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* [[The Architeuthian]] is represented by Father Douglas, a being not quite mortal, but not quite Long. It is believed that the Squid shaped him specifically for this purpose. While many know the Squid for his ruthlessness and intolerance of treachery, Father Douglas strives to teach others of the benevolence and glory of the Dweller in the Depths. He preaches of the immense catalogs of knowledge within the Aquarium, of the lessons taught to those dedicated to Him, of the beautiful changes He can bring. While the Hours and their servants are forbidden from warring with each other in the First City, Father Douglas's mass sermons serve a similar purpose, attempting to build an 'army' of sorts in service of the Architeuthian within the First City itself.
* [[The Meatgrinder]]'s representative is The Shopkeep. A formerly human long who pledged himself to the Meatgrinder. In his endless transformations by the Meatgrinder, he eventually set upon a form that he enjoyed more than any other. A short, elderly-but-plum gentleman wearing a butcher's apron - anchored into his shop by his feet, which merge with the ground. Huge hunks of meat hang from the walls around him, unclear what form of livestock they came from, and grow back rather quickly when they are sliced from the wall and purchased. The meat is delicious but unidentifiable, and the walls of the Shopkeep do seem to sweat and grow, in harmony with the Meatgrinder's condition.
* [[The Snow-Stained]] is represented by the [[Chair-Leg]], a seemingly inanimate bit of repurposed furniture. Its attendant, a scholar by the name of Andriff, insists that it is as sapient as the Bully's Stick itself, and that it's just very difficult for anyone to understand what it's saying. For the most part, the attendant speaks for the chair leg. Many political observers suggest that this choice of representative is a deliberate insult on the Stick's part, both to the council itself and to the so-called "new school" of occult scholasticism, which Andriff belongs to.
* FNORP, FNORE's brother
* FNORT, FNORD's cousin twice removed