Callidus - Revision history

Twiggy at 14:10, 11 May 2026

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	He is also called ''Sovereign-Lord of the City of Chains'', a fanciful reference to the many deals and agreements he has made - as far as anyone knows he does not rule an actual city at all (despite rumours that he owns a portable citadel of iron and white basalt), preferring to remain a peripatetic instigator. Some [[mountebank\|mountebanks]] and [[hakima]] refer to him as the ''Golden Bargainer'', whilst [[vate\|vates]] and [[magister\|magisters]] will often use the ''Keeper of the Gilded Chains''.		He is also called ''Sovereign-Lord of the City of Chains'', a fanciful reference to the many deals and agreements he has made - as far as anyone knows he does not rule an actual city at all (despite rumours that he owns a portable citadel of iron and white basalt), preferring to remain a peripatetic instigator. Some [[mountebank\|mountebanks]] and [[hakima]] refer to him as the ''Golden Bargainer'', whilst [[vate\|vates]] and [[magister\|magisters]] will often use the ''Keeper of the Gilded Chains''.

	===Appearance===		==Appearance==
	Callidus is a potent horned male with fine clothing. He is rarely encountered without a ledger or two, and never without the ability to create a contract.		Callidus is a potent horned male with fine clothing. He is rarely encountered without a ledger or two, and never without the ability to create a contract.

	He is usually accompanied by one or more of his [[#The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine\|secretaries]] - clever eternals in their own right who serve as his proxies and advisors. His massive appointment tome, the Iron Ledger, is kept by his meticulous heralds, who often appear as [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[cambion\|cambions]]. Scrupulous and precise, Callidus sometimes sends heralds to offer bargains, or to follow-up on bargains made by others.		He is usually accompanied by one or more of his [[#The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine\|secretaries]] - clever eternals in their own right who serve as his proxies and advisors. His massive appointment tome, the Iron Ledger, is kept by his meticulous heralds, who often appear as [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[cambion\|cambions]]. Scrupulous and precise, Callidus sometimes sends heralds to offer bargains, or to follow-up on bargains made by others.

	===Concerns===		==Concerns==
	Callidus seeks to control everything through greed and desire. He exemplifies the idea that everyone wants something, and that by identifying their desires and being able to supply their needs, an individual can wield immense power. He also sees greed itself as the primary motivating force of living things, and supports and extols philosophies that highlight the influence of avarice and wealth.		Callidus seeks to control everything through greed and desire. He exemplifies the idea that everyone wants something, and that by identifying their desires and being able to supply their needs, an individual can wield immense power. He also sees greed itself as the primary motivating force of living things, and supports and extols philosophies that highlight the influence of avarice and wealth.

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	Callidus is associated with both the rune [[Lann]], and the rune [[Queros]].		Callidus is associated with both the rune [[Lann]], and the rune [[Queros]].

	===Boons===		==Boons==
	Bargains themselves fascinate Callidus, and he has several supernatural powers relating to creating and sealing them. He is known to possess many favours with other eternals, and to draw on them to fulfil bargains on his behalf. He is particularly keen of getting bargainers into his debt, and reinforcing his ability to call those debts due with curses. His bargains are more likely to involve the bargainer doing or not doing something in return for a favour or service - it is less likely to involve mere payment with materials.		Bargains themselves fascinate Callidus, and he has several supernatural powers relating to creating and sealing them. He is known to possess many favours with other eternals, and to draw on them to fulfil bargains on his behalf. He is particularly keen of getting bargainers into his debt, and reinforcing his ability to call those debts due with curses. His bargains are more likely to involve the bargainer doing or not doing something in return for a favour or service - it is less likely to involve mere payment with materials.

Twiggy at 14:29, 7 May 2026

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	One or more of the secretaries tends to attend Callidus when he deals with mortals, and may make their own bargains at the same time.		One or more of the secretaries tends to attend Callidus when he deals with mortals, and may make their own bargains at the same time.

