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The Gorging-Shrew, if asked, would call himself many things: barterer, glutton, trickster. But above all else, he feels a strong affinity for mortals. He is a New God born of equal parts deception, yearning, and caution. The Gorging-Shrew ignores the open conflict between the Second City and the Wild Gods, preferring to sate his appetites with theft and corpses.
Having no taste for bloodshed, the Gorging-Shrew seeks to enjoy his immortality to the greatest extent that he can, regularly walking the Mansus in human form and taking full part in the all hedonism the Second City has to offer. Despite his seeming lack of ambition, he is crafty and manipulative, always seeking to forge alliances and ensure he is never too closely aligned with either faction in the War that Ever Rages.
===History===
The Template manifested from the Glory's old grandma and guides all aspirants since that day. (to be updated soon)
===Appearance===
It is far too menacing to look at. (to be updated soon)
===Principles===
The Gorging-Shrew is an Hour of diplomacy, mischief, travelers, and elusion.
===Mark===
# '''Temptation: Phrase: I see glimmers of pleasures and treasures long thought lost.
# '''Dedication: Phrase: I will dedicate myself to the Gorging-Shrew, who covets and embraces the night.# '''Ascension: Phrase: My eyes change colors when I blink now. I've gained an irresistible urge to pick the pockets of everyone who passes by. I know this to be the First Third Mark.# '''Ascension: Phrase: I can now look and sound like anyone I've met. My body grows sickly if I do not taste something new every night. I know this to be the Second Fourth Mark.# '''Ascension: Phrase: I've acquired a taste for corpses, now. I am beginning to forget my original body's shape. I know this to be the Third Fifth Mark.# '''Ascension: Phrase: My appetites are monstrous, in both proportion and kind. Anyone I meet is charmedcould charm, cheatedcheat, and replaced the next dayreplace anyone I wished. Now, I must only await the assistance of the Gorging-Shrew, to ascend further.
# '''A Thief in the Night''': (to be completed later)
===Spirits=Names== ====Raucous Filch==== <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;">{{ElementDescription|image = |title = Raucous Filch|description = 'Beyond the War That Ever Rages, birds such as these gather on hanging-trees, warbling mad dirges to those bygone.'|aspect0 = Follower|aspect1 = Summoned|aspect2 = Deceiver|quantity2 = 8|aspect3 = Moth|quantity3 = 8|aspect4 = Phylaxian|aspect5 = Secret Histories|quantity5 = 8|fansus = 5}}</div>
<div style="margin-top: 20px; text-align: center">{{RecipeDescription|verb = Work|title = Summon a crafty servant of the Gorging-Shrew|start_description = These avian spirits are drawn to hidden things. Moth to rival its curiosity, and a whispered secret to lure it beyond the Second City.|description = Constantly trailing black-and-white feathers wherever it goes, the creature screeches and sings whenever it's in sunlight.|aspect0 = Ritual|aspect1 = Knock|quantity1 = 2|aspect2 = Moth|quantity2 = 6|aspect3 = Secret Histories|quantity3 = 2|fansus = 5}}</div> ===Names=== ====Bonemeal ====
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;">{{ElementDescription
|image = File:TheOldGeezer.png
|aspect5 = Winter
|quantity5 = 12
|fansus = 5
}}</div>
* Cuisiner aux Corps
** Description: A French text by Frederic Delannoy. It contains various recipes on culinary preparations possible with putrefying human corpses. Despite ongoing censorship in four Histories, the author announced a sequel before his disappearance in 1779.
** Start Text: Delannoy's gruesome imagery pairs nicely with his exacting instructions on the stages of decay in the body, as well as where to go looking for other ingredients.** End Text: The skeleton warriors theme song refuses crowning glory of Delannoy's work, Darling's Delight, is the final recipe. The addendum includes a rite developed in his youth, specifically to leave your mindperfect it.** Gives: Stuff goes here. Usually lore. Sometimes languages. Sometimes things get really weird. Feel free to get creative.Formulae Voluptuous, Rite of the Drowning Feast, Fascination
===Rites===
** Gives: Glorious boons. From summoning to spawning items to other beneficial effects.
==Relationships==
* [[Madame Munchy]]: The Gorging-Shrew and Madame Munchy both share a fondness for strange foods, and work together to conspire larger plots within the War that Ever Rages. Most especially, She provides gateways for the Gorging-Shrew's wanderlust, and can bring physical force to bear if his evasive tactics fall through.* [[The Boatman]]: Despite some surface tension and an existence starkly defined by opposition to the Wild Gods, the Boatman and the Gorging-Shrew get along relatively well. The Shrew's gluttonous attitudes and taste for corpses prevent The Boatman from retrieving their memories, and is unwilling to offer any memory of his own as payment to enter the city. To compensate, the River-Maker imposes a different entry fee: retrieve lost memories from deeper within the Mansus. The Gorging-Shrew is more than happy to work for his visits to the Second City.
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