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|location = [[Fallen London]]<br> | |location = [[Fallen London]]<br> | ||
[[Polythreme]] | [[Polythreme]] | ||
|allegiance = [[The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | |allegiance = [[Polythreme#Welcome to Me|The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | ||
|relationships = | |relationships = [[Polythreme#Welcome to Me|The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | ||
|notable_members = The Clay Coalman | |notable_members = The Clay Coalman | ||
The Clay Conductor<br> | The Clay Conductor<br> | ||
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Many Clay Men reside in '''the Clay Warrens''', which can be found under [[Ladybones Road]]. Though most Londoners treat these humanoids as second-class citizens, they are diligent and obedient workers who wouldn’t dare hurt anyone. So the next time you see your local Clay Coalman walking around, maybe smile and greet him. Or lend a hand. You see, he's very knowledgeable in all things Dangerous, and that kind of friendship can come in handy when navigating the city. | Many Clay Men reside in '''the Clay Warrens''', which can be found under [[Ladybones Road]]. Though most Londoners treat these humanoids as second-class citizens, they are diligent and obedient workers who wouldn’t dare hurt anyone. So the next time you see your local Clay Coalman walking around, maybe smile and greet him. Or lend a hand. You see, he's very knowledgeable in all things Dangerous, and that kind of friendship can come in handy when navigating the city. | ||
Clay Men are | Note: if you think you see a Clay Man who’s missing a few pieces, be very careful. This is likely one of the [[Clay Men#Unfinished Men|Unfinished Men]]. And Unfinished Men are capable of awful things. | ||
That being said, it can be difficult to distinguish between an Unfinished and a Clay Man who was simply wounded. This leaves the Clay Man as a whole one of the more mistrusted and oppressed factions of Fallen London, rivaled only by the [[Rubbery Men]]. Sadly, many unionized dock workers are rather irked that the Clay Men are replacing their jobs, leading to strikers destroying Clay Man shipments and occasionally smashing the poor things themselves. | |||
==Unfinished Men== | ==Unfinished Men== | ||
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[[Polythreme]] | [[Polythreme]] | ||
|allegiance = [[The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | |allegiance = [[Polythreme#Welcome to Me|The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | ||
|relationships = | |relationships = [[Polythreme#Welcome to Me|The King with a Hundred Hearts]] | ||
|notable_members = | |notable_members = Jasper<br> | ||
Frank | |||
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<blockquote>''"Unfinished Men are Clay Men who lack something - sight, a voice, a hand, conscience, obedience. You can't really tell a crippled Clay Man from an Unfinished Man, except that ordinary Clay Men are never criminals. The distinction, unfortunately, often evades Constables and citizens alike."''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Unfinished Men are Clay Men who lack something - sight, a voice, a hand, conscience, obedience. You can't really tell a crippled Clay Man from an Unfinished Man, except that ordinary Clay Men are never criminals. The distinction, unfortunately, often evades Constables and citizens alike."''</blockquote> | ||
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<blockquote>''"Some say that the essential thing all Unfinished Men lack is compassion. That it is the first thing to go. That's why their limbs begin to fall off, their senses to decay. 'That compassion is part of every Clay Man's fabric, that it is [[London]] that wrings it out of them."''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Some say that the essential thing all Unfinished Men lack is compassion. That it is the first thing to go. That's why their limbs begin to fall off, their senses to decay. 'That compassion is part of every Clay Man's fabric, that it is [[London]] that wrings it out of them."''</blockquote> | ||
'''Unfinished Men''' are exactly what they sound like - Clay Men who are missing something, as described before. | '''Unfinished Men''' are exactly what they sound like - Clay Men who are missing something, as described before. A couple of notable examples of these are '''Jasper''' and '''Frank''', who work as enforcers for [[The Masters of the Bazaar|the Masters]]. It's never been expressly stated what the pair are missing, though. | ||
However, despite this start, and their unfortunate reputation, not all of them are bad, and a few may even be helpful. | |||
The Clay Men are inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem golems], which have featured in Jewish folklore since medieval times. | |||
==What Births Them== | ==What Births Them== | ||
{{Spoiler}}Clay | {{Spoiler}}Clay men are formed when [[Polythreme#Welcome to Me|the King with a Hundred Hearts]] has a dream, Unfinished Men are formed when the King has a nightmare. The King himself is a Clay Man (he used to be a traveler from China), and he resides within Polythreme, ever still. Each Clay Man has a tiny shard of [[the Mountain of Light]] within his chest, which keeps him alive; said shard is a fragment of the larger shard within the King's heart. Hence, the "Hundred Hearts". | ||
''Original by NiteBrite/Mrs. Brite'' | |||
[[Category:Creatures]] | [[Category:Creatures]] | ||
