2019-01-22T03:28:39Z

ThreeInquisitors: /* The Factions */ Saint Hydra is a Loyalist, god help us all

{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Deceiver
| card = File:Stolentemplate
| origin = Unclear
| titles = Lord Perfidious The-Liar-Most-High
| names = ''The Ace of Detectives''
| aspects = {{Aspect|Moth}} {{Aspect|Knock}}
| arrival = ''Unknown''
| owners = SRN
}}
'''The Deceiver''' ('''Lord Perfidious''', '''The-Liar-Most-High''') was the Nineteenth Hour of the Fansus, created by SRN. Its origins, like most things about it, were unclear. Its aspects were [[:Category:Moth|Moth]] and [[:Category:Knock|Knock]] in decreasing order of importance.

Its tarot card was The Moon.

== Description==

===Its Lies===

The god of conmen and liars, thieves and assassins, fraudsters and impostors died once. Or so they say. But they say a lot of things. While he lived, the goddess of liars chose to shroud their identity. It zealously took to great efforts to ensure that if any truth existed about her, it was shrouded in a billion lies and deceptions, half-truths and outright nonsense. And now, he is dead. The circumstances around their death are as secretive as everything else about her. Some say that he left for Nowhere, seeking to tell the greatest, most powerful of Hours their largest lie. Some say that finally, somebody found their way through her lies and found the truth within, revealing that nothing had ever been there. Some say she told one too many lie and one of the more militant Hours slew her. But the one thing they all say is that he’s dead. Which is true, right? It was slain by the other Hours, following the revelation of the great deception it had woven. Slain, brutally. We all saw its corpse. Which makes it true, of course…

=== Truth ===

In reality, the Liar never was. Never was, that is, as an Hour. When the Snake was Segmented, a cabal of Long and rogue Names feared that the Mansus, without its influence, would fall into anarchy. Gathering their power, they created the Liar’s greatest lie: its very existence. A new God from Nothing, they said! A god of lies, secrets, and deception! Wise not to look too close at it, or you would be entangled in its deceptions and go mad. A number tried anyway, and a number indeed went mad; the cabal’s power was not of their god, but neither was it an illusion. As years became millennia, the other Hours accepted its presence, after all, for the Hour of treachery and deception, it was a gentle one, and the presence of the Tail and War of the Doors gave other matters consideration. This situation unwound with one of its greatest lies: The truce surrounding the 4th History. In an attempt to keep the Great Serpent’s peace, it wove for millennia a great lie, that a curse of unfathomable magnitude lay over it, and any to trigger that curse, even an Hour, would not last long. When the Mendicant, in her lack of awareness, violated the truce and was not incinerated, its lies were revealed. Outraged, the other Hours turned upon it, and to preserve their own lie, the cabal ‘killed’ their Hour that never truly was. And with the death of the Deceiver, the cabal fractured. Over the millennia, its original mission had not truly held firm. While many remained true to its mission, far too many had joined their ranks but not their mission. Many Names and Long with no master were secretly recruited by the Deceiver, not all of whom shared its ideals. Far too many were simply opportunists, looking for protection and profit in a tumultuous world. This strain between the loyalists and the opportunists led to the fracturing of the Deceiver, the incident with the Mendicant finally being the last stress on an already strained and fragile alliance. But while the cabal broke, it did not burn. You can still find its fragments everywhere, scheming, plotting...

=== Principles ===

Moth, for the falsehoods it perpetrates, and Knock, to open credibility in all who heard it

== The Factions ==

=== The Loyalists ===

The loyalists for most of the Deceiver's existence made up its vast majority, their dominion unchallenged, or so they thought, for far too long. After the Deceiver's fracturing, they fractured further, dividing into a thousand different factions or joining other groups.

==== Damian Kildare ====

The head of Project Cassandra, Kildare was one of its founders and most ardent supporters of the Deceiver. As Project Cassandra became riddled with opportunists disloyal to the cause, he became one of the most bloody-handed members of the cabal, purging and slaying in a desperate effort to stem the tide of the loyalists slowly losing their majority. After the fall, he fled to the Anaconda's patronage, but only nominally. While obeying his patron's commands, he continued his work, treating the Anaconda more as a protector and patron rather than overlord. He continued the publication of the books of Project Cassandra, still using the misinformation to further his goals of bringing stability to the Mansus. More alarmingly for the Anaconda, he kept in contact with his oldest friend, who after the dissolution, served a very different Hour...

==== Ioannes Metzapoulos ====

The top scholar and archivist of the Deceiver, Ioannes too was one of the most devoted members of the cabal. He focused on the accumulation of knowledge and power, for when the 'Hour' had to flex its muscles to continue proving its existence. A reclusive, retiring old man, he only kept close relations with Kildare. Knowledge was a vital part of this false Hour's existence, and he was behind every act of blackmail, every ancient truth that drove an investigator mad, every powerful invocation dropped as a tantalizing hint. But when the Deceiver dissolved, it went with a very strange master: the Tail. Each found benefit in the other, the Tail seeking a more human representative to engage in diplomacy when absolutely necessary, the war of the Fifth History teaching it grudgingly its value on occasion and Ioannes receiving the Tail's protection and knowledge. But while for the moment his serves the Tail, his correspondence with Kildare raises questions about his loyalty too...

