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{{Infobox Character|color_theme = bluff| title = The Augur, Providence|pronouns = she/her|player = [[Austin Walker]]| appears_in = [[Dream Askew]]<br>[[Engines on the Track Pt. 1]] (opening)<br>[[Give Way to Open Sky]]|relations=[[Samantha]] (ex)<br>[[Depo]] (herbalist and mechanic)|playbook=The Torch}}'''The Augur, Providence''' is an android clown made from [[Saltwater Pier|amusement pier]] androids and other miscellaneous parts. She is a [[Void people|void person]], formerly a level-up character in a video game, who was summoned and embodied by a digital witch.
{{Infobox Character|color_theme = bluff| title = The Augur, Providence|pronouns = she/her|player = [[Austin Walker]]| appears_in = [[Dream Askew]]<br>[[Engines on the Track Pt. 1]] (opening)<br>[[Give Way to Open Sky]]|relations=[[Samantha]] (ex)<br>[[Depo]] (herbalist and mechanic)|playbook=The Torch|debut=[[Live at the Table: Dream Askew]]|season=[[Live at the Table]]<br />[[Bluff City]]}}'''The Augur, Providence''' is an android clown made from [[Saltwater Pier|amusement pier]] androids and other miscellaneous parts. She is a [[Void people|void person]], formerly a level-up character in a video game, who was summoned and embodied by a digital witch.


She is able to provide guidance and information, although her perspective sometimes makes her feel separate from the others in [[Bluffington Beach]]. She believes that a looming threat faces Bluffington Beach ("Hope and mischief are fires that we must keep ever burning, or we will face eternal darkness"). In the Live "[[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]]" she was suggested to either be or have been made by a pessimistic queer theorist.
==Appearance ==
The Augur, Providence is biracial and looks like the third-wave feminist [[Wikipedia:Rebecca Walker|Rebecca Walker]]. Her character concept is "what if the [http://soulslore.wikidot.com/data:the-maiden-in-black Maiden in Black from ''Demon Souls''] was an android clown and also had the face of the feminist theory Rebecca Walker?"  


Her gender is predestined; she "might choose womanhood for herself", but has some anxiety around the nurturing-yet-desirable gender of her fictional character trope being placed on her by others.<ref>[[Bluff City 46: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 2]]</ref>
Her torso comes from fortune-telling androids, her long legs from acrobats, and her face and arms from clowns. Her eyes flicker like the warming and cooling of light bulbs. She wears clothing with striking colours and sigils, and clown face paint on half her face, similar in appearance to [https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Trowa_Barton?file=TrowaClownEp6.JPG Trowa Barton from Gundam]. After her run-in with the demon [[Agarat]], her right hand bears Agarat's sigil. 


== Relationships ==
She sometimes carries a sun parasol, which she uses as an umbrella.<ref>[[Bluff City 46: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 2]]</ref> 
She has a number of 'students', people (like [[Already]]) who go to her for advice on going into or coming from the world past the commune. During [[Bluff City 48: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 4|their race to the lighthouse]], she was able to call on them to defend her.


=== Robyn ===
In [[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]], her clothes are tattered, having been cut from the robotic clown costume, with the arms of her clothing baggy enough that they hang down so that the sigils on her flesh/machinery arms are visible (factory seals, barcodes, etc.).  
She has a full body manikin that looks like her, with broken wooden organs inside the chest, which she found in a storage room at the bottom of an escalator. She has asked Robyn to fix it for her.


In "Dream Askew" she was described as having an old reel-to-reel containing notes from her creator which she had not yet asked Robyn to fix, but this was discarded.
== Personality ==
{{Quote|Hope and mischief are fires that we must keep ever burning, or we will face eternal darkness.}}
She is able to provide guidance and information, although her perspective sometimes makes her feel separate from the others in [[Bluffington Beach]]. She believes that a looming threat faces Bluffington Beach.


