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This category enumerates the varieties and individuals that are part of The Apparatus and are as old as the Founders.

Overview

Servitors (Enchiridian, Foundationspeak: Ezraim, meaning helpers or aids) are construct-like creatures of the Integrum.

Lore about servitors is extensive and accurate, coming from gods, heralds, and servitors themselves. They have also been studied by scholars throughout the ages, making them one of the most well-understood parts of founder technology.

History

First Age

Servitors were instrumental in the First Age in several ways.

In the early First Age, servitors issued forth from Bastion as scouts to investigate the universe as controlled by the powers of Fury. They returned with data about the universe and its inhabitants. Later, they would be used to ferry messages to creatures of Fury, especially dragons and immortals, building allegiances for the war to come.

During the Foundation War, Servitors made up the majority of the Founders' forces, fighting alongside the dragons and immortals who allied with the Founders.

After the war, during The Integration, servitors were the hands and tools that built the Integrum, governed by The Apparatus.

Gilded Age

During the Gilded Age the Servitors were passive in their maintenance of the Integrum, ticking away in its perfectly predestined course.

Shattered Age

After The Shattering, the Integrum was in a state of disrepair. The shards were not well connected to the Grand Designs resulting in significant problems for their inhabitants. Servitors became critical to the repair of the Integrum and the practice of summoning of servitors from The Apparatus by heralds became common practice.

Dark Age

After The Fall, Servitors were able to be summoned from The Apparatus for longer and longer durations. This led to the formation of individual Servitors achieving independent thought and personalities, becoming sovereigns. The ability for sovereigns to balance their deep understanding of The Apparatus with an increased capacity for willed action made them vital the survival of the Integrum.

Dawn Age

In the current age, servitors and sovereigns exist in much the same capacities as the Dark Age.

Society

Servitors do not have a society in any discernable sense, though sovereigns participate in mortal and divine societies.

Varieties

The varieties of servitor are distinguished primarily by which Grand Design they serve.

Sovereigns

During the Shattered Age some servitors who persisted for long periods in the shards found a sense of identity and a durability to their memories. These servitors are known as sovereigns, and many have found permanent homes in the integrum. More at sovereigns.

Qualities

Servitors are "dumb", in that they have no personality, no memory, no will of their own. They are instantiated by their designs and exist for as long as the design needs them to exist. It's like they are given a freshly formatted memory stick whenever they are created.

Sometimes a servitors can, when exposed to unknown, unpredictable circumstances within shards, can "go local". They begin to desire to stay, they form memories, they form personalities. Things that are likely to influence this include interaction with mortals, magical investments, et cetera.

Servitors backstage serving their design can't have personalities, so even sovereigns revert to being ordinary servitors if they leave the shards or else they lose their identity and memories. The identity and memories can attach to an appropriate instance of a servitor should one emerge from The Apparatus. However, the more powerful the sovereign the longer it likely takes to find a suitable host.

Servitors that are instantiated by The Apparatus have a true name. Normally magic cannot summon an a specific servitor or a servitor that is already instantiated. However, with the true name, this can be achieved.

Subcategories

This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.

