Robigo, Reminiscent
He has a wistful look in his eye. He wants my attention, and he is eager to share. [While Robigo visits in this form, he is inclined to share about his life and opinions based on various comforts and art around the Haustorium.]
Aspects
Comment Texts
| Offering | Comment | Lesson |
|---|---|---|
| Incubator | ’Nothing quite replaces a mother’s womb, I’ve been told, but for me a rich and humid loam has always been the same. For centuries I laid dormant in the luci of Samnium, but it was those comforting woods that incubated my majestic self.‘ | Transformations & Liberations |
| ’Summer Eternal' | 'A shame for Henry to be buried in such a dreary land. Still, he always loved the sea too much to be brought too far from it. I always thought about visiting his grave, but with the fires running through the earth and the skies around there… he deserves the warmth of summer, even if its Gleam burns too bright for me.‘ | Pyroglyphics |
| Paradise Palm | ’A tiny seed, borne of a forgotten isalnd, has found its way into nearly every habitation of taste and style in the world. A model for our own strategy, in many ways.‘ | Leaves & Thorns |
| ’Alfonso’s Arquebus | ’Alfonso was a man who thought he controlled his destiny, but who was really little more than a vessel for our work. We tired of him as soon as Leonor did, but he served his purpose in the end.‘ | Disciplines of the Scar |
| ’Teodoro’s Rapier | ’Beautiful, isn’t it? I always wanted to duel with Teodoro, but he was far too mired in his self-pity. A shame, really - I’m certain his blood would have looked lovely dripping down the blade.‘ | Disciplines of the Scar |
| Lavish Mirror | ’Each time I catch a glimpse of my reflection, I dwell on multiplicty. One of our cause’s great assets is that we might all be one but at the same time we might all be many. A thousand faces, one throbbing heart. What is within, without, and out further still. How beautiful.‘ | Meniscate Reflecitons |
| Treasury of Shelters | ’Every time a visitor comes here, we want to make sure they feel welcome. There is a lot of horror out in the world, they just don’t always understand that. Here at the Haustorium, the comfort within is a contrast with the vicious hostility without.‘ | Maggephene Mysteries |
| Allluring Lamp | ’For us, the most attractive feature of the human form is its ability to change. It begins a mere spore, and it grows into so much more! An artist, an adventurer, a scholar, a woodworker… from the tiniest of ovum come forth the most beauteous of things. With our support, even greater heights of talent can emerge.‘ | Resurgences & Emergences |
| Artful Armchair | ’Gabriela was ruthless and cruel, but she was inventive. She always had a scheme in which she was in control and came out on top. Had her location not been discovered by the Obliviates, I wonder if she ever would have acquiesced to the eventual plan.‘ | Sacra Limiae |
| ’The Crowned Growth' | 'Have you ever heard the story of how this painting came to be? In 1890 we came very close to breaching the Mansus and began to herald our coronation to many visionaries across the world. With all this good attention, I invited a very accomplished artist to come paint a regnal portrait here at the Haustorium. The passage through the White Door did not come to fruition, sadly, but we got some excellent art out of the whole affair.‘ | Meontological Glimpses |
| ’The Shores of Brancrug' | 'Hush House are our rivals, librarian. You must never venture to that bleak and lonely place. Stay here with me, where you have a Protector who actually cares–and actually exists. I’ll take care of you much better than that Wolf-wife.‘ | Rhyme & Remembrance |
| Index Case (Grail-Focused) | ‘I am so flattered by the name. It is lovely to have a legacy. My gifts are many, and my tumors reflect that bounty. Don’t think of it as lichen growing from your lungs and trachea. Think of it as your lungs and trachea becoming the most lavish of homes for all life’s many manifestations. Perspective is important.‘ | Surgeries & Exsanguinations |
| Emerald Lamp | ’I bought this off a woman in Manaus who claimed to know where in the Wood the Velvet hid an important lost text of our collection. She never gave a clear answer: just a bunch of rambling about how the lampshade always needed careful dusting to avoid moss creeping over and ruining the light.‘ | Sylvan Stories |
| Sachavaca | ’I goaded Almudena into getting this one, when I was still new to this place. The Dreameater’s more bestial lackeys roam above the surface much more freely compared to the Old World. Why not try striking a little fear into them? Not that any of us found it all that amusing in the end.‘ | Edicts Inviolable |
| Bucket of Blood | ’I’m not thirsty, thank you.‘ | Spices & Savours |
