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It is said that proponents of the Golden King, that patron of humanity's advancement also took an interest in the project, seeing it as a way to both advance humanity out of the era of constant conflict the Sixth History had fallen into, as well as potentially gain a powerful ally that might be able to free him from behind the Gilded Gate.
===FNORDFollowing the road===here come dat The anonymous engineer's work he performed publicly and to great public accolade which quickly attracted the attention of the History's Suppression Bureau which began to take an interest. Eventually, someone grew alarmed enough to order the end of the work and the Bureau moved in. But by this time, the engineer had received enough patrons and allies that he was able to elude their attentions and continue his work. But as the Bureau hounded him for, as he saw it, just his duty to improve humanity's tumultuous state, his grip on sanity slowly slipped, something not helped by the strange machine's connection with the Mansus. The Bureau poured enormous resources into hunting him, but with support, he was able to create the earliest stage of the Engine. Then, it was not even to the modern Engine what an embryo is to a human, but it was still a marvel of the era: A perpetual motion machine that seemed to be able to think and grow. The engineer's supporters, disciples, and patrons pointed to it as an example of what he had been doing and with the benefits it proved able to provide, public opinion swung heavily against the Bureau, leading to a counter-suppression. With the power of such a thing behind them, the engine's proponents gathered enough financial and military leverage to force the warring states of the History to a peace, and for the first time in millennia, the world saw peace. But this was not to last, for the engineer continued working and labouring on his creation...
===Ignition===
The newborn Hour, lacking in knowledge except for what it was and what it was made to do: spread and improve, saw its surroundings as little more than fuel. Material, human, and ''Hour'' alike. The Engine blossomed outwards, rapidly spreading and consuming everything in its path. With a birth cry felt through five Histories, the infant Hour devoured the Sixth to fuel its birth transforming into a titan of steel, massive and powerful beyond measure.
The sheer scale of the destruction was unlike anything seen before or since. The Save for a few adepts capable of escaping into other Histories or the servants of the Engine who found a way to evade consumption, the humans of the Sixth were not merely killed, but absorbed, their very souls used as fuel and raw materials for the Engine, leaving nothing to enter the House as Dead. The shock of the violent birth left many Hours momentarily stunned, unable to comprehend what had just occurred. All but the Maker, Spark, and Anvil, who had been involved in the ill-fated project and immediately knew what had gone wrong.
The Spark, that wistful and airiest of Hours, had already departed the Sixth History long ago, its role in the creation of the Engine having long past. It was already off in another History, spreading new ideas and planting the seeds of other great projects, and for this reason was spared when the Engine ignited.