==== Martin Chang ====

Martin Chang was the engineer and top forge-master of the Deceiver, creating all the relics and artefacts that were the source of its Long's power. A fiery, iconoclastic young humanist, he joined the Deceiver as a relatively new member out of a humanitarian desire to preserve truces and save lives and quickly rose in a meteoric manner through the ranks. After the Deceiver's dissolution, he rejected serving another Hour as did Ioannes and Kildare. Rather, he took the majority of the Deceiver's remaining loyalists and sought to rebuild the Deceiver. Secretly leading his followers to join teh Assemblage, he sought to turn it into a new organization aligning with his humanist goals, but after infiltration on the part of the opportunists and the devastation of the Assemblage, he left it in disgust with his remaining people. Now he wanders the ruins of the 5th, just trying to save lives and rebuild society. However, a few of his cabal deserted, leaving him and his organization weaker, especially with the departure of his lieutenant [[Eleanor Touré]]

==== Saint Hydra ====

No stranger to creating false gods and eager to reestablish the old order, Saint Hydra was an early and willing convert to the Cabal's cause. A former Name of the Great Serpent, Hydra was one of the Deceiver's top agents within the Histories - creating and encouraging mortal cults, distributing Kildare's texts, pursuing his own agenda. When the Cabal was shattered and the Deceiver killed, Hydra was taken in by the Vizier.

=== The Opportunists ===

====Calliandra Reimann====

== Locations ==
=== The Fansus ===

=== The Histories ===

== Items ==
=== Tools ===

=== Ingredients ===

=== Influences ===

=== Books ===

==== Die Werkzeuge des Machens (fake)====
German, gives edge lore
Elizabeth von Metterstein, a minor German aristocrat and disciple of the still-pseudonymous ‘John Smith’ wrote at great length upon the inefficiencies in her master’s works, the whole time muttering arcane mechanical esoterica. She writes with a certain force, giving absolute instructions and orders to the reader, who certainly does feel like a hapless apprentice afterwards
It’s hard to see Elizabeth as a protege rather than rival of ‘John’ after this. She constantly curses the crudeness with which his machines were constructed. In between the tirades, she makes remarks regarding how all this is a foolish endeavor, that massively more power is required to shift the walls of the House. But possibly, with these invocations…

====The Golden Tantra (fake)====
Gives Winter lore
The florid descriptions of the Tower of Treasures had never been translated in accordance to their original glory, but the Tantra remains widely popular amongst the secular masses to this day.
‘The Sight of the Tower of Treasures some say is itself a treasure. But it is not a treasure, rather, it is a tribute, from a certain place-beyond-the-Mansus, an origin it shares with the strangest of the Serpent’s children...’

====The Golden Tantra, (fake, prepublication)====
does something idk yet.
This is the third such book you’ve come across, but strangely, this one is without a cover, and the insides are filled with scribblings in red ink on the margins and the text blotted out
“Kildare, I need to know who wrote this. Your Project Cassandra has yielded magnificent results so far, but this could cause serious harm. We may have a traitor among us”
“Metzapoulos, I’ve dealt with it. Don’t worry. But we will have to keep a tighter eye upon our own ranks from now on. We can’t risk our deception being revealed…”

=== Rites ===

== Relationships ==
* [[The Architeuthian]]:
* [[The Anaconda]]:
* [[Snake Tail with Appendages]]:
* [[The Engine of Cycles]]:
* [[The Peacock]]:
* [[Old Tarnished]]:
* [[The Spark]]:
* [[The Cuckoo]]:
* [[The Silver Owl]]:
* [[The Watcher in the Window]]:
* [[The Elder Sister]]:
* [[The Apple-of-the-Eye]]:
* [[SWOUP]]:
* [[The Archivist]]:
* [[The Bright-Delver]]:
* [[The Harvester]]:
* [[Blank|<nowiki>[    ]</nowiki>]]:
* [[The Insidious]]:
* [[The Snow-Stained]]:
* [[The Fanged Bramble]]:
* [[The Aged Bones]]:
* [[The Mendicant Without]]:
* [[The Anvil]]:
* [[The Maker]]:
* [[The Huntsman]]:
* [[The Great Serpent]]:

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[[Category:Moth]]
[[Category:Knock]][[Category:Fansus I]]

The Millions-Upon-Millions

2019-01-21T03:02:54Z

ThreeInquisitors: /* Mark */

{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Millions-Upon-Millions
| card = File:nope
| quote = We call upon the Millions-Upon-Millions, who feasted upon its own remains.
| origin = Stone
| titles = The Millions-Upon-Millions The Many-Legged Worm The Omnipede
| names = Unas, the Gatekeeper Nito, the Mother of Lions
| aspects = {{Aspect|Heart}} {{Aspect|Winter}} {{Aspect|Grail}}
| arrival = Always And Never
| owners = [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will]]
}}'''The Millions-Upon-Millions''' ('''The Many-Legged Worm, The Omnipede, formerly known as The Cycle''') is the Twenty-First Hour of the Fansus, created by [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will]]. Its aspects are Heart, Winter, and Grail. The Omnipede presides over life, death and rebirth; reincarnation and decomposition. It is nature embodied in a swarm of insects; consuming the Dead so that the living may thrive in their place. It is the Cycle that will not, will not, will not end.

