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| title = The Firstborn
| card = the Lovers
| quote = „The firstborn claims to be the first among hours, and whilst this is certainly not true,he has the power to wage war on those who contradict his vanity.“ - Anaximenes, ε ώραe hora
| origin = from flesh
| titles = his His majesty the fistbornFistborn, first among the hours, bearer of the white blade, lord of blood , the beautiful, Apollon, etc
| names = The hundred-winged, the Secondborn
| aspects = Grail and Edge
== Appearance ==
The firstborn appears as an almost irritatingly beautiful and armored enamored man in his early thirtiesgreek armor, but he is also known to appear as a red peacockfirefly when he brings the new day.
== Principles ==
Grail for pleasure and self-indulgence, edge for a hot temper and fighting prowess, and both for vanity. He is known for his pride, and the wrath that follows the injury of his pride.
== History ==
The Firstborn is said to have originated from a small village in Phrygia, albeit it’s name has been forgotten by the histories, as was his original name. Beloved by all, men, women and even the creatures of the mansus, he rapidly developed a highly narcissistic and dismissive personality, which ultimately proved to be his undoing: after being harshly turned down, a forest-seerlaid a curse on him, that he „never shall leave his house, lest he die.“ Infuriated, he ran after the seer, but as soon as he set foot on the doorsteps, he felt himself weakening.
Using his beauty as ab bargaining chip, he slowly built up a cult, seeking ascensioninto the Mansus, because if he can't leave his house, he shall move to a bigger one. As the years passed by, he built up a cult, amassed a great hoard of treasures, incited strife between the hours, and directed his cultists in the flaying of Marsyas, the forest-seer who had cursed him. As the time had come and the hours were infighting more than ever, he seized his window of opportunity and ascended through the Sea Gate, in an monumental orgy in which he ultimately betrayed all his lovers, reciting the Formulae Voluptuous over and over.
== Worship ==
=== 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 Voluptuous, to remember the Betrayed's sacrifice.# '''Ascension: The hair‘s 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 is served by the souls of those killed without honor , those the Betrayed, which he betrayedsacrificed, which are his most fanatical and feared servants, and he gains power from all those who learn of the place behind desire.Other than that, he mainly seeks to corrupt other hours followers by offering them tokens of irresistible beauty, in the endless game of backstabbing and intrigue in the house, building up a network of informants, spies and traitors, and whilst he is not smart enough to play the great game to the fullest, he is clever enough to pose a threat to those who incur his wrath.
== Locations ==
=== Who They Blame ===
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, due to the fact, that he was not present during the extirpation.
=== What They Hide ===