=== Samantha ===
== History and Involvement ==
She and [[Samantha]] were dating, but their break-up took up the end of the Live character creation episode. In the process, the Augur, Providence unfairly accused Samantha of using her role at her bar as a chance for personal gain and to rejoin the society intact, leaving their group behind. Both concluded that their attention was too split by their busy, socially complex roles in the community for them to date. Since it was not transcribed at the time of recording "Give Way to Open Sky", the cast suggested this conversation was caught in the 'dream' of the Bluff-Blough-Bluffington alternate timelines.
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The Augur, Providence may have been created by a pessimistic queer theorist.<ref name=":0">[[Live at the Table: Dream Askew]]</ref> Her gender is predestined; she "might choose womanhood for herself" but has some anxiety around the nurturing-yet-desirable gender that was imposed on her by others.<ref>[[Bluff City 46: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 2]]</ref> She is a member of a queer enclave in post-apocalyptic [[Bluffington Beach]], and though she and [[Samantha]] dated for a while, they recently broke up.<ref name=":0" />


During their encounter with the demon [[Agarat]], Samantha and The Augur were able to briefly share one another's thoughts and experiences that give them both a different perspective on both each other and their previous relationship.
== Relationships ==


==Appearance ==
=== Students ===
She is biracial and looks like the third wave feminist [[Wikipedia:Rebecca Walker|Rebecca Walker]]. Her character concept is "what if the [http://soulslore.wikidot.com/data:the-maiden-in-black Maiden in Black from Demon Souls] was an android clown and also had the face of the feminist theory Rebecca Walker?".  
She has a number of 'students', people (like [[Already]]) who come to her for advice on going into or coming from the world past the commune. During [[Bluff City 48: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 4|their race to the lighthouse]], she was able to call on them to defend her.


Her torso is from the fortune-telling androids, her long legs from acrobats, and her face and arms from clowns. Her eyes flicker like the warming and cooling of light bulbs. She wears clothing with striking colours and sigils, and clown face paint on half her face, similar in appearance to [https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Trowa_Barton?file=TrowaClownEp6.JPG Trowa Barton from Gundam].
=== Robyn ===
She has asked Robyn to fix a full-body manikin that looks like her. It has broken wooden organs inside its chest, and she found it in a storage room at the bottom of an escalator.  


When seen in [[Bluff City 46: Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 2|Give Way to Open Sky Pt 2]], she also has a sun parasol (which she uses as an umbrella).
In "[[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]]" she was described as having an old reel-to-reel containing notes from her creator, which she had not yet asked Robyn to fix, but this was discarded when the game was picked back up in "[[Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 1]]".


In [[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]], her clothes are tattered, having been cut from the robotic clown costume, with the arms of her clothing baggy enough that they hang down so that the sigils on her flesh/machinery arms are visible (factory seals, barcodes, etc.).
=== Samantha ===
She and Samantha dated, but their breakup takes place at the end of "Dream Askew". During the breakup, the Augur, Providence unfairly accuses Samantha of using her role at her bar for personal gain and to rejoin the society intact, leaving their group behind. They both conclude that their attention is too split by their busy, socially complex roles in the community for them to date. (In "[[Give Way to Open Sky]]", the cast suggests this conversation is caught in the 'dream' of the [[Bluff City (city)|Bluff]]-[[Blough City|Blough]]-Bluffington alternate timelines.)


After her run-in with the demon Agarat, she now has a sigil of this demon on her left hand.  
During their later encounter with the demon Agarat, Samantha and the Augur, Providence are able to briefly share one another's thoughts and experiences, giving each of them a different perspective on one another and on their previous relationship.


