The Mom Friend of A Thousand Neurodivergent Queers

"We call upon The Archmother, Who orders stones and steel, Who guides the hands, Who welcomes the traveler home."

The Archmother's aspects are Forge, Lantern, Winter, and Knock, and has relations to the Powers of Sky and Moon.

A Goddess of Order, Rulership, Commerce, Artistry and Craftsmanship. If she were an Hour I think she would be either a God From Light or a God From Blood.

And she's definitely a being of the Upper Mansus. Squarely on the Apollonian side of that dichotomy.

In terms of her similarities to Secret Histories canon, She's like a hybrid of The Meniscate, The Madrugad, and The Forge of Days (and or The Mother of Ants, MoA and FoD both have very prevalent Marian associations and that imagery is very clear in the new design for Archmother in addition to the Statue of Liberty elements).

She would be associated with the Great Arts of Illumination, Ithastry and Hushery.

In terms of real world mythology and names mortals would know her folklorically by within the SH universe:

She is Lady Libertas, Goddess of "Freedom" and embodiment of Divine Edifice.

She is Athana Potnia, Mistress of Palace and City.

She is Carian Hecate, Sun Goddess of Lagina and patroness of Millionaires.

She is Isis Initiatrix, Veiled Guardian of the Mysteries.

She's transfem-milf Apollo Hekatos! 😆

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"We call upon The Hidden King, Who waits in shadows cast, Who holds court, Who wears no mask."

The Hidden King has Moth, Heart, and Forge, as his Principals, with ties to Nectar and Scale.

A spirit of Chaos, subcultures and under classes, love and disease, of regression to one's animal nature, of madness, of "Decadence" ; in the biological, artistic, and civilizational sense. Probably a God From Flesh or From Blood but possibly even From Stone.

Pretty self-evidently a Dionysian Wood Hour.

Shares similarities to The Moth, Malachite, Flowermaker and Crowned Growth.

Probably associated with and invoked in the Arts of Skolekosophy, Bosk, and Birdsong.

In terms of alternate identities and mythological / literary inspirations:

He is King Herla, Wondering Devil and Lord of Misrule, First of the Harlequins.

He is Herne the Hunter, Crowned with Horns, Master of Forests.

He is Hastur, God of Shepherds, Spirit who haunts the ruins of Lost Kingdoms.

He is Pan-Nodens, Bodiless Lusty He-goat, Causer of Madness and Idol of Lovesick Artists.

He is burning man anarcho-primitivist King In Yellow! 😩

I also maintain that although the rivalry of Archmother and Hidden King have a lot of similarities to the Corrivality between The Colonel and The Lionsmith they are not aligned with the Edge Principal and are not a Dyad. The Ritual that summons them however absolutely is a Rite that invokes the powers of Edge.

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"We call upon The Doorman, Who chose to serve and not to rule, Who comes when called, Who opens when asked."

The Doorman is Knock, Lantern, Moth.

He has attributes that link him to both of the capital p Patrons (and if I had to make a in-game Canon theory I'd say he might be their child? Pre- divorce.) but I actually don't think that Doorman is a full blown Hour in this analysis and more so is probably a Name-Emanation of The Archmother. Or perhaps he was a Name of the Hidden King who ascended to Hourdom by betraying his master and under the Patronage (hehe, get it?) of Big Blue Mommie?

Much like the Knock Principal he is probably mostly outside of Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy but if he had to be assigned a role in the hierarchy he would probably lean towards the Apollonian/ Upper Mansus side of things.

He has some passing similarities to The Beachcomber and Vagabond, and probably would get along swimmingly with The Mare.

Horomachistry, Nyctodromy, and Preservation are the Great Arts under his purview.

When it comes to epithets and secret identities from story:

He is Mercurius The Deceiver, Shapeshifting Trickster.

He is Agathodaemon, Noble Spirit who Protects the House.

He is Saint Julian the Hospitaller, Patron of Innkeepers and Murderers.

He is Chronzon, Demon of Dispersion who Separates the Low from the High.

He's red-headed stepchild Loki!

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All right for now that will end this hybrid of fan speculation and fanfiction. I will conclude on one little tidbit: this whole thing was inspired by an incredibly H*rny dream about The Drifter I had last night.

(😆😫😈🥴🥵 what can I say? I am a Grail Adept through and through 🩸🍷🐷🍇👄💅)