| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat | ATK 60 DEF 70 SPR 95 SPD 55 INT 92 |
| Rank | Legendary Master Mason / Architect of Solomon's Temple |
| Domain | Fidelity, the Master's Word, Death and Raising, Sacred Architecture |
| Alignment | Masonic Sacred (legendary) |
| Weakness | Three ruffians at the unfinished Temple gates -- struck by setting maul to the head |
| Counter | Jubela, Jubelo, Jubelum (the three ruffians) |
| Key Act | Refused to reveal the Master Mason's word under threat of death; was killed, buried in shallow grave marked by acacia, found by the brethren, raised |
| Source | Masonic Master Mason ritual; **not in canonical Hebrew Bible** (the biblical Hiram of Tyre, 1 Kings 7:13-14, is a metalworker who lives) |
Lore: Hiram Abiff is the most important figure in Masonic ritual and one of the most clearly non-canonical characters in religious tradition. The Hebrew Bible mentions a Hiram sent by King Hiram of Tyre to do bronze work on Solomon’s Temple—not as architect, neither murdered nor raised. The Masonic Hiram is constructed allegorical theater overlaid on this biblical figure. He dramatizes the Master Mason degree’s central lesson: fidelity to obligation unto death, and resurrection through the Lodge. The blindfolded candidate reenacts Hiram’s death, experiencing symbolic mortality. He is “raised” by the Master Mason’s grip. The acacia sprig marking the grave symbolizes the soul’s immortality. Theater, yes—but theater that works.
Parallel: Hiram shares the dying-and-rising god archetype with [Osiris](Egyptian.md) (murdered, dismembered, reassembled) and [Baldur](Norse.md#baldur----the-beloved) (innocently killed), but differs crucially from the Christ-figure: he saves only himself and (metaphorically) the candidate; his resurrection is allegorical, not historical; his death preserves a secret, not atonement.
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