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| title = The Modiste-and-Mannequin
| card =
| quote = WIPWe call upon the Modiste-and-Mannequin, who are roused to action; who tailor our skins; who will burst at their seams.
| origin = God-from-Flesh, God-from-Craft
| titles = The Seamstress, the Hatter
===History===
She was a former Long of [[The Demiurge]], who ascended in the Late Middle Ages (14th to 15th centuries AD). At some pointBy the 16th century, she saw through his falsehoods and fake inspiration, and set out to search for her real muse. That is how she entered the service of [[The Hearthkeeper]], where under whom she eventuality ascended to become their Namewhen she helped them modify the Webbed Door to serve as a spinning wheel. At one pointIn the early 18th century, [[The Zabbaleen]] wanted to use the Webbed Door to craft a new Name for themselves, and the Hearthkeeper proposed that the Modiste did that for them. She spun the Door, felt the threads of Glory on her fingers, then tugged at them, weaved them, and pulled the Spindle out of the light; her true inspiration! One could not exist without the other; thus, they were known as [[The Modiste-andwith-Spindle]], a new Hour loyal to both the Hearthkeeper and the Zabbaleen, (who has have received their weaved Name, the Lady of Lace, as promised).
The Collision, however, brought great destruction. The Spindle, always tied to its her origin, the Glory, would have pulled the Modiste with it her to their shared doom, so the Demarq-s severed them apart. The Modiste was saved, and watched the Spindle become Halted, while their Name, the Velveteen Valet, sacrificed much of his power to fuel the Modiste's own fading life. She could not live without a pair, though, especially not as an Hour. Thus, she found the Mannequin, from the King's House, which lost its pair in the Collision, too. From that day on, they are known as Modiste-and-Mannequin.
===Appearance===
# '''Ending''': wip
==Names and Long=Servants====The Velvet Vidame==={{Aspect|Grail}} Grail, for luxury, decadence, and self-indulgence. The noble and stately Name, one of the members of the Couture, but still just a petty lordling that loves scandal and drama. Arrogant, narcissistic, scheming and manipulative. One of the most avid participants in the Silken Salon, and the reason why the Château is currently shuttered. The Modiste is sometimes intimidated by him, but he seems content with his current position, for now, with no plans to overstep the boundaries. The Mannequin is fond of him as long as he serves ''it''. Some lesser Names serve him as his attendants - the Chiffon Shade, the Ciselé Sculptor, the Devoré Dame, and the Velveteen Valet, as well as some Long - the Lyons ???, and Knight Nacré. ===The Chiffon Shade==={{Aspect|Lantern}} Lantern, for transparency and incorporeity, light and knowledge. {{Aspect|Grail}} Grail, for secrets, luxury and yearning. A ghostly, diaphanous shade; a sheer, evanescent shawl; pale champagne smoke; a shivering shroud that lets through the shining light. This melancholic Name haunts the Shuttered Château, especially one of its highest spires that contains the library. The delicate, gentle Shade, once known as the Chiffon Châtelaine, used to be the mistress of the Château, before she was overthrown and badly damaged by the Velvet Vidame. Thus, she is no longer the member of the Couture, but she has no ambitions to reclaim her position. The Collision greatly affected her, damaging the Shade even further, but the Modiste manage to save her by weaving some ascended Dead into her. Occasionally, the Shade descends into furious madness, especially if she is reminded of who she used to be and what was taken from her, and turns into a shrieking banshee that attacks everything in sight. wipAt her waist, she wears a châtelaine, a decorative belt clasp with a series of chains dangling and clanking from it; each chain is mounted with household appendages such as scissors, thimbles, watches, keys, smelling salts, and household seals. Those keys open desks, chests, drawers, pantries, storage containers, and many other locked cabinets within the Château and often within the Atelier as a whole. She was, thus, the one who would direct the servants and who would open or lock the access to the valuables of the house, possessing total authority over who had access to what. The latter purpose hasn't been entirely taken from her, though, as she still holds those keys.
==Names====={{Aspect|Moth}} {{Aspect|Grail}} The Velveteen Valet===
{{Aspect|Moth}} Moth, for the velveteen being the imitation of velvet, for folly and unreason, for chaos and whimsy, for changing skins/forms.
{{Aspect|Grail}} Grail, for charisma and love, for birth and hunger/thirst.
The Valet is , also known as the '''Velveteen Vagabond''', is one of the major Names of the Modiste-and -Mannequin, but he isn't a member of the Couture. He has three forms:
===={{Aspect|Moth}} The Valet====
His most common shape, the '''Valet''', looks like a white anthropomorphic ragdoll rabbit in a jade-green velveteen servant's attire, with a winged silver pocket-watch that he constantly checks. He has a silver brooch that features three rabbits chasing each other in a circle, and each of the ears is shared by two rabbits, so that only three ears are shown. In this form, he a servant of the Velvet Vidame, but he is always trying to be a nuisance for him, however petty and insignificant it may be, undermining the Vidame's authority and ridiculing him when possible. The Valet is a messenger of the Atelier, perpetually in a hurry, used to relay the Modiste's and her Names' messages, and often a guide for the dreamers and other guests visiting the Atelier. He is known to plot his master's downfall as the member of the Autumn Salon, which he usually attends in this form.
