Long

"Hours don't dream. Long try not to."

- Arun, The Victory of Crowns

The Long are those among the Know who have achieved immortality, either by transforming or discarding their physical forms, through their dealings with the Mansus. The Long seek to become a Name or even an Hour. Cabals of Long are responsible for shaping many pivotal events in history, including events that never happened, but Long who refuse to serve the Hours are also tirelessly hunted by the agents of The Colonel. Some Long organize themselves into various ideological sects to further their goals; some sects, such as the Obliviates even strive to end the reign of the Hours.

Eventually, all Long face a choice: enter the service of an Hour, relinquish their immortality and become mortal once more, or "face extinction". Those Long who decline all of those options make their way to Port Noon in the Evening Isles, where they drink waters from a spring that allows the world to forget them. Long who commit the Crime of the Sky become Alukites.