made our voices heard that day.
Settlement 2 was founded on a promise: its citizens would be granted the autonomy to fulfill the needs of their community and direct their own destinies.
Today, we remain unable to do either, and the crimes of those who butchered us remain unanswered for.
Effectively an extension of New Ephyra, we are routinely directed to adopt and maintain the stringent, ineffectual policies of the First Minister. Anything counter to the New Ephyran agenda is tantamount to sedition.
This status quo is unsustainable.
I'll speak with you again soon.
[An attached note states: "Get this on the First Minister's desk, ASAP. We need to find out where these are coming from."][2]
Appearances[]
- Gears 5 (First appearance)
References[]
- ↑ Gears of War 4: "Anya's Favorite Flower" collectible
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gears 5: "Seditious Literature" collectible