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! The House of the Serpent
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The 0th Hour, associated with absence, void spaces, and what is not. The Meatgrinder rent it limb from nonexistent limb, but didn't kill it, because how can you kill something that isn't even there?
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* MindScrew: It exists only in its absence.
* NothingIsScarier: Unbodies the principle.
* NumerologicalMotifs: 0.
* PowerOfTheVoid: It is the Hour of the space in between where actual things are.
* TarotMotifs: Its card is The Fool.

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!! The Aged Bones

A God-From-Flesh created from the bones of the Empress Irene. She presides over history and what it remembers.

!! The Caladrius

A God-From-Light who seeks to protect and preserve human life, though it has little understanding itself of what that life entails.
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* TarotMotifs: High Priestess.

!! The Bright Delver

One of the two Heirs of the Serpent, along with the Snake-Tail-With-Appendages. She is the Hour of love, mercy, and compassion. The Bright Delver is a God-From-Blood created after the Great Serpent's unwise journey to Nowhere.
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* GodOfGood: Played ''completely'' straight.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Her great empathy means she feels others' pain as if it were her own. She can make other people feel ''her'' pain as if it were theirs too.
* TarotMotifs: Her card is The Empress.

!! The Architeuthian

The Fifth Hour of the First Fansus, ruler of the ocean depths, and creator of the many monsters found there.
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* EldritchOceanAbyss: God of this.
* TarotMotifs: The Emperor.

!! The Engine of Cycles

The first of the Gods-from-Steel, and the patron of cycles, change, and revolution. Created by a nameless engineer in the Sixth History. There is no Sixth History. and ''this is why''.
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* DeusEstMachina: The very first of them.
* ApocalypseHow: Destroyed his entire history in his ascension.
* KillTheGod: Killed the Anvil and the Maker when they tried to punish him for destroying the Sixth History.
* TarotMotifs: The Heirophant.

!! The Vizier

A Vizier of the ancient empire of Albion who betrayed his liege to gain Hourhood. Made a deal with the Peacock which probably won't work out well.
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* EvilVizier: Well, not so much evil as 'amoral and super untrustworthy', but he's essentially the Hour of this trope, and backstabbing politicians in general.
* TarotMotifs: It ''was'' The Lovers. Then he made a deal with the Peacock, who got the Lovers arcana while he got the Peacock's backing.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: 'Well-Intentioned Traitors' are part of his purview.

!! The Harvester

'Child' of the Engine of Cycles, which destroys the strong and integrates what is destroyed into itself.

!! The Watcher in the Window

The Ninth Hour, patron of nostalgia and the desire for what is lost.
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* TarotMotifs: Strength.

!! Apple-Of-The-Eye

Hour of beauty admired from a distance.
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* TarotMotifs: The Hermit.

!! The Archivist

The Hour of collection and preservation.
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* TarotMotifs: The Wheel of Fortune.

!! The Elder Sister

The Hour that nobody, not even other Hours, wants to deal with. She is the Hour of fancy, yearning, and of taking what is fancied. She is highly whimsical and quickly bores of what she's taken and desires new things.
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* TheScottishTrope: Visual variant. You don't depict the Elder Sister visually- she might like it and take the picture and the artist with it.
* TimeAbyss: As a God-From-Stone.

!! The Silver Owl

The Hour of Freedom and Independence, born of the souls who would not submit to the Engine of Cycles and instead fused to create the Unbound.
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* TarotMotifs: The Tower.

!!The Old Tarnished

I think you might have heard of this guy- in his mortal life, he was one Hernan Cortez, who in the third history got stuck in the Golden City in the Mansus. He wages constant war on the Mansus, seeking to overthrow it in favor of humanity, but his nature ultimately prevents it as he must always return to his city.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: At least in one history.
* ConflictKiller: Serves this role in the Fansus. Anyone gets ''too'' uppity, he rides out and steamrollers both sides.
* ProHumanTranshuman: Even as an Hour, he seeks to prevent the others from interfering with humanity.
* TarotMotifs: Death.

