Patrons of Clockwork

The Patrons of Clockwork, also known as the Timing Gang, are a group of characters that compromise the main cast of Unspoken Words, and are written to be relevant to the Paletteverse to play a major part of its lore. They're partnered along with the Blessed by Clockwork, and are heavily involved in their origins.

Common details
The characters in the group are all meant to represent the twelve months of the Gregorian calendar, with their names almost resembling the months they represent. The palettes the characters use are derived from the birthstones of the months used in the 15th–20th century. In addition, some of their designs are influenced by whatever major event/holiday took place in that month.

History (Development-wise)
During early development of the Paletteverse, when only Lächeln und Regenbogen and Terabyte Program were being conceptualized, Al was brainstorming on how they could expand on the world. One of the considerations was of the following: "'There has been an old European tale about beings that represent the months of the year, but that's was all.'"

"'There were some patrons of some time deity that each represented the months of the year, but all about them was just some old tale. But some say they still live thanks to the blessings the deity gave them, and they’re now living a- ...alongside them'"

This was back in November 2021 to January 2022, and these considerations were not expanded upon until May, with the development of Unspoken Words.

History (Lore-wise)
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A List Of Characters In This Group

 *  Janus Fürst  (he/him) - Patron of Beginnings, personification of the month of January, often associated with the colour red. His main event is New Year.
 *  Febronia Amato  (she/her) - Patron of Love, personification of the month of February, often associated with the colour pink. Her main event is Valentine's Day, but has an alternate form that represents Leap Year.
 * Marcial Kempf  (he/him) - Patron of Bravery, personification of the month of March, often associated with the colours green and blue. His main event is St. Patrick's Day.
 * Avril Harel  (she/her, they/them) - Patron of Innocence, personification of the month of April, often associated with the colours blue and yellow. Her main event is Holy Week, but has an alternate form that represents April Fool's Day.
 *  Maya Chaput  (she/her) - Patron of Courage, personification of the month of May, often associated with the colour green. Her main events are Labor Day and Mother's Day.
 * June Liwanag  (she/her) - Patron of Pride, personification of the month of June, often associated with the colour sky blue. Her main event is Pride Month.
 * July Lindström  (they/them) - Patron of Humility, personification of the month of July, often associated with the colours black and white. They have no event assigned to them.
 *  Augustin Tapang  (he/him) - Patron of Strength, personification of the month of August, often associated with the colour vermilion. He has no event assigned to him.
 *  Sepeteus Eszes  (he/him, they/them) - Patron of Intelligence, personification of the month of September, often associated with the colour chartreuse. His main event is the back to school season.
 *  Octavius Ochoa  (he/him, they/them) - Patron of Darkness, personification of the month of October, often associated with the colour orange. His main event is Halloween.
 *  Nova Ó Rodagh-Niles  (she/her) - Patron of Souls, personification of the month of November, often associated with the colour magenta. Her main event is All Soul's Day.
 * Decima De Klerk-Ochoa  (she/her, they/them) - Patron of Joy, personification of the month of December, often associated with the colours green and red. Her main event is Christmas.

Trivia

 * They and the Spiritverse's Astral Seers are similar in concept, considering they're both (at least) twelve characters who embody different periods of time. The difference is that the Patrons represent months, while the Seers represent periods of time denoted by constellations.
 * Janus, Febronia, June, and the Patrons who represent the Ber Months, are the only ones who have direct blood relations with the Blessed.
 * Janus is the father of Ilene, the First Blessed and representative of One.
 * Febronia is the ancestor of Dai, the Second Blessed and representative of Two. In addition, she's also related to his cousins, Lovell and Loann, representatives of Twendo-Four and Twendo-Five.
 * June and Sepeteus are the biological parents of Sal, the Seventh Blessed.
 * Octavius is the father of Wyn, the Eighth Blessed. Decima is still related to him as his step-mother.
 * Nova is the mother of Nat, the Ninth Blessed.
 * July and Augustus used to have events of American independence and Philippine Heroes day assigned to them respectively, but because of some decisions, Al has decided to scratch those ideas, considering the Paletteverse takes place in an alternate timeline where country-centric events will have their alterations.
 * This fact was also added to June, where she would've also had Philippine Independence as one of her assigned events. While the idea of assigning her that event was scrapped, she does still have sun imagery in her design and still looks as if she were Filipino.
 * This group and a lot of other groups in the Paletteverse are meant to reflect on the Spiritverse's rules, where there will be a major group of characters to their lore who all personify and/or represent different things; as the Paletteverse has concepts, the modes of persuasion, months, the Major Arcana, letters (additional sounds and diagraphs), numbers (and mathematical constants), colors, and the Eastern zodiac, and the Spiritverse having other concepts, elements, the Western zodiac, school subjects, planets, countries, social medias, and certain constructed languages.