The Chandler

## GENERAL INFORMATION

**"***Most hours are gods-from-Light, or gods-who-were-blood, or god-who-were-flesh, or gods-from-Stone, or gods-from-Nowhere. The Chandler is none of these, yet.***"**
*Alexis Kennedy*

## OTHER TITLES

**WF Catalogue Entry**

 *'Time. I used to think it was a Wheel. The Princes say it’s a flame. Coolest at its heart. But wildest at its edges.'*

**The Chandler** is a mysterious "future" Hour who does not yet have any of the standard origins. She first appears in the dreams of the player during the Apostle Entheate legacy, and is expected to become an Hour in the future. In a developer doc for Book of Hours, she is shown to enjoy strange combinations and arrangements of Lore and for books to be sold. Likely has Lantern as an aspect due to her connection to the Pilgrimage. While most Hours are said to have no more than three aspects, the Witness and Chandler claim otherwise, and likely have five each.

## Events

* **The Pilgrimage**: The Chandler’s secret pilgrimage will gather the people that were discarded as “wax and eggshells” by those who sought to join the Watchman’s Pilgrimage for the Second Dawn, assembling them in the image of “one who watches and does not act”, who is assumed to be the Witness.

## Servants

* **Wickel Inextinguishable:** A Name of the Chandler that was imprisoned in the Cucurbit. It's energies attracted the worm-infested, who broke the seals keeping it's power in check. Once free it went on to kill Governor George Collars and any who stood in it's way. Wickel is described as ''the Sun's bastard grandchild'', ''the Leashed flame's true heir'', and ''the first spark of the Second Dawn''. In it's cell is a stone describing the Sun's plan

## Relationships

* **The Watchman:** The Hour who will lead the Pilgrimage expected to herald the Second Dawn, which the Chandler’s own secret pilgrimage is tied to.
* **The Witness:** These two Hours are often mentioned alongside one another, and seem to have a number of similarities.

## Other Notes

* One line of text posted in the Cultist Simulator discord as promotional material includes the phrase, “THE CHANDLER COMES”.
* Names of the Chandler and the Witness claim that other worlds with other Manses exist. Note that this also means that Names of the Chandler exist already or have some influence, despite being a “future” Hour.

## Theories and Questions

* One theory has been that the Chandler is an Hour from one of the other Manses mentioned briefly, or one which will arrive eventually.
* She may also have a connection to Hokobald of Pocsind, for in the book "My Deeds, My Power, My Achievements..." has him rhetorically ask "Who is the fire, and who the fuel". This quote is very similar to a question in "The Glint and the Wick", which says "What is the flame, and what the fuel?"
* Information from developers regarding Book of Hours has implied that it is possible for the librarians in the game to influence the Histories depending on how they record and present information. If it is possible to influence the past from the present in such a manner, then perhaps the Chandler is similarly influencing the present from the future.

## Sources

1. ↑ WF29:The Chandler
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Source, original AK's message
3. ↑ The Glint and the Wick
4. ↑ Source, from AUG #1: PERCIVAL
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 IN THE THIRD MODE
6. ↑ Inquisitions for the Demiurge,
 Q: How many principles/aspects/blegh do the Hours have individually?
 A: I don't think any have more than three, but the Chandler and the Witness might claim otherwise
7. ↑ WF28: Witness
8. ↑ Read 'My Deeds, My Powers, My Achievements and the Injustices Perpetrated Against Me'
9. ↑ ‘The Sweet Bones’, Brancrug, June 28th, 1929