| ’Tantalus and Pelops' | 'I’m sure you’ve heard of the Crime of the Sky, but there are other crimes besides the Chancel’s few arcane prohibitions. Ixion, Ado, the Vagabond… of all these, the Crime of the Sky is certainly the least.‘ | Edicts Hospitable |
| ’Come One, Come All!' | 'If Nacera had been more amicable, we could still welcome crowds to the Haustorium. In our short period of friendship we spoke of an arena in the Sunken Plaza, of the flights of the peryton through flaming hoops… alas her own hunger for fame was eclipsed by that monster’s hunger for flesh.‘ | Fangs & Feathers |
| Verdant Stool | ’It will almost never leave me unabashed to glance at this. I was impatient, I admit, from the years with the Mutuality. But the color will endure, even if the form won’t.‘ | Dessication & Elimination |
| ’Our Lady of Wires' | 'Marinette is among my dearest friends. She feeds, I feed her. We are a perfect pair that way, which is why we often spend the summers together on the Hebe. I wish I could invite her here, but the place only needs one Protector. I don’t know if she could resist taking the place for herself.‘ | Sea Stories |
| ’Quilaco’s Halberd | ’My first words at the Haustorium were to Quilaco. I offered him a way for he and Leonor to be together. Someone else spoke to him, though, and he failed to see the wisdom in my methods. A tragedy, but the man was bound by his oaths to his princess and his worship.‘ | Sacra Tetrarcharum |
| Tlepolemus' | 'Nacéra and I got along splendidly! She, more than anyone, has done so much to make the Haustorium famous and to amplify my name. It is a shame about the dogs and the assassination attempt. But she never did understand that you can’t kill a name like mine, you only make it better-known.‘ | Furs & Feathers |
| ’The Queen in Ribbons' | 'Oh how… lovely. I forgot we had this. It’s not worth your attention, librarian. The Queen-in-Ribboons will never be crowned. Another will sit that throne soon enough, and all of us will be glad for it. Stay away from this cruel tyrant; her homage is much more demanding than anything we would ask of you.‘ | Writhing |
| Chac Mool | ’Oh the rains of Tenochtitlan… when you feel the waters run across your skin there is a kind of restoration few can truly experience. I love Filiberto for bringing this friend here. It reminds me to take time to submerge myself in the marshy places and see what growth can come.‘ | Quenchings & Quellings |
| ’A Night at the Ecdysis' | 'One of the most enjoyable nights of my lives was a revel at the Ecdysis. The patroness invited a great many of us there for a time of celebration to remember the Thunderskin’s Flaying - or was it the Sun’s Division? Something bloody like that. I remember because my dear friend Marinette and I watched the Moth-dancers split themselves into different fractions for our amusement. Hearing the word ‘eighteenths’ still makes me excited.‘ | Drums & Dances |
| Leonor’s Chair | ’Our paths never crossed, Leonor’s and mine. I have always wanted to ask her about the weaving of hyphae and the silent aesthetics of my kind. But we backed the wrong horse at Gallo and look where that got me for a while.‘ | Weaving & Knotworking |
| ’Phillipine, the Beauty of Ambras' | 'She was a beautiful woman, endlessly hospitable, and a wondrous cook. We were always welcome in Ambras, even in the days of the undivided Sun. One of the few places where we knights of the dark could find a respite from the Light. If only she would’ve joined us before her departure, but she always longed to sleep beneath the silvered Moon. Still, I am grateful to Herr Unterberger for preserving her visage, and to the Excellency, pompous as it is, for providing such a luxurious canvas.‘ | Sights & Sensations |
| Caretaker’s Stool | ’The Company knew all the meanings of the word ‘hermetic.’ Not a spore has passed through that grate, and I have never found the time or means to open it myself! As far as I know, an anchorite could have snuck back in there while I was away and I’d be none the wiser. Candelaria always told me there were secrets in the solitude of this place, but I can’t exactly be alone, can I?‘ | Anchorite Meditations |
| ’What is Not Seen' | 'The master and originator of the Waning Moon mode. Look to Medusa, then look to me. Her indulgence led to the dead-life she now stalks, whereas my indulgence leads to the delightfully living dead! Learn this lesson, librarian: it is always better to increase one’s self than it is to let the spirit fade.‘ | Pentiments & Precursors |
| ’Many-Who-Are-One Meets One-Who-Is-Many' | 'The Mutuality was an admirable design, a precursor of many possibilities. But it was also willful, and as you can see, forces beyond our master worked through it. While the pentad labored and researched, it was well and truly within the spider’s web.‘ | Transcendence & Ascendance |