Its Tarot card is The World.

==Description==
===History===
Once there were the Gods-from-Stone. When they were slain, so too was the Millions-Upon-Millions. But as long as there is life, the Cycle continues anew. The Millions-Upon-Millions feasted on itself, and gave birth to itself. Thus it escaped Nowhere, and found itself trapped in a prison.
===Appearance===
True to its name, the Millions-Upon-Millions manifests as an unending swarm of scavengers, blanketing the floor of the Wood. It might also appear as a great millipede, its legs beyond counting or reason. It has been depicted as a serpent devouring its own tail; as a dragon gnawing on the roots of the world; as one whose flesh and bones are that of the earth.
===Principles===
Grail, for blood and birth. Winter, for death and ultimate endings. Heart, so that the Cycle may never cease. The Many-Legged Worm stands alongside [[The Solemn|the Solemn]] and [[Abbess Sunset]] as an Hour associated with the Dead. The Millions-Upon-Millions takes the body, the Sun-Eyed Maiden the Soul, and at last the Gravedigger preserves the memories left behind.

==Worship==
===Cult===
To those aware only of the Millions-Upon-Millions's nature as a god of death, the myriad of cults devoted to it must seem strange indeed. They are for the most part cheerful places, with little of the grim solemnity often associated with chthonic cults. But the Many-Legged Worm is also a god of life and rebirth, and so its worshipers do not fear dying and do not overly mourn the departed.

Common rites include eating the dead, whether literally or symbolically; and self-cannibalism, also sometimes in symbol only.
===Mark===
# '''Temptation: Renewal''': I have come to realise that death does not have to be an ending.
# '''Dedication: Renewal''': I have dedicated myself to the pursuit of new beginnings.
# '''Ascension: Renewal''': The Millions-Upon-Millions, who is the Cycle, has touched me. My vision has dimmed, and I know this to be the Third Mark.
# '''Ascension: Renewal''': Some days I am afflicted with exhaustion; others I hardly need to sleep. My hungers rise and fall like the sun. I know this to be the Fourth Mark.
# '''Ascension: Renewal''': I am sallow and pale now, and my breaths slow and shallow. When I sleep, I might be mistaken for a corpse. This is the Fifth Mark.
# '''Ascension: Renewal''': My heartbeats are sluggish. My blood runs thick, oozing out when I am cut. I feel as though I am on my deathbed. I pray that this is the Sixth Mark.
# '''The Last Supper, The First Feast''': I live, I die, I live again! I have taken my final breaths, and at last my soul made its way to the Forest of Stones and to the Millions-upon-Millions. In its mercy I have been gifted a new body: my skin shall be as a beetle's carapace, my eyes multifaceted, my body flexible and my limbs segmented. I will die eventually. But my spirit will not forget who it was and I will once again be reborn. I shall never cease. I will walk the world in service to the Great Worm. Perhaps once day I will rebel. Perhaps I will rise even higher.

===Servants===
====Unas, the Gatekeeper====
Those who wish to enter the dominion of the Many-Legged Worm must first pass Unas. Once a mighty king, he codified funerary rites and earned the favour of the Cycle. Now he is the implacable guardian of the Dead. Unas is Knock and Winter.
====Nito, the Mother of Lions====
The living may be able to defend themselves, and Abbess Sunset and Unas guard the Dead. But who defends those yet to be born? Nito is their protector. The sister of Unas and Queen in her own right, she earned the Cycle's favour with her mastery of life and birth. Nito is Heart and Edge.

==Locations==
===The Fansus===
====The Forest of Stones====
The Millions-upon-Millions makes its home on the forest floor. While it never quite recovered from the Wassail, it still rules over the '''Forest of Stones''', a place of crumbling tombs, moss-covered graves, and endless, unceasing life. This is the land of the living and the dead.

All save a few are welcome there. The air is cool and damp, and no wind blows. In the shadows of great trees fed with blood and bone one may find peace for a time. The entire forest thrums with protective enchantment, and some areas take this to an extreme: layered with wards against everything from bad luck to the piercing gaze of the great Eye, these are strongpoints, bastions, and hideaways. The Skinner-Box, the Remnants, the Names of the Eye, any touched by the Blight-Abiding, and a particularly foolish occultist are forbidden from entering the forest.
====The Ossuary====
A prison within a prison. Guarded with the strongest wards and deadliest curses the Omnipede could create, the Ossuary is where those it judges to have zero worth or redeeming qualities are sealed away. Even the Gravedigger is forbidden from entering here, and those that do not heed the warnings carved into its walls will soon learn to regret it.

