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The Creator originally lived in a city in the [[United States of America]], to which her creations would later refer as simply “[[the Home City]]”. Despite its homely, ordinary appearance, oddities such as mad scientists and [[witch]]es were commonplace in the city, such that “a woman filling her backyard with clockwork automata would hardly have stood out”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | The Creator originally lived in a city in the [[United States of America]], to which her creations would later refer as simply “[[the Home City]]”. Despite its homely, ordinary appearance, oddities such as mad scientists and [[witch]]es were commonplace in the city, such that “a woman filling her backyard with clockwork automata would hardly have stood out”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
[[Cupid Fact File|Cupid Fact File #828]] highlighted the curious fact that the Crew's name followed the same pattern as the many [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] created by former members of the [[First Horde]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') | [[Cupid Fact File|Cupid Fact File #828]] highlighted the curious fact that the Crew's name followed the same pattern as the many [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] created by former members of the [[First Horde]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') Indeed, she was once a scientist in the Horde, working primarily as an engineer; as such, she was responsible for the creation of the Horde's brainwashing devices. She also built [[the Ancient One|a copper robot assistant]] for her colleague [[Professor Scarper]], in exchange for him giving her his formula for a rudimentary brainwashing chemical, which he had abandoned because her own brainwashing machines had made it moot. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Salamandyrs and the Automata (short story)|The Salamandyrs and the Automata]]'') | ||
In the early 1960s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | In the early 1960s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') a now-independent Creator invented a biochemical [[Love Potion]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') adapted from Scarper's more general concoction ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Salamandyrs and the Automata (short story)|The Salamandyrs and the Automata]]'') in an effort to bring peace to the world, and to worlds beyond. She began building mechanical minions to carry out the world of romanticising all of reality on her behalf, the [[Clockwork Cherub]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'') In accordance with the love theme, she fashioned in the broad likeness of the winged Greek deity [[Cupid]]. She soon discovered that Cupid's wingspan would not allow a non-supernatural being to fly, forcing her to develop [[anti-gravity circuit]]s for her “Cupids” to replicate this feat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') She also gave the Cupids the ability to interface with any electrical appliance that existed at the time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | ||
The [[Mark I]] Cupids were originally housed in the Creator's garage on the Prime Earth, but after it grew too cramped, she created a pocket dimension, the [[Cupid Homeworld]], in which her creations could relocate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'', ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | The [[Mark I]] Cupids were originally housed in the Creator's garage on the Prime Earth, but after it grew too cramped, she created a pocket dimension, the [[Cupid Homeworld]], in which her creations could relocate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'', ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||