| ’The Door of the Wise' | 'The Sanguine Exception does not reach into Nowhere, yet even in the places outside the Chancel’s sight we smell the festering blood of the Gods-from-Stone and we wonder what exceptions might be made for our intrusions, in a more generous history.‘ | Abjurations & Limitations |
| Ghost Plant | ’The world lived long before it ever needed Light. We need only drink from the earth, drink from what flows up from below. A world like that may be darker, yes, but it would be no less warmer. Perhaps it would even be warmer than the Sun you know now.‘ | Herbs & Infusions |
| Vigilant Chair | ’There was a long and miserable time when I was the vigilant one, looking out for all the world, protecting and doing nothing else. I am very grateful those days are over. I am much better suited to the work I do out and about in the world. I so enjoy finding enemies-who-will-be and making them friends.‘ | Edicts Martial |
| ’Rubedo' | 'There was once a scheme against us that relied entirely on flame. Did you know Kume’s last words were an invocation of Santa Marzanna? Many of our pathetic enemies, it seems, stake their hope against us in the flames that purify. But we are great enough and moist enough to quench any arson that comes for our collection. There will be no purification here, as long as I am Protector.‘ | Refining & Goldsmithing |
| Chart of Consanguinity | ’Those who speak of compacts written in blood say more than they think. Even the Histories bleed, and from them you and your colleagues strive at making a difference. There are stories much longer than a lifespan that can travel through the blood, and we are now at the point of seeing their culmination. Thank goodness sarcoma emerge from blood too.‘ | Inks of Revelation |
| Savonarola Chair | ’Tragic how Caligula utterly discarded him, but it was our fortune, in the end. Fucine is a far finer tongue for the flamines of the Sun. Entertaining them during their pilgrimages to the lake - they were an audience like no other! Here, let me enlighten you on its more succulent qualities.‘ | Fucine |
| Atrapamoscas | ’What the Hours need not is devoured, for other purposes. The Long know this, as do the Names. Did you think the gods-who-were-stone devoured their own servants any less? See this as a reminder, Librarian, of why even the Carapace Cross could disdain their masters.‘ | Insects & Nectars |
| ’The Flowermaker' | 'Within the flesh of the dead there lie three powers: the memory of those lost, the spores of our great potential, and the fleeting rest that is found in death. The Lilyking’s comforts are many but he and the Crowned Growth understand the joyful rest shared only by the Dead.‘ | Orchids & Narcotics |
| ’Dewy Mirror | ’You know, Valenzuela told me the droplets tend to speak here and there, shapewise. Can’t make sense of them myself, but she suggested keeping the glass warm and humid. Something to do with ‘dragon-dreams’ or ‘serpent-signatures’ or what have you. Too many signs for me to bother remembering, but I’ll teach a few of the fun ones she told me about…’ | Cracktrack |
| ’The Dottore' | 'You may think it revolting, Librarian, but she rather understood myself better than anyone whose ever worked here. I visit her in São Paulo, now and then, to help keep her movement alive. It hasn’t quite caught on yet, but it’s only a matter of time. Cannibalism tends to be en vogue one way or another.‘ | Sights & Sensations |
| ’St. Marzanna' | 'Oh, Marzanna, dear Marzanna. So friendly, so welcoming, so warm. So resentful. She spent so long toying with people in the rainforests with her wandering fires, I’m sure she considered herself the ruler of these parts. And then we came to take it all. Too bad for her, but all the better for us, wouldn’t you say?‘ | Sylvan Stories |
| ’Attendant to Fate' | 'I hoped to recruit Laso to replace Kume, but he insisited on his trips to Europe. I do admit, spreading his work abroad is a noble cause, and it certainly helped us to make connections at the Exposition. Unfortunately, when next I tried recruiting him, well… I suppose I was a bit too enthused to control myself. Be grateful I’ve learned a bit more restraint since then, Librarian.‘ | Stitching & Binding |
| Bunga Bungkai | ’There was a time when the lines between flora and fauna, flesh and fiber, was not so distinct. Yes, the Cross contain more obvious examples, but I admire more those plants who carry on the legacy of flesh. A shame they cannot express it for long, but that’s the price of living beneath this Sun, is it not? | Pentiments & Precursors |
| Cuetlaxtlapilli | ’I always wondered whether the Curicuillorians had any connections to the Sisterhood. The first acllas of the Realm, I think, wove beneath the Knot, with the Sister-and-Witch subsuming them later on, as she is wont to do. But all Almudena would ever say was that they wove blood by flesh, not peace by bloodshed.‘ | The Great Signs & The Great Scars |