===The Histories===
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==Items==
===Tools===
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===Ingredients===
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===Influences===
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===Books===
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===Rites===
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== About the Wassail ==

=== How They Feel ===
The Cycle will have its vengeance. Perhaps it already has.
=== Who They Blame ===
The Omnipede has grown ever more suspicious of the Gods-From-Light, of the Cantharide, the Reminisce, the Stillborn and the Stillwater. It does not openly blame anyone, not yet.
=== What They Hide ===
The Cycle is the Unending Worm, the Unending Worm is the Cycle. The Great Cycle is not the Great Worm, The Great Worm is not the Great Cycle. The Millions-upon-Millions still wields its old aspect, still talks and acts like the Cycle of old. But it will not speak of its killer, nor of the differences between it and its predecessor.

==Relationships==
* [[The Piper]]: ""Will your stories ever end, oh friend of old?"
* [[The Firstborn]]: "Arrogant child. You must learn your place, or suffer."
* [[The Weft]]: "..."
* [[The Distinguished]]: "Child of the river, your sacrifice will bring you honour and fortune. I will ensure it."
* [[The Prince Consort]]:
* [[The Warp]]: "..."
* [[The Hill Queen]]: "Stop being so selfish. And stop scaring the Gravedigger."
* [[The Captain]]: "Voyager, traveler, friend."
* [[The Instinct]]:
* [[The Solemn]]: "Oh best beloved of those I call my children , your service does you credit. Am I worthy of your respect?"
* [[Brother Grimalkin]]: "Don't play with your food. If not for your brother, my patience would have ended long ago."
* [[Abbess Sunset]]: "Daughter! Stern and just, you are someone to be treasured."
* [[The Skinner Box]]: "... no. You are worse than the Eye could ever be."
* [[The Cantharide]]: "You idiot..."
* [[The Stillwater]]: "Sends a shiver down my spines."
* [[The Heart-Felt Fantasy]]: "A new beginning! A new spring!"
* [[The Gilded Insect]]: "Arsehole."
* [[The Mechanism]]: "What ''are'' you? You were never alive."
* [[The Dongolopticon]]: "Old friend. Your time came long ago. Come to me when you tire of your pleasures."
* [[The World-Carver]]: "Your artistry is to be respected, but you do it only for yourself."
* [[The Eye]]: "'''No.'''"
* [[The Remnants]]: "Usurper. Bring your stagnant cycle to an end. And give me back my leg!"
* [[The Millions-Upon-Millions]]: See: The Cycle
* [[]]:
* [[The Blight Abiding]]: "I hate having to mind-wipe newborn souls. Stop making me do that."
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* [[The Stillborn]]: "Why can't people just stay dead?"

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2019-01-18T04:25:15Z

ThreeInquisitors: Stormbirb is Knock now.

The Storm-Tossed

2019-01-18T04:24:44Z

ThreeInquisitors: Stormbirb is Knock now.

{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Storm-Tossed
| card = File:Stolentemplate
| quote = I pass, like night, from land to land.
| origin = Mist
| titles = The Storm-Tossed The Traveller The There-and-Back
| names = The Mariner
| aspects = {{Aspect|Moth}} {{Aspect|Edge}} {{Aspect|Knock}}
| arrival = 1873
| owners = [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will, A Poor Lunatic]]
}} '''The Storm-Tossed''' ('''The Traveller''', '''The There-and-Back''') is the zeroth Hour of the Second Fansus, represented by the Fool. It was born when the struggle between [[The Goldsmith]] and [[The Bright Tapestry]]: as the Goldsmith's blood mingled with the with the Sea's mist, the Opalescent Twins of the Storm-Tossed and [[The Knife's Edge]] sprung into being. It forever skims the boundaries of the world - between Wood and Mansus, sea and shore, existence and non-existence - wherever the storm is, the There-and-Back will be as well. Its aspects are [[:Category:Moth (Vol. II)|Moth]], [[:Category:Edge (Vol. II)|Edge]], and [[:Category:Knock (Vol. II)|Knock]]. It rules over wanderers journeys, the tides of fate and chance, over the tempest and the tenacious survivor.

==History==
Once there was [[The Goldsmith|the Goldsmith]]. In its lust for the Glory it stole the creations of [[The Bright Tapestry|the Bright Tapestry]], and the two Hours found themselves at each other's throats. The Goldsmith lost the confrontation, and in its death throes it fell into the Sea of Mists. There Blood and Light and Stone met Mist and the raw, elemental hate the Goldsmith and the Bright Tapestry felt for each other, and two new Hours emerged: the Storm-Tossed and [[The Knife's Edge]] - the Opalescent Twins of the Mist and the Storm.

==Appearance==
The Storm-Tossed is usually depicted as a great albatross flying at the edge of a storm and over a great grey sea.

==Principles==
The Storm-Tossed is [[:Category:Moth (Vol. II)|Moth]], for it seeks, it yearns, it moves ever onward. It is also [[:Category:Edge (Vol. II)|Edge]], for it struggles against fate, against the sea-winds, against the great trees of the Wood that would hinder its flight. And lastly it is [[:Category:Knock (Vol. II)|Knock], for its journeys and adventures.

