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}} '''The Vizer''' ('''The Sous-Chef''', '''The Ink-Thane''') is the Sixth Hour of the Fansus, represented by the Lovers card. He was created by [[user: ThreeInquisitors|Will]]. It is a God-from-Flesh, or, as some tales have it, a God-from-Blood. He ascended early in the First History, rising from his position as chancellor to the King of Albion, to a Name of the Great Serpent, and then to Hourhood. His aspects are [[Winter]] and [[Secret Histories]]. He presides over advisors, well-meaning traitors, spies, manipulators, and bureaucrats.
==History==
He is an Hour of manipulation, scheming, plotting, and lying. He loves order and organisation, constantly micromanaging his Long and Names. He loves knowledge, both for its own sake and for the power it brings. Because of this, it is a spy and voyeur, always seeking to discover secrets that would help spread its influence.
==ServantsWorship==
The Vizier's servants are many, though only a few are significant. He surrounds himself with helpers, assistants, scribes, administrators, and miscellaneous minions. Some are mortal, some are Long, a few are Names. Despite their internal rivalries, their affairs and their squabbling, they operate like oiled clockwork. The Vizier does not tolerate inefficiency.
===Names===
Once a spy who betrayed their homeland and rose to lead the organisation they secretly fought against. They aided the revolution from within, and built a new order to replace that which they tore down. Winter to call them. Edge to match their struggle with your own. They are Winter, for they bring the end; and Forge, for an end is merely a new beginning. The Revolutionary sometimes appears as a man, sometimes as a woman, but always in singed business clothing appropriate to the time and place they have been summoned to.
===Long===
The Vizier's Long are known as Agents, and there are relatively few of them compared to the other Hours. They are spread thin across the Histories, and are often found in temporary alliance with the Long of other Hours. They form the core of the Vizier's power in the Histories, seeking to twist it to their own designs. They are difficult to remember, seeming to blend into the background, only noticeable when they chime in with advice murmured into one's ear.
The Vizier also quietly claims the allegiance of a number of other Long - rogues, traitors, upstarts, and moles. His network of Agents cannot see all, and so he relies on the treachery of others to fill in the gaps.
===Mark===
"Step back behind the throne. Abandon your self for the greater good. Feel your eyesight dim, your muscles weaken, your flesh age. It shall be restored in time, when the kingdom prospers." These are the '''Marks of Dedication.''' To obtain them, one must see beyond the individual's plight and understand the truth: the kingdom is all.
# '''Notion: The Greater Good''': It has occurred to me that I could change the course of History for the better, if only the necessary sacrifices can be made.
# '''Temptation: The Greater Good''': I have dedicated myself to bringing peace and prosperity to the lands, no matter the cost.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good''': The Vizier has touched me, tapping my shoulder to gain my attention. My voice is now as a whisper, and I can see the course I must take as clear as the sun. I know this to be the Third Mark.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good''': The Fourth Mark brings sleeplessness. My efforts have left my body weak, but rest is a luxury I cannot afford. I have ordered a traitor to be brought before me to be questioned. Tomorrow he shall be executed. The day after that, I shall tear down those that seek to destroy what I have built. All shall be well in the end.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good''': The Fifth Mark causes others to find me difficult to spot until I speak. I seem to fade into the background of the world. My master has begun to oppose my plans. They call me cruel and heartless. They do not understand.
# '''Ascension: The Greater Good''': Conversation dies when I draw within earshot. I see the threads of History, trailing behind each person, each place, each event, and each moment. I merely need to reach out and tug on them to change it all. I feel no sorrow or remorse for my acts, for they were necessary. The guards have been sent to collect me. They can feel the Sixth Mark within me.
# '''The Silent Revolution''': I have passed through the Tricuspid Gate, still in service to something greater than I. My mind is sharp as a blade, my body indefatigable, my fervour brighter than ever. I will walk the world in service to the Vizier, reweaving History to my liking. I shall not grow old. Perhaps I will rebel. Perhaps I will rise higher yet, though not too high.
===Cults===
The Vizier is not commonly worshiped as an Hour. It is often believed that he is merely a Name - perhaps of the Peacock or the Aged Bones or the Anaconda. More commonly he is worshiped by individuals seeking to better their country, organisation, or ideology.
==Relationships==