When the Faustian Alchemist was a mortal, he grew up in an occult societyin Vienna, called Viennathe Order Aestuante, with ideals resembling those of the [[The Demiurge]], but in the waking world. This society already created Long when they started worshiping the Demiurge; however, most of them would die, mostly because they opposed the Mansus the Demiurge had built. When the first Long , called Ael, returned alive, without catching the attention of the Demiurge, the people decided to act on their ideals by themselves, thus starting the creation of their own Hour. In silent secrecy, hidden from all other Hours, they chose a young person, and would start to transform them into a Forge Long. This human would be the Faustian Alchemist, who, eventually, ascended directly from being Long to a lesser form of being an Hour, an act which was considered to be rather scandalous, but happened at a high cost nonetheless, that cost being the sacrifice of half of Vienna, including all Long it the Order Aestuante had created. When the Demiurge witnessed this, which would inevitably happen, he concluded that this could be a potential threat to the New Mansus. Thus, he destroyed the pitiful rest of Vienna, immolated the Faustian Alchemist in his Furnace, and thus condemning so condemned him to burn for a near-eternityseven years. Eventually, Vienna in another History was connected by the little few people who fled long left Vienna before the Demiurge destroyed Vienna ascension of the Faustian Alchemist united again, and unitedspread their doctrine all over the world. This would continue the sacrifice people and Long, sometimes even with people outside of Vienna, to strengthen the Burning Fool. Eventually, this would spread to even more societies, until the Faustian Alchemist could break out of the furnaceFurnace, reforged, and burning with his rage and grief, yet without leaving a trace. Now, he resides in the Mansus, keeping an eye on all Alchemists, and especially Vienna, spreading his ideals and visions to the waking world with the help of his Names, who were created in the "Last Sacrifice", the rite that would free the Faustian Alchemist from his cage, the furnaceFurnace.

It is far The Fournancier commonly takes the form of a musculous fire-scarred man, sometimes naked, often clothed in the rags of the clothes of those who were sacrificed for him. Like other Hours, he can take other less-human forms too menacing to look at, like a cloud of ash and blood; however, he definitely prefers being seen the same as other humans.

Guidance The Faustian Alchemist is a patron of the Alchemists and creationhas ideals to reshape the order of the world, similar to the Demiurge, and thus represents the principle of Forge; however, he sets his priorities on the waking world, not the Mansus, which is why he is commonly in the Wake. He also represents the principle of Moth, for how much he travels, the time he and his people hid and the escape from the Demiurge, and Edge, for his scars and all the suffering he had to endure in the Furnace.

The Template Faustian Alchemist is worhsipped by a lot of people in Vienna and the area around it, and alchemists, who seek various means of help through him. He is also worshipped by some strange folks called The Fansuspolitical groundbreakers, especially if their ideals match.

In the ascension under the Faustian Alchemist, the Long in the making will surrender parts of their old lives and their old ones, and will burn the pitiful rest into a Long of the Fournancier.# '''Temptation: PhraseReforging: What is this place I am in? How could I change it, and how could I've begun to comprehend the Template's ways.change me?# '''Dedication: PhraseReforging: I shall follow have made a conclusion, and I will stay true to it, no matter the Template's wayscost.# '''Ascension: PhraseReforging: Agh My skin is burnt, but my eyesflesh is steel. Each touch is pain, but nothing else.# '''Ascension: PhraseReforging: Ugh My eyes glow with embers my boneseyes are burnt to ash, and I still see what I need to see. I will understand.# '''Ascension: PhraseReforging: Gah my legsI have surrendered a loved one, I have burnt them. I will learn, and people will understand.# '''Ascension: PhraseReforging: But it's gonna be worth itI have surrendered myself, my right hand, my left foot, my tongue. We will all hear.# '''Ending''': I have proved myselfsurrendered all of me, and I have learned much. Now, I will seek my end in this furnace, but I will immortal: a Long, favoured by the Faustian Alchemist. I will live, and now nothing will be taken from me, nor will anything be taken from this world anymore. Together with my compatriots, I teach new hours how to bake cookieswill reshape the order of the people for the better.

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