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- In the fifth tier, exploration is madness. Only Names and Hours and such walk here. Places like the Well and the Library are here.
- There might be a sixth tier? Unclear. If there is, the Firekeeper's residence is here. The holy grail of explorers.
===The Hour- Touched===
When the Wild Gods attacked the first City, not all humans were immediately slain. Those that survived the attack or were dreaming and witnessed the Hours' majesty in full were forever changed by the experience. Many were struck irrevocably mad on the spot, or given mutations that killed them almost as quickly as those in the City. But those who survived were... ''different''. To be Principle or [[Hour-Touched]] is to have something that marks one as more than human. Glowing eyes, feathers for hair, scaled skin or a prediction towards uncooked meat. The affliction is not entirely accurately but most often described as being permanently bestowed with a Hour's Marks, with many of the drawback and privileges a normal Disciple or Exalt would usually receive.
The Touched tend to reside in the City, either by choice or to avoid persecution. For some their bizarre mutations are impossible to hide, and make them a target of persecution from normal humans and those who see them as minions of the Wild Gods. Others simply feel "at Home" in the Frontier, something in them telling them they no longer belong in the mortal world.
In addition to their appearances, Touched sometimes have strange abilities befitting the Principle they were changed to reflect. Grail-Touched are described as eerily beautiful or charismatic, even if their features would be on anyone else be considered disgusting. Lantern-Touched glow with unnatural light that none can hide from. These powers are varied and unpredictable, sometimes even dangerous to their wielders.
===The Babylonians===