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| title = The Cub
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| quote = Look, can you just stop?
| origin = Stone
| titles = The Cub, Ursa Minor| names =Castillo and Arcas| aspects = {{Aspect|Heart}} {{Aspect|GrailEdge}} {{Aspect|Forge}}
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| owners = Stone
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'''The Cub''' also known as '''Ursa Minor''' is the seventeenth Hour of the House of Earth and Sky, created by Stone. It is the Bear Cop of the Mansus and Histories, providing the Marks of Eternity. It is an Hour of {{Aspect|Heart}}, {{Aspect|Edge}}, and {{Aspect|Forge}}
== History ==
Born from the Stones of the Other Place, The Cub still holds an echo of power from what was the second hour to awake after the Hibernation. Seeing It burst from the place laid before it den with a fresh eyes, it strength that the House hadn't felt in a great need to growlong time. So, leaving its mother to guard the house, it set forth towards the glory, exploring all that the fledgling place had to offerThings Started Happening. the The Cublooked first downwards, who was birthed from and the Denfirst fractures in history appeared. == Description ==The Cub was Then it looked up and saw the first to enter the new house from the woodGlory, seeing potential for growth past its gates distant and so unreachable but burning with such irresistible power. It roared in order to access the great power frustration, that lay within itmight never reach those impossible heights, forged and in doing so drew the hide gate. Ursa Minor is attention of the Hour of growth and fresh vitalitysapling Spirarch down. In its haste to reach the Mansus it manifests as a youthful creature, sometimes canine, sometimes ursine, sometimes human andGreat Tree, occasionally as something altogether alien. In its human form it looks like a gentle but strong youth tore through one of the ruined walls of indeterminate age, but unblemished by agethe other place making the Hide Gate, its eyes always the same deep brown, sparkling with curiosityFirst Way. The Cub’s followers are much the samediscarded masonry remembered, seeking and took some power out of a curious interest and a deep desire to growfrom The Cub's passion becoming That-Which-Remains. Those The Cub Climbs still, when it can, for its duties are such that pay homage are explorers and young soldiers, seeking strength and knowledge. Its first and only scar comes from an encounter with it may never reach the lady in white. It remembers, but doesn’t understand whyGlory.== Worship ==
== Worship and appearance ==
The Cub's first form is of a Bear with a hide of stars but it has many besides. It has appeared as many things to many peoples over its time but always as something young and powerful, from a wolf to a handsome warrior. It is worshipped by those who fight to defend what is most precious to them, family and country, and from those, it recruits a small few to serve it for eternity.
=== Cult ===
* '''The Ursine League:''' Soldiers and explorers seeking the fresh power of youth, or hoping to preserve it. The Cub welcomes all into it's its ranks, but for the promise of future service to the mother.
=== Mark ===
# '''Temptation: Eternity''' - I could protect it all, make it last forever.
# '''Dedication: Eternity''' - I have dedicated myself to the immortal pursuit of protection. Everything shall be forever, including me.
# '''Ascension: Eternity''' - I have felt the old power that comes from the den, and the new power that seeks the glory. I see the endings in the world, and I ache to delay them. This is the Third Mark.
# '''Ascension: Eternity''' - The Fourth Mark is growth. I am a colossus now, towering over those around me. I cannot stop myself from protecting the weak.
# '''Ascension: Eternity''' - I grow larger still, and I sense interference from The House. I am on the hunt now, and the Mother's word is law. I know this to be the Fifth Mark.
# '''Ascension: Eternity''' - With the Sixth Mark I see them all, every perfidious breach of the great mother's edict. They will not escape me, their power and blood is mine. They will survive to regret it.
# '''The Preservation of Youth''' - I am more than what I was before. I will climb The Spirarch and Glimpse the Glory. The Cub awaits me. In its service, I will discover the true purpose of all that lives. My hide shall grow strong, stronger. Little will be able to stand in my way.
I care not for my own mortality, only the preservation of all that is. I will walk through the house, seeing my enemies, those that I've banished from where I was before, those who made me what I am today. My brothers in arms have welcomed me into the great legion, that we might serve Her. I see the light creeping through the boughs of The Spirarch and feel the rumbling power of The Den, it is for the preservation of this grandeur that I exist.
Under the guidance of the Cub, I have grown to be more than I was. My hide is tougher than iron and I shall not end. Nor shall anything else. I am a fragment of the power that preserves.
=== Servants ===
* '''Callisto:''' ({{Aspect|Heart|12}}) ({{Aspect|Secret Histories|12}}): Heart to know her, Forge for a promise of Concord. Callisto walks into the room ignoring all trappings and rituals. They seem unimportant, now. She smiles, and it is a radiant sun. Callisto loves me. "Come now dear, there is no need for all this. I am always with you."
* '''Arcas''' ({{Aspect|Edge|12}}) ({{Aspect|Lantern|12}}): Edge for a hunt, Heart to remind him. Arcas' Eyes are sharp. He knows all the breaches of the Mother's law. He has no mercy, save that of the captor. Arcas cannot end. "They always try to reason, at first. Then they plead. Then they succumb. All bow to the power of the great Mother."
== Locations ==
[[Category:Heart (Vol. II)]]
[[Category:Grail (Vol. II)]]
[[Category:Fansus Forge (Vol. II)]]