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{{Infobox Character|color_theme=pzn
{{Infobox Character|color_theme=pzn
|pronouns=She/her
|pronouns=she/her
| people = [[Divines|Divine]]
| people = [[Divines|Divine]]
| 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. For some reason, the Wave is much less effective on Divines or the [[Twilight Mirage (location)|Twilight Mirage]].
|player=[[Austin Walker]]|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]]<br />[[The Figure]]<br />[[Coriolis Sunset]]}}
 
{{Outdated}}{{Quote|None watches as closely as she in the very center of it all, a now-ancient presence dancing like sage in a storm, Our Lady the Adversary, Perennial laughing.|source=[[PARTIZAN 28: Millennium Break: The Storm Over Cruciat]]}}
 
'''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.


==Appearance==
==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.<ref>[[The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1]]</ref> She once used lightning that took this same shape while providing a ship to [[the Witch in Glass]].<ref name=":0">[[PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2]]</ref>  
Before she moved to the space station at the centre of the galaxy, Perennial's body resembled a human nervous system made out of [[Wikipedia:Salvia yangii|Russian sage]], but as large as a spaceship.<ref name="rtpzn03">[[The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1]]</ref> She once used lightning that took this same shape while providing a ship to [[the Witch in Glass]].<ref name="pzn36">[[PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2]]</ref>  


Perennial is visible in the sky as a purple star in constant wheeling motion.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">[[PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1]]</ref>  
Perennial is visible in the sky as a purple star in constant wheeling motion.<ref name="pzn36" /><ref name="pzn35">[[PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1]]</ref>  


==Personality==
==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<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="pzn36" /> and can observe everything going on wherever her [[Perennial Wave]] exists.<ref name="pal25">[[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 mischievous, playful,<ref name="rtpzn03" /> and incredibly capricious, sparing neither those who hate her nor her adherents for the sake of her own amusement.<ref name="pzn35" />
 
{{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="pal25" />|theme=pal}}
 
==History and Involvement ==
{{Construction|section=section}}
 
===Origins===
{{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]], a.k.a. 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 a home that she can never return to.<br><br>
 
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><br><br>
 
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" />|theme=pal}}
 
===''The Road to PARTIZAN''===
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 name="rtpzn04">[[The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2]]</ref>
 
===''PARTIZAN''===


{{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" /> How she plans to do so remains obscure.|theme=pal}}
===''PALISADE''===
{{Spoiler header|section=section|spoiling=''[[PALISADE]]''|theme=pal}}
When the [[Chimeric Cadent]] breaks the chain between [[Figure]] and [[the Witch in Glass]], Figure becomes one of Perennial's chosen. She blesses him with magical powers, a new outfit, and [[Broken Spoke|a new mech]], and transfers the ghost of [[Gur Sevraq|an old friend]] from the Witch to Figure.<ref name="pal25" /><ref name="pal30">[[PALISADE 30: Seize the Chance Pt. 1]]</ref> Perennial "speaks" with Figure, telling him that the wheel must break.<ref name="pal25" />


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>
When Figure dies, Perennial is unable, for the first time, to save one of her chosen.<ref name="pal41">[[PALISADE 41: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 3]]</ref> Her grief over this loss causes the Perennial Wave to surge and glitch, triggering a [[Mirage bomb]] in the [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]] system; as a result, the [[Twilight Mirage (location)|Twilight Mirage]] expands to encompass the Palisade system, and Palisade becomes the [[Quire system]]'s ninth planet.<ref name="pal42">[[PALISADE 42: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 4]]</ref>  


==History and Involvement==
Not long thereafter, Perennial unexpectedly connects with [[Coriolis Sunset]] while they're both reaching out for Figure, and Cori becomes one of Perennial's witches. Perennial leans on Cori, trusting Cori to (metaphysically) hold her while she sobs for both Figure and herself.<ref name="pal43">[[PALISADE 43: Where They Are Pt. 1]]</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>


== Relationships==
== Relationships==
{{Construction|section=section}}
=== Cerise Sky===
===Coriolis Sunset===
===The Figure===
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]|text=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.<ref name="pal25" />|theme=pal}}{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 42: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 4]]|text=Figure's death at the hands of [[Future]] represents the first time Perennial is unable to turn back the clock and save one of her chosen. Her grief over losing them causes the Perennial Wave to surge and glitch, with devastating effects.<ref name="pal42" />|theme=pal}}
===Gur Sevraq===
[[Gur Sevraq]] was raised as one of Perennial's followers in the [[Mysteries Metronomica]]. It was at her instruction that Gur Sevraq became a follower of the [[True Divine]].<ref name="pzn36" />


=== The Witch in Glass ===
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]|text=It is not until well after his death that Gur begins to feel he understands Perennial's plan. By the time Perennial ties his ghost to Figure, Gur is exhausted and resentful of her.<ref name="pal37">[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]</ref>|theme=pal}}
Perennial resurrected [[the Witch in Glass]] and guided her on a series of pilgrimages on [[Chorus Island]], giving her various gifts when pleased. After this, the Witch left the island for the corpse of Past, which she turned into the [[Reflecting Pool]].<ref name=":0" />


Later, Perennial directed the Witch toward Palisade, and the Witch fulfilled this in her own special way by crashing the Reflecting Pool onto the planet and creating the [[Crown of Glass (Palisade)|Crown of Glass]]. The Witch then went on a year-long quest for Perennial, which resulted in one of her fingers being replaced by a key to an as-yet undiscovered jewelry box.<ref>[[The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department]]</ref>
===Teasel Mode===