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 This category enumerates the varieties and individuals that are part of [[The Apparatus]] and are as old as the [[Founders]].
-=Etymology=
+=Overview=
 Servitors ([[Enchiridian]], [[Foundationspeak]]: ''Ezraim'', meaning ''helpers'' or ''aids'') are construct-like creatures of the [[Integrum]].
-=Lore=
+Lore about servitors is extensive and accurate, coming from [[gods]], [[heralds]], and servitors themselves. They have also been studied by scholars throughout the ages, making them one of the most well-understood parts of [[founder]] technology.
-Lore about Servitors is extensive and accurate, coming from {{Category Gods}} and their [[Heralds]]. They have also been studied by scholars throughout the ages, making them one of the most well-understood parts of {{Category Founder}} technology.
 =History=
-==The Lost Age==
+==First Age==
-Servitors did not exist in the universe during the {{Category Lost Age}}, as the Founders had not yet arrived.
-==The First Age==
-Servitors were instrumental in the First Age in several ways.
-In the early First Age, Servitors issued forth from [[Bastion]] as scouts to investigate the universe as controlled by the powers of [[Fury]]. They returned with data about the universe and its inhabitants. Later, they would be used to ferry messages to creatures of Fury, especially {{Category Dragons}} and {{Category Immortals}}, building allegiances for the war to come.
+Servitors were instrumental in the [[First Age]] in several ways.
-During the [[Foundation War]], Servitors made up the majority of the Founders' forces, fighting alongside the Dragons and Immortals who allied with the Founders.
+In the early First Age, servitors issued forth from [[Bastion]] as scouts to investigate the universe as controlled by the powers of [[Fury]]. They returned with data about the universe and its inhabitants. Later, they would be used to ferry messages to creatures of Fury, especially [[dragons]] and [[immortals]], building allegiances for the war to come.
-After the war, during [[The Integration]], Servitors were the hands and tools that built the [[Integrum]] from the Apparatus unfolding from Bastion.
+During the [[Foundation War]], Servitors made up the majority of the Founders' forces, fighting alongside the dragons and immortals who allied with the Founders.
-==The Gilded Age==
+After the war, during [[The Integration]], servitors were the hands and tools that built the [[Integrum]], governed by The Apparatus.
-During the {{Category Gilded Age}} the Servitors were passive in their maintenance of the Integrum, ticking away in its perfectly predestined course.
+==Gilded Age==
+During the [[Gilded Age]] the Servitors were passive in their maintenance of the Integrum, ticking away in its perfectly predestined course.
-==The Shattered Age==
+==Shattered Age==
-After [[The Shattering]], the Integrum was in a state of disrepair. The {{Category Shards}} were not well connected to the {{Category Grand Designs}} resulting in significant problems for their inhabitants. Servitors became critical to the repair of the Integrum and the practice of summoning of Servitors from the Apparatus by Heralds became common practice.
+After [[The Shattering]], the Integrum was in a state of disrepair. The [[shards]] were not well connected to the [[Grand Designs]] resulting in significant problems for their inhabitants. Servitors became critical to the repair of the Integrum and the practice of summoning of servitors from The Apparatus by heralds became common practice.
-==The Dark Age==
+==Dark Age==
-After [[The Fall]], Servitors were able to be summoned from The Apparatus for longer and longer durations. This led to the formation of individual Servitors achieving independent thought and personalities, becoming {{Category Sovereigns}}. The ability for Sovereigns to balance their deep understanding of The Apparatus with an increased capacity for willed action made them vital the survival of the Integrum.
+After [[The Fall]], Servitors were able to be summoned from The Apparatus for longer and longer durations. This led to the formation of individual Servitors achieving independent thought and personalities, becoming [[sovereigns]]. The ability for sovereigns to balance their deep understanding of The Apparatus with an increased capacity for willed action made them vital the survival of the Integrum.
-==The Dawn Age==
+==Dawn Age==
-In the current age, Servitors and Sovereigns exist in much the same capacities as the Dark Age.
+In the current age, servitors and sovereigns exist in much the same capacities as the Dark Age.
 =Society=
-Servitors do not have a society in any discernable sense.
+Servitors do not have a society in any discernable sense, though sovereigns participate in mortal and divine societies.
-=Varieties and Qualities=
+=Varieties=
-The varieties of Servitor are distinguished by two variables: which {{Category Grand Design}} they serve and their {{potency}}.
+The varieties of servitor are distinguished primarily by which [[Grand Design]] they serve.
 * {{Category Servitors of Autumn}}:
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 * {{Category Servitors of Winter}}:
-* Elder Servitors are the most powerful.
+==Sovereigns==
+During the Shattered Age some servitors who persisted for long periods in the shards found a sense of identity and a durability to their memories. These servitors are known as sovereigns, and many have found permanent homes in the integrum. More at [[sovereigns]].
+=Qualities=
+Servitors are "dumb", in that they have no personality, no memory, no will of their own. They are instantiated by their designs and exist for as long as the design needs them to exist. It's like they are given a freshly formatted memory stick whenever they are created.
+Sometimes a servitors can, when exposed to unknown, unpredictable circumstances within shards, can "go local". They begin to desire to stay, they form memories, they form personalities. Things that are likely to influence this include interaction with mortals, magical investments, et cetera.
-Shorthand notes on servitors from conversation with Alex on 3/11/24.
+Servitors backstage serving their design can't have personalities, so even sovereigns revert to being ordinary servitors if they leave the shards or else they lose their identity and memories. The identity and memories can attach to an appropriate instance of a servitor should one emerge from The Apparatus. However, the more powerful the sovereign the longer it likely takes to find a suitable host.
-* Servitors are "dumb", in that they have no personality, no memory, no will of their own. They are instantiated by their designs and exist for as long as the design needs them to exist. It's like they are given a freshly formatted memory stick whenever they are created.
+Servitors that are instantiated by The Apparatus have a true name. Normally magic cannot summon an a specific servitor or a servitor that is already instantiated. However, with the true name, this can be achieved.
-* Sometimes a servitors can, when exposed to unknown, unpredictable circumstances within Shards, can "go local". They begin to desire to stay, they form memories, they form personalities.
-** Things that are likely to influence this include interaction with mortals, magical investments, et cetera.
-* Servitors backstage serving their design can't have personalities, so Asmodeus can't just go throw a bunch levers in the universal design of Night, because as soon as he goes backstage into Night, his personality bits pop off, just as if he were destroyed, and have to wait for a body to attached to. Very inconvenient, the more powerful the servitor, the longer that takes.
-* A true name is their instance ID, so while you normally can't summon an already-instantiated servitor, with the true name, you actually can, because it's their instance ID.