| Favored Footstool | ’Why fight over something as trivial as this? It was a matter of pride, I suppose, though it ruined the upholstery far too often. At least Almudena had the forethought to repair the thing after Gabriela became the only one to give a damn about the thing.‘ | Stiching & Binding |
| Gnarled Bench | ’Did anyone actually carve this out, or did we pull it free from some rotting root? I can never quite recall. Beautiful craftsmanship either way, whoever or whatever took to shaping this. And so comfortable too!’ | Carving & Stoneworking |
| ’Leonor’s Anaku | ’Would you be surprised to learn I’ve never been able to touch this? The Curicuillorians worked to preserve this for centuries, and I certainly cannot fault them. The quality of the threads, the richness of the dyes, the strength of the weave… it is divine. If only any of them were still around to make one for me. My hands aren’t particularly suited to such delicate work, unfortunately.‘ | Weaving & Knotworking |
| ’Lilia' | 'Isn’t it just beautiful, Librarian? Believe it or not, Berenechea was painting this after the descriptions I gave of the Grove’s Protectress - one of his infatuations before Thirza. I considered sending it as a gift to the Grove, but relations with them are bad enough as-is, and I’m sure the Infinite of Tails shed this form decades ago.‘ | Orchids & Narcotics |
| ’Mle Matutine | ’I’m quite the accomplished seafarer, myself. I’ve always hoped to catch Mlle Matutine and exchange tales, but she always manages to slip away before I can reach her. I won’t blame her, though, I’m sure she’d love to make my acquiantance. Likely just that nameless little friend of hers keeping me away. Those things never like me.‘ | Sea Stories |
| Moldy Gravestone | ’Do you wish to raise this one again? I’m afraid the body’s too far gone even for my patron to properly raise it, but I can share what I remember. Someone’s lover, uplifted by green. It couldn’t always remember how to love, but the blood of one who loved it could remember in its place. Blood always remembers.‘ | Rites of the Roots |
| ’Mountain Pearl' | 'How tightly the filaments are woven. How inseparable the subjects. If only the Realm had not fallen so thoroughly. But that is the ultimate fate of all empires, is it not? It’s simply up to us to retrieve what remains before it is lost to the fires. Listen to what I learned from one of the more tenacious Lower Princes…’ | Sacra Tetrarchum |
| Percussigant | ’Xavier couldn’t stop himself from moving for days afterwards. I don’t know if percussigants sing, but their dances endure long after they are done, just as with music. Should we call it a legworm?‘ | Drums & Dances |
| ’Regina' | 'Take as long a look as you’d like. Rather striking resemblance between her and me, is there not? I invite you to ruminate on all the similarities. Yes, yes, keep ruminating, never let this thought leave you…’ | Edicts Hospitable |
| Rocking-Chair | ’Shura brought this, I believe. From where, I do not know; they were always tight-lipped about it. But I remember spotting a flower carved into it, one of the Tree’s. Though it could always just be a flower.‘ | Edicts Inviolable |
| Roseate Chair | ’She was sad, yes. But I can assure you, once she entered her final state, she was always glad, and remained as such to the end.‘ | Edicts Hospitable |
| ’Shuña’s Estólica | ’Yes, she grew sick. No, it wasn’t me. Not this me, in any case. There are more diseases than you can dream of, and even more which can carry them. The waters, the airs, even the food you eat is no less dangerous. The earth is always their womb.‘ | Coil & Chasm |
| ’St. Vincent' | 'Quite handsome despite the weariness, is he not? It is rather the appeal of all those ascendants beneath the Knock, I find. Such suffering deserves a little comfort, and I am inclined to offer much. Knock-long certainly possess ample opportunity to receive my offers. Very open, if you’ll excuse the pun.‘ | The Great Signs & The Great Scars |
| Supple Sofa | ’Did you know Teodoro once dreamed of being a pirate? Always murmured about it when he napped here. He never seemed to like the sea after it took most of what was his, but he always stared west towards the coast. In another History, perhaps.‘ | Sea Stories |
| Transgressive Armchair | ’So licentious, so sensual! Perhaps you think it unscholarly, but there are many lessons to be learned in matters of flesh. The needlework, at least, is rather impressive, is it not?‘ | Stitching & Binding |
| ’We Unfurl, We Endure' | 'Her critics were absolutely uncultured. How could they not see the Week of Modern Art for what it was? An opportunity to create something truly new. Well, even if she restrained herself in the Wake, she still leaves newer works in the Wood now and then. Take a look at them yourself, though I suppose you’ll need directions…’ | Sylvan Stories |