			==Further Reading==
			* [[Hopeless as a feather#Callidus\|Hopeless as a feather]] - 384YE Autumn plenipotentiary response
			* [[Bury the hatchet#Callidus\|Bury the hatchet]] - 382YE Summer plenipotentiary response

	[[Category:Eternals]]		[[Category:Eternals]]

Rosemary: /* Concerns */

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Concerns

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	While all Autumn eternals enjoy bargains, Callidus revels in them. He invariably creates a contract to cover any agreement he makes, and is the Autumn eternal most likely to invoke the [[Lictors]] to witness an important agreement. He invariably sticks to the letter of a contract, and some bargainers have met unfortunate fates due to not reading their agreement carefully enough. He can and has been bested in his bargains, and tales are told of heroes who dealt with the Silver Prince and came away rich, but his nature is such that a bargain that seems fair at first often grows more constrictive and dangerous as time goes by.... Callidus is quite pragmatic; he does not hold those who best him in contempt; he often tries to arrange an audience with them to discuss how they bested his contract, so that he can avoid the same mistakes another time. However, he is absolutely ruthless in hunting down anyone who breaks a bargain they have made with him.		While all Autumn eternals enjoy bargains, Callidus revels in them. He invariably creates a contract to cover any agreement he makes, and is the Autumn eternal most likely to invoke the [[Lictors]] to witness an important agreement. He invariably sticks to the letter of a contract, and some bargainers have met unfortunate fates due to not reading their agreement carefully enough. He can and has been bested in his bargains, and tales are told of heroes who dealt with the Silver Prince and came away rich, but his nature is such that a bargain that seems fair at first often grows more constrictive and dangerous as time goes by.... Callidus is quite pragmatic; he does not hold those who best him in contempt; he often tries to arrange an audience with them to discuss how they bested his contract, so that he can avoid the same mistakes another time. However, he is absolutely ruthless in hunting down anyone who breaks a bargain they have made with him.

	Callidus has no single home within the Autumn realm, but instead cultivates an ability to be in the right place at the right time. While his movements seem random, through synchronicity he often finds himself in the right place at the right time to offer someone what they desperately want. His secretaries share this ability to some degree, but for some reason they are limited to appearing a crossroads; literal crossroads as well as figurative crossroads, however.		Callidus has no single home within the Autumn realm, but instead cultivates an ability to be in the right place at the right time. While his movements seem random, through synchronicity he often finds himself in the right place at the right time to offer someone what they desperately want. His secretaries share this ability to some degree, but for some reason they are limited to appearing at crossroads; literal crossroads as well as figurative crossroads, however.

	While the massive amount of business engaged in by his army of scribes and secretaries would necessitate a palace of bureaucracy, instead all such paperwork is contained within the single Iron Ledger. The Ledger itself seems to operate on much the same principles as Callidus himself; simply by inserting his hand he seems to be able to pull out the document he is seeking.		While the massive amount of business engaged in by his army of scribes and secretaries would necessitate a palace of bureaucracy, instead all such paperwork is contained within the single Iron Ledger. The Ledger itself seems to operate on much the same principles as Callidus himself; simply by inserting his hand he seems to be able to pull out the document he is seeking.

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	Known as the ''Prince of the Argent Tontine'', Callidus is most concerned with greed.		Known as the ''Prince of the Argent Tontine'', Callidus is most concerned with greed.

	He is also called ''Sovereign-Lord of the City of Chains'', a fanciful reference to the many deals and agreements he has made - as far as anyone knows he does not rule an actual city at all (despite rumours that he owns a portable citadel of iron and white basalt), preferring to remain a peripatetic instigator.		He is also called ''Sovereign-Lord of the City of Chains'', a fanciful reference to the many deals and agreements he has made - as far as anyone knows he does not rule an actual city at all (despite rumours that he owns a portable citadel of iron and white basalt), preferring to remain a peripatetic instigator. Some [[mountebank\|mountebanks]] and [[hakima]] refer to him as the ''Golden Bargainer'', whilst [[vate\|vates]] and [[magister\|magisters]] will often use the ''Keeper of the Gilded Chains''.

	===Appearance===		===Appearance===

Twiggy at 15:20, 13 July 2025

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	{{CaptionedImage\|file=CallidusArt.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the eternal himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly ~~symbolizes~~ the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=CallidusArt.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the eternal himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly symbolises the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}
	==Eternal of Autumn==		==Eternal of Autumn==
	===Sobriquets===		===Sobriquets===

Novemberalice: /* The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine */

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The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine

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	Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus Flint]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.		Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus Flint]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.