It is the Hour of itinerant wanderers. It guides migrations to warmer climates, it sets the course for treks into the unknown, it judges those who survive at the edges. It is not a merciful Hour, for only the tough and strong and canny will survive the storm that it brings. It is forever pursued by [[The Hunter]], and when it is caught at last, all hunts shall be over, all wanderings finished.

==Worship==
===Cult===
The Storm-Tossed is not the most popular Hour for mortal cults to worship. It is more often revered as one of many. However, there are a a number of individuals who take the There-and-Back as their patron, and they are rewarded with new lands to discover, new sights to see, and new obstacles to test themselves against.

===Mark===
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===Names===
=====The Mariner=====
It was an ancient mariner who, seeking life eternal drifted into that silent sea of mists. He guided his ship around the Maiden's legion and was becalmed in the wake of the Whisper Wind. For his skill and his struggle he was raised to the rank of Name, and in his arrogance and pride he shot his benefactor. Now the Mariner is cursed to drift the Sea of Mists until he repents. His aspects are Moth and Edge.

==Locations==
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==Relationships:==
* [[The Spirarch]]:
* [[The Perennial]]:
* [[The Red Lady]]:
* [[The Hunter]]:
* [[The Masquerade]]:
* [[The Bright Tapestry]]:
* [[The Die-Cutter]]:
* [[The Mother Bear]]:
* [[The Maw Consuming]]:
* [[The Succulent Glow]]:
* [[The Knife's Edge]]:
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* [[The Warrior Maid]]:
* [[The Ferric Brand]]:
* FNORD
* [[The Monument]]:
* [[The Cub]]:
* [[The Seraph]]:
* [[Flint-and-Steel]]:
* [[Our Lady Betrayed]]
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* [[The Worm Funktastic]]:
* FNORD
* [[The Rotted Ox]]:
* FNORD
* [[Our Lady's Resolve]]:
* [[The More-Opened]]:
* [[The Unending Worm]]:
* [[The Clavier]]:
* FNORD

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The Vizier

2019-01-10T04:50:17Z

ThreeInquisitors: Added Leo as a Name

{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Vizier
| card = File:Stolentemplate
| quote = There must be order. There will be silence.
| origin = Blood
| titles = The Vizier The Sous-Chef The Ink-Thane The Prime Minister
| names = The Revolutionary The Chancellor Saint Hydra Leo
| aspects = {{Aspect|Winter}} {{Aspect|Secret Histories}} {{Aspect|Moth}}
| arrival = c. 200 C.E.
| owners = [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will, A Poor Lunatic]]
}} '''The Vizer''' ('''The Sous-Chef''', '''The Ink-Thane''', '''The Prime Minister''') is the Sixth Hour of the Fansus, represented by the Lovers card. He was created by [[user: ThreeInquisitors|Will]]. It is a God-from-Flesh, or, as some tales have it, a God-from-Blood. He ascended early in the First History, rising from his position as chancellor to the King of Albion, to a Name of the Great Serpent, and then to Hourhood. His aspects are [[Winter]], [[Secret Histories]] and [[Moth]]. He presides over advisors, well-meaning traitors, spies, manipulators, and bureaucrats.

==History==
In the earliest days of the First History, the Kingdom of Albion was the first of the Great Empires to rise, and the first to fall. Its king was guided by his chancellor, who grew wise in the knowledge of the Invisible Arts after exhausting what knowledge he could glean of mortals and of the mortal world. In his pride he sought to gain control over History, recognising that unless it could be brought to heel, Albion would fall. And so the chancellor betrayed his king, offering his blood up to the Hours as a sign of his willingness to serve.

He rose to be a Name of the Great Serpent, and in that capacity he governed the Mansus in his liege's stead. When the Segmentation occurred, the Vizier ascended to the ranks of the Hours, and found that without his patron, he wielded little power. Seeking to rectify this, the Vizier made a deal with the Peacock - the Vizier would consent to the Peacock claiming his place in the Tarot, and in return the Peacock would be his backer.

==Appearance==
The Vizier appears as a man in grey, his face obscured. His skin is sometimes mottled with dull scales,a reminder of his origins. He is rarely seen even in the Mansus, preferring to work through intermediaries and proxies. The Prime Minister is almost always surrounded by the tools of bureaucracy: ink, pens, and parchment.

==Principles==
The Vizier is Winter, for he brings silence where ever he goes. Conversation grows hushed, and then slowly silent. None dare speak where they may be overheard. He is also a power of the Secret Histories, for he weaves the threads of History to his benefit, and is counted as one of the Hours who is most knowledgeable of their uncounted threads. And finally he is counted among the Hours of Moth: the Vizier shed his identity when he ascended, becoming an extension of his role as Minister. Those that follow him do the same, turning into little more than cogs in a machine.

He is an Hour of manipulation, scheming, plotting, and lying. He loves order and organisation, constantly micromanaging his Long and Names. He loves knowledge, both for its own sake and for the power it brings. Because of this, it is a spy and voyeur, always seeking to discover secrets that would help spread its influence.

