Goals: 1. Work (alone or with craftspeople from other Holdings) to create something outside of the normal style of [[Sandcastle]]. 2. Learn about artistic traditions from other Holdings and use them to inspire your work. 3. Get your hands on whatever the hell is in the temple, or at least see it. You are Artisan Péret, "An Artist of the Portrait." You've been assured that nickname is very funny to people with liberal arts backgrounds, but the people saying that never seem to realize you *have* a liberal arts background. Whatever. Your nickname, and your reputation, stem from the fact that, on a world full of *sapeur garde* and post-post-post-modern and redeconstructivists and every other kind of esoteric art thing, you are a classical artist specializing in a wide variety of highly structured forms. You can dapple sunlight with the very best and paint marble so real it's cool to the touch, but you've never drawn yourself as a rooster eating a bowl of branded corn flakes, so it's tough to get respect on a place like [[Sandcastle]]. There is more to you, though, than a sour-faced art nerd. Yes, you tend toward a dramatically different style than most of your people, but that doesn't come from any kind of dislike. You just really enjoy painting bowls of fruit, and your people have never been anything but bemusedly supportive of that. No, you believe one of [[Sha the Disciple|Sha the Disciple's]] teachings above all others: Beauty is in All Things. Whether it's your own elegant creations, the incomprehensible creations of your fellow Castellans, or something altogether new, you've passed eleven thousand years of life finding that, on at least that one score, Sha is right every time. You've come to the [[Council of Chains]] because Sha claims there's art like you can't imagine inside that temple. You may not be as weird as the rest of your people, but you still have a hell of an imagination. If she's really telling the truth, then you'd give one of your limbs to see whatever's inside. Two, if it's got good chiaroscuro. ## Asset: [[Love's Labours Lost]] As an Artisan, you understand that not every creative or technological work can be created with the explicit permission of the powers that be. That's not to say you don't value a [[Governor|Governor's]] input, but you don't feel the need to rely on administrators to guide your work. You're the expert, after all, that's why you're here. You can lead an [[Endeavor]] without a Governor's direct involvement. ## Lien: [[Glamour-Drowned]] You cannot help but see the scintillating wonder in every raindrop, the infinite possibility of every acorn dreaming itself an oak. A sunrise on the ocean is enough to leave you senseless with awe for hours at a time, heedless of an approaching shark. You're willing to sacrifice nearly anything for your art, and hate being forced to compromise for little things like "survival." If you're ever forced to abandon a project, you become despondent and miserable.