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{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Faustian Alchemist
| card = File:AlchemistFaustian_Alchemist.png| quote = He did not ask for this, but here he is: a revolutionary, an idealist, and a victim.The Fool or the Hanged Man?
| origin = Flesh and Blood
| titles = The Fournancier, The Burning Fool, The Blood-Tempered , sometimes just The Alchemist| names = "Ael", The Coal-Stained, The PriestsAlchemists| aspects = {{Aspect|Forge}} {{Aspect|MothEdge}} {{Aspect|Edge}}arrival = Within 10 years after the Collision
| owners = [[User:Ael|Ael]]
}}
The Faustian Alchemist is an Hour of the Fourth Fansus, and one of the youngest Hours, too. He is an Hour of revolution, idealism, and suffering. It should be noted that his ideals are not comparable to the ideals of [[The Unfettered]].
==Description==
===History===
The Fournancier commonly takes the form of a musculous fire-scarred man, sometimes naked, often clothed in the rags of the clothes of those who were sacrificed for him. Like other Hours, he can take other less-human forms too, like a cloud of ash and blood; however, he definitely prefers being seen the same as other humans.
===Principles===
The Faustian Alchemist is a patron of the Alchemists and has ideals to reshape the order of the world, similar to the Demiurge, and thus represents the principle of Forge; however, he sets his priorities on the waking world, not the Mansus, which is why he is commonly in the Wake. He also represents the principle of Moth, for how much he travels, the time he and his people hid and the escape from the Demiurge, and Edge, for his scars and all the suffering he had to endure in the Furnace. ===Ideals===Like some other Hours, the Alchemist has political ideals. His ideals are so to say anti-classist, marxist, and he directly opposes the New Mansus, as it is bound to be a threat to his ideal society.
==Worship==
===Cult===
# '''Dedication: Reforging: I have made a conclusion, and I will stay true to it, no matter the cost.
# '''Ascension: Reforging: My skin is burnt, but my flesh is steel. Each touch is pain, but nothing else.
# '''Ascension: Reforging: My eyes glow with embers , my eyes are burnt to ash, and I still see what I need to see. I will understand.
# '''Ascension: Reforging: I have surrendered a loved one, I have burnt them. I will learn, and people will understand.
# '''Ascension: Reforging: I have surrendered myself, my right hand, my left foot, my tongue. We will all hear.
# '''Ending''': I have surrendered all of me, and I have learned much. Now, I will seek my end in this furnace, but I will be immortal: When I visit the New Work of the Fournancier, I become a Long, favoured favored by the Faustian Alchemisthim. I will live, and nothing will be taken from me, nor will anything be taken from this world anymore. Together with my compatriots, in the Golden Flame and in the Mansus, I will travel the world and reshape the order of the people for the better.
===Servants===
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;">{{ElementDescription
|image = File:Stolentemplate
|verb = Work
|title = Summon the Coal-Stained, a Name of the Faustian Alchemist
|start_description = The Coal-Stained remembers the fuel he brought, he remembers the sacrifice, and foremostly remembers the light of the Mansus. He will only enters enter when traces of these memories are present.
|description = To our suprise, the Coal-Stained isn't a he, but a she, a woman. Covered in coal, and blood, she enters like it was her who opened the door.
|aspect0 = ritual
}}</div>
===="Ael"====
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;">{{ElementDescription
|image = File:Stolentemplate
|title = "Ael"
|description = "It's less of an ascension but more of a job, you know. You still get to do a lot with people, and it's nice not to feel like some dictator rather than one of mankind."
|aspect0 = Follower
|aspect1 = Summoned
|aspect2 = Forge
|quantity2 = 12
|aspect3 = Heart
|quantity3 = 12
|fansus = 4
}}</div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;">{{RecipeDescription
|verb = Work
|title = Summon the Individual known as "Ael"
|start_description = The man known as Ael will enter where the reshaping force of Forge is strong, together with the call for conquering, Edge.