!! The Cuckoo

Hour of Selfishness, Deceit, and Why We Can't Have Nice Things. Became a Long after killing and disguising herself as her sister, but when she was found out, she was punished by becoming a Long very different than the glorious beauty she wanted. She later became an Hour by stealing faith from the others, and created the Peacock in a plan gone horribly wrong.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Describes her to a tee.
* BadBoss: As the Hour of Selfishness, she ''never'' gives anything to her followers. The most she'll do is harry their enemies.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain.
* EatsBabies: She committed the Crime of the Sky and became an Alukite even ''before'' becoming the twisted bird-crone she is now.
* SatanicArchetype: Committed a great betrayal and was cast out of the Maker's sight, likes disguising herself as being more appealing than she really is, tempts mortals into evil (she prefers self-righteousness, because if she can get them to sacrifice material goods to prove their holiness then she can take the stuff) and takes everything from her followers/dupes.
* TarotMotifs: Reversed Temperance, as she wants to take everything from others and hoard it all for herself.
* VillainousGlutton: Likes temperance in other people, because that means there's more for her.

!! The Fanged Bramble

!! The Snow-Stained

Once there was an occultist who took a lead pipe from the plumbing of the Mansus and beat Time with it, saving the world from a now-destroyed History. In the process, he became the Snow-Stained, god of violence and change.
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* BadassNormal: Was once a normal human who straight up ''broke time'' with a lead pipe.

!! The Spark

The Hour of hope and inspiration, and the only Forge Hour left after the Engine of Cycles ascended.
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* TarotMotifs: The Star, naturally.

!! The Ferryman (Dolomedes)

The Hour of Balance, Dreams, and Equal Exchange. It made a deal with the First Men, taking their immortality in exchange for granting them access to the Mansus.
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* TarotMotifs: The Moon.

!! The Anaconda

A God-From-Flesh and the Hour of stealth, curses, and assassination. Acts as the executioner of the Mansus.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Yes, really. She's known to have a soft spot for kids.
* TarotMotifs: Judgement.

!! The Great Serpent

Former ruler of the Mansus until it was divided into the Bright Delver and the Snake-Tail-With-Appendages. Loved to explore, which was its downfall when it tried exploring Nowhere.
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* PosthumousCharacter: By the present, it's dead and the Heirs were born from its death.
* TarotMotifs: The World.
* TopGod: When he was alive.

!!The Synapse (Mr. Alden)

The Hour who ''really'' didn't want to become one. Formerly a FlatEarthAthiest who, after becoming a Name entirely by accident, tried to commit ritual suicide to prove he wasn't a god. This did the opposite of what he expected, actually turning him into an Hour. Freaked out so hard at this he flung himself into Nowhere.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: The story of his life.

!! The Void-In-Skins

!!The Peacock

An Hour of love, joy, and life twisted by the Cuckoo killing him shortly after birth into a God from Nowhere. Now, he's essentially [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Slaanesh]]-the-bird.
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* TheHedonist: Believes there's no such thing as 'too much of a good thing.'
* TarotMotifs: The Lovers, which he took from the Vizier.

!!Snake-Tail-With-Appendages

Also known as the Wrong Serpent. Very hard to describe, except as "a jerk". On average, appears more as a snake tail with various appendages sticking out, hence the name.
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* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The Hour of this trope.

!!The Insidious

Hour of shadows and hidden things.

!!The Mendicant Without

Hour of rapacity and longing. Always seeks something which he never had and appears beautiful but really has nothing to offer. Was kicked out of the Mansus for bad behavior and subsequently taken under the Bright Delver's wing, so she could teach him how to be a proper Hour.
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* AffablyEvil: He may be a God-From-Nowhere and an embodiment of empty pleasure, self-destructive appetite, and yearning for something he doesn't know, but he's generally friendly and likes to talk to mortals, though they rarely remember his words.

!! The Unmirror

Once the Hour of True, Unchangeable Self before it was killed and became a God-From-Nowhere.

!! The Maker

It's all in the name, really.

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