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9th Mr. Sacks [possible spoilers]
Longes
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1/8/2017
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If this has been discussed before, please direct me to the appropriate thread.
We know that during the 12 days of Mr. Sacks the first visitor is Mr. Sacks, the 8th visitor is Silas the Showman, and the others are Nomen impersonating various Masters. The Seventh Noman is a Noman impersonating Mr. Eaten. It's possible that it's Mr. Eaten himself, but I believe he'd be the Seventh Sacks in that case, not Ninth.
We know that Noman are made out of lacre and blood.
It stands to reason that the Nomen impersonating the Masters are made out of Masters' blood.
Which begs the question - who made Mr. Eaten's Noman? How? Is there a supply of thousand years old blood left from Mr. Candles? Does someone have access to the remains? Is Mr. Eaten connected to lacre after being drowned in it?
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The Dark Gentleman
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1/8/2017
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I'm not sure blood is actually required to form a Noman. It's only required for YOU to form a Noman. I've always held to the belief that sprinkling a bit of your own blood symbolically offers a part of your life force to the lacre, thus giving it a definite shape and set of loyalties.
In theory, at least, the Masters have pledged a fairly substantial amount of their life force to the Bazaar, the originator of the lacre, and therefore naturally act as the templates for the Sacks' Nomen. Following that logic, you might say that Mr. Candles offered (however willing- and/or unwillingly) its entire life force, which means an Eaten Noman is practically inevitable. Sorrowful dreams and sacrifice drive Noman formation in the mind of the Bazaar, and who better to guide such a process than the Master of Dreams?
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Kukapetal
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1/9/2017
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Is there an actual "Mr. Sacks?" I always thought he was a role the Masters (or their Noman expys, in this case) played, much like Mr. Chimes.
And I thought the "Mr. Eaten" Sacks was a Noman like all the others, because one of the options you can pick when he visits you causes him to...pull himself apart or something, and collapse on your windowsill, and then the next day it's covered in lacre.
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Kukapetal
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1/9/2017
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Mr. Chimes is believed to be a role that the other Masters take turns playing. Mr. Sacks appears to be as well (though in this case, they send Noman versions of themselves instead of coming in person).
I've not heard of Mr. Names before. Is he the Master of Twitter? :P
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dov
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1/9/2017
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Kukapetal wrote:
I've not heard of Mr. Names before. Is he the Master of Twitter? :P
Pretty much :-)
Not a real Master, of course. Just an account which claims: "Accept no substitutes. [All authentic Echo Bazaar accounts are followed by Mr Names.]". It's been there for a long long time.
It's too bad that of the so many Fallen London character accounts, none are really active. If Sinning Jenny has had a Twitter account since 2009 and has never tweeted for years, even when running and winning an election. A shame.
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Little The
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Doesn't that Mr Sacks appear in a dream? I think that might actually be Mr Eaten. Possibly the presence of lacre in wintertime amplifies his powers just enough for him to manifest in dreams.
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