|description = He has worked in the Order of the Golden Flame, that revolutionary union that was founded directly after the Faustian Alchemist ascended. He's been granted Namehood to assure its constancy, and here he is, to help me with my goals, in the name of the Golden Flame, of course.
|aspect0 = ritual
|aspect1 = Forge
|quantity1 = 10
|aspect2 = Edge
|quantity2 = 12
|fansus = 4
}}</div>
====The Alchemists, United====
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;">{{ElementDescription
|image = File:Stolentemplate
|title = The Alchemists, United
|description = Not all Names ascended as one creature. Some are like a will, too, and this is their promise: doors will open.
|aspect0 = Follower
|aspect1 = Summoned
|aspect2 = Knock
|quantity2 = 12
|aspect3 = Forge
|quantity3 = 12
|fansus = 4
}}</div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;">{{RecipeDescription
|verb = Work
|title = Summon the Alchemists that made an Hour
|start_description = The Alchemists made sacrifices, and they know the power of Forge very well, just like they know how to open "doors". I will need a sacrifice, too, and with that a strong power of Forge and Knock.
|description = Sulphur, nitre, copper and acid. This is what the room smells like, and this is what the Alchemists want to be called.
|aspect0 = ritual
|aspect1 = Forge
|quantity1 = 8
|aspect2 = Knock
|quantity2 = 18
|aspect3 = Prisoner
|fansus = 4
}}</div>
==Locations==
When in the Mansus, the Faustian Alchemist resides as close to the Glory as possible, safe from any people that could oppose him by taking offense; however, he will usually not be found in the Mansus.
He also illicitly visits the New Mansus, spying on the Demiurge and his domain. Names of the Blood-tempered are also commonly sent in there.
====The Reforged Mansus====
Near the Glory of the Old Mansus, the Fournancier has initiated a new work, that being the renewal of the destroyed parts of the Mansus. Not many know what exactly he wants it to look like, but he has received some support, mainly from Lantern Hours, but also opposition.
===The Histories===
The Fournancier travels among the world, visiting various revolutionary groups and helping them out, now and then. That makes him a rather big influencer of the Wake, especially considering that he is ready to take immediate action when things directly contradict his ideals. This reached from assaults on Demiurge-Long in the Wake to revolutions.
====Vienna====
Vienna is where the Fournancier was born, and he tends to visit the city anonymously. It is also where the Order Aestuante was founded and re-founded, after it has been shattered.
====Order Aestuante====
The Order Aestuante is a group of Alchemists worshiping the Faustian Alchemist. It is located in Vienna, though it also has missionaries all over the world. It also has connections to the Order of the Golden Flame.
====Order of the Golden Flame====
The Order of the Golden Flame is a group of revolutionists. Its main goal is to spread the Fournancier's vision all across the Wake.
The Leader of the Golden Flame is a Name known as Ael, who also was the Long that fled from the New Mansus, and so initiated the birth of the Faustian Alchemist.
==Items==
===Ingredients===
===Rites===
* Rite of the Furnace
==Relationships==
* [[The Demiurge]]: the Faustian Alchemist and the Demiurge are known to be enemies, mainly due to threat that the Faustian Alchemist is to the New Mansus. Due to the differences in their practices and the similarities in their ideals, one often accuses the other to simply lust for power instead of salvation.
* [[The Unfettered]]: While while the Faustian Alchemist does not directly oppose the Unfettered, their ideals contradict in a lot of ways, mainly due to the Alchemist's beliefs in authority as a tool, rather than something oppressive.* [[The Navigator]]: in the Time of the Furnace, The Navigator has earned a favor from the Fournancier ==Secrets==* From the Time of the Furnace, a guiding light prevented dissolution in a moment of weakness in exchange for a favour.* The Faustian Alchemist ascended with 19 already, yet one might think that he acts older than other Hours; on the other hand, he might only try hard.* There is a reason why so little of the Alchemist's Names are female, or rather, why so many are male. That reason lies in the Fournancier within, and it is for sure not a fear of women.