The Tinker

Human god of artifice, architecture and construction.

The Tinker

The strengthening of city walls
Protect us as our city falls
With clockwork golem arsenals
We can hear the Tinker calls.

Build like the Tinker can build,
Forged of stone and Forged of Will,
Pragmatic and functional,
To the Garden we will go.

The Tinker's verse from The Song of the Eight.

Divine Domains

The Tinker's alignment is Lawful Neutral, and his portfolio includes artifice, architecture and contruction. His cleric domains are Artifice, Construct, Defense, Fire, Fortifications, Industry, Metal, Protection, Rune and Strength, and his favoured weapon is the Light Hammer.
As one of the Eight Human gods, his followers expect to go to the Garden Beyond the Stars when they die, although it is uncertain whether he will be there to meet them in the Garden. Since the Eight are less personal than the Survivor deities, it is unclear whether they reside in the Garden themselves or merely guide their followers to it without any form of personal interaction.

Holy Books & Codes

The Manual: The Holy Book of the Tinker.

Other Tinkerite Art

Build It High: The Tinker's Work Song.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

In the Palimpsest Tarot, the Tinker constellation corresponds to the first card in the Profane Eight Suit, called the Creator Profane. It represents the concept of Construction.
Tinker imagery is often associated with the theme of building: from the sacred cedar tree, which is a sturdy building material to the holy symbol of a hammer. The Tinker's sacred animal is the ant, which is known for its ability to build complex structures that house a whole colony. And each Brickmas, elaborate gingerbread towers are meticulously constructed so that they will hold their shape without the use of icing.

Divine Goals & Aspirations

The Tinker values the functional and pragmatic. His favoured heroes tend to be artificiers, scientists and alchemists whose creations and inventions will last and serve a purpose.

Divine Classification

Human god of artifice, architecture and construction.

Religions

• The Eight

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Ethnicity

Divinity

Church/Cult

Church of the Tinker

Pronouns

He/Him

Domains

Artifice, Fire, Protection, Rune, Strength

Subdomains

Construct, Defense, Fortifications, Industry, Metal

Constellation/Symbol

Hammer

Holy Text

The Manual

Sacred Animal

Ant

Sacred Plant

Cedar Tree

Sacred Food

Tinker's Tower

Sacred Drink

Builder's Tea

Sacred Colour

Brass

Deity Weapon

Light Hammer

Noble Court Family

Mason Family

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Interview Excerpts: What's Something You Had To Work Hard To Be Good At?

RESPONSES

Masons

"The dexterity and power of limb necessary to execute one’s designs in reality unfortunately did not come quite as naturally to myself as to my father, but that shortfall, like many, has merely required an application of effort and ingenuity to address."
-- Subvizier Aloysius Mason.

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Dargent-Laureats

"Level-headedness, I suppose."
-- Vizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Making anything magic. I never seemed to get how to, like, channel it through myself, so there’s all sorts of knacks you need to know to get around that."
-- Viziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.

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Ironsides

"Rigid, unswavering discipline!"
-- Vizier Balthazar Ironside.
"Combat. I train daily."
-- Subvizier Agamemnon Ironside.
"Patience, and the spiritual awareness that it allows."
-- Katib Menelaus Ironside.
"Neither taking nor giving any shit. They don’t write straightforward workout routines for that."
-- Katiba Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.

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Stargazers

"Took some time to adapt to politics, but I had my wife’s help."
-- Vizier Leopold Stargazer.
"Marriage."
-- Viziera Andromeda Stargazer.
"Keeping a low profile."
-- Subvizier Pollux Stargazer.
"Neither taking nor giving any shit. They don’t write straightforward workout routines for that."
-- Subviziera Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.
"Public speaking did not come naturally."
-- Katib Castor Stargazer.
"My mother put a lot of time into teaching me to lie."
-- Katiba Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

"Acclimatisation to this plane’s… environment."
-- Bartleby.

