Editing The Three Architects

{{Disclaimer|Please do not change the Red Architect's name to Mischievous light|It's a fan-made name and lacks any source for it unlike the other two Lights. The name will be reverted if added back.}}
[[de:Drei Architekten]]{{Conjecture}}
{{Quote|One of The Three Architects marked by Celestials assists You.|Text seen on the [[Crucifix]]'s hexagram}}
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'''The Three Architects''' (also referred to as '''The Three Lights''') are known as ''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[Curious Light]]'', and an ''Unnamed'' ''Red Architect''. These 'light' [[List of Entities|entities]] can be observed throughout ''[[DOORS]]'' in: [[Lobby|The Lobby]], [[The Backdoor]], [[Hotel|The Hotel]], [[The Rooms]], [[The Mines]], [[Castle|The Castle]] and likely future [[floors]].<!-- THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE RED LIGHT TO MISCHIEVOUS LIGHT. -->

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|-|Guiding Light=
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{{Entities
|title=
Guiding Light
|image=GuidingLightRender3.png
|floors=
Canon Floors:
*[[The Hotel]]
*[[The Mines]]
*[[The Castle]]
Non Canon Floors:
*[[SUPER HARD MODE!!!]]
*[[Retro Mode]] (Rift)
|date_added=August 10, 2022
|creator(s)=[[LSPLASH|LSPLASH]]
|sound1='''Shimmer''' [[File:Item Shimmer.ogg]]
|sound2='''Death Screen''' [[File:Guiding Light.ogg]]}}
''{{Main|Guiding Light}}
{{Quote|My lights shall guide you.|Guiding Light referring to itself}}
''Guiding Light'' is the "main" light that assists players in The Hotel and The Mines by highlighting progressive [[items]] and locations and distributing death messages to players upon [[Death Screen|death]]. ''Guiding Light'' is only present in The Hotel, [[Lobby|The Lobby]] (during the [[Tower Heroes Event]] only) and The Mines.

The [[Crucifix]] and [[Moonlight Candle]] are implied to be "powered" by ''Guiding Light, due to their blue glow seen when in use.'' 

''Guiding Light'' is represented by the "Moonlight' symbol that is seen in death messages screen after dying in The Hotel or The Mines, the "Spacetime" [[Paintings|painting]], the full trailer of The Mines, and Crucifix sigil; ''Guiding Light'' is implied as being "marked by [a] celestial". The "Moonlight" symbol can also be found on doors in rooms in the form of a barrier, where [[Figure]] resides, preventing it from leaving the room, and after the [[Seek]] chase sequence, closing the door behind the player, as well creating a barrier.

===Found in:===
#[[The Hotel]]
#[[The Mines]]
#[[The Castle]]
}}
|-|Curious Light=
{{Table|
{{Entities
|title=Curious Light
|floors=
Canon Floors
*[[The Backdoor]]
*[[Hotel|The Hotel]]
*[[The Rooms]]
*[[The Mines]]
*[[The Castle]] <small>(Starlight Rift)</small><ref name=":0">[https://discord.com/channels/458441314023899159/1006982064458960916/1124623264036167830 "rift will be in the end of all main floors and will spawn in the beginning of all floors if there is an item in it as usual" - RediblesQW, Discord]</ref>
Non Canon Floors
*[[Lobby|The Lobby]]
*[[SUPER HARD MODE!!!]]
|image=CuriousLightRender3.png
|attack=Attempts to guide the player with hints in similar mannerisms to its counterpart, the [[Guiding Light]], albeit more vaguely.
|date_added=January 28, 2023
|creator(s)=Possibly LSPLASH
|sound1='''Theme''' [[File:Curious Light MP3 Version.mp3]]
|sound2='''Ambience''' [[File:Audio loopsecret.ogg]]
|sound3='''Item Shimmer''' [[File:Item Shimmer.ogg]]|damage=Random (Trick Or Treat Modifier activated)}}
''{{Main|Curious Light}}
{{Quote|This one is a bit confusing.|Curious Light}}
''Curious Light'' is the second light who is between ''[[Guiding Light]]'' and the ''Red Light''. Curious Light is mostly a neutral behaved light compared to ''Guiding Light'', who helps indefinitely, and the ''Red Light'', who appears to interfere with the players (from very small pieces of evidence). Curious Light only gives very vague information on sub-floor entities and does not highlight any items. Also, if a [[player]] dies to a certain entity too much (mainly Backdoor Entities), ''Curious Light'' will start to get more and more agitated as more times the player dies to them.

