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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Anchoring the thread === | === Anchoring the thread === | ||
The Eremites blamed Urizen for "snatching away" the gleaming future they had envisioned for [[the Homeworld]], as the orchestrator of the [[Anchoring of the thread|Anchoring of the Thread]] — which not only bound the [[Spiral Politic]] to an orderly set of laws, but also, in trade-off, made the Houses themselves static and sterile. ([[PROSE]]: | The Eremites blamed Urizen for "snatching away" the gleaming future they had envisioned for [[the Homeworld]], as the orchestrator of the [[Anchoring of the thread|Anchoring of the Thread]] — which not only bound the [[Spiral Politic]] to an orderly set of laws, but also, in trade-off, made the Houses themselves static and sterile. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | ||
=== Legacy === | === Legacy === | ||
In Eremite art, Urizen was caricatured as a [[blindness|blind]] old man using a set of [[dividers]] to measure his own [[dung]] as spittle hung from his lips. Despite their vows of silence, the Eremites celebrated the "rites of Urizen" by laughing freely. ([[PROSE]]: | In Eremite art, Urizen was caricatured as a [[blindness|blind]] old man using a set of [[dividers]] to measure his own [[dung]] as spittle hung from his lips. Despite their vows of silence, the Eremites celebrated the "rites of Urizen" by laughing freely. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | ||
Soldiers of the [[House Military]] during the [[War in Heaven]] were "sworn to uphold [[Gallifreyan history|[their] people's history]] in the name of the Architect". [[Dionus]] once swore by "Urizen's [[beard]]". ([[AUDIO]]: | Soldiers of the [[House Military]] during the [[War in Heaven]] were "sworn to uphold [[Gallifreyan history|[their] people's history]] in the name of the Architect". [[Dionus]] once swore by "Urizen's [[beard]]". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eternal Escape (audio story)}}) | ||
On [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]], a planet whose [[Gendar (species)|people]] worshipped the [[Sun Builder]]s as [[god]]s, "Urizen the Architect" was considered one of the most important deities, alongside the likes of [[Epsilon (Out of the Box)|Epsilon the Watcher]] and [[Vala|Vala the Herborist]]. The [[Cultists of Urizen]], who worshipped him exclusively, were the closest thing to a monotheist religion that existed on Gendar, although they did not go so far as to claim that Urizen was the only god to exist. ([[PROSE]]: | On [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]], a planet whose [[Gendar (species)|people]] worshipped the [[Sun Builder]]s as [[god]]s, "Urizen the Architect" was considered one of the most important deities, alongside the likes of [[Epsilon (Out of the Box)|Epsilon the Watcher]] and [[Vala|Vala the Herborist]]. The [[Cultists of Urizen]], who worshipped him exclusively, were the closest thing to a monotheist religion that existed on Gendar, although they did not go so far as to claim that Urizen was the only god to exist. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) | ||
== Other references == | == Other references == | ||
One member of the [[Collective of the Retconning Crocodiles]] once told [[Auteur]] that he thought that while the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] were "inconsequential [[fool]]s", [[The Creator (Resurrection of the Author)|their Creator]] was nevertheless a [[genius]], and when he put it into terms for Auteur, he said that the Creator was the equivalent of "a lovechild of Urizen and [[Nikola Tesla]]" if that child had then "pursued a double career in [[robotics]] and [[Biodata|biodata-manipulation]]". ([[PROSE]]: | One member of the [[Collective of the Retconning Crocodiles]] once told [[Auteur]] that he thought that while the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] were "inconsequential [[fool]]s", [[The Creator (Resurrection of the Author)|their Creator]] was nevertheless a [[genius]], and when he put it into terms for Auteur, he said that the Creator was the equivalent of "a lovechild of Urizen and [[Nikola Tesla]]" if that child had then "pursued a double career in [[robotics]] and [[Biodata|biodata-manipulation]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Author (short story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
