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}}<blockquote>''"Afternoon. Ready to offer my services. I'm an engineer. Finest you'll ever hire. Treat engines like my own children. Not that I have children. Too busy. Usually busy."''<ref name = "hire mechanic">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_New_Recruit|Engage an Officer: The Tireless Mechanic|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>''"Does he ever sleep? His eyes are dark-circled, but his hands are steady."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Character_description|Character description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>


'''The Tireless Mechanic''' is a talkative and somewhat scatterbrained engineer.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_New_Recruit|Engage an Officer: The Tireless Mechanic|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
The '''Tireless Mechanic''' is an engineer from [[London]].__forcetoc__


==A Grave Mistake==
==A Mechanical Marvel? ==
<blockquote>''"Does he ever sleep? His eyes are dark-circled, but his hands are steady."''<ref name = "char desc">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Character_description|Character description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>


The Mechanic does not sleep, and takes a draught as a substitute.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Interactions|An appeal|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> His enthusiasm for engines led him to dream of them, and then of the Stone Pigs - the savage creatures that allow [[the Bazaar]] to travel between stars.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Interactions|Ask the Mechanic to explain exactly what the hell is going on|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The pigs are asleep for now, and [[the Fingerkings]] mine their dreams; so being the opportunists they are, the dream-snakes recruited the Mechanic as his mind dwelled upon the Pigs. He found a secret in the Pigs' dreams, the plans for an engine unlike any other. Fascinated, he stole it from the serpents rather than destroying it as they asked,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Interactions|Ask the Mechanic to explain exactly what the hell is going on|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and now the Fingerkings will catch him the moment he sleeps and steps back into Parabola.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hunter%27s_Keep#Interactions_2|Excavate the cellar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
The Tireless Mechanic is a talkative and somewhat scatterbrained engineer.<ref name = "hire mechanic"/> He does not sleep and takes a draught to compensate, which allows him to retain his facilities<ref name="invite dine">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Speak to the Tireless Mechanic|Invite him to dine with you|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> but leaves him visibly exhausted.<ref name = "char desc"/>


The Mechanic hid the stolen secret in [[Frostfound]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Objective:_The_Mechanic%27s_Secret_in_Frostfound|Objective: The Mechanic's Secret in Frostfound|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and now intends to retrieve it and use it to build a device that will chase away his serpentine pursuers and let him sleep again.<ref name=":0" />
In the past, his enthusiasm for engines led him to dream of them, and then of the [[The Bazaar#The Stone Pigs|Stone Pigs]] - the creatures that allow the [[Bazaar]] to travel the [[High Wilderness]]. The Pigs sleep for now, and the [[Fingerkings]] can breach their dreams, so they recruited the Mechanic to acquire a secret in the Pigs' dreams: the plans<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mechanic%27s_Secret|Item description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> for an engine unlike any other. Fascinated, the Mechanic stole the secret from the serpents rather than handing it over as they asked,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic#Speak to the Tireless Mechanic|Ask the Mechanic to explain exactly what the hell is going on|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and he stashed the secret in [[Frostfound]] where the Fingerkings could not follow.<ref name = "frost secret">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Objective:_The_Mechanic%27s_Secret_in_Frostfound|Objective: The Mechanic's Secret in Frostfound|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Enraged, the Fingerkings will hunt him the moment he sleeps and dreams of [[Parabola]].<ref name = "check cellar">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hunter%27s_Keep#Interactions_2|Excavate the cellar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
The Mechanic wants to defeat his serpentine pursuers and sleep again.<ref name = "check cellar"/> He also hopes to reacquire his secret<ref name = "frost secret"/> and use it to build an engine called the '''Fulgent Impeller''',<ref name = "make engine">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle#Interactions|Construct the Fulgent Impeller|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> which runs on the same forces that propel the Bazaar.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fulgent_Impeller#Description|Description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The Impeller requires a "heart" to function,<ref name = "make engine"/> so the Mechanic contracted a mysterious [[Rubbery Man]] called the '''Unsettling Sage'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Unsettling_Sage#Interactions_in_detail|Invite the Unsettling Sage to dinner|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to act as one when the time comes.<ref name = "make engine"/>


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"Afternoon. Ready to offer my services. I'm an engineer. Finest you'll ever hire. Treat engines like my own children. Not that I have children. Too busy. Usually busy."[1]

The Tireless Mechanic is an engineer from London.

A Mechanical Marvel?

"Does he ever sleep? His eyes are dark-circled, but his hands are steady."[2]

The Tireless Mechanic is a talkative and somewhat scatterbrained engineer.[1] He does not sleep and takes a draught to compensate, which allows him to retain his facilities[3] but leaves him visibly exhausted.[2]

In the past, his enthusiasm for engines led him to dream of them, and then of the Stone Pigs - the creatures that allow the Bazaar to travel the High Wilderness. The Pigs sleep for now, and the Fingerkings can breach their dreams, so they recruited the Mechanic to acquire a secret in the Pigs' dreams: the plans[4] for an engine unlike any other. Fascinated, the Mechanic stole the secret from the serpents rather than handing it over as they asked,[5] and he stashed the secret in Frostfound where the Fingerkings could not follow.[6] Enraged, the Fingerkings will hunt him the moment he sleeps and dreams of Parabola.[7]

The Mechanic wants to defeat his serpentine pursuers and sleep again.[7] He also hopes to reacquire his secret[6] and use it to build an engine called the Fulgent Impeller,[8] which runs on the same forces that propel the Bazaar.[9] The Impeller requires a "heart" to function,[8] so the Mechanic contracted a mysterious Rubbery Man called the Unsettling Sage[10] to act as one when the time comes.[8]

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