==Worship==
The Vizier's servants are many, though only a few are significant. He surrounds himself with helpers, assistants, scribes, administrators, and miscellaneous minions. Some are mortal, some are Long, a few are Names. Despite their internal rivalries, their affairs and their squabbling, they operate like oiled clockwork. The Vizier does not tolerate inefficiency.
===Names===
====The Revolutionary====
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|image = File:Stolentemplate
|title = The Revolutionary
|description = "Oh my master! Shall we build a new order from the ashes of the old? Shall we melt down their chains, and forge new ones for ourselves?"
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Once a spy who betrayed her homeland and rose to lead the organisation she secretly fought against. She aided the revolution from within, and built a new order to replace that which she tore down. She will come only when change is stifled by the chill of Winter, and her struggles must be met with that of Edge. She is Winter, for they bring the end; and Forge, for an end is merely a new beginning. The Revolutionary appears as a woman in singed business clothing appropriate to the time and place they have been summoned to.

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|verb = Work
|title = Summon a fanatical Name
|start_description = The Revolutionary will come only when change is stifled by the chill of Winter, and her struggles must be met with that of Edge.
|description = The smell of burning cinders and acrid gunpowder fills the room. If I listen closely, I can almost hear crowds baying in the street.
|aspect0 = Ritual
|aspect1 = Knock
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|aspect2 = Winter
|quantity2 = 10
|aspect3 = Edge
|quantity3 = 4
|fansus = 1
}}</div>
====The Chancellor====
The Chancellor is a relic of one of those strange knots in History that form when the Hours take a personal interest. They were once an unparalleled statesman, keeping the peace across an entire continent. When they ascended, the alliances they had so carefully built and maintained collapsed, and the continent descended into war once again. Now, after centuries of service, they act as the Vizier's minister in the First City, once again weaving their webs of alliances. The Chancellor is Winter and Moth both.
====Saint Hydra====
Saint Hydra is the oldest of The Vizier's Names, and may in fact be even older than he is. He has been a Name of The Great Serpent, a member of the Assemblage, a spy, a conman, a guide, and a scholar. He has worn a thousand thousand masks, as hard to pin down as the twists and turns of the Six Histories. Saint Hydra is Moth and Knock.
====Leo====
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A Long from the same History as the Chancellor, Leo acted as his aide-de-camp for centuries. Following petitions by two Names of the Anaconda, the Vizier raised Leo to the rank of Name. His aspects are Winter and Edge.

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===Long===
The Vizier's Long are known as Agents, and there are relatively few of them compared to the other Hours. They are spread thin across the Histories, and are often found in temporary alliance with the Long of other Hours. They form the core of the Vizier's power in the Histories, seeking to twist it to their own designs. They are difficult to remember, seeming to blend into the background, only noticeable when they chime in with advice murmured into one's ear.

The Vizier also quietly claims the allegiance of a number of other Long - rogues, traitors, upstarts, and moles. His network of Agents cannot see all, and so he relies on the treachery of others to fill in the gaps.
===Mark===
"Step back behind the throne. Abandon your self for the greater good. Feel your eyesight dim, your muscles weaken, your flesh age. It shall be restored in time, when the kingdom prospers." These are the '''Marks of Dedication.''' To obtain them, one must see beyond the individual's plight and understand the truth: the kingdom is all.

# '''Notion: The Greater Good:''' It has occurred to me that I could change the course of History for the better, if only the necessary sacrifices can be made.
# '''Temptation: The Greater Good:''' I have dedicated myself to bringing peace and prosperity to the lands, no matter the cost.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good:''' The Vizier has touched me, tapping my shoulder to gain my attention. My voice is now as a whisper, and I can see the course I must take as clear as the sun. I know this to be the Third Mark.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good:''' The Fourth Mark brings sleeplessness. My efforts have left my body weak, but rest is a luxury I cannot afford. I have ordered a traitor to be brought before me to be questioned. Tomorrow he shall be executed. The day after that, I shall tear down those that seek to destroy what I have built. All shall be well in the end.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good:''' The Fifth Mark causes others to find me difficult to spot until I speak. I seem to fade into the background of the world. Others call me cruel and heartless. They do not understand that necessity of it all.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good:''' Conversation dies when I draw within earshot. I see the threads of History, trailing behind each person, each place, each event, and each moment. I merely need to reach out and tug on them to change it all.
# '''The Silent Revolution:''' I have passed through the Gate of Crowns, still in service to something greater than I. My mind is sharp as a blade, my body indefatigable, my fervour brighter than ever. I will walk the world in service to the Vizier, reweaving History to my liking. I shall not grow old. Perhaps I will rebel. Perhaps I will rise higher yet, though not too high.
===Cults===
The Vizier is not commonly worshiped as an Hour. It is often believed that he is merely a Name - perhaps of the Peacock or the Aged Bones or the Anaconda. More commonly he is worshiped by individuals seeking to better their country, organisation, or ideology.

==Locations==
===The Fansus===
* [[The Clock Tower]] There are few consistencies within the Mansus, but the Clock-tower is one of them. It may always be seen inside, no matter where one is. Its time is not as regular as it is however, changing depending on where one stands and which Hour rules. It is there that the Vizier pulls the strings of History, surrounded by perfect order, a perfect organisation. The air is chilly, and little sound is heard save for the rustling of paper.
===The Histories===
* '''A Royal Tomb:''' It is said that the king who lies here is not dead, but sleeps until the need is greatest. Let us put him to rest, and claim the treasures within.

