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	''Long live the Beaked King.''		''Long live the Beaked King.''
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	~~(Return to [[Index of Gods and Spirits]])~~

	The Beaked King represents to mortals in his godhood what he represented to the spirits of the Court during their rise: power, ambition, and cunning, but also duty and selflessness, the power to unify and rally those under his influence to a higher cause. By the same token, he is one who will fight to the end to further his aims or beliefs; he represents the roots of war as much as its fighting. To some the Beaked King is the tyrant with the fist of iron and boot of steel, to others the young face of the revolutionary who smashes chains with the pure idea of freedom. To all, they are the great and terrible song which each and every civilized being sings, that raised them from caves to the stars.		The Beaked King represents to mortals in his godhood what he represented to the spirits of the Court during their rise: power, ambition, and cunning, but also duty and selflessness, the power to unify and rally those under his influence to a higher cause. By the same token, he is one who will fight to the end to further his aims or beliefs; he represents the roots of war as much as its fighting. To some the Beaked King is the tyrant with the fist of iron and boot of steel, to others the young face of the revolutionary who smashes chains with the pure idea of freedom. To all, they are the great and terrible song which each and every civilized being sings, that raised them from caves to the stars.

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	The Beaked King is generally venerated by those seeking advantage in interpersonal matters - these individuals will typically offer luxury goods at shrines or temples. Just as common as seeking the Beaked King's blessing in personal matters is seeking that the King not favor one’s peers or opponents, or to shield oneself or another from the excesses of their domain.		The Beaked King is generally venerated by those seeking advantage in interpersonal matters - these individuals will typically offer luxury goods at shrines or temples. Just as common as seeking the Beaked King's blessing in personal matters is seeking that the King not favor one’s peers or opponents, or to shield oneself or another from the excesses of their domain.

	Perhaps the most regular supplicants to the Beaked King are soldiers and military folk - elaborate shrines are frequently a part of both permanent and mobile military headquarters and camps. Although not unique to ~~men of the sword~~, many martial traditions of reverence to the Beaked King prominently feature bodily modification - the more pedestrian focusing on tattoos, the more extreme including self-mutilation, such as the removal of fingers or toes, or ritual scarring. Such traditions are often seen as barbaric, but nevertheless persist even amongst the ranks of the most “civilized” armed forces.		Perhaps the most regular supplicants to the Beaked King are soldiers and military folk - elaborate shrines are frequently a part of both permanent and mobile military headquarters and camps. Although not unique to military folk, many martial traditions of reverence to the Beaked King prominently feature bodily modification - the more pedestrian focusing on tattoos, the more extreme including self-mutilation, such as the removal of fingers or toes, or ritual scarring. Such traditions are often seen as barbaric, but nevertheless persist even amongst the ranks of the most “civilized” armed forces.

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	The Beaked King is generally venerated by those seeking advantage in interpersonal matters - these individuals will typically offer luxury goods at shrines or temples. Just as common as seeking the Beaked King's blessing in personal matters is seeking that the King not favor one’s peers or opponents, or to shield oneself or another from the excesses of their domain.		The Beaked King is generally venerated by those seeking advantage in interpersonal matters - these individuals will typically offer luxury goods at shrines or temples. Just as common as seeking the Beaked King's blessing in personal matters is seeking that the King not favor one’s peers or opponents, or to shield oneself or another from the excesses of their domain.

	Perhaps the most regular supplicants to the Beaked King are soldiers and military folk - elaborate shrines are frequently a part of both permanent and mobile military headquarters and camps. Although not unique to ~~military folk~~, many martial traditions of reverence to the Beaked King prominently feature bodily modification - the more pedestrian focusing on tattoos, the more extreme including self-mutilation, such as the removal of fingers or toes, or ritual scarring. Such traditions are often seen as barbaric, but nevertheless persist even amongst the ranks of the most “civilized” armed forces.		Perhaps the most regular supplicants to the Beaked King are soldiers and military folk - elaborate shrines are frequently a part of both permanent and mobile military headquarters and camps. Although not unique to men of the sword, many martial traditions of reverence to the Beaked King prominently feature bodily modification - the more pedestrian focusing on tattoos, the more extreme including self-mutilation, such as the removal of fingers or toes, or ritual scarring. Such traditions are often seen as barbaric, but nevertheless persist even amongst the ranks of the most “civilized” armed forces.

	== Cant of the Beaked King ==		== Cant of the Beaked King ==

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	== Cult, Rites, and Veneration ==		== Cult, Rites, and Veneration ==
			The Beaked King is generally venerated by those seeking advantage in interpersonal matters - these individuals will typically offer luxury goods at shrines or temples. Just as common as seeking the Beaked King's blessing in personal matters is seeking that the King not favor one’s peers or opponents, or to shield oneself or another from the excesses of their domain.

