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{{InfoboxHour
| title = The Insidious
| card = File:StolentemplateThe Insidious.png
| origin = Nowhere
| titles = The Woken Breath<br />The Hooded Horde
| owners = [[Stone|Stone]]
}}
'''The Insidious''' ('''The Woken Breath''', '''The Hooded Horde''') is the Twenty-Eighth Hour of the Fansus, created by [[User:Stone|Stone]]. It is a God-From-Nowhere. Its aspects are [[:Category:Knock|Knock]] and [[:Category:Winter|Winter]] in decreasing order of importance. During the War of Doors, many new ways were opened, each a tear in the fabric of the Fansus. Through each tear, a little bit of Nowhere crept in. These fragments blew together, repulsed by what is, seeking comfort in their fellows. In the forgotten corners of the wood they gathered, the only sign of their passing a gentle swaying of the trees. Over time, such as it is in the House of the Snake, the fragments met and coalesced, consolidating their power, a shadow darkening the wood. Now they are recognized as an hour in their own right, a hive of creeping cold found in the most tenebrous corners of this place.
== Appearance ==
=== Cults ===
* '''The Shadow Concordat:''' Wherever public servants gather in quiet rebellion against those who control them, wherever thieves meet to discuss their marks, wherever the sinister powers of the audit group together, readying their merciless pens; here will the The Insidious be invoked. Whisper its name in the shadows, and maybe the shadows will follow you.
=== Temptation: Obscurity ===
=== Servants ===
* '''Shade''' ({{Aspect|Knock|12}}) : A lone fragment of the greater horde, the shade has but an echo of power, but that power is still formidable. Knock to bring it, Winter to shackle it. In its presence cracks widen and the features of those nearby fade into amorphous anonymity. It is a Shades are potent agent agents of infiltration but seeks seek dearly a way back to the rest of itselfthemself.
* '''The Prince''' ({{Aspect|Moth|12}}) ({{Aspect|Lantern|12}}): Lantern to lure him, Heart to convince him that this is worth his time. The Prince radiates careful power like a caged sun, his words are sharper than any blade, he knows secrets about you that you wouldn't dare to dream of. It is uncertain whether he has no shadow, or whether he is the shadow. "Deceptions upon deceptions, the very skin is a lie. Truth is the key and the knife."
== Locations ==
=== The Fansus ===
* '''[[The Darker Groves]]:''' Since the coalescence of The Hooded Horde certain areas in [[The Wood ]] have grown more shadowy, even dangerous. A strange darkness has gathered in the roots and branches of those ancient trees. These are the areas of the house that are sacred to to followers of The Insidious and the areas where its influence is strongest. It’s spreading influence has disturbed the sanctuaries sacred to the Elder Sister especially, who finds that individual shadows are easily captured and amusing for a while, but their tendency to slip through the seals of jars grows tiresome. She prefers to be the only hour capable of being mysterious and shadowy in the woods so doesn’t take too kindly to the darkening of woods without her permission. The several skirmishes that have been perpetrated by members of the court have so far been more similar to pest control than open war. While the Horde is slow to stir, some of the Cousins that roam far from court have begin to disappear, the only trace of their passing a whisper in the trees.
* '''[[The Empty Rooms]]:''' Up higher in The Fansus, past [[The Silver Door ]] and [[The Breach]], there are the empty rooms of the house. It is uncertain whether these rooms were ever occupied or if they simply lie in wait for a strength to claim them. With the growing power of The Insidious, shadow has spread from the wood, climbing so high as to fill the bare spaces of the middle house.
=== The Histories ===
[[Category:Gods-From-Nowhere]]
[[Category:Knock]]
[[Category:Winter]][[Category:Fansus I]]