''Curious Light'' emits sound and light similar to ''Guiding Light'' while the ''Red Light'' doesn't.

''Curious Light''<nowiki/>'s symbol seems to be the Starlight symbol, seen on its death message screen after dying in [[The Backdoor]] or [[The Rooms]]. on both versions of the "Spacetime" [[Paintings|painting]], and in the [[Vial of Starlight|Vial]]/[[Bottle of Starlight|Bottle]]/[[Jug of Starlight|Jug]] of Starlight.

''Curious Light'' appears as one of the light candies in the [[2024 Trick Or Treat Event|2024 Trick or Treat]] update. Eating its candy casts the effect "Volatile Starlight" which can either (over)heal the player or damage the player randomly, and will always give a short [[Movement Speed|speed]] boost. This shows that this light is mostly neutral, sometimes helping the player and sometimes not.

===Found in:===
#[[Lobby]] (Backdoor Gate)
#[[The Backdoor]]
#[[The Hotel]] (Entrances and exits to subfloors, Rift)
#[[The Rooms]]
#[[The Mines]] (Entrances and exits to subfloors, Rift)
#[[The Castle]] (Entrances and exits to subfloors, Rift)
}}
|-|Unnamed Red Architect=
{{Table|
{{Entities
|title=Unnamed Red Architect
|image=RedLightSymbol.png
|attack=
*Controls the [[modifiers]].
*Blocks the entrance to [[The Rooms]] when [[modifiers]] are activated. 
|floors=
*[[The Hotel]]
*[[The Mines]]
|damage={{Icons|Damage}} 100 (Trick Or Treat Modifier activated)
|date_added=January 28, 2024}}

The ''Red Architect'' is theorized to be focused on indirectly challenging players or could possibly be a threat instead of helping as ''Guiding Light'' and, arguably, ''Curious Light'' too. It blocks [[The Rooms]]' entrance when [[Modifiers]] are enabled. The ''Red Architect'' has not spoken to the player at all yet (except certain nudges, or the Tower Heroes event), but it is possible for communication in the near future (although the way it will try to communicate, like how ''Curious Light'' only appears in subfloors, or how ''Guiding Light'' is normally encountered, is completely unknown).

At the moment, The ''Red Architect'' doesn't emit any sound or a glow like ''Curious Light'' and ''Guiding Light'' do, but you can see particle effects if you attempt to go to [[The Rooms]] with [[modifiers]].

The ''Red Architect's'' symbol is believed to be the Modifier symbol seen in the top right of the screen when they're enabled, which is also seen in the modified "Spacetime" [[Paintings|painting]]. This implies that the Modifiers are, at least slightly, canon to the architect.

A possible reference to the ''Red'' ''light'' is that once the player dies in the hotel while modifiers are active, when ''Guiding Light'' would normally appear, the screen instead turns static-red for a few seconds, as if the ''Red Architect'' is incompatible with instances of ''Guiding Light'' (however this is disproven since "Guiding Light" can still provide hints for the player) similar to how "Curious Light" and "Guiding Light" is incompatible. The red static can still be seen when killed in non-modified runs for just a few moments prior to ''Guiding Light''<nowiki/>'s or ''Curious Light''<nowiki/>'s speeches.