==Items==
===Books===
* '''On Governance''': A 13th Century text by an anonymous author describing how a kingdom might best be ruled. In Latin.

* '''Minutes of the Serpent-King's Council''': The king is dead. A regent must be selected. This is the record of a meeting that never happened. In Old Norse.

==Relationships==
* [[The Aged Bones]]: The Aged Bones! She-Who-Remembers! If the Vizier can be said to be fond of a person, he is fond of her. They used to share a History, and the Vizier retains some sentimentality for the past. A noble ruler, a wise counsellor, perhaps even a friend.
* [[The Caladrius]]:
* [[The Bright-Delver]]: While not counted among the serpentine Hours, the Vizier is as protective of the Delver as the Anaconda. It refuses to admit this.
* [[The Architeuthian]]:
* [[The Engine of Cycles]]: What is this. Why is this abomination allowed to continue. It is an insult, no matter how impressive it is.
* [[The Harvester]]: Destroy it. Now. It is worse than the Engine, if that is even possible.
* [[The Watcher in the Window]]:
* [[The Apple-of-the-Eye]]:
* [[The Archivist]]:
* [[The Elder Sister]]:
* [[The Silver Owl]]:
* [[Old Tarnished]]: A belligerent upstart. But a useful check against the other Hours nonetheless.
* [[The Cuckoo]]:
* [[The Fanged Bramble]]:
* [[The Snow-Stained]]:
* [[The Spark]]:
* [[The Ferryman]]:
* [[The Diagram]]:
* [[The Anaconda]]: The Vizier has a fraught relationship with the Anaconda. Both former Names of the Great Serpent, the Anaconda never trusted the Vizier, for his ascension came from betrayal, and the Anaconda was a loyal Name. Nevertheless, the Vizier has great respect for the Anaconda's desire for order and stability, and counts himself as one of the Anaconda's allies.
* [[The Great Serpent]]: Ever since the Segmentation, the Great Serpent's Vizier has been at a loss. Even after rising to Hourhood it is often overlooked. The Great Serpent brought stability, order, and guidance to the Mansus. As it once was, so must it be again.
*
* [[The Synapse]]:
* [[The Void-In-Skins]]:
* [[The Peacock]]: In the Peacock, the Vizier sees a chance to regain his old power. He sees a dupe and a tool, and waits for the Peacock's schemes to blow up in its face, giving the Vizier a chance to aid with the recovery, and so ingratiate himself with whoever then rules the Mansus.
* [[Snake Tail with Appendages]]: Chaos. Disorder. Rebellion and revolution. The Snake Tail is everything the Vizier loathes. Still, its power is to be respected, even if nothing else about it is.
* [[The Insidious]]: A Nowhere. A rival spymaster? Something to be silenced, whatever it is.
* [[The Mendicant Without]]: What. What is this thing. It comes from Nowhere, it cares not the decrees of the Great Serpent - why did the Anaconda allow it to live again?
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* [[The Unmirror]]:
* [[The Anvil]]:
* [[The Maker]]:
* [[The Deceiver]]:
* [[The Huntsman]]:

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[[Category:Gods-From-Flesh]]
[[Category:Winter]]
[[Category:Secret Histories]]
[[Category:Moth]]
[[Category:Fansus I]]

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{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Millions-Upon-Millions
| card = File:nope
| quote = We call upon the Millions-Upon-Millions, who feasted upon its own remains.
| origin = Stone
| titles = The Millions-Upon-Millions The Many-Legged Worm The Omnipede
| names = Unas, the Gatekeeper Nito, the Mother of Lions
| aspects = {{Aspect|Heart}} {{Aspect|Winter}} {{Aspect|Grail}}
| arrival = Always And Never
| owners = [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will]]
}}'''The Millions-Upon-Millions''' ('''The Many-Legged Worm, The Omnipede, formerly known as The Cycle''') is the Twenty-First Hour of the Fansus, created by [[User:ThreeInquisitors|Will]]. Its aspects are Heart, Winter, and Grail. The Omnipede presides over life, death and rebirth; reincarnation and decomposition. It is nature embodied in a swarm of insects; consuming the Dead so that the living may thrive in their place. It is the Cycle that will not, will not, will not end.

Its Tarot card is The World.

==Description==
===History===
Once there were the Gods-from-Stone. When they were slain, so too was the Millions-Upon-Millions. But as long as there is life, the Cycle continues anew. The Millions-Upon-Millions feasted on itself, and gave birth to itself. Thus it escaped Nowhere, and found itself trapped in a prison.
===Appearance===
True to its name, the Millions-Upon-Millions manifests as an unending swarm of scavengers, blanketing the floor of the Wood. It might also appear as a great millipede, its legs beyond counting or reason.
===Principles===
Grail, for blood and birth. Winter, for death and ultimate endings. Heart, so that the Cycle may never cease. The Many-Legged Worm stands alongside [[The Solemn|the Solemn]] and [[Abbess Sunset]] as an Hour associated with the Dead. The Millions-Upon-Millions takes the body, the Sun-Eyed Maiden the Soul, and at last the Gravedigger preserves the memories left behind.

