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{{Infobox Species | {{Infobox Species | ||
|name = Archon | |name = Archon | ||
|type = [[ | |type = [[Old One]]s | ||
|origin = [[Pre-universe]] | |origin = [[Pre-universe]] | ||
|only = The Nameless City (short story) | |only = The Nameless City (short story) | ||
}}{{you may|Archon (The Taking of Planet 5)|n1=the Celestis construct}}The '''Archons''' were a race that existed at the beginning of time. [[The TARDIS]] records claimed that they were the last of the [[Old One]]s. They had liquid appearances with albino skin, suction cups, fins, [[tentacle]]s, and claws, with heads like that of an [[octopus]] and could merge with themselves. They danced along to the [[Music of the Spheres]], and became seriously confused with any sound that differed to what they were used to. | }}{{you may|Archon (The Taking of Planet 5)|n1=the Celestis construct}}The '''Archons''' were a race that existed at the beginning of time. [[The TARDIS]]'s records claimed that they were the last of the [[Old One]]s. They had liquid appearances with albino skin, suction cups, fins, [[tentacle]]s, and claws, with heads like that of an [[octopus]] and could merge with themselves. They danced along to the [[Music of the Spheres]], and became seriously confused with any sound that differed to what they were used to. | ||
They were the rulers of time, and claimed to have invented the [[TARDIS seed]]s from which [[TARDIS]]es grew until the ancient [[Gallifreyan]]s declared war on them and wiped them out, save for seven survivors who were trapped in the [[Nameless City]] of the [[Great Desolation]]. | They were the rulers of time, and claimed to have invented the [[TARDIS seed]]s from which [[TARDIS]]es grew until the ancient [[Gallifreyan]]s declared war on them and wiped them out, save for seven survivors who were trapped in the [[Nameless City]] of the [[Great Desolation]]. | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
{{iw|secretsnicholasflamel|Archons|The Archons and their Nameless Metropolis}} originated in [[Michael Scott]]'s book series ''The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel''. There, it is clarified that (similar to the [[Osirian]]s) they had the power to change their appearances to suit themselves, such that powerful members of the species rarely looked alike. Only three Archons are named over the course of the series, one of them (Mimir) only mentioned. The other two are [[Cernunnos]] (another version of whom plays an important part in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' mythos) and [https://secretsnicholasflamel.fandom.com/wiki/Coatlicue Coatlicue], the latter being a [[snake]]-like progenitor of all [[vampire]]s, who therefore has obvious similarities to the [[Yssgaroth]]. | |||
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[[Category:Time-travelling species]] | [[Category:Time-travelling species]] | ||
[[Category:Great Old Ones]] | [[Category:Great Old Ones]] | ||
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