			Perhaps the most regular supplicants to the Beaked King are soldiers and military folk - elaborate shrines are frequently a part of both permanent and mobile military headquarters and camps. Although not unique to military folk, many martial traditions of reverence to the Beaked King prominently feature bodily modification - the more pedestrian focusing on tattoos, the more extreme including self-mutilation, such as the removal of fingers or toes, or ritual scarring. Such traditions are often seen as barbaric, but nevertheless persist even amongst the ranks of the most “civilized” armed forces.

	== Cant of the Beaked King ==		== Cant of the Beaked King ==

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	== Origin and Mythology ==		== Origin and Mythology ==
	Many aeons ago when the universe was yet young, the Beaked King was born a masked spirit of the Court of a Thousand Paths. Ambition, cunning, and guile are the currency of that divine court, and these things the Beaked King mastered quickly. But he also bore the power to inspire, the will to lead, and virtue of honesty, and these led him to climb the ranks of the Court. With ~~his~~ rise, ~~his~~ power grew like no courtier before or since, and soon he sat eye to eye with the Ambassador himself. When the divine turmoil of the Beacon’s supernova shook the world of the gods to its core, the Beaked King rallied the Court around him and broke the arcane ties binding him to the Two-Faced Ambassador, allowing them to take their place amongst the gods.		Many aeons ago when the universe was yet young, the Beaked King was born a masked spirit of the Court of a Thousand Paths. Ambition, cunning, and guile are the currency of that divine court, and these things the Beaked King mastered quickly. But he also bore the power to inspire, the will to lead, and virtue of honesty, and these led him to climb the ranks of the Court. With their rise, their power grew like no courtier before or since, and soon he sat eye to eye with the Ambassador himself. When the divine turmoil of the Beacon’s supernova shook the world of the gods to its core, the Beaked King rallied the Court around him and broke the arcane ties binding him to the Two-Faced Ambassador, allowing them to take their place amongst the gods.

	== Cult, Rites, and Veneration ==		== Cult, Rites, and Veneration ==

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The Beaked King represents to mortals in his godhood what he represented to the spirits of the Court during their rise: power, ambition, and cunning, but also duty and selflessness, the power to unify and rally those under his influence to a higher cause. By the same token, he is one who will fight to the end to further his aims or beliefs; he represents the roots of war as much as its fighting. To some the Beaked King is the tyrant with the fist of iron and boot of steel, to others the young face of the revolutionary who smashes chains with the pure idea of freedom. To all, they are the great and terrible song which each and every civilized being sings, that raised them from caves to the stars.

== Origin and Mythology ==
Many aeons ago when the universe was yet young, the Beaked King was born a masked spirit of the Court of a Thousand Paths. Ambition, cunning, and guile are the currency of that divine court, and these things the Beaked King mastered quickly. But he also bore the power to inspire, the will to lead, and virtue of honesty, and these led him to climb the ranks of the Court. With his rise, his power grew like no courtier before or since, and soon he sat eye to eye with the Ambassador himself. When the divine turmoil of the Beacon’s supernova shook the world of the gods to its core, the Beaked King rallied the Court around him and broke the arcane ties binding him to the Two-Faced Ambassador, allowing them to take their place amongst the gods.

== Cult, Rites, and Veneration ==

== Cant of the Beaked King ==
''Watcher of the Proceeds, watcher of the Court''

''Court of the Beaked King, in which all things begin and all things end''

''a cripple, unrestricted; in all things manifest.''

''Don the mask of the Beaked King''

''Don the crown of the Beaked King''

''Don the garments of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim yourself emperor of its Court.''

''Climb that great mountain, that mountain of the Beaked King''

''Heft that great gate, that gate of the Beaked King''

''Humor that great fool, that fool of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim yourself emperor of its Court.''

''And in doing so, take the Beaked King unto oneself''

''as the Beaked King takes you unto itself''

''Claim the scepter of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim yourself emperor of your Court.''

''Toil, toil, in the name of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, for the name of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, by the name of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim the greatness of your Court.''

''Toil, toil, in the mask of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, in the crown of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, in the garments of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim the greatness of your Court.''

''Toil, toil, atop the mountain of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, behind the gate of the Beaked King''

''Toil, toil, alongside the fool of the Beaked King''

''and so proclaim the greatness of its Court.''

''See that the world struggles on beneath you''

''See that the ants toil endlessly without you''

''See that the Court argues endlessly beneath you''

''See that the world struggles on above you''

''See that the ants climb endlessly without you''

''See that the Court spirals from your grasp''

''and so become Emperor of the Court.''

''See the truth spoken by the recursive lie''

''See the face that lies beneath the mask, a mask''

''See the face that speaks without a head''

''See you cannot stand, for the ground is water''

''See you cannot sit, for the air is stone''

''See you cannot see, for your burden is light''

''and so become Emperor of the Court.''

''Lose your strength, borrowed from the Court''

''Lose your sight, borrowed from the Court''

''Lose your shackles, borrowed from the Court''

''Lose your mask, borrowed from the Court''

''Lose your crown, borrowed from the Court''

''Lose your garments, borrowed from the Court''

''The Beaked King is dead''

''Long live the Beaked King.''