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Revision as of 04:35, 17 August 2019
The Stone Meridian, also known as The Shelter Adamantine, The Moving City, and The Sky-Pearl, is an Hour born in the moment of greatest peril, at the apex of the Collision. It was molded into the shape most desired by the thousands upon thousands of wounded hearts. And as they begged, it shall remain, no matter what.
Description
History
A big FNORD Fought with The Mire-Maiden and was victorious.
Appearance
The Sky-Pearl is a city of impossible geometry and dwarfing, awe-inspiring architecture. In its bounds, the horizon is fuzzy, and the countless waterways pierce the landscape like a web. Outside, one can’t look at it directly, but if it’s there, it will always be seen in the corner of one’s vision. It resides in the Mansus, but sometimes it bleeds into the Wake, and, occasionally, it can be seen drifting into Nowhere.
Principles
The Stone Meridian embodies the very principles that brought it into being. It is hopeful, for nothing can remain for long without hope. It brings home, shelter, and comfort to those who are desperate for it, for home is essential if one is to persist. It brings purpose for those who were robbed of it, it gives second chances to those who were misled, and it reshapes those who are beyond the reach of mercy. And, at last, it remembers, for sacrifices fade, too.
Worship
Cult
This Hour is worshipped as much as you would expect someone to worship a street, a road, or a house. There are, perhaps, individuals who do, but the reasoning is vague at best. Maybe there is something to gain out of this after all?
The Shelter Adamantine itself, however, is home to many Names, Mansus-spirits, Nowhere-things, Long, Know, and just regular mortals. All of them are loyal to no-one but the City and its Name-emanations.
Mark
- Temptation: Amelioration: It has occurred to me that I hold the key to betterment.
- Dedication: Amelioration: I have dedicated myself to the betterment of all, to the best of my ability.
- Ascension: Amelioration: F
- Ascension: Amelioration: N
- Ascension: Amelioration: O
- Ascension: Amelioration: R
- Ending: BADASS NAME: D
Servants
Names
The Stone Meridian is connected to its Names on a deeper level than most other Hours. Without them, its face is blank: they are its expressions.
The Obelisk
The Obelisk is the fuel that keeps the City going. She is also FNORD
The Minister in Black
The Minister in Black is the resilience of the City. He is also FNORD
The Diplomat in White
The Diplomat in White is the hope of the City. He is also FNORD
The Twister of Tongues
The Tonguetwister is the memory of the City. They are also FNORD
Spirits
Dead Long and mortals remain in the City after their death to become FNORD
FNORD
FNORD
Locations
The Mansus
FNORD
FNORD
The Wake
The Most Serene Republic of Venice
The Most Serene FN of ORD
The Histories
FNORD
Items
Tools
- FNORD
- Aspects: FNORD
Ingredients
Influences
- FNORD
- Aspect: FNORD
Books
- The Water That Burns
- Description: A fire-damaged journal of an Italian magus, and consequently, the last Venetian doge. The later entries are filled with a feeling of impending doom, with the most recent vividly describing an apocalyptic event and the final hours of Venice
- Start Text: "...The canals that la Serenissima is so proud of are engulfed in flames as if the water itself was replaced with oil. I feel the smoke creeping towards the Ducal Palace, and I saw a cathedral collapse under its own weight in the distance. I have never seen so much fire before in my life. There are screams, screams everywhere... And, I'm afraid, at this very moment, I felt the death of an Hour..."
- End Text: He goes on a soul-crushing rant about how unjust and cruel the end of the Republic is for a while, but before the feelings overwhelm him, he shares "a secret passage of defiance that may protect the one who finds this journal."
- Gives: Mid-level Heart or Forge lore, Dread
Rites
- The Rite of Desperate Deeds
- Description: FNORD
- Requires: FNORD
- Gives: FNORD
Relationships
- The Clepsydrae:
- The Old Wyrm:
- Her Scarred Serenity:
- The Unfettered:
- The Harrower:
- The Legion Lamentful:
- The Scoriantheme:
- The Deep:
- The Demiurge: perhaps enemy?
- The Hearthkeeper: perhaps fremd?
- Mother Songbird:
- The Confectionist:
- The Glorious Child: perhaps fremd?
- The Transfinite Question:
- The Nizvestier Within:
- The Navigator:
- The Fireside:
- The Listless King:
- The Fool's Gold:
- The Faustian Alchemist:
- The Chimaera:
- The Jahwian:
- The Perditarch:
- A Stock-Woven Watcher:
- Its Incarnadine Virulence:
- The Zabbaleen: perhaps fremd?
- The Wispy Tress:
- Little Lady Liver-Licker:
- The Stone Meridian:
- TINT:
- shade:
- The King of Keys:
- They:
Secrets
FNORD