The ''Red Architect'' appears as one of the light candies in the [[2024 Trick Or Treat Event|2024 Trick or Treat]] update. Eating its candy casts the effect "Can-die" which deals 100 damage (usually instantly killing players). This might indicator that the ''Red Architect'' could have malicious intent however is also disproven since it never pursues in trying to kill the player, instead it rather provides the player with challenge ([[modifiers]]) or indirectly attempts at making the player's journey harder without unfair gameplay. This is only but a theory but its highly unlikely that the architect wants to kill the player. It is even possible the architect does this for its own pleasure since the architects have some sort of intellect.

Even though the [[Tower Heroes Collab|Tower Heroes Event]] is not canon, it is worth noting that this ''Red Light'' alerts you (playing as the Figure) when enemies begin flooding into [[The Library]]. This may hint at the idea that it assists the [[Figure]] in some way.
Directly in the game, with or without [[modifiers]] there will always be a red particle effect on the walls whenever you encounter [[seek]] directly indicating that the "Red Architect" could have a connection with [[seek]]. Some speculation on this might indicate that the "Red Architect" could have created seek and maybe even some non-main [[entities]] hence the title of one of [[The Three Architects]] since all of them contributed to creating [[The Hotel]] in some way. However even that hasn't fully been proven yet.

Found in: 
#[[The Hotel]]
#[[The Mines]]
#[[The Castle]] <small>(Maybe)</small>
}}
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=={{Icons|Trivia}}Trivia==   
*The title "''The Three Architects''" is derived from the encrypted message seen on the [[Crucifix]]'s banishing sigil when it is used against an entity (decoded from the Wingdings font): "OneOfTheThreeArchitectsMarkedByCelestialsAssistsYou" (without spaces). With spaces: "One Of the Three Architects Marked by Celestials Assists You".   
**''The Three Architects'' being "Marked by Celestials" seems to imply that the symbols for all of the Architects are meant to resemble celestial bodies, which clearly lines up with ''[[Guiding Light]]''<nowiki/>'s moon and ''[[Curious Light]]''<nowiki/>'s star. It's not entirely clear what the ''Red Archiect's'' symbol is meant to be, but it could resemble a spiral-like celestial body such as a black hole, nebula, or galaxy. Out of the three, it's more likely to be a black hole, seeing as the symbol would only resemble spiral galaxies, which are just one of many types of galaxies. There's also the fact that all discovered spiral galaxies have a supermassive black hole at the center of them such as our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
*''The Three Architects'' are the three primary colors.
**This is the [[wikipedia:RYB color model|RYB]] color model, which applies to paint and pigments. The [[wikipedia:RGB color model|RGB]] color model applies to light, which is ironic given the ''Architects''' association with light.
*During the [[The Library|Library]] cutscene, ''Guiding Light'' breaks the lamp to distract [[Figure]]. This is easily noticeable due to ''Guiding Light''<nowiki/>'s sparkles nearby the lamp after the cutscene finishes.     
**''Guiding Light'' also closes and holds the door at the end of the Seek chase sequence and the [[Library]] to protect the [[player]].
**It also closes and holds the door at Door 151 (after the Nest), Figure's Room (110-114, 120-123, 160-184)
*The filenames for the icons of the ''Red Architect'' and ''Guiding Light'' on the "Spacetime" painting are "scarylittlelight".
*In the Spacetime Painting, certain knob bonus milestones from [[Modifiers]] will change ''Guiding Light''<nowiki/>'s icon and the ''Red Light''<nowiki/>'s icon to different brightness levels and sizes.   
**The ''Red Light''<nowiki/>'s icon gets brighter from higher knob bonuses, while ''Guiding Light''<nowiki/>'s icon gets dimmer and smaller.
*While playing without modifiers, the [[Paintings|“Spacetime” painting]] still has the ''Guiding Light''<nowiki/>’s and the ''Red Architect'', but they're extremely small (most likely to hide it with the other celestial assets in the painting).
*The ''Curious Light''<nowiki/>'s block to [[The Backdoor]] for when the player doesn't have