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In contrast, one account mentioned the "chap" who became "obsessed with games" and took to dressing like a [[China|Chinese]] [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] as a member of one of the [[elder race]]s from the [[original palimpsest universe]]; in this account, this original state of reality before the [[Great House]]s' interference was one of perfect linearity, and it was only after the introduction of [[time travel]] to the universe that various members of the elder races went mad and turned their powers to evil or mischief. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Mr Saldaamir (short story)}}) | In contrast, one account mentioned the "chap" who became "obsessed with games" and took to dressing like a [[China|Chinese]] [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] as a member of one of the [[elder race]]s from the [[original palimpsest universe]]; in this account, this original state of reality before the [[Great House]]s' interference was one of perfect linearity, and it was only after the introduction of [[time travel]] to the universe that various members of the elder races went mad and turned their powers to evil or mischief. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Mr Saldaamir (short story)}}) | ||
By one account, in addition to the aforementioned possibility of him being a corrupt [[Guardian of Time| | By one account, in addition to the aforementioned possibility of him being a corrupt [[Guardian of Time|Guardian]], other possibilities were that the Toymaker had originated as a [[renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]], a "bored [[Eternal]]", or a "[[Posthuman|human-descended entity]] from the [[end of time]]". ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (game)}}) His realm was also likened to [[Faeryland]], with one account suggesting that he might have followed rules similar to the traditional [[fae]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Gunfighters (game)}}) | ||
[[Auteur]] believed that the being [[Mortimus]] had once described as "a being of vast mental powers, who could build and destroy entire realms with his mind", ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) namely the Toymaker, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) had originally been a fellow [[Archon]] from the [[Gallifreyan history|early history]] of their people, specifically [[Urizen's game-master]]. When Urizen and the other early Archons began to plan the [[anchoring of the thread|anchoring]] of the universe along the rules of [[logic]], the game-master dissented, wanting to use the rules of play as the organising principle instead. In the moment of anchoring, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) although he successfully "wove" his "urge to build destructive toys" into "the very fabric of the Universe itself", ensuring his own [[immortality]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}) he realised that the other founders' insistence on the rules of logic were diluting his own vision. As a result, still infused with the power of the [[caldera]], he "packed his bag and stomped off to the cosmic basement to make his own universe". He was subsequently forgotten, with the records of his existence becoming "muddled up, just how he likes them". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) | [[Auteur]] believed that the being [[Mortimus]] had once described as "a being of vast mental powers, who could build and destroy entire realms with his mind", ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) namely the Toymaker, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) had originally been a fellow [[Archon]] from the [[Gallifreyan history|early history]] of their people, specifically [[Urizen's game-master]]. When Urizen and the other early Archons began to plan the [[anchoring of the thread|anchoring]] of the universe along the rules of [[logic]], the game-master dissented, wanting to use the rules of play as the organising principle instead. In the moment of anchoring, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) although he successfully "wove" his "urge to build destructive toys" into "the very fabric of the Universe itself", ensuring his own [[immortality]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}) he realised that the other founders' insistence on the rules of logic were diluting his own vision. As a result, still infused with the power of the [[caldera]], he "packed his bag and stomped off to the cosmic basement to make his own universe". He was subsequently forgotten, with the records of his existence becoming "muddled up, just how he likes them". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) | ||