	The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly. either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Regio#The_Anvil_Portal\|Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.		The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly, either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Regio#The_Anvil_Portal\|Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.

	===Numis===		===Numis===

GuiltyConscience: /* The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine */

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	Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus Flint]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.		Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus Flint]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.

	The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly. either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.		The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly. either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Regio#The_Anvil_Portal\|Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.

	===Numis===		===Numis===

Hailmur: /* The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine */

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	==The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine==		==The Secretaries of the Argent Tontine==
	Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus ~~Kade~~]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.		Unlike eternals such as [[Basileus Flint]], Callidus runs a tight ship. The eternals who serve him do so out of a belief in his creed and a desire to increase their own wealth and service their own needs. There are few stories of incidents where one of them attempts to overthrow or betray Callidus, and many scholars theorise that all the eternals of the Argent Tontine are bound with oaths and contracts that keep them loyal.

	The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly. either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.		The Secretaries - literally ''secret keepers'' - who serve Callidus are lesser eternals rather than heralds. They sometimes deal with the Empire directly. either pursuing their own agenda or operating as proxies for Callidus. They may arrange audiences in the [[Hall of Worlds]], or send heralds on their own business. The three best known of Callidus' secretaries, who have dealt with the Empire in the past, are Numis, Malleas and Zand.

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totally different labyrinth

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	{{CaptionedImage\|file=CallidusArt.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the ~~Eternal~~ himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly symbolizes the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=CallidusArt.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the eternal himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly symbolizes the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}
	==Eternal of Autumn==		==Eternal of Autumn==
	===Sobriquets===		===Sobriquets===
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	Callidus must surely have an enormous collection of religious items, after centuries of buying such things from mortals, but where he keeps this vault is unknown. Fanciful tales claim that his immense wealth is stored by the [[Lictors]], while others say that his Ledger can be "unfolded" to reveal a massive citadel of iron and white basalt that is his true domain.		Callidus must surely have an enormous collection of religious items, after centuries of buying such things from mortals, but where he keeps this vault is unknown. Fanciful tales claim that his immense wealth is stored by the [[Lictors]], while others say that his Ledger can be "unfolded" to reveal a massive citadel of iron and white basalt that is his true domain.

	While undoubtedly the equal in power of any of the rulers of the cities of Autumn, Callidus does not compete with them directly. Rather he acts as a broker for such beings, supplying their desires, acting as a notary and occasionally offering advice. Beings of such scope are too clever to deal with Callidus lightly, and only utilise his services when completely necessary. However, by long standing tradition Callidus is generally free to meet and bargain with any of their underlings, and thus passes across the ~~Labyrinth~~ unmolested.		While undoubtedly the equal in power of any of the rulers of the cities of Autumn, Callidus does not compete with them directly. Rather he acts as a broker for such beings, supplying their desires, acting as a notary and occasionally offering advice. Beings of such scope are too clever to deal with Callidus lightly, and only utilise his services when completely necessary. However, by long standing tradition Callidus is generally free to meet and bargain with any of their underlings, and thus passes across the labyrinthine paths of the Autumn realm unmolested.

	Traditionally Callidus uses a Fleur-de-Lys type symbol as his seal, the three points symbolising the three Secretaries that he is currently using. Competition to remain at such a level is fierce, and his underlings constantly scheme to advance themselves.		Traditionally Callidus uses a Fleur-de-Lys type symbol as his seal, the three points symbolising the three Secretaries that he is currently using. Competition to remain at such a level is fierce, and his underlings constantly scheme to advance themselves.

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	{{CaptionedImage\|file=~~LibraryArt~~.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the Eternal himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly symbolizes the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=CallidusArt.jpg\|title="Chains" artist unknown. Depicts the Argent Tower, allegedly the residence of the Eternal himself in the heart of his sinister city.\|caption=''Chains'' allegedly symbolizes the way that desire can become a trap.\|align=left\|width=400}}
	==Eternal of Autumn==		==Eternal of Autumn==
	===Sobriquets===		===Sobriquets===