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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|affiliation = Faction Paradox | |aka = The Warrior | ||
|origin = [[Mars]] | |affiliation = Faction Paradox | ||
|species = | |affiliation2 = Family of the Shadow Spire | ||
|first = Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (short story) | |origin = [[Mars]] | ||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'' | |species = Martian | ||
|first = Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (short story) | |||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'' | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[Sibling (rank)|Brother]] '''Gustav''' was a seven-[[Foot (unit)|foot]] [[ | [[Sibling (rank)|Brother]] '''Gustav''' was a seven-[[Foot (unit)|foot]]-tall [[Martian]] who was part of the [[Family of the Shadow Spire]], a splinter of [[Faction Paradox]] in the era following the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]'s demise. [[Auteur]] once referred to him in his writing as "'''the Warrior'''". | ||
Gustav grew up with many siblings in a nest in one of [[Ice Warrior Hive|his people's hives]]. When thinking of his early life, he would remember [[Sword of Tuburr|swords]], [[Ritual of Tuburr|rituals]], and "clans gathering in an ocean of green armour". | == Biography == | ||
Gustav grew up with many siblings in a nest in one of [[Ice Warrior Hive|his people's hives]]. When thinking of his early life, he would remember [[Sword of Tuburr|swords]], [[Ritual of Tuburr|rituals]], and "clans gathering in an ocean of green armour". He was raised in the Martian religion which worshipped the [[Osiran|Osirians]] as their [[god]]s, and, accordingly, dreamt of one day following [[Ra]] beyond the horizon to battle [[Apep]]. He eventually lost his [[faith]], however. | |||
Gustav | Gustav joined the Faction after [[Mars]] was caught in the [[War in Heaven]] and put in a state of constant flux by the [[time war]] between [[Christine Summerfield|Cousin Eliza]] and [[Sutekh]], [[the Enemy]]'s [[The Book of the Enemy|overwriting narrative]], and [[Great House]] experiments. He hoped to ensure his people's history survived by the Faction's ways. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'') | ||
Following following the destruction of the [[Eleven-Day Empire]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'') Gustav was among the members of the Faction who retreated to [[Auteur]]'s [[Shadow Spire]], becoming like a brother to [[Intrepid]] and [[Kifah]]. On one occasion when the three were sharing a [[fire]] outside the Spire, they witnessed [[Life (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)|Life]]'s [[Chronovore|angels]] announcing [[the Armistice]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (short story)|Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]'') | |||
After being sent to the [[First Auction in Heaven]] by Auteur, [[Mother (The Story So Far...)|Mother]] and [[Father (The Story So Far...)|Father]], Gustav ended up helping [[Kifah]] rescue [[Intrepid]] from the bubble of frozen time in which he had become trapped at the [[Battle of Cratosi Fields]], thus directly going against Mother and Father's orders. He eventually got his wish to battle [[Apep]], briefly becoming an incarnation of all of Mars's history as he pitted his [[biodata]] against Apep's; this helped solidify his reality. The three rebellious Faction-members escaped Kratoam aboard [[Cortalian's timeship]] just before it was destroyed completely by Apep's death-throes; by that point, Auteur had killed Mother and Father only to be destroyed himself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* At several points, Gustav's species of [[Martian]] is implied to be the [[Ice Warrior]]s: Gustav is tall and reptilian, inhabits [[armour]] complete with a [[red]] visor, and remembers gatherings of others of his kind as "seas of [[green]]". However, as [[Obverse Books]] did not possess the license to the Ice Warriors for ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]'', this is not made explicit. | |||
{{Faction Paradox members}} | |||
[[Category:Faction Paradox members in the War in Heaven]] | [[Category:Faction Paradox members in the War in Heaven]] | ||
[[Category:Individual | [[Category:Individual Martians]] | ||
[[Category:Faction Paradox Siblings]] | |||