The Great Serpent

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The Great Serpent
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Origin Blood or Flesh
Titles The Great Serpent
The Door-Key
The Appendage-Shedder
The First Snake
The Sea-Dragon
Names The Anaconda (former)
Aspects Lantern Knock Secret Histories
Date of arrival Unknown
Owner(s) Anaconda With Sword

The Great Serpent (The First Snake, The Sea-Dragon, The Appendage-Shedder, The Door-Key) was the Twenty-Second Hour of the Fansus, created by Anaconda With Sword. It was a God-From-Light, the first to descend from the Glory into the Fansus. Its aspects are Lantern, Knock, and Secret Histories, in decreasing order of importance.

Its tarot card was The World.

Appearance

The Great Serpent was a tremendous snake with glowing scales. It was not clear which color it had, as the light it shed was an intensity so painful that no one could look at it very long.

Principles

The Great Serpent was often invoked as a sign of mastery and ownership, but it was never known to reliably respond to any invocation, and sometimes would respond to invocations not meant for it.

Worship

Servants

  • Wani: The Wani is a wide-mouthed creature, each scale a razor-edged tooth. It slips like silk through the water, or through flesh.

Locations

The Fansus

The Fansus was known as the House of the Snake, and it explored its house with great zeal.

Relationships

  • The Architeuthian: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Anaconda: The Great Serpent was a patron of the Anaconda from Long to Name. Its disappearance was what instigated the Anaconda's ascension to Hourhood.
  • Snake Tail with Appendages: The Tail is a remnant of the Great Serpent and its ill-advised venture into Nowhere.
  • The Engine of Cycles: The Ignition occurred long after the Segmenting of the Great Serpent.
  • The Peacock: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • Old Tarnished: Old Tarnished arrived to the Fansus after the Segmenting of the Great Serpent.
  • The Spark: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Cuckoo: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Silver Owl: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Watcher in the Window: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Elder Sister: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Apple-of-the-Eye: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • SWOUP: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Archivist: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Bright-Delver: The Delver is a remnant of the Great Serpent and its ill-advised venture into Nowhere.
  • The Harvester: The Ignition occurred long after the Segmenting of the Great Serpent.
  • [[[ ]]]: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Insidious: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Snow-Stained: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Fanged Bramble: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Aged Bones: The Segmenting of the Great Serpent was the catalyst which allowed the Aged Bones to ascend to Hourhood.
  • The Mendicant Without: The Mendicant arrived in the Fansus long after the Great Serpent was segmented.
  • The Anvil: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Maker: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Deciever: These two Hours have not been known to interact.
  • The Huntsman: These two Hours have not been known to interact.