Editing Judge (section)

===Aurum===
The Aurum of [[Ontario]] was the Aurum Coil; associated with centipedes (probably due to their link with civilization in some Asian cultures),<ref name=":12" /> he generally manifested as a gold-clad male riding a giant golden centipede.<ref>There was a rasping sound, as centipede leg and segments rasped against trees and wood. There was a young teen, about Avery’s age, atop its head, wearing what could have been a silk bathrobe from the way it hung on him, in glittering gold. His hair was straight, fine, and black, his eyes peering through the curtain, his thin-lipped smile wide on the one side. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/18 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.1]]</ref> He is connected with commerce and civilization and manages new rules of discourse like music, drama and modern forms of communication.<ref>As the Judge most concerned with commerce and civilization, the Aurum Coil manages new rules of discourse, such as music, drama, or technological modes of communication. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/05/08 Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.3]]</ref> He took over the position from the Aurum Dame, who took it from the Gold-Furred Mouse.<ref name=":15" /> The Chinese equivalent is presumably the [[Wikipedia:Yellow Dragon|Yellow Dragon]], associated with earth, said to have given humanity writing and served as the first Emperor.

The Aurum's seat has one of the highest turnovers.<ref>“The golden seat is one with high turnover,” the Carcass in Sable told Lucy.- [[Excerpt]] from [[Summer Break 13.2]]</ref><!--
Zed clipped a clear cover over one of his station wagon’s headlights.  “The other part of this, I was telling Lucy before you guys were up.  There are parallels to draw here… the Aurum.  You’re after him, right?”

“Yeah,” Avery said.  She was helping to draw marks on Brie’s skin, who was sitting in the car, where it was a little warmer.

Zed clipped on the other cover.  “He is, in a way, both the person sitting in the chair with reach over an area, and the entity that moves very similarly to our hypothetical forking electricity elemental.  He defines his own zone, and he has his own preferences inside the zone.  The Alabaster makes a good contrast because technically, she’s the same.  But when you dig into it, part of the area she has Judgeship over is Nature, open space, and the places you go to in order to get away from it all.”

“And the Aurum is about the places you get away from,” Lucy said.  “His portfolio is the urban, tech, innovation, roads and factories, the human churn, fortune in the luck sense, fortune in the cash sense.”

“His ''weakness,''” Verona said, “any Aurum’s weakness, is their inability to keep up.  It’s inevitable that society outpaces them.  Whatever foundation they’re rooted in, whoever they were, it anchors them some.  Past a point, it gets harder and harder for them to follow what’s happening.  Can’t go fast enough, but another Other can?  Get replaced.”

“High turnover,” Lucy said.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/11/01 Excerpt] from [[In Absentia 21.8]]</ref>


<ref> ''“As Aurum, my role is different.  I handle change, exchange, transformation, and creation.  When a magic item comes naturally into being, as flows mix, I can have a hand in how that works.  The same goes for practitioners, whether it’s a twist in practice, or an outlet for excess power.”''

“Here,” Avery said, as Lucy uncorked the healing potion.  She pulled her coat from around her waist, jamming the ugly stick into the top part of her bag, and used the coat with Verona’s arm.  They had to slow down a bit to do it, but they didn’t stop moving either.

''“Sometimes the practice falls into someone’s lap, or a twist of energies turns an ordinary shaman into an outlet for a greater spirit.  Sometimes a practitioner’s practice fails them and they become Other, and sometimes they’re pushed to the next level.  A way of discarding excesses and the spare change of the realms exchanging with Earth, by helping someone with unrealized potential realize that potential.”''- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2023/08/19 Excerpt] from [[Finish Off 24.16]]</ref>

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