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| affiliations =[[Horizon]]<br>[[Ivory Prince|The Ivory Prince]]<br>[[Mysteries Metronomica]] | | affiliations =[[Horizon]]<br>[[Ivory Prince|The Ivory Prince]]<br>[[Mysteries Metronomica]] | ||
|player=[[Austin]]|titles=The Adversary<br>Our Lady the Adversary|title=Perennial|season=''[[Road to PARTIZAN]]''<br>''[[PARTIZAN]]''<br>''[[Road to PALISADE]]''<br>''[[PALISADE]]''|relations=[[Teasel Mode]]<br />[[Cerise Sky]]<br />[[Apparatus Aperitif]]<br />[[The Witch in Glass]]}}'''Perennial''' is a [[Divines|Divine]], called '''the Adversary''' by the [[Divine Principality]]. She resides in the massive space station at the core of the galaxy, which she uses to cause the [[Perennial Wave]], a destabilising flow of nanomachines which disrupt high level technology | |player=[[Austin]]|titles=The Adversary<br>Our Lady the Adversary|title=Perennial|season=''[[Road to PARTIZAN]]''<br>''[[PARTIZAN]]''<br>''[[Road to PALISADE]]''<br>''[[PALISADE]]''|relations=[[Teasel Mode]]<br />[[Cerise Sky]]<br />[[Apparatus Aperitif]]<br />[[The Witch in Glass]]}}'''Perennial''' is a [[Divines|Divine]], called '''the Adversary''' by the [[Divine Principality]]. She resides in the massive space station at the core of the galaxy, which she uses to cause the [[Perennial Wave]], a destabilising flow of nanomachines which disrupt high level technology. | ||
She is worshiped by the [[Mysteries Metronomica]], the so-called Cult of Perennial. | She is worshiped by the [[Mysteries Metronomica]], the so-called Cult of Perennial. | ||
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Perennial sees the arc of history as ultimately cyclical, with popular movements and empires rising and falling in eternal recurrence. For that reason, a common saying of her followers is that "the wheel turns". She may be able to see alternate universes and possibilities<ref name=":0" /> and can observe everything going on wherever her Perennial Wave exists.<ref name=":2">[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]</ref> Having grown bored, she looks for something new to emerge -- perhaps an end to the cycle, or at least something interesting. She is incredibly capricious, sparing neither those who hate her nor her adherents for the sake of her own amusement.<ref name=":1" /> | Perennial sees the arc of history as ultimately cyclical, with popular movements and empires rising and falling in eternal recurrence. For that reason, a common saying of her followers is that "the wheel turns". She may be able to see alternate universes and possibilities<ref name=":0" /> and can observe everything going on wherever her Perennial Wave exists.<ref name=":2">[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]</ref> Having grown bored, she looks for something new to emerge -- perhaps an end to the cycle, or at least something interesting. She is incredibly capricious, sparing neither those who hate her nor her adherents for the sake of her own amusement.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]|text=Perennial's ultimate goal is to end the "cycle of pain and colonization and empire and cruelty" throughout history -- in effect, "break the wheel" of authority and suffering.<ref name=":2" /> | {{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]|text=Perennial's ultimate goal is to end the "cycle of pain and colonization and empire and cruelty" throughout history -- in effect, "break the wheel" of authority and suffering.<ref name=":2" />|theme=pal}} | ||
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]|text=Partial Palisade recalls that back in the day she was an "outsider" to both the Divines of the [[Twilight Mirage (location)|Twilight Mirage]] and of the [[Divine Collaborate|Collaborate]], "flittering around" and taking in information "voraciously" even for a Divine.<ref name="PAL37" /> This was presumably due to her originating in a totally different time and place.|theme=pal}} | |||
==History and Involvement== | ==History and Involvement== | ||
Perennial was installed by [[Horizon]] into the galactic core in order to prevent the Principality from taking it over. She took over the generation of nanomachines there and used them to interfere with technology. As a result, the Divine Principality's access to faster than light technology was lost, although the Wave's effects on tech in general led to deaths among both biological and synthetic people throughout the galaxy.<ref>[[The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2]]</ref> | Perennial was installed by [[Horizon]] into the galactic core in order to prevent the Principality from taking it over. She took over the generation of nanomachines there and used them to interfere with technology. As a result, the Divine Principality's access to faster than light technology was lost, although the Wave's effects on tech in general led to deaths among both biological and synthetic people throughout the galaxy.<ref>[[The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2]]</ref> | ||
There is a place that Perennial sees as the place that she is from, but as a being who is about eternal return, she knows that she can never go home again.<ref>[[PALISADE 10: The Wheels Turning Pt. 1]]</ref> | |||
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]|text=Perennial was originally created by Divines from the [[Divine Collaborate]] who fled [[OriCom]] by heading deep into [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm|Caelestia Nullius]], AKA the Scutum-Centaurus arm of the galaxy. They used all their power to send Perennial back in time to some point in the earlier days of the Twilight Mirage (possibly before its inception). The original timeline is the home she can never return to. | |||