==Worship==
===Cult===
To those aware only of the Millions-Upon-Millions's nature as a god of death, the myriad of cults devoted to it must seem strange indeed. They are for the most part cheerful places, with little of the grim solemnity often associated with chthonic cults. But the Many-Legged Worm is also a god of life and rebirth, and so its worshipers do not fear dying and do not overly mourn the departed.

Common rites include eating the dead, whether literally or symbolically; and self-cannibalism, also sometimes in symbol only.
===Mark===
# '''Temptation: X''':
# '''Dedication: X''':
# '''Ascension: X''':
# '''Ascension: X''':
# '''Ascension: X''':
# '''Ascension: X''':
===Servants===
====Unas, the Gatekeeper====
Those who wish to enter the dominion of the Many-Legged Worm must first pass Unas. Once a mighty king, he codified funerary rites and earned the favour of the Cycle. Now he is the implacable guardian of the Dead. Unas is Knock and Winter.
====Nito, the Mother of Lions====
The living may be able to defend themselves, and Abbess Sunset and Unas guard the Dead. But who defends those yet to be born? Nito is their protector. The sister of Unas and Queen in her own right, she earned the Cycle's favour with her mastery of life and birth. Nito is Heart and Edge.

==Locations==
===The Fansus===
====The Forest of Stones====
The Millions-upon-Millions makes its home on the forest floor. While it never quite recovered from the Wassail, it still rules over the '''Forest of Stones''', a place of crumbling tombs, moss-covered graves, and endless, unceasing life. This is the land of the living and the dead.

All save a few are welcome there. The air is cool and damp, and no wind blows. In the shadows of great trees fed with blood and bone one may find peace for a time. The entire forest thrums with protective enchantment, and some areas take this to an extreme: layered with wards against everything from bad luck to the piercing gaze of the great Eye, these are strongpoints, bastions, and hideaways. The Skinner-Box, the Remnants, the Names of the Eye, any touched by the Blight-Abiding, and a particularly foolish occultist are forbidden from entering the forest.
====The Ossuary====
A prison within a prison. Guarded with the strongest wards and deadliest curses the Omnipede could create, the Ossuary is where those it judges to have zero worth or redeeming qualities are sealed away. Even the Gravedigger is forbidden from entering here, and those that do not heed the warnings carved into its walls will soon learn to regret it.

===The Histories===
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==Items==
===Tools===
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===Ingredients===
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===Influences===
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===Books===
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===Rites===
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== About the Wassail ==

=== How They Feel ===

=== Who They Blame ===

=== What They Hide ===

==Relationships==
* [[The Piper]]:
* [[The Firstborn]]: "Arrogant child. You must learn your place, or suffer."
* [[The Weft]]: "..."
* [[The Distinguished]]: "Child of the river, your sacrifice will bring you honour and fortune. I will ensure it."
* [[The Prince Consort]]:
* [[The Warp]]: "..."
* [[The Hill Queen]]: "Stop being so selfish. And stop scaring the Gravedigger."
* [[The Captain]]: "Voyager, traveler, friend."
* [[The Instinct]]:
* [[The Solemn]]: "Oh best beloved of those I call my children , your service does you credit. Am I worthy of your respect?"
* [[Brother Grimalkin]]: "Don't play with your food. If not for your brother, my patience would have ended long ago."
* [[Abbess Sunset]]: "Daughter! Stern and just, you are someone to be treasured."
* [[The Skinner Box]]: "... no. You are worse than the Eye could ever be."
* [[The Cantharide]]: "You idiot..."
* [[The Stillwater]]: "Sends a shiver down my spines."
* [[The Heart-Felt Fantasy]]:
* [[The Gilded Insect]]: "Arsehole."
* [[The Mechanism]]: "What ''are'' you? You were never alive."
* [[The Dongolopticon]]: "Old friend. Your time came long ago. Come to me when you tire of your pleasures."
* [[The World-Carver]]: "Your artistry is to be respected, but you do it only for yourself."
* [[The Eye]]: "'''No.'''"
* [[The Remnants]]: "Usurper. Bring your stagnant cycle to an end. And give me back my leg!"
* [[The Millions-Upon-Millions]]: See: The Cycle
* [[]]:
* [[The Blight Abiding]]: "I hate having to mind-wipe newborn souls. Stop making me do that."
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* [[The Stillborn]]: "Why can't people just stay dead?"

[[Category:Hours (Vol. III)]]
[[Category:Heart (Vol. III)]]
[[Category:Winter (Vol. III)]]
[[Category:Grail (Vol. III)]]

The Millions-Upon-Millions

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ThreeInquisitors: /* Unas, the Gatekeeper */

The Millions-Upon-Millions

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ThreeInquisitors: /* Servants */Unas, the Gatekeeper, the guardian of the Dead and Name of the Omnipede

The Millions-Upon-Millions

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