In his '''Merrymaker''' form, he has a straw wreath on his head, his brooch is still present, and sometimes he is seen with a mortar and a pestle, grinding herbs and tea leaves to prepare them for consumption. He mockingly mimics the Velvet Vidame in mannerisms, behaviour, and appearance, and conducts his distracting feasts and tea parties in the Spring Salon, specifically to disrupt any discussion happening there by the merrymaking and ungovernable whimsy, with the ultimate goal of undermining the Vidame and eventually overthrowing him. The two used to be in love, but the Valet was betrayed by his unfaithful lover, and now he is heart-broken and bent on revenge. He is often accompanied by many rabbit-like Mansus spirits (or perhaps simple illusions - no one is sure) that he claims to be his children. He is in the Modiste's good graces, since he sacrificed himself to sustain her during her separation from the Spindle. She brought him back, but his power was severely diminished, and the feasts partially serve to help the Valet recover, while the Modiste is known to attend in her free time.
Also known as the '''Horned Hare''', this is the beastly form that he can sustain himself; a feral werewolf-like hare with gnarly, branching antlers, claws and sharp fangs. The feasts often happen after his hunts, which isn't a coincidence. The hunting dogs of the Fleeced Foyer are the Valet's mortal enemies. They sometimes engage in fights when the Valet hunts, and it is not always clear who is the prey.
====Additional Information====The Valet used to be friends with the '''Lady of Lace Name''', before the Embrace was weaved into her. Her consciousness has been almost completely lost during the process, but the Mantle and the Valet still share some amity towards each other.
The Valet and '''the Vidame''' used to be in love, before the latter betrayed the former. Now they are rivals.
While his '''Rabbit-barrows''' stretch under the entire Atelier (and sometimes beyond), his main lair is within the Shuttered Château, and the important exits lead there, to the Silken Salon in its autumnal form, to the Caravansary, and into the Avant-Garden.
===The Devoré Dame===
===The Ciselé Sculptor===
===The Cashmere Keeper===
{{Aspect|Grail}} Grail?
A member of the Couture that resides within the Caravansary as its mistress and one of its regular merchants. The Cashmere Keeper is a horned woman wearing a loose sweater, baggy trousers, a hat, gloves, and a shawl artistically draped around her, often resting on blankets strewn across the floors, with many stylised goat figurines peppered around her.
Undeveloped notes:
- fawns and satyrs?
===Camelot and Cameline===
Two Long of the Modiste that reside in the Caravansary.
{{Aspect|Edge}} {{Aspect|SH}} '''Camelot''' (or Camulus) wears a smooth, lustrous doublet made of camblet (woven fabric of camel's hair, with added silk, wool and cotton) with impressed images of flowers, foliage, battlefields, ships and waves - they depict his travels and accomplishments, and contain Shattered Histories lore. He is the one who upholds peace and civility in this area, and his wrath is a terrifying thing. Cameline's brother.
{{Aspect|Moth}} {{Aspect|SH}} '''Cameline''' wears a warm, light, coarse, brown and white cloak, made from camel's hair (with added wool and cotton, less luxurious than camblet). She is a merchant that sells all kinds of things, ranging from regular to esoteric. Camelot's sister.
==Locations (Mansus)==
===The Shuttered Château===
Also known as the Shadowed Château, it is one of the largest buildings of the Atelier complex, located on the Eastern side. It used to be ruled by the Chiffon Shade, before she was overthrown by the Velvet Vidame. Once airy and bright, now its windows are barred and the interiors are darkened and heavy.
The inhabitants of the Château are the Velvet Vidame (in his private quarters), the Chiffon Shade (in her library-spire), the Velveteen Valet (in his main lair of the Rabbit-barrows), the Ciselé Sculptor, the Devoré Dame, the Knight Nacré, and the Lyons ???.
====The Rabbit-barrows====
While they stretch beneath the entire Atelier, the main lair is located withing the Château. Here, the Velveteen Valet resides.
====The Silken Salon====
===The Cotton ???===
====The Stage====
====The Catwalk====
===The Fleeced Foyer===
====The Caravansary====
The massive building appended to the Atelier (accessible from the Foyer), with a square walled exterior and a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts to enter. The courtyard is open to the Mansus-sky, and the inside walls of the enclosure are outfitted with a number of niches and chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, animals, and merchandise. Great many tents, striped white and brown in colour, are either standing in the clearing, or are attached to the building, as extensions to the niches. This is a no-conflict zone, where fair trade is encouraged and fighting is frowned upon and punished severely.
The '''Cameleers''' move regularly between the Caravansary and other locations, notably the City of Dust, and the Stone Meridian. Dreamers from the Caravans that travel across the Wastes in the Wake often dream into the current position of the Cameleers in the Mansus, and that link works both ways - it is possible to access the Wake where the Caravans are by travelling with the Cameleers. They are transporting messages, valuables and materials, and for this reason, the '''Rag-picker''' (a Name of the Zabbaleen), the '''Grand Merchant''' (a Name of the Demiurge), and the '''Velveteen Valet''' can sometimes be seen here. Other than them, there are three residents - the '''Cashmere Keeper''', a member of the Couture, and two Long, '''Cameline''' and '''Camelot'''.
Undeveloped notes:
- straw that broke the camel's back?
- a camel slaughtered for important guests?
- the Silk Road?
===The Linen ???===
===Additional Locations===
There are some lesser locations that are not directly associated with a specific major location.
====The Corsetry====
This is an underground prison-like location where corsets and crinolines are used as cages for failed creations and the offending Long and Names. It can be accessible from almost any major location, but those passages are mostly unknown, and the main entrance is through the Gendarmerie.