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His church is the Order They never last long, he always finds some way to trick them into letting him take control of them. Many of them tend to be individual opportunists heeding his lures of His Majesty the Firstborncomfort, pleasure, as one would have expectedand a better life.
To this day, he still resides at He is both within and presides over without the Sea GateMansus. He rarely traverses there fully, where he built due to his many enemies. He prefers mainly to use his fortress Avulsed-Fragment, a potent remnant of unchartered pleasuresthe God-From-Stone that once governed the powers of Knock, as an (mostly) inaccessible (to those those who aren't Him) base in which he lives and constructs his new home. This has sometimes been termed as 'the Red KeepUnder-Places' or 'The Space Below'.
He doesn’t talk about it often, but when he does, he expresses a truly unique piety and humility towards the gods from stone.
No one. At least this is a bigger prison than before. But if he has to blame someone, he'll blame the Hill-Queen and the Omnipede, just out of spite.
== Relationships ==
Due to his origin he generally dislikes lantern.* [[The Tessellate]]: FNORD* [[The Stillwater]]: FNORD* [[The Heart-Felt Fantasy]]: FNORD* [[The Prince Consort]]: FNORD* [[The Cantharide]]: FNORD* [[The Fruitbat]]: FNORD* [[The Stillborn]]: FNORD
Positive:
The Gilded Insect: "A brother in heart and mind, and he has a very clear view of the things as they are."
(He is easily swayed by the golden words of The Gilded Insect, for he shares its principles.)
The Warp: "I’m pretty sure she likes me. Who doesn't, after all?
(He loves The Warp for the beauty of her histories, but also envies her for them.)
The Piper: “It's business."
(Weather it is some shared interest or genuine respect, he is often seen with him.)
The Names of the Gods from Stone: He has good relations to them, and can be considered their ally, albeit not a reliable one.
(They are a tool, that in time might be betrayed.)
The Stillwater: “It looks pretty.”
(He has no clue what it really is.)
The Cantharide: “That’s more like it.”
(He takes a certain interest in her, for similarities of alignment, theme, and “personal matters”.)
The Dongolopticon: “Been there, done that.”
(Obvious.)
Negative:* [[The OmnipedeAvulsed]]: "Why does it always have to be bugs?"(He hates it for its appearanceThe dearest, delightful, and for it’s words.)The Hill-Queen: “You know what’s worse than bugs? Enigmatic bugsdelectable dead.”(He hates her for what she is.)The Distinguished: "Who rewards those Oh how you betray anyways? What an Idiot. Ehm... don't tell her I said that.”(He hates her for her power, which he fears, but also belittles her for her concept of betrayal.)The Abess Sunset: “Of all the people here, she is the one I’d not want fight in a one-on-one.”(He does not hate herve helped me so, but he is wary of her might.)The Weft: "oh how I don't like her. Way to strict and uptight.ve helped myself! To you!"(She distrusts him, and he does not trust her, and her insistence on the rules.)The Captain: “Who does he think he is, to talk to ME it his way?”(He dislikes his attitude towards himself.)The Skinner Box: “What is it? Don’t know, don’t care.”(More of an indifferent, but there is no such category.)Brother Grimalkin: “Only a weakling preys on the weak.”(Whilst he does like betrayal and mutilation, he does not like a kid ho rips out butterfly wings.)Loves!
{{InfoboxHour
| title = The World-Carver
| origin = from-Flesh
| card = the Moon
| titles = He Who Crawls in the Shapes Below, the Biter
| aspects = Edge, Moth, and Forge
| owners = Cyborg-Squid
| date of arrival = Modern Era
}}
== Appearance ==
That of a human man dressed in a fine vest, but his head is that of a termite, and in his hands he holds a hammer and chisel made of bone. Another depiction by the mad and deceased painter Tiaja has him with 6 outstretched termite arms, a silver needle grasped in each and appearing to thrust out towards the viewer.
== Principles ==
== History ==
In his dreams, he dreamed of the Mansus, of this vast unknowable prison, this secret knowledge. His story is almost a classic occult one, of an adept learning more and more about the secret world and attempting to make his way there. He stumbles upon a fragment of a God-from-Stone, the Avulsed, and begins to craft and shape with it, making it into the foundation of his home. Perfect, beautiful, comfortable, a place for him and him alone. He works and works and works on it all his life, until one day it is finished, and it is gone, for two Mansus at once can not be tolerated. He was taken into the Mansus proper, but the shape and power of what he built still remains for adepts and acolytes to pursue, in the form of the Long Hallway.
