Editing Ancient (section)

==Particulars==
Being a distinct entity for a long time lends the reinforcement of [[Pattern]] which can also be stultifying.<ref>“If I may?” Guilherme rumbled.  He was so quiet, sitting on the corner of the roof, in the dark, it was easy to forget him, even though he was large.<br><br>“Of course, sir,” Rook said.<br><br>“You have fought a hundred of these battles.  The pattern is nearly set.  I know of this sort of thing quite well.  Longevity hardens, and it draws things to a razor point, and the sharpest points are the easiest to break.  But your pattern, it includes another option.  You’ve told us of two wars you won, where those realms and groups fell to pieces soon after the so-called victory.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/03/15 Excerpt] from [[Gone and Done It]]</ref> Regardless they have fallen into a patern of survival a process of selection that operates on a scale of potentially centuries if not longer.<ref>''All of the most foolish and brutish Others have been captured, slain, consumed, driven off, or tricked away.  Recognize all Others for what they are, and know that they, by a process of elimination two thousand and six hundred years in the making, are cunning by nature, they are slave to those who are, or they were made to be cunning to better serve in their duties.  Wit is the greatest defense and the sharpest weapon, on battlefields such as these.'' - [[Essentials]] Chapter 1, [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/bonds-1-4/ quoted] in [[Bonds 1.4]]</ref> As they have been around so long they tend to be tied directly into [[Lore]] practices.<ref name=":4.1">'''Strengths:''' [[Trussed]] are repositories of old knowledge, including older forms of practice or older powers of Others, that they may be able to pass on.  More often, however, they are keenly aware of the threats of yesterday, that may still linger today, or be bound in the next room, a cage, or on the other side of a covered painting or mirror, that they work to keep locked up.  When people venture into the realm of these unfortunate souls and Others, it is often to get a clear record of key events, people, treasures, or Others that may have re-emerged or that are necessary to solve a puzzle. - [[PactDice]]: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wvukMJfW_Ci6_rsqrigpeDBhBsBqFajWmTEyL-b3XCU/edit Bestiary: Trussed]</ref><!--mention the alabaster being cooperative, also the beorgman picking up information from the lights.--> 

Age is due a certain amount of deference.

Some Others will be old by definition, though as with everything there are exceptions; winter fae are meant to be immortal beings that have nothing more to do, played out all their stories, sometimes though a damaged fae is taken into winter.