===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="pzn36" /> 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 Witch in Glass===
Perennial resurrected [[the Witch in Glass]] and guided her on a series of pilgrimages on [[Chorus Island]], giving her various gifts when pleased. After this, the Witch left the island for the corpse of Past, which she turned into the [[Reflecting Pool]].<ref name="pzn36" />
 
Later, Perennial directed the Witch toward Palisade, and the Witch fulfilled this in her own special way by crashing the Reflecting Pool onto the planet and creating the [[Crown of Glass (Palisade)|Crown of Glass]]. The Witch then went on a year-long quest for Perennial, which resulted in one of her fingers being replaced by a key to an as-yet undiscovered jewelry box.<ref name="rtpal20">[[The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department]]</ref>
 
==Appears in==
 
===''The Road to PARTIZAN''===
 
*[[The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1]]
*[[The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2]]
 
===''PARTIZAN''===
 
*[[PARTIZAN 28: Millennium Break: The Storm Over Cruciat]]
*[[PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1]]
*[[PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2]]
 
===''The Road to PALISADE''===
 
*[[The Road to PALISADE 02: HOUNDs Pt. 2]]
*[[The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department]]
 
===''PALISADE''===


=== The Figure ===
*[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]
{{Spoiler block|spoiling=[[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4]]|text=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.<ref name=":2" />|theme=pal}}
*[[PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1]]
*[[PALISADE 41: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 3]]
*[[PALISADE 42: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 4]]
*[[PALISADE 43: Where They Are Pt. 1]]
*[[PALISADE 56: Some New Thing Found in the Light, Or: A Year in Nine Parts]]
*[[PALISADE 60: Above the Earth Pt. 4]]


==References==
==References==
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None watches as closely as she in the very center of it all, a now-ancient presence dancing like sage in a storm, Our Lady the Adversary, Perennial laughing.”

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 mischievous, playful,[1] and incredibly capricious, sparing neither those who hate her nor her adherents for the sake of her own amusement.[3]

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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]

History and Involvement[edit | edit source]

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Origins[edit | edit source]

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Perennial was originally created by Divines from the Divine Collaborate who fled OriCom by heading deep into Caelestia Nullius, a.k.a. 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 a home that 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.[5]

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]

The Road to PARTIZAN[edit | edit source]

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]

PARTIZAN[edit | edit source]

PALISADE[edit | edit source]

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When the Chimeric Cadent breaks the chain between Figure and the Witch in Glass, Figure becomes one of Perennial's chosen. She blesses him with magical powers, a new outfit, and a new mech, and transfers the ghost of an old friend from the Witch to Figure.[4][7] Perennial "speaks" with Figure, telling him that the wheel must break.[4]

When Figure dies, Perennial is unable, for the first time, to save one of her chosen.[8] Her grief over this loss causes the Perennial Wave to surge and glitch, triggering a Mirage bomb in the Palisade system; as a result, the Twilight Mirage expands to encompass the Palisade system, and Palisade becomes the Quire system's ninth planet.[9]

Not long thereafter, Perennial unexpectedly connects with Coriolis Sunset while they're both reaching out for Figure, and Cori becomes one of Perennial's witches. Perennial leans on Cori, trusting Cori to (metaphysically) hold her while she sobs for both Figure and herself.[10]

Relationships[edit | edit source]

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Cerise Sky[edit | edit source]

Coriolis Sunset[edit | edit source]

The Figure[edit | edit source]

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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]

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Figure's death at the hands of Future represents the first time Perennial is unable to turn back the clock and save one of her chosen. Her grief over losing them causes the Perennial Wave to surge and glitch, with devastating effects.[9]

Gur Sevraq[edit | edit source]

Gur Sevraq was raised as one of Perennial's followers in the Mysteries Metronomica. It was at her instruction that Gur Sevraq became a follower of the True Divine.[2]

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It is not until well after his death that Gur begins to feel he understands Perennial's plan. By the time Perennial ties his ghost to Figure, Gur is exhausted and resentful of her.[11]

Teasel Mode[edit | edit source]

True Divine[edit | edit source]

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.

Palcover.jpg

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 Witch in Glass[edit | edit source]

Perennial resurrected the Witch in Glass and guided her on a series of pilgrimages on Chorus Island, giving her various gifts when pleased. After this, the Witch left the island for the corpse of Past, which she turned into the Reflecting Pool.[2]

Later, Perennial directed the Witch toward Palisade, and the Witch fulfilled this in her own special way by crashing the Reflecting Pool onto the planet and creating the Crown of Glass. The Witch then went on a year-long quest for Perennial, which resulted in one of her fingers being replaced by a key to an as-yet undiscovered jewelry box.[12]

Appears in[edit | edit source]

The Road to PARTIZAN[edit | edit source]

PARTIZAN[edit | edit source]

The Road to PALISADE[edit | edit source]

PALISADE[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1
  6. ↑ The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2
  7. ↑ PALISADE 30: Seize the Chance Pt. 1
  8. ↑ PALISADE 41: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 3
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 PALISADE 42: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 4
  10. ↑ PALISADE 43: Where They Are Pt. 1
  11. ↑ PALISADE 37: Reach In / Reach Out Pt. 1
  12. ↑ The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department
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