'''The Second Fansus''', known in-universe as '''the Mansus''' and '''FNORD''', is the primary residence of most Hours, excluding those who reside in the Wood. It was born from the violent collapse of '''the Other Place''' of which little remains now - for the best, as some of the older Hours will attest. As many Hours will demand, however, under penalty of the cryptic Crime of the Sea, forbidding the study of the Subsumption that led to the end of the Other Place, and cryptically, 'drowning the past'. In the wake of the Partisan's cindered ambitions and the scheme of the Hours who stopped him, the Mansus is precipitous, held at peace by the most delicate balances of power. An arrangement even the most minor of beings could upset...

[[File:TheSecondFansusTheSecondFansusColored.jpegpng|300px|right|thumb|A sketch of the Second Fansus's appearance, c. 200 C.E.]]The Second Fansus was constructed gradually, over a long period of time, and by no single entity. The oldest portions of it are said to predate this Place, and may in fact be the remains of a Mansus that came before it; those who could remember are mute on the subject, however. The Mansus proper can be broadly divided into three sections of unequal size - the Foundations, the Edifice and the Arbory - and is surrounded on all sides by the Wood. Adjoining it is [[the Den]] of [[the Mother Bear]], the oldest part of the Mansus if one disregards the Ruins. It is topped by [[the Spirarch]], who descends from the Glory as an inverted tree, forming the Arbory with its topmost branches.

The Edifice is the principal component of the Second Fansus, having been largely built by the [[The Spinner of Stars]] on top of the pre-existing Ruins over the centuries. It is a heteroclite assemblage of different styles, materials and intentions with little forethought given to its overall design, at least initially. Its exact bounds are ill-defined, but it is generally agreed it begins at ground level, where it connects with the Mother Bear's Den, and ends where the Arbory begins to take over.

In a time before our time Time there was perhaps another House, another Mansus, perhaps something else. As the this other place was was ending, [[the Mother Bear]], the last of the great beings that ruled it, forged her [[The Den|Den]]. There she waited , in sleep and slepthibernation, while the death of the other place birthed , with and from her , [[the Cub]].

Then, in the third Autumn of the 75th Olympiad (c. 480 BCE), the Mother Bear’s awakening shook the walls of the Mansus and the roots of the Histories, awakening the remnants of power that became the later [[:Category:Gods-From-Stone (Vol. II)|Gods-From-Stone]], and rekindling the light of the Glory. From the darkest depths of the woods, in a swamp barely touched ,all but untouched by the light of the Glory , there arose a ruinous hour of Winter. [[The Rotted Ox]] was the remnant that came from the old powers of ending and its decay is the same as the decay of the other place. Out of the Mother Bear’s den came [[the Cub]], who has the desire to protect of its mother, as well as the desire to grow, same as any young creature. From the ruins of a mighty castle, or perhaps a slum, rose [[the Monument]], steeped in memories of the past and nostalgia for the place that was. Meanwhile in the Histories there was a great upheaval as the old powers crept back into the world, stones fell and the earth shook, the sun became brighter, then darkened. All over the Histories man was in turmoil as well, and with the return of the Hours the histories diverged and humanity could creep into the house once again.

It is unknown what the effects of the Union of Sky and Earth will be. Many believe it will herald the end of this Cycle, leaving no room for Man and all other life to flourish. As a result, '''FNORD'''.It is believed by some that the Union would be the one thing capable of stirring the Worm Funktastic from its saxophone, although none know what would happen next. ===The Treachery of Knives=== <Murder of the World's Thane>