== Worship ==
“Give your ambition to me. You don’t need it, I will do the work for you, so you may be comfortable. Just give your will, your body, your mind. You won’t need it.”
=== Cults ===
=== Mark ===
# '''Temptation: Beauty: I have been informed that I hold the key to unearthly beauty.# '''Dedication: Beauty: I have decided to pursue unearthly beauty by all means.# '''Ascension: The skin‘s mark: I have scarred my skin with repetitions of the Formulae Excessive, to remember the Betrayed's sacrifice.# '''Ascension: The hairs‘s mark: I have shaven my hair and set it aflame, to remember the Betrayed's torment.# '''Ascension: The mouth‘s mark: I have sewn my lips together, to remember the Betrayed's acceptance.# '''Ascension: The eye‘s mark: I have gouged out my eyes, to remember the Betrayed's fascination. Now, the Firstborn will surely renew me, more beautiful then ever before.
=== Servants ===
He lacks the traditional servants most Hours have, forsaking the use of Long and Names altogether. He is a greedy Hour, with no desire to share, and this consolidation of his power and essence helps keep him alive in a House very hostile towards him. He does number many mortals among his servants, however, they are more like slaves. He strips them of their will and personality and embeds commands within their minds, normally whatever construction function they are supposed to be preforming. The best workers are those who give their minds willingly, and so the World-Carver attempts to wheedle and trick them into Faustian bargains. While he does make the typical 'soul upon death' bargains, a corpse is of no use to him and disruption in the flow of souls can end up bringing unwanted attention on him. He does his best to obtain a mortal while they are still alive and, hopefully, in their physical prime. Once obtained, they are put to work chiseling out new tunnels and similar constructions, working ceaselessly until their bodies eventually fail and they perish. The World-Carver is also able to take control of a mind directly a,d and influence and manipulate them, but that ends up being more hands on then others, which he does not prefer.
== Locations ==
=== The Fansus ===
=== The Histories ===
The Long Hallway: A location that transcends limitation of space, a twisting hellscape of labyrinthine architecture. As a mortal, the World-Carver practiced the arts of many aspects, and while Knock was core in his construction of the Long hallway, he only know possess now possesses that power in his Avulsed-Fragment, and has abandoned any attempts to control the Long Hallway, at least for now.
== Items ==
=== How They Feel ===
=== Who They Blame ===
=== What They Hide ===
== Relationships == He hides is less than fond of the Lantern principle, due to his secretive and hidden nature. * [[The Piper]]: "A kind old man, in a world that is not kind to old men. Could stand to cheer up a trinity of secretslittle." Neutral.* [[The Firstborn]]: "Betrayal=good. Fighting Abbess=also good. Could be an ally if that stick could be dislodged from his ass." Neutral. * [[The Weft]]: "Tweedle-dee..." Dislikes* [[The Warp]]: "...and Tweedle-dum." Dislikes.* [[The Mechanism]]: "Oh, so the furniture can be an Hour, but not me, huh?!" Dislikes. * [[The Hill-Queen]]: "I use my servants far better than you could use your own namekin." Dislikes. * [[The Distinguished]]: "A woman of ambition and comfort. If only we had started off on better terms..." Conflicted. * [[The Captain]]: "A potential ally. If only he had picked better allegiances... " Conflicted. * [[The Gilded Insect]]: "Kindred spirits! :).......But I cannot stand competition >:(." Conflicted. * [[The Solemn]]: "If only he could tell me where he buried the bodies, so many more fragments would be mine." Pities. * [[The Skinner Box]]: "Finally, a grand secret someone who appreciates my work!" One of betrayalhis few allies. Likes. * [[The Millions-Upon-Millions]]: "Friend? Perhaps. Tool? Most certainly." Likes. * [[The Dongolopticon]]: "Kindred spirits, both enjoy creature comforts, though Dongy could use more ambition." Likes. * [[Abbess Sunset]]: Has fought with her on equal footing on several occasions, matching her blow for blow, due to his consolidation of power and mastery of Edge and what he did to stealth. Hates. * [[The Recollection]]: "In the Weave words of a certain uncouth bastard: "Bite me." Hates. * [[The Blight-Abiding]]: "Pls kill last?" Fears. * [[The Mare-Night]]: "Pwease no steppy!" Fears. * [[Brother Grimalkin]]: "Someone please get him away from me before her body was wovenhe ruins everything!" Fears.* [[The Eye]]: "Gaze not on me, blinding light! Shadows take me, obscure me!" Fears.
