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| “ | You called me, so here I am. I know I shut you out sometimes - I'm always glad to hear from you. | ” |
— Jesse Faden speaking to Polaris | ||
| “ | Grow brighter. Around one constant, they revolve. | ” |
— Jesse Polaris | ||
Polaris was an extradimensional resonance-based entity, essentially a type of sentient frequency, originating from Slidescape-36. Discovered by Jesse Faden during the Ordinary AWE, Polaris aided Jesse and her brother Dylan in turning off the Slide Projector, saving their lives in the process. Seventeen years later, Jesse remains in psychic contact with Polaris, who guides and protects her and is the primary source of her parautilitarian powers.
Description[]
Polaris, like the Hiss, is a force composed seemingly entirely of resonance that seems to run in opposite of The Hiss, essentially negating it. Jesse refers to Polaris as a "she," and both Jesse and Dylan consider it to possess some form of intelligence or agency, with Jesse in particular considering her to be an ally and even perhaps a friend. Polaris is capable of spreading her resonance like the Hiss; purging the latter from paranatural objects and living things.
It is unknown what specifically distinguishes the resonance of Polaris and the Hiss, though it is possible they share similar origins, being interdimensional, nonphysical entities, they also appear to come from same dimension both being discovered in the same slide. Certain individuals or entities can act as conduits or amplifiers of Polaris's resonance, including the Hedron and Jesse Faden.
How Polaris & The Hiss truly function is so complex that it is incomprehensible to humans, but it is hinted that during the FBC's initial excursions into slide-36 a "part" of The Hiss came back "within" Zachariah Trench, while a majority of it stayed in its dimensions. The "part" manipulated Trench into opening the slide that would allow The Hiss to fully invade.
It is possible Polaris operated in a similar fashion; one part lay dormant inside Jesse, another lay in Hedron as a conduit between her dimension and The Oldest house, allowing her to spread her influence in a limited capacity in order to combat The Hiss. The destruction of Hedron acted as a catalyst to awaken her dormant part within Jesse, transforming Jesse into the "new" Polaris. Jesse essentially became a generator for the Polaris frequency, allowing it to function fully in our dimension.
Polaris's motives are unknown, though Jesse regards her as entirely benevolent and caring. Through the Hedron, Casper Darling came to view Polaris as benign, and designed the Hedron Resonance Amplifiers to spread her resonance as protection for the Bureau from the Hiss; thus, indirectly, Polaris is responsible for saving humanity from the Hiss (though this feat could be attributed to the Hedron, since it was the one to call for Jesse, and the specific conduit through which Polaris's resonance was redistributed to the Bureau).
In spite of her benevolence, however, Polaris did not prevent the Bureau from kidnapping Dylan, nor did she lead Jesse to Dylan before the Hiss invasion, suggesting either a limitation of her powers or some ulterior motive. Dylan, under the influence of the Hiss, told Jesse that Polaris was using her and warned her not to trust her.
It is worth noting that even if Polaris was not able to actively save Dylan as she had Jesse, at no point did she inform Dylan that Jesse was, in fact, looking for him, despite clearly being able to contact him & knowing he believed Jesse had abandoned him. His perceived abandonment was the primary reason Dylan says he willingly sided with the Hiss.
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