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| | == History == | | == History == |
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| − | There was a world that never was, and a stranger in a long coat who helped an army tear a hole in Berlin. All the heat in the world fell out through that hole, leaving the world barren and silent, until, many years later, life learned to live again. The stranger, and their long coat, cracked open the Tower of the Vizier long before the world's heat-death, and so as they and the shards of clockface fell to the Earth far below, the world changed, bending and warping into a new shape. The Tear was undone, but it was not erased.
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| − | The Torn Secret remembers itself. It desires a return. It hides in the depths of consciousness, subtly changing memories to reflect the world it lost, inspiring artists and writers to imitate it. It is subtle; it must not be discovered; must not be challenged. It yearns to return home. It yearns to have a home to return to.
| + | There was a world that never was. |
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| | + | There was a tear that tore out heat. |
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| | + | There was a clock that unwound time. |
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| | + | There is a lie that tells the truth. |
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| | == Principles == | | == Principles == |
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| − | The Torn Secret is a creature of silence. It lives in the unexplored corners of the mind; it expresses truths in ways that are only recognized, never observed. And those truths are always of its home, and of its plans. That yearning, once recognized, is undeniable. If it were ever studied, it would be classified as a creature of [[Category:Winter]], [[Category:Moth]], and the [[Category:Secret Histories]].
| + | [[Category:Winter]], [[Category:Moth]], [[Category:Secret Histories]]. |
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| | == Location == | | == Location == |
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| − | It has no 'real' home within the Mansus proper, but the Spire's Sister lives on inside of it--the immense, shattered twin of the Vizier's clocktower. Should it ever be rebuilt, standing opposite the 'real' clocktower, the Secret's purpose will have been completed, and the Tear will be reborn.
| + | The Spire's Sister does not stand opposite the [[The Revolutionary|Revolutionary]]'s clocktower. Its face is marred by violence, and its body cloaked in frost. It can only be seen in glimpses, out of the corner of one's eye, and then only through shards of broken glass, stolen from places that never existed. |
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| | == Relationships == | | == Relationships == |
| − | * [[The Meatgrinder]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Aged Bones]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Caladrius]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Bright-Delver]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Architeuthian]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Engine of Cycles]]: Symptom.
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| − | * [[The Vizier]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Harvester]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Watcher in the Window]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Apple-of-the-Eye]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Rider]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Elder Sister]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Silver Owl]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[Old Tarnished]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Cuckoo]]: Disgusting bird. Potential ally.
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| − | * [[The Fanged Bramble]]: Raucous infestation.
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| − | * [[The Snow-Stained]]: <i>HATE.</i>
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| − | * [[The Spark]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Ferryman]]: Not a concern. Potential ally.
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| − | * [[The Diagram]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Anaconda]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Great Serpent]]: To be locked out.
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| − | * [[The Uninvited Guest]]: To be expunged.
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| − | * [[The Peacock]]: To be destroyed, and the remains scattered.
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| − | * [[Snake Tail with Appendages]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Insidious]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * [[The Mendicant Without]]: To be eaten.
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| − | * This is the slot the Torn Secret occupies.
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| − | * [[The Unmirror]] To be eaten.
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| | == Items == | | == Items == |
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History
These are the secrets known only to liars and fools:
There was a world that never was.
There was a tear that tore out heat.
There was a clock that unwound time.
There is a lie that tells the truth.
Principles
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Location
The Spire's Sister does not stand opposite the Revolutionary's clocktower. Its face is marred by violence, and its body cloaked in frost. It can only be seen in glimpses, out of the corner of one's eye, and then only through shards of broken glass, stolen from places that never existed.
Relationships
Items
Tools
Ingredients
Books
Rites
See Also
