History Fanfic / TheFansus

* {{Asexuality}}: The Anaconda is this to the point of not understanding why immortals continue to "let" alukites happen. [[spoiler: Even before she ascended, she went to the point of ''sleeping on the floor at the fireplace'' to be sure that her [[ArrangedMarriage husband]] didn't get the wrong idea. To be fair, the fact that she hated him to the point of [[CruelAndUnusualDeath poisoning and then torturing him]] certainly factored into this.]]

* DreamWorld: The Mansus, and the Wood around it, are home to the Hours and Names, and can only be reached by mortals in dreams (barring certain powerful rituals).

* ElementalPowers: The various aspects of occult lore. They're used in RitualMagic and to navigate through [[DreamWorld The Mansus]], and double as a blend of skills and FunctionalMagic for followers.

* CatsAreMagic: The Princess Prominent, who is simultaneously a nuke and a [[StarTrek Genesis Device]] with the personality and instincts of a cat.

* GettingSmilesPaintedOnYourSoul: Indulging in the Peacock's interpretation of Grail too long renders people incapable of either feeling or doing anything that would make them unhappy.

* LethalHarmlessPowers: The Ferryman is technically "just" the Hour of Balance and Equal Exchange. Sounds harmless enough, right? Well, it lets the Spider make deals for [[IntangiblePrice the Value an item or service holds in one's soul]]. If you default or fail to ReadTheFinePrint in its deals, it can recoup its losses by instantly taking precious family heirlooms, precious memories, your connection to loved ones, your capacity to ''feel at all'', leaving you an empty shell. Oh, and since the First Men made the First Bargain with it promising it not only their but all of their descendants' souls ''in perpetuity'', it can claim [[YourSoulIsMine you]] whenever it feels like it.

* MaskOfPower: The Myriad-Masked all wear masks resembling geodes, that extend inwards [[into where their face should be|AlienGeometries]]. They can also be used to access [[The Fissure|PortalNetwork]]

* MaskOfPower: The Myriad-Masked all wear masks resembling geodes, that extend inwards {{into where their face should be|AlienGeometries}}. They can also be used to access {{The Fissure|PortalNetwork}}

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Anaconda used to be this, before the Great Serpent went Nowhere. [[UnfilledPurposeMisery Being in charge still doesn't feel right to her.]]

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Anaconda used to be this, before the Great Serpent went Nowhere. Being in charge still doesn't feel right to her.

* PitbullDatesPuppy: The Solemn Gravedigger and the Sunset Abbess are in this type of relationship. For your own sake, [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend don't harm or flirt with the Gravedigger in the Abbess' presence.]]

* SpawnBroodling: The Spinebearers, [[JustForPun earworms]] resulting in listening to the Worm Funktastic's music for too long. As seen during the Age Of Jazz, the Worm Funktastic can bestow this ability on others as well.

* MadScientist: The Caladrius the [[spoiler: real]] Hour of Life is this, willing to go to [[BodyHorror any]] [[MeatgrinderSurgery lengths]] to keep mortals from dying.

* SquishyWizard: While CultSim canon typically subverts the trope, and the Fansus tags along with it, the Vizier plays this trope completely straight.
* StickyFingers: The Cuckoo, being the Hour of Selfishness and Deceit is prone to taking what isn't hers and hoarding it for herself.

* Glamour: The Cuckoo can disguise herself as either another Hour or as a beautiful generic goddess figure to dupe others into becoming either her servants or prey. Leading to...

* Thora, the Curator of the Wyrm's Museum, and an avid vivisectionist of everything. Also the Engineer, the primary maintenance technician for the Engine in the Mansus.

''The Fansus Project'' is a fan community centered around the game VideoGame/CultistSimulator, created by WeatherFactory and Alexis Kennedy, formerly of Creator/FailbetterGames.

Originating as a discussion on the Cultist Simulator Discord server about ideas for original Hours, the Fansus eventually came to form its own community and following. With a community of forum posters, writers, and even artists the Fansus is a rapidly growing community dedicated to world building and perhaps someday an unofficial mod!


The settings of the Fansus are the myriad [[AlternateReality alternate realities]] implied to exist around the canon "Mansus" the mysterious half-real, half-dream realm inhabited by the Hours, the Cultist Simulator equivalent of gods.

Currently three Houses exist, with Fansus One being the most developed. Originally following a formula close to the original setting with the first House featuring a deceased "prime Hour" the others were subservient to, each Fansus has now grown to contain up to ''thirty'' Hours and govern over strange new world that can sometimes greatly differ from the alternate Earths that the Canon Mansus oversees.

* AltarDiplomacy: The Distinguished has announced she would marry one of her fellow Hours to secure her influence on the m

* TheHighQueen: The Distinguished is the quintessential representation of this archetype, complete with a [[ArrangedMarriage all its responsibilities]].

* PitbullDatesPuppy: Even though [[EveryoneCanSeeIt they haven't expressed it to each other yet]], the Solemn Gravedigger and the Sunset Abbess are in this type of relationship. For your own sake, [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend don't harm or flirt with the Gravedigger in the Abbess' presence.]]

* CaligulasHorse: The Bully's Stick appointed a chair-leg as its minister. This is interpreted by many as an insult to the council, and to the New School of occultism, an entirely unremarkable (and mortal) member of which was appointed as the chair-leg's attendant.

* AlternateHistory: Six of them, to be precise. Well, five now, after that business with the Engine.

* BadassArmy: The Architeuthian has one of these, as do many other Hours. The Anaconda's is more of a BadassCrew.

* TheCaligula: The rulers of the Empire of Bayal were the Church of the Second flood, while superficially venerating the God-King Adonibaal dealed openly with Hours like [[TheCorrupter The Peacock]] and the [[TheGrimReaper The Ferryman]] when they weren't busy running the Empire into the ground. [[spoiler: And that's not counting their attempt to invade the [[TheUnderworld Hall of Silence]] and their subsequent deal with the Butterfly Hatching.]]

* ConflictKiller: Cortez's job description.

* TheDeterminator: The Anaconda's cults and worshippers. They're often perfectly mundane humans who have taken the Anaconda's willpower without her godly benefits.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Peacock, utilizing his abilities as the Hour of generosity, can do things such as [[StickyFingers steal souls away from the Hall of Silence]], as well as [[MoreThanMindControl charm just about anyone]] into helping him. [[spoiler: [[CompleteImmortailty He's also unkillable.]]]]

* MadScientist: Thora, the Curator of the Wyrm's Museum, and an avid vivisectionist of everything. Also the Engineer, the primary maintenance technician for the Engine in the Mansus.

* StickyFingers: The Peacock, who won't stop "borrowing" the cults, Long, and Names of other Hours. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven by stealing the Vizier himself.]]

* CatsAreMean: Brother Grimalkin's idea of playing is only fun for him.

* FatherNeptune: The Captain has travelled all seas, and is the archetypal experienced sailor.