==Abilities==
==Abilities==
<blockquote>''All routines and mundane knowledges crumble under the weight of apocalypse. But the Torch has answers. Are they ancient teachings, ecstatic fantasy, or a new faith dawning? Followers draw near to their warm glow. The Torch is a compelling individual. Their power is spiritual, social, and mystical.''</blockquote>
{{Quote|All routines and mundane knowledges crumble under the weight of apocalypse. But the Torch has answers. Are they ancient teachings, ecstatic fantasy, or a new faith dawning? Followers draw near to their warm glow.<br /><br />The Torch is a compelling individual. Their power is spiritual, social, and mystical.|source=''[[Dream Askew]]'' play kit}}
*Close reading of the holy texts (technical expertise) - these holy texts are a collection of old World War 2 and Vietnam era army 'how to' guides and old textbooks
 
=== Rituals ===
*Close reading of the holy texts (technical expertise) - these holy texts are a collection of old World War 2 and Vietnam era army 'how-to' guides and old textbooks
* Tripping the circuit (keeping electricity on)
* Tripping the circuit (keeping electricity on)



Revision as of 00:05, 15 January 2024

The Augur, Providence is an android clown made from amusement pier androids and other miscellaneous parts. She is a void person, formerly a level-up character in a video game, who was summoned and embodied by a digital witch.

Appearance

The Augur, Providence is biracial and looks like the third-wave feminist Rebecca Walker. Her character concept is "what if the Maiden in Black from Demon Souls was an android clown and also had the face of the feminist theory Rebecca Walker?"

Her torso comes from fortune-telling androids, her long legs from acrobats, and her face and arms from clowns. Her eyes flicker like the warming and cooling of light bulbs. She wears clothing with striking colours and sigils, and clown face paint on half her face, similar in appearance to Trowa Barton from Gundam. After her run-in with the demon Agarat, her right hand bears Agarat's sigil.

She sometimes carries a sun parasol, which she uses as an umbrella.[1]

In Dream Askew, her clothes are tattered, having been cut from the robotic clown costume, with the arms of her clothing baggy enough that they hang down so that the sigils on her flesh/machinery arms are visible (factory seals, barcodes, etc.).

Personality

Hope and mischief are fires that we must keep ever burning, or we will face eternal darkness.

She is able to provide guidance and information, although her perspective sometimes makes her feel separate from the others in Bluffington Beach. She believes that a looming threat faces Bluffington Beach.

History and Involvement

The Augur, Providence may have been created by a pessimistic queer theorist.[2] Her gender is predestined; she "might choose womanhood for herself" but has some anxiety around the nurturing-yet-desirable gender that was imposed on her by others.[3] She is a member of a queer enclave in post-apocalyptic Bluffington Beach, and though she and Samantha dated for a while, they recently broke up.[2]

Relationships

Students

She has a number of 'students', people (like Already) who come to her for advice on going into or coming from the world past the commune. During their race to the lighthouse, she was able to call on them to defend her.

Robyn

She has asked Robyn to fix a full-body manikin that looks like her. It has broken wooden organs inside its chest, and she found it in a storage room at the bottom of an escalator.

In "Dream Askew" she was described as having an old reel-to-reel containing notes from her creator, which she had not yet asked Robyn to fix, but this was discarded when the game was picked back up in "Give Way to Open Sky Pt. 1".

Samantha

She and Samantha dated, but their breakup takes place at the end of "Dream Askew". During the breakup, the Augur, Providence unfairly accuses Samantha of using her role at her bar for personal gain and to rejoin the society intact, leaving their group behind. They both conclude that their attention is too split by their busy, socially complex roles in the community for them to date. (In "Give Way to Open Sky", the cast suggests this conversation is caught in the 'dream' of the Bluff-Blough-Bluffington alternate timelines.)

During their later encounter with the demon Agarat, Samantha and the Augur, Providence are able to briefly share one another's thoughts and experiences, giving each of them a different perspective on one another and on their previous relationship.

Abilities

All routines and mundane knowledges crumble under the weight of apocalypse. But the Torch has answers. Are they ancient teachings, ecstatic fantasy, or a new faith dawning? Followers draw near to their warm glow.

The Torch is a compelling individual. Their power is spiritual, social, and mystical.

Dream Askew play kit

Rituals

  • Close reading of the holy texts (technical expertise) - these holy texts are a collection of old World War 2 and Vietnam era army 'how-to' guides and old textbooks
  • Tripping the circuit (keeping electricity on)

Lure

Whenever someone participates in one of your rituals for the first time, they get a token.

References