The Hanged Man can represent sacrifice, uncertainty, and prophecy.
The Meniscate: Another of the Solar Hours created from the Intercalate, representing the Sun’s night-self.He was its aspect as the departing sunset, and now wears a shattered crown. The Sun-in-Splendour: The Sun-in-Rags was originally a Name of the Sun-in-Splendour, the Hour which ruled the Mansus after the Lithomachy and before the Intercalate.The price of her assistance, though, is a future sacrifice to the Sun-in-Rags - “someone who’ll end matters properly”. Poppy Lascelles: A wealthy and amiable woman who occasionally funds occult scholars.It allied with the Sisterhood during the War of the Roads against the Children of the Leashed Flame, but after that event and the Intercalate soon after they were severely weakened, and no longer hold significant power. Its priests were all male, though they had rites in which women could cross ceremonially to manhood. The Church of the Unconquered Sun: An organization influential in the Third and Fourth Histories that worshipped the Sun-in-Splendour and his Names like the Sun-in-Rags, though it also had relations with the Sisterhood of the Knot and acknowledged the non-solar Hours they followed.The Elagabaline Manacles are also tied to him. Elagabalus was known to have passed the White Door at some point. Elagabalus: An infamous Roman emperor who Christopher Illopy believes had some connection to the Sun-in-Rags, and may have even been an avatar of them.They are said to favor orchids, and can assist in gathering Witnesses for the Apostle Entheate. Maids-in-the-Mirror: The dead who pass the test of the Ascent of Knives enter the service of the Sun-in-Rags.The Second Dawn: It is prophesied that some day the Sun-in-Splendour will return, and it is implied that the four children of the Sun will be consumed in the process, including the Sun-in-Rags.From the death of the Sun the Solar Hours emerged, among them the Sun-in-Rags, who most resembles the deceased ruler of the House of the Sun.
The Intercalate (1582): The Forge of Days was responsible for dividing the Sun-in-Splendour, who she loved.His influence can be seen in ancient times through the Roman emperor Elagabalus, who may have been a dupe or avatar of the Sun-in-Rags. A Name of the Unconquered Sun: The Sun-in-Rags was acknowledged as a Name long before the Division of the Sun, representing a cold and distant sunset.