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Cacophony the Wrenchett
Deus ex Machina
Legacy Name: Deus ex Machina
The Steamwork Endeavor
Owner: Vinushka
Age: 11 years, 3 months, 6 days
Born: January 20th, 2013
Adopted: 11 years, 3 months, 6 days ago
Adopted: January 20th, 2013
Statistics
- Level: 51
- Strength: 127
- Defense: 127
- Speed: 128
- Health: 122
- HP: 122/122
- Intelligence: 208
- Books Read: 208
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Weapons Tester
DEUS EX MACHINA / de·us ex ma·chi·na / ˈdā-əs-ˌeks-ˈmä-ki-nə / noun
The Latin term deus ex machina is a translation of the Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós), meaning 'god from the machine' - a reference to ancient Greek and Roman drama.
It was tradition in ancient Greek theatre to introduce a deity at the end of a play to resolve the plot. The god would appear in the sky, carried onstage by a crane (Greek: mēchanē), to decide the final outcome.
By the late 1600s the phrase had been adopted in English to describe improbable events that suddenly resolve problems, or saviors who avert catastrophe at the last minute.
Today the term is used to describe a plot device of fiction or drama, wherein a person or thing abruptly appears to provide a contrived solution to an apparently inescapable situation.
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