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Delegates generally have humanoid, human-sized frames. They are compared to the [https://binarydomain.fandom.com/wiki/CN-7_Model_Combat_Robot?file=Caine_528_poster.jpg robots in Binary Domain] | Delegates generally have humanoid, human-sized frames. They are compared to the [https://binarydomain.fandom.com/wiki/CN-7_Model_Combat_Robot?file=Caine_528_poster.jpg robots in Binary Domain] (visible joints, ceramic plates rather than metal, and slits/hatches in place of a mouth. See also [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Man_Vol_1_47?file=Iron_Man_Vol_1_47.jpg comic book Iron Man]),<ref name="rtpal07" >[[The Road to PALISADE 07: Wagon Wheel Pt. 3]]</ref> or the robots from ''I, Robot''.<ref name="pal28" /> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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*Fidelity<ref name="pal27" /> | *Fidelity<ref name="pal27" /> | ||
*Guilt<ref name="pal27" /> | *Guilt<ref name="pal27" /> | ||
*Influence<ref group="note">Inferred from the existence of Gentle Influence.</ref | *Influence<ref name="d_rtpal07" /><ref group="note">Inferred from the existence of Gentle Influence.</ref> | ||
*Leadership<ref name="pal27" /> | *Leadership<ref name="pal27" /> | ||
*[[Mercy]]<ref name="rtpal07" /> | *[[Mercy]]<ref name="rtpal07" /> | ||
*Opposition<ref name="pal28" /> | *Opposition<ref name="pal28" /> | ||
*[[Reflection]]<ref group="note">Inferred from the existence of [[Lucent Reflection]].</ref> | *[[Reflection]]<ref name="pal14">[[PALISADE 14: Upon Our Grace Pt. 1]]</ref><ref group="note">Inferred from the existence of [[Lucent Reflection]].</ref> | ||
*Responsibility<ref name="pal27" /> | *Responsibility<ref name="pal27" /> | ||
*[[Righteousness]]<ref name="rtpal07" /> | *[[Righteousness]]<ref name="rtpal07" /> | ||
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*Welkin<ref name="pal27" /></div> | *Welkin<ref name="pal27" /></div> | ||
=== ''PALISADE'' === | ===''PALISADE'' === | ||
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*[[Eclectic Opposition]]<ref name="pal28" /> | *[[Eclectic Opposition]]<ref name="pal28" /> | ||
*[[Faithful Emphasis]]<ref name="pal27" /> | *[[Faithful Emphasis]]<ref name="pal27" /> | ||
*[[Free Fidelity]]<ref>[[PALISADE 16: Upon Our Grace Pt. 3]]</ref> | *[[Free Fidelity]]<ref name="pal16">[[PALISADE 16: Upon Our Grace Pt. 3]]</ref> | ||
*Gentle Influence<ref name="d_rtpal07" /> | *Gentle Influence<ref name="d_rtpal07" /> | ||
*Limited Dissent<ref name="d_rtpal07" /> | *Limited Dissent<ref name="d_rtpal07" /> | ||
*[[Lucent Reflection]]<ref | *[[Lucent Reflection]]<ref name="pal14" /> | ||
*[[Partial Palisade]]<ref>[[PALISADE 02: Into the World Pt. 2]]</ref><ref group="note">Resurrected in the corpse of an unnamed Delegate. His existence as a fractured part of a Divine evokes their existence, despite being created in a different social context.</ref> | *[[Partial Palisade]]<ref name="pal02">[[PALISADE 02: Into the World Pt. 2]]</ref><ref group="note">Resurrected in the corpse of an unnamed Delegate. His existence as a fractured part of a Divine evokes their existence, despite being created in a different social context.</ref> | ||
*[[Particular Emphasis]]<ref name="pal28" /></div> | *[[Particular Emphasis]]<ref name="pal28" /></div> | ||
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Delegates are synthetic people created from Divines.
They are "carved away" like "slivers" from the whole of the Divine, and so they represent aspects of whatever Divine they were made from. This process is torture for the source Divine.[1]
Many Delegates can be made from a single Divine, though as each Delegate is created, the source Divine loses the aspect of itself that the Delegate embodies. The Divine, Arbitrage describes them as "abominations" and a "failed experiment".[2]
Appearance
Delegates generally have humanoid, human-sized frames. They are compared to the robots in Binary Domain (visible joints, ceramic plates rather than metal, and slits/hatches in place of a mouth. See also comic book Iron Man),[3] or the robots from I, Robot.[1]
History
Delegates were developed as the Crown of Glass and early Divine Principality worked out how to break Gumption apart to put it into other Divines.[3]
Delegates are enslaved by the Fabreal Duchy; they are the lowest on the social hierarchy, whose exploitation enables the function of the Duchy's infrastructure. August Righteousness secretly operated a Delegate resistance movement named Reunion, which is now in open rebellion and works with a group of Swordbreakers and Kalar Anakalar's Giantkillers as the military faction Jade Kill.
Originating Divines
Pre-PALISADE
Many originating Divines are former members of the Divine Fleet who were mentioned at least once in Twilight Mirage.
Divines from whom Delegates are confirmed to have been created at some point prior to the events of PALISADE include:
PALISADE
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After building smokestacks to revive Motion, the Frontier Syndicate siphoned off parts of her essence to make prototype Delegates, described as like her Cell Juniors. These were used as security for the premises.[6]
Known Delegates
- August Righteousness[3]
- Bright Mercy[3]
- Cruel Emphasis[2]
- Eclectic Opposition[1]
- Faithful Emphasis[4]
- Free Fidelity[7]
- Gentle Influence[2]
- Limited Dissent[2]
- Lucent Reflection[5]
- Partial Palisade[8][note 3]
- Particular Emphasis[1]
Notes
- ↑ Inferred from the existence of Gentle Influence.
- ↑ Inferred from the existence of Lucent Reflection.
- ↑ Resurrected in the corpse of an unnamed Delegate. His existence as a fractured part of a Divine evokes their existence, despite being created in a different social context.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 PALISADE 28: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Road to PALISADE 07: Wagon Wheel Pt. 3, dossier
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Road to PALISADE 07: Wagon Wheel Pt. 3
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 PALISADE 27: Resentment and Frustration Pt. 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 PALISADE 14: Upon Our Grace Pt. 1
- ↑ PALISADE 32: Seize the Chance Pt. 3
- ↑ PALISADE 16: Upon Our Grace Pt. 3
- ↑ PALISADE 02: Into the World Pt. 2