| names = Chanakaya, the Dancer-with-Swords<br />Actia, the Singer-of-Sunlight

}}'''The Bright-Delver''' ('''That Which Remains''', '''The Sea-Singer''', '''The Foremost of Snakes''') is the Fourth Hour of the Fansus, created by [[User:Anaconda_With_Sword|Anaconda With Sword]]. She is a God-From-Blood, born of the horrible thing which happened to the Great Serpent in Nowhere. Her aspects are [[:Category:Knock|Knock]], [[:Category:Secret Histories|Secret Histories]], and [[:Category:Heart|Heart]], in decreasing order of importance. She wants everyone to be able to see everything Her spheres are contentment, vitality, and socialization. There are rumors that the Glory and the Occult has to offer, Bright-Delver and remain unharmed from it. Like most Hours, she wants the world population to become worshippers. Unlike most HoursMendicant have some sort of arrangement, she doesn’t care whether or not despite the population worships it; it just wants latter Hour's banishment by the Mansus to become livelyAnaconda.

While followers of the Cuckoo might consider themselves virtuous people who help the poor and less virtuous become proper citizens, followers of the Bright-Delver are actually concerned with aiding others in a way that helps without sacrificing their happiness. Soup kitchens, free clinics, and other such charitable organizations are often the purview of cultists of the Bright-Delver. It’s not that they’re naive enough to assume that no one will cheat them, it’s that they believe that helping people is more important than punishing those who take advantage of them. In the Mansus proper, amongst It is said that in the affairs of the Hours, those who take advantage of the Bright-Delver often have the Anaconda to answer to- a punishment which is never worth the crime.

===Mark===Those who listen to the ceaseless beat of compassion will by graced by the '''Marks of Kindness''', which bring solace to the heart and fill the soul. # '''Temptation: Kindness''': It has occurred to me that I hold the key to salvation.# '''Dedication: Kindness''': I have dedicated myself to the betterment of others. I will aid and assist those who suffer, whatever the cost.# '''Ascension: Kindness''': The Bright-Delver has pressed her snout to my forehead, to open my eyes. I see the light of the Glory and the color of potential within each and every of my fellows. I know this to be the Third Mark.# '''Ascension: Kindness''': The Fourth Mark has tinted my eyes, and when I bleed, it lights up the deepest darkness. The top of my head feels bare, but now is not the time.# '''Ascension: Kindness''': Sleeplessness and vitality come with the Fifth Mark. I am followed by waking dreams, even as I soothe pains and bring comfort to those in need. Even when I close my eyes, I still see the world in all its color.# '''Ascension: Kindness''': The Sixth Mark embraces me, and I feel neither loneliness nor sorrow. My eyes are inhuman, slitted like a serpents and in an ever-changing pattern of colors. The children all recognize me as a protector, and even the most frightened does not fear me.# '''The Beat of Love's Drum''': A crown sits upon my head, and my feet touch the glittering sands of the Aquarium. Silks and songs and joy follow in the wake of our parade, and even the cruelest denizens of this place leave us in peace. The Bright-Delver's shadow dances in the flickering light of the Glory, and soon she will lead us all to the tops of the waves to see it. Perhaps, one day, I will rise to meet it. ==Servants=====Emanations===

* '''===Names=======Chanakaya, the Dancer-with-Swords====''“Now. What horror do we have to end?”''<br />Aspects: {{Aspect|Edge|12}}, {{Aspect|Heart|12}}; Deceiver<br />Temptations:{{Aspect|Winter|10}}, {{Aspect|Heart|2}}  ''' Summon an utterly loyal Name of the Bright-Delver:''' The most faithful agent of the Delver, yet the one she favors so little, still stands guard to ensure his beloved master can dance ever-uninterrupted. Winter might show him a threat that could impede the Delver’s dance, and Heart show you are his friend in standing against it. He comes into being with flashes and lances of multicoloured light glancing off his sabres and twists and spirals and arcs, each action with a militant, beauty like a firework. He finishes his routine and smiles. “I’m sorry for the ostentation. The vīravidyā, it was always my first love.” His sabres dance and shimmer, never quite at ease. Very often you find them carving an almost musical pattern in the air, as he smiles a wistful smile remembering better times, yet one resolute in knowing he did what he had to. ====Actia, the Singer-of-Sunlight====''"I refuse to let sorrow color the future."''<br />Aspects: {{Aspect|Lantern|12}}, {{Aspect|Heart|12}}; Deciever<br />Temptations: Unsummonable  '''Actia:''' The Bright-Delver dances merrily in the depths of the sea, and Actia's fingers dance swiftly in [[The One Sanctum]] as she mediates between the Ministers. She uses her voice only to honor her patron with song. It has been said that Actia's curse is that she cannot hear her own song, but she laughs off such words. Actia's hair, teeth, irises, and nails are infused with the light of the Glory. She can be spotted easily in the dark, although her skin is the richness of shadows on a summer's day. She has been seen dancing with the Watchers in [[The First City]], and although she never minds people watching her, no one has ever seen her dance twice.

The Bright-Delver holds her court in [[the Aquarium]], filling the waters with light and music when she passes. Occasionally she can be found wherever the Tail and the Anaconda hold battle, pleading with them to cease or simply entrapping them within her coils until they call a truce. Here, however, she does not hold her court, and will not pay attention to mortals begging for her notice.

* '''Charming Castanets''' ({{Aspect|Knock|64}}, {{Aspect|Heart|12}}): Anyone can create a compelling rhythm with these. It’s hard to keep your feet from tapping along. But, the Bright-Singer has never needed feet to dance...

* '''Sweet Scale''' ({{Aspect|Knock|4}}, {{Aspect|Secret Histories|4}}): When the Bright-Singer makes merry, sometimes she loses a scale in the dance. This one is yours, now.* '''Happy Hymn''' ({{Aspect|Heart|8}}, {{Aspect|Secret Histories|8}}): You wrote this! Isn’t it wonderful? Sing, now, and let the world sing with you.

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