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'''The Fifth History''' is a History within the realm of Fansus 1. Originally a History like any other, the History's narrative was overturned when a number of internal conflicts between the forces of numerous Hours all came to a head simultaneously, resulting in a massive occult war which eventually consumed the world.
==Summary==
===The Fifth Before the War==
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===Grounds of the Conflict===
Historians agree that there were many factors that contributed to the collapse of the Fifth History.
===The Initial Conflict==
The conflict that came to engulf the Fifth History started small by the standards of the Hours. Following the Ignition and the subsequent death of the Maker and Anvil, a great schism occurred between the mortal worshipers of both. Some occultists wholly welcomed the worship of [[The Engine of Cycles]], seeing it as the next stage of their gods' principle of change and improvement. Other worshipers viewed it as an abomination, a murderer that lacked the soul needed to bring about proper change. This resulted in the formation of [[The Guild Reforged]], an offshoot of the original church of the Anvil that eagerly fed themselves to the Engine.
Eventually, this infighting in its name drew the attention of the Engine itself, which emerged into the History in the form of advanced weaponry to devour the loyalists of the Old Gods.
==Full Description==
The Noble and Ancient Guild, devotees of [[the Anvil]], who were among the first to feel the impact of the Hour's demise (aside from the unfortunate souls in [[the Sixth History]], of course). The tragedy caused a deep schism in the society, splitting it into two factions. The Guild Reforged has pledged its allegiance to [[the Engine of Cycles]], seeing the events of the Sixth History (or as much as they could glean of them from second-hand accounts) as a natural course of things, the new supplanting the old. Their devotion borders on fanatical - where the old Guild prioritised the well-being of its members first and foremost, along with steady progress towards ascension, the Reforged have no qualms about feeding themselves to the Engine, trusting it to transform them into either something new and greater or perhaps a part of itself.