Editing Architect Theory (section)

== Proposed Architects ==

*[[The Wolf]] of the [[Forest Ribbon Trail]]<ref name=":1">''The text Procession into Dream suggests a system of key individuals every Finder will meet in the course of a sufficiently long career, with the dreaded Wolf being the first.  This structural theory suggests that the Dreaming Realm is itself defined by these figures and that the management and system of honors is ultimately shaped by these ‘architects’.  This is the most succinct explanation this author can put forward to address a theory that has been written on hundreds of times, with ever evolving depth.  However, despite the varied writings on the topic, the Architect theory fails one of our most vital tests.  When more information is gathered and more research done into the idea, the answers become more varied and fractured, instead of narrowing to a point.  Even the authors of Procession aren’t sure of the specifics: how many architects are there?  Why have some not met certain architects?  Why have no architects alluded to this power?  What would it serve them?  What of those who don’t begin on the Forest Ribbon Trail?  Answers to these questions by Architect theorists inevitably create more questions. -'' [[List of Books#Whim and Vigor|Whim and Vigor]], [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/14/left-in-the-dust-16-2/ quoted] in [[Left in the Dust 16.2]]</ref> - included on most lists.<ref name=":2"> The Page of Suns.  When discussing the Architect theory of the Paths and the variations on that theory, the Page of Suns often appears.  He may appear on many Paths, separate from the rules, always male with the sun motif, and the demeanor Hazel describes here.  When so many things on the Paths are subject to the eye of the beholder, the Page of Suns almost always has the same mask.  The Page of Suns appears on as many lists of Architects as the Wolf.  - [[List of Books#100%20Years%20Lost|''100 Years Lost'']], excerpted in [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/spoilers-16-3-100y/ 16.4 Bonus: 100 Years Lost]</ref>
* [[The Page of Suns]] - included on most lists.<ref name=":2" /> 
* Jacques<ref name=":0" />
* The Queen of Ends<ref name=":0" />
* The Child - usually "dies" early in a Finder's career like on the [[forest ribbon trail]] and is not seen thereafter. Only included on a few lists.<ref name=":0" />
* The Finder - from which all path related dopplegangers and copies come from.<ref>
“It’s not a- it’s not a [[doppleganger]], exactly. It’s the Finder. [...] She’s what some call an architect. An institution of the Paths. Either she helped make them what they are and took on this identity and role- [...] The strongest Finder on a-[...] given Path. She’s either the originator, or she- there’s enough mirror-doubles of people as puzzle elements that they all interconnected and became a singular identity with a bigger-” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/in-absentia-21-4/ Excerpt] from [[In Absentia 21.4]]</ref><!--
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Opossum by the Wayside



 - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/07 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.9]] </ref>




<ref>She could see past the gateway of the giant woman’s dress.  On the far side was darkness, a nighttime scene of black snow in violent flurries, but the snow failed to land on the grass, because the weather was so violent.  Some people were crawling across the ground, having strapped all kinds of things, from wood to sheafs of grass in an effort to block out the chill.
And near the front, hunkered down, was another Avery, and another Snowdrop, gaunt, bloody, stained with soot and snow.  Screaming, trying to communicate something.
[...]
“Seems like a dark, lonely path.  I mean, you’ve got company inside your dress, but that doesn’t seem like ''good'' company, and the whole process seems… not great.  Cutting your eyes and mouth free of the threads?  Then questions, deeds, demands, and if they can’t deliver, you sweep in, send them to the wrong realm, send terrible things after people to go back to Earth with them, or replace them with…”

Avery gestured at the other Avery, who was screaming, banging her hands against an invisible barrier.  Too far away to hear.

“It’s what I’ve always done, as far as I can remember.”
 - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/06/04 Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.3]] </ref>-->