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The Mendicant fled Nowhere long ago, seeking to satiate a hunger it did not yet understand. It beseeched the Hours of the Mansus to be allowed within, and its request was granted, but for a price that meant nothing to it. The Mansus Hours came to regret their decision in time, and it was cast out for reasons which did not make any sense to it. It mourns its loss to this day, as it craves what it never had to lose in the first place. It fears [[the Wood]], and the wilder Hours that reside within, and dares not leave the Gates, should they ever open for it again.
=== First Maneuvers in The Fourth History ===
In the year 1723 the Mendicant Without made its entrance into [[The Fourth History|the Fourth History]], wholly unaware of the millennia-long truce that had preserved it from greater influence until then. With no Names, no followers and little power of its own, it sought to establish a power base that would cement its presence among the older Hours, intervening much more personally than most Hours usually did. Donning a form that was passably human, it drew to itself the hungry, the destitute and the skeptics, asking the right questions but providing few answers. Instead, it urged its followers to spread the questioning, instilling a sense of longing and unrest for which there were no earthly remedies. In exchange, it offered greater glimpses of the skin beneath the world than any in this History had yet witnessed, further fueling the hunger and drive of occultists throughout the world.
To this day, the Mendicant remains a figure of note among occultists in this History, though no active cult wields any particular influence. Symbols of its worship are still occasionally openly displayed in many places, despite the stigma against the occult, even though actual worship of the Hours is forbidden. As a result, the Mendicant still pays occasional visits to the Fourth History, though it has largely given up on its greater plans for it.
=== Growth and Learning ===
''TBD: The Mendicant, coached by the Bright-Delver and through studies of humanity, acquires knowledge and understanding, both of itself and the world it has entered.''
=== The Conspirator ===
''TBD: Having lost faith in the Mansus and the other Hours, the Mendicant comes to several conclusions:''
* ''The Hours are inadequate Gods for humans. A new form is required, one which will allow them greater understanding, even if it is at a cost of its own power. It still believes humans need to be guided, however, lest they do something unwise (see the Engine of Cycles).''
* ''The Mansus is a prison, both for the Hours within and the mortals without. It needs to be torn down and rebuilt.''
* ''An all-out-war won't work, and so it initiates a conspiracy to erode it from the inside, using dreaming followers as its instrument.''
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