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'''The Architect''', or sometimes '''the Creator''', was the mysterious entity who oversaw the creation of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. | '''The Architect''', or sometimes '''the Creator''', was the mysterious entity who oversaw the creation of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. Some accounts described the Architect as a “he”, but others as an “it”. | ||
At some point, an individual gathered a group of creative people and showed them the as-yet-empty blueprints, infinite in size, for what would become the Strange and Wonderful House, and told them to put their imagination into creating as many distinctive, impossible rooms as possible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Welcome!|Welcome!]]'') | At some point, an individual gathered a group of creative people and showed them the as-yet-empty blueprints, infinite in size, for what would become the Strange and Wonderful House, and told them to put their imagination into creating as many distinctive, impossible rooms as possible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Welcome!|Welcome!]]'') | ||
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The Architect personally gave [[Jenny Everywhere#With the Architect|Jenny Everywhere]] a wing all to herself, which became [[#The Jenny Everywhere Museum|the Jenny Everywhere Museum]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 18: The Jenny Everywhere Museum|The Jenny Everywhere Museum]]'') | The Architect personally gave [[Jenny Everywhere#With the Architect|Jenny Everywhere]] a wing all to herself, which became [[#The Jenny Everywhere Museum|the Jenny Everywhere Museum]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 18: The Jenny Everywhere Museum|The Jenny Everywhere Museum]]'') | ||
One theory about the identity of the [[Woman in the Painting|woman]] depicted in [[the Painting]] with her head turned towards a distant sunset over the sea, wearing a blue dress, was that she was once a woman beloved by the Architect. After she scorned his love, he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]], cursing it; the woman then presumably became [[the Lady in Mourning]]. However, House historians believed this to be a fanciful legend, and that the curse of the Tarn predated the House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 33: The Painting|The Painting]]'') | One theory about the identity of the [[Woman in the Painting|woman]] depicted in [[the Painting]] with her head turned towards a distant sunset over the sea, wearing a blue dress, was that she was once a woman beloved by the Architect. After she scorned his love, he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]], cursing it; the woman then presumably became [[the Lady in Mourning]]. However, House historians believed this to be a fanciful legend, and that the curse of the Tarn predated the House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 33: The Painting|The Painting]]'') | ||
[[Sid]], a mysterious man who once guided the [[Master of the House]] on a journey of self-rediscovery through [[the Gardens]], described himself as “simply” being the incarnation of “the will of [his] Creator”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') | [[Sid]], a mysterious man who once guided the [[Master of the House]] on a journey of self-rediscovery through [[the Gardens]], described himself as “simply” being the incarnation of “the will of [his] Creator”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') | ||
Some sources suggested that the Architect was still alive and active in the modern era of the House. According to one rumour, the Architect was the only entity known who could enter and exit [[the Empty Room]] at will, and liked to spend “its” afternoons there thinking up new rooms for [[the Infinite Wing]] and drawing up blueprints. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 54: The Empty Room|The Empty Room]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
