====== Kier Taming the Four Tempers ======

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{{kier-taming-the-four-tempers.webp?1200x800|The Taming of the Tempers (assumed title)}}
The Taming of the Tempers((Season 1, Episode 4, [[The You You Are]] (41:23) ))
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**//Kier Taming the Four Tempers//** (assumed title) is a painting featuring [[Kier Eagan]]. In the painting, Kier raises his flail to beat back the physical embodiment of [[The Four Tempers|the Four Tempers]], which comprise every man’s character.

The painting is rendered in the Renaissance style. The scene is composed inside a rocky cave, near the cave’s opening. On the left side of the painting, closest to and framed by the outline of the cave opening, is Kier Eagan, wearing a belted tunic and robe, reminiscent of a biblical figure. He sports the fearsome beard that graced his face later in life. He is illuminated from behind by the light coming into the cave. He is white-haired and bearded. In his right hand, he holds a [[cat_o_nine_tails|cat o’ nine tails]] aloft, as if preparing to strike. In the lore of Kier, each flail of the cat o’ nine tails is meant to represent one of the [[Core Principles]].

On the right, four figures cower from the oncoming attack: a young woman dressed as a bride, an old woman, a man dressed as a fool, and a figure wearing the head of a ram. They represent the Four Tempers—[[Woe]], [[Frolic]], [[Dread]], and [[Malice]].

The painting is clearly inspired by the words of Kier Eagan when he said, “In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man’s character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage.”((Season 1, Episode 3, [[In Perpetuity]] ([[In Perpetuity Transcript#section003541266|35:41]]) ))

The painting hung in the [[Perpetuity Wing]] for many years,((Season 1, Episode 2, [[Half Loop]] ([[Half Loop Transcript#section004307462|43:07]]) )) but it was taken down and eventually ended up in the [[Wellness Room]] waiting room. [[Burt Goodman]] finds the painting “calming.”

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{{kier_taming_the_four_tempers_1.webp?1400x800|A close-up of Kier attempting to tame the tempers}} \\ A close-up of Kier attempting to tame the tempers
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{{kier_taming_the_four_tempers_2.webp?1400x800|The representation of the Four Tempers}} \\ The representation of the Four Tempers
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===== See Also =====

  * [[Art]]

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