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| aka= | | aka= | ||
| sentience= Sapient | | sentience= Sapient | ||
| origin= [[Prime Universe]], [[Cupid Homeworld]] | | origin= [[Prime Universe]], [[Cupid Homeworld]]<br>[[Discordia Homeland]], [[Discordia Dimension]] | ||
| type= Sentient | | type= Sentient constructs | ||
| notable_individuals= [[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Marksmanship-522]]<br>[[Tracker-764]]<br>[[Bibliophile-962]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Arganthone-056]] | | notable_individuals= [[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Marksmanship-522]]<br>[[Tracker-764]]<br>[[Bibliophile-962]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Arganthone-056]]<br>[[D123-Blackheart]] | ||
| list_of_individuals= '''''[[:Category:Clockwork Cherubs|See list]]''''' | | list_of_individuals= '''''[[:Category:Clockwork Cherubs|See list]]''''' | ||
| first_seen_in= [[VIDEO]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (video story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' | | first_seen_in= [[VIDEO]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (video story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' | ||
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== Nature == | == Nature == | ||
Clockwork Cherubs were around two feet in height, and made of “solid copper alloy”. There existed seventeen different “Marks” of Clockwork Cherubs, created in batches of one hundred by the [[Great Foundries]] based on designs by the Cherubs' Creator. They included [[Mark I]]s through [[Mark XVII]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | Clockwork Cherubs of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] were around two feet in height, and made of “solid copper alloy”. There existed seventeen different “Marks” of Clockwork Cherubs, created in batches of one hundred by the [[Great Foundries]] based on designs by the Cherubs' Creator. They included [[Mark I]]s through [[Mark XVII]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||
Their internal components included an internal heating system, [[Anxiety Spring]]s, [[liver crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'') voice boxes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Szaclowk & the Halfworld (short story)|The Szaclowk & the Halfworld]]'') thermometers placed where humans had lungs, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'') and [[Gemstone Heart]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') They needed to rewind periodically. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Visit to Doc-012 (comic story)|A Visit to Doc-012]]'') Some of them had pain receptors, which they could remove at no loss of efficiency. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') They had the ability to interface with any electrical appliance created before the 1960s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | Their internal components included an internal heating system, [[Anxiety Spring]]s, [[liver crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'') voice boxes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Szaclowk & the Halfworld (short story)|The Szaclowk & the Halfworld]]'') thermometers placed where humans had lungs, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'') and [[Gemstone Heart]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') They needed to rewind periodically. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Visit to Doc-012 (comic story)|A Visit to Doc-012]]'') Some of them had pain receptors, which they could remove at no loss of efficiency. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') They had the ability to interface with any electrical appliance created before the 1960s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | ||
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Although winged, Clockwork Cherubs could not fly under their own power unless [[anti-gravity circuit]]s were strapped to their person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') Not every Cherub in the Crew had access to such devices, and indeed, some could be officially banned from owning one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | Although winged, Clockwork Cherubs could not fly under their own power unless [[anti-gravity circuit]]s were strapped to their person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') Not every Cherub in the Crew had access to such devices, and indeed, some could be officially banned from owning one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
It was highly unusual for Clockwork Cherubs to be female, though not unheard-of. They were also all asexual and aromantic, although [[Juliet-178]] occasionally pretended she was an exception to this rule on top of being female. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of Romeos and Juliets (short story)|Of Romeos and Juliets]]'') | It was highly unusual for Clockwork Cherubs of the Crew to be female, though not unheard-of. They were also all asexual and aromantic, although [[Juliet-178]] occasionally pretended she was an exception to this rule on top of being female. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of Romeos and Juliets (short story)|Of Romeos and Juliets]]'') | ||
The [[Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]], created in parallel to the Cupids and who seemed to be their exact antithesis, were, in contrast, all-female by default. Having been fashioned in the image of [[Discordia]] rather than [[Cupid]], they had large, raven-black, feathered wings. Additionally, as the group's name highlighted, they were not made of pure copper but of demesmaekerite, a dangerous, radioactive alloy of lead and copper. This meant that they appeared grayish with irregular coppery streaks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias (short story)|The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Origins === | === Origins === | ||
Clockwork Cherubs were invented in 1960 in the [[Prime Universe]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') in [[the Home City]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') by a scientist to whom her creations referred as simply “[[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') She started with a [[Cupid Prototype]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ==== The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids ==== | ||
{{main|Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids}} | |||
Clockwork Cherubs were invented in 1960 in the [[Prime Universe]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') in [[the Home City]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere]]'') by a scientist to whom her creations referred as simply “[[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') She started with a [[Cupid Prototype]]. Basing their design on the god [[Cupid]], the scientist had not initially realised that her creations would be unable to fly normally, but later created [[anti-gravity circuit]]s for them to use. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
They were given [[Fog Ship]]s with interdimensional travel capacities, as well as a [[Cupid Homeworld|pocket universe]] to call their own, and given the task of journeying through all realities to stamp our hatred and replace it with (artificially-induced) universal love. The Clockwork Cherubs who fulfilled this mission were known as the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]. However, they were not the only Clockwork Cherubs in [[the Multiverse]]; some, due to programming defects, gained the ability to break off from their programming and became renegades and reprobates travelling the [[Multiverse]] by themselves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | They were given [[Fog Ship]]s with interdimensional travel capacities, as well as a [[Cupid Homeworld|pocket universe]] to call their own, and given the task of journeying through all realities to stamp our hatred and replace it with (artificially-induced) universal love. The Clockwork Cherubs who fulfilled this mission were known as the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]. However, they were not the only Clockwork Cherubs in [[the Multiverse]]; some, due to programming defects, gained the ability to break off from their programming and became renegades and reprobates travelling the [[Multiverse]] by themselves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | ||
==== The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias ==== | |||
In another universe, a scientist named [[Eris Hatenell|Eris]] created a set of Clockwork Cherubs with the opposite purpose: to spread universal hate and fear. Becoming the [[Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]], they lived in the [[Discordia Homeland]] in the [[Discordia Dimension]], and used [[Smog Ship]]s and [[Discordia Apple|exploding apples]] instead of [[Fog Ship]]s and [[Cupid Arrow|Love Arrows]]. Unlike the Cupids' Creator, Eris continued ruling her creations directly into the 21st century. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias (short story)|The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]]'') | |||
=== Later developments === | === Later developments === | ||