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Dargents

"Working with people."
-- Vizier Richard Dargent.
"Winning."
-- Viziera Guinevera Dargent.
"Level-headedness, I suppose."
-- Subvizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Making anything magic. I never seemed to get how to, like, channel it through myself, so there’s all sorts of knacks you need to know to get around that."
-- Subviziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.
"Blending in. Both at court and when I'm trying to hide my connection to the court."
-- Katib Hugo Dargent.
"I had to put a lot of effort into my handwriting to get it just right. And I practise my dancing every day!"
-- Katiba Scarlett Dargent.

"Court life. I’m not cut out to schmooze."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"Positivity! I don’t like to feel down, so I try to look for the rose in the thorns. Sometimes it’s hard, but I think it’s worth working at!"
-- Connie Furr.
"Even once my patron awoke me, it took time to live in a house."
-- Voltaire.

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Carterholds

"I have a lot of useless court decorum permanently stamped on my brain that took a lot of extremely unworth-it study."
-- Katiba Rouge Carterhold.

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Bakerstreets

"Not getting played."
-- Vizier Cobbler Bakerstreet.
"...[silence]..."
-- Subviziera Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.
"These gains. [flexes]"
-- Katib Cody Bakerstreet.
"I am not a natural fighter, so I’ve had to learn to be tricky."
-- Katiba Wiggin Bakerstreet.

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Underhands

"...[silence]..."
-- Katiba Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.

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Baharats

"My mastery of the deceptions required of me by the court came only from many decades of careful practice."
-- Ex-Subvizier James Baharat.

"Shooting arrows from flying carpets. There’s a lot of maths involved, and I can’t always ask Butterfly for help with the calculations because she’s the one who steers the carpet."
-- Beautiful Baharat Guard.
"The stagecraft bit - sleight of hand, playing the crowd, winking at the right moments - that took a lot more practice."
-- Martini.

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Brasseyes

"That’s a secret."
-- Katiba Grimoire Brasseyes.

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Darktusks

"Getting away with it."
-- Mirze Rifi Darktusk.

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Greenskins

"I have raised a daughter by toil and effort."
-- Vizier Kronk Greenskin.
"My mother put a lot of time into teaching me to lie."
-- Subvizier Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

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Jackalslicers

"I did take some time to master walking properly in courtly attire, if truth be told."
-- Viziera Atkin Jackalslicer.
"Making friends."
-- Katib Fennec Jackalslicer.

"...stairs."
-- Stubby.

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Shajaras

"My current position owes a lot to a great deal of diplomatic effort, which certainly didn’t come overnight."
-- Vizier Hali Shajara.
"I put a lot of effort into mastering my blood magic - which is rare for me; I don’t like to work hard if there’s the option to play instead."
-- Viziera Cassilda Shajara.

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Brambleites

"My skill with the blade has come from many years of unswavering practice!"
-- Bugsby Cottontail.
"Positivity! I don’t like to feel down, so I try to look for the rose in the thorns. Sometimes it’s hard, but I think it’s worth working at!"
-- Connie Furr.
"My mastery of the deceptions required of me by the court came only from many decades of careful practice."
-- James Baharat.
"The stagecraft bit - sleight of hand, playing the crowd, winking at the right moments - that took a lot more practice."
-- Martini.
"Unmasking."
-- Vulpix.
"Talking to people never comes easy. Even when it’s just the ears."
-- Warren Furr.
"Motherhood hasn’t come naturally. But with Warren’s help I’ve attained a system that works for me."
-- Winnie Furr.

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Patchwork Empire

"It took time to master all the little soft and tender bits that people like to dress up their carnal desires in. Small talk and massages and listening and singing."
-- Pairaka.

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Undergazette

"Unfortunately I didn’t master the home-work balance until after the divorce."
-- Krona Tailfeather.
"Court life. I’m not cut out to schmooze."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"I am a pro at laying low, but it took a lot of knocks to get there."
-- Tito.

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Yvette & her Handmaidens

"Would you like me to show you? It’s much more fun that way."
-- Yvette, the Courtesan.
"I am the best courtesan in the city at 25, self-taught with no formal training. You can only imagine what that took."
-- Yvette Vixois.
"It took time to master all the little soft and tender bits that people like to dress up their carnal desires in. Small talk and massages and listening and singing."
-- Pairaka.