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| arrival = c. 960 C.E.
| owners = [[User:Anaconda With Sword|Anaconda With Sword]]
}}'''The Bright-Delver''' ('''That Which Remains''', '''The Sea-Singer''', '''The Foremost of Snakes''') is the Fourth Hour of the Fansus, created by [[User:Anaconda_With_Sword|Anaconda With Sword]]. She is a God-From-Blood, born of the horrible thing which happened to the Great Serpent in Nowhere. Her aspects are [[:Category:Knock|Knock]], [[:Category:Secret Histories|Secret Histories]], and [[:Category:Heart|Heart]], in decreasing order of importance. It wants everyone to be able to see everything that the Glory and the Occult has to offer, and remain unharmed from it. Like most Hours, it wants the world population to become worshippers. Unlike most Hours, it doesn’t care whether or not the population worships it; it just wants the Mansus to become lively.
While followers of the Cuckoo might consider themselves virtuous people who help the poor and less virtuous become proper citizens, followers of the Bright-Delver are actually concerned with aiding others in a way that helps without sacrificing their happiness. Soup kitchens, free clinics, and other such charitable organizations are often the purview of cultists of the Bright-Delver. It’s not that they’re naive enough to assume that no one will cheat them, it’s that they believe that helping people is more important than punishing those who take advantage of them. In the Mansus proper, amongst the affairs of the Hours, those who take advantage of the Bright-Delver often have the Anaconda to answer to- a punishment which is never worth the crime. Her tarot card is The Empress/Moon Reversed/Cups. == Description ===== Appearance ===
The Bright-Delver appears often as a colorful sea snake, similar to the blue-lipped sea krait. Her body is covered in chimes, castanets, silks, and other musical instruments and colorful items. She is never silent, and is always dancing to the rhythm she creates. When the Delver chooses to take a human form, she always appears as some sort of dancer in bright and cheery garb.
=== Principles ===
The Bright-Delver is invoked by artisans and teachers alike, and beloved by anyone who wishes to fill the hearts and minds of others with light. Parents, too, invoke the Delver in hopes that their children will be adored and protected. Those afflicted by curses or wishing to pursue a diplomatic solution without raising their hands also call upon her power.
== Locations ==== The Fansus Location ==
The Bright-Delver holds her court in the Aquarium, filling the waters with light and music when she passes. Occasionally she can be found wherever the Tail and the Anaconda hold battle, pleading with them to cease or simply entrapping them within her coils until they call a truce. Here, however, she does not hold her court, and will not pay attention to mortals begging for her notice.
== Items ==
=== Tools ===
* '''Charming Castanets''' ({{Aspect|Heart}} 12, {{Aspect|Knock}} 6): Anyone can create a compelling rhythm with these. It’s hard to keep your feet from tapping along. But, the Bright-Singer has never needed feet to dance...
=== Ingredients ===
* '''Sweet Scale''' ({{Aspect|Knock}} 4, {{Aspect|Secret Histories}} 4): When the Bright-Singer makes merry, sometimes it loses a scale in the dance. This one is yours, now.
* '''Happy Hymn''' ({{Aspect|Heart}} 8, {{Aspect|Secret Histories}} 8): You wrote this! Isn’t it wonderful? Sing, now, and let the world sing with you.
== Relationships ==