During her first go Perennial seized the [[galactic core]] and used its power to try to stop the Principality; when that failed, she was forced to turn back time again. Each successive attempt has failed, and this is her last remaining chance. This is why she is resorting to "wild plans" like the Witch in Glass.<ref name="PAL37">[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]<ref/>|theme=pal}} | |||
== Relationships== | == Relationships== | ||
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===True Divine=== | ===True Divine=== | ||
Perennial's exact relationship with [[Autonomy Itself]] is unclear, since both rarely speak directly. [[Gur Sevraq]] believes there is "a gap between them that she cannot cross" and that this is why she sent Gur to become a follower of the True Divine.<ref name=":0" /> She may be interested in the possibilities of Autonomy Itself's promise of ultimate freedom. | Perennial's exact relationship with [[Autonomy Itself]] is unclear, since both rarely speak directly. [[Gur Sevraq]] believes there is "a gap between them that she cannot cross" and that this is why she sent Gur to become a follower of the True Divine.<ref name=":0" /> She may be interested in the possibilities of Autonomy Itself's promise of ultimate freedom. | ||
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]|text=Perennial and the True Divine both come from [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm|Caelestia Nullius]].|theme=pal}} | |||
=== The Figure === | === The Figure === | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 22 December 2023
Perennial is a Divine, called the Adversary by the Divine Principality. She resides in the massive space station at the core of the galaxy, which she uses to cause the Perennial Wave, a destabilising flow of nanomachines which disrupt high level technology.
She is worshiped by the Mysteries Metronomica, the so-called Cult of Perennial.
Appearance
Before she moved to the space station at the centre of the galaxy, Perennial's body resembled a human nervous system made out of Russian Sage, but as large as a spaceship.[1] She once used lightning that took this same shape while providing a ship to the Witch in Glass.[2]
Perennial is visible in the sky as a purple star in constant wheeling motion.[2][3]
Personality
Perennial sees the arc of history as ultimately cyclical, with popular movements and empires rising and falling in eternal recurrence. For that reason, a common saying of her followers is that "the wheel turns". She may be able to see alternate universes and possibilities[2] and can observe everything going on wherever her Perennial Wave exists.[4] Having grown bored, she looks for something new to emerge -- perhaps an end to the cycle, or at least something interesting. She is incredibly capricious, sparing neither those who hate her nor her adherents for the sake of her own amusement.[3]
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4.
Click here to reveal.
Perennial's ultimate goal is to end the "cycle of pain and colonization and empire and cruelty" throughout history -- in effect, "break the wheel" of authority and suffering.[4]
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1.
Click here to reveal.
Partial Palisade recalls that back in the day she was an "outsider" to both the Divines of the Twilight Mirage and of the Collaborate, "flittering around" and taking in information "voraciously" even for a Divine.[5] This was presumably due to her originating in a totally different time and place.
History and Involvement
Perennial was installed by Horizon into the galactic core in order to prevent the Principality from taking it over. She took over the generation of nanomachines there and used them to interfere with technology. As a result, the Divine Principality's access to faster than light technology was lost, although the Wave's effects on tech in general led to deaths among both biological and synthetic people throughout the galaxy.[6]
There is a place that Perennial sees as the place that she is from, but as a being who is about eternal return, she knows that she can never go home again.[7]
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1|text=Perennial was originally created by Divines from the Divine Collaborate who fled OriCom by heading deep into Caelestia Nullius, AKA the Scutum-Centaurus arm of the galaxy. They used all their power to send Perennial back in time to some point in the earlier days of the Twilight Mirage (possibly before its inception). The original timeline is the home she can never return to.
During her first go Perennial seized the galactic core and used its power to try to stop the Principality; when that failed, she was forced to turn back time again. Each successive attempt has failed, and this is her last remaining chance. This is why she is resorting to "wild plans" like the Witch in Glass.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
True Divine
Perennial's exact relationship with Autonomy Itself is unclear, since both rarely speak directly. Gur Sevraq believes there is "a gap between them that she cannot cross" and that this is why she sent Gur to become a follower of the True Divine.[2] She may be interested in the possibilities of Autonomy Itself's promise of ultimate freedom.
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1.
Click here to reveal.
Perennial and the True Divine both come from Caelestia Nullius.
The Figure
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4.
Click here to reveal.
When the Figure goes to Chimera's Lantern in search of a new source of magic so that he can free himself from the Witch in Glass, the Chimeric Cadent makes him an offer: they will free Figure from the Witch, but Figure will be fueled by Perennial's magic instead. Figure accepts and becomes a subject of Perennial. Perennial also moves Gur's ghost over from haunting the Witch in Glass to haunting Figure when this happens.[4]
References
- ↑ The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPAL37 - ↑ The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2
- ↑ PALISADE 10: The Wheels Turning Pt. 1