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The Titanium Angel is a cornerstone of The Engine, a visionary, multi-work narrative universe that unites painting, literature, sculpture, animation, and emerging technologies into a singular mythopoeic project. At the heart of this expansive story lies the Clockwork Court, a decaying yet orderly remnant of civilisation where survivors and machinists toil to preserve meaning and purpose in a world that has already ended. Within this world, The Titanium Angel is conceived and constructed by the Engineer, the Programmer, and other inhabitants of the Clockwork Court. It represents a desperate yet hopeful escape from the ruins of the world that was, a vessel of salvation engineered in the dying light of a fractured epoch. As the narrative of The Engine unfolds across multiple works—paintings, prose, cinematic animations, and interactive experiences—it examines the themes of transcendence through technology, the myth of progress, and humanity’s eternal longing for meaning amidst collapse. Drawing inspiration from Michelangelo’s Last Judgement, Greek mythology, and the financial symbolism of the modern age, The Engine constructs a new allegory for our time. Familiar forces such as SpaceX, the Federal Reserve, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence are remixed and reimagined as the fuel for a new mythic order. In this universe, The Titanium Angel is both vehicle and vision, a final flight beyond entropy driven by the hope that what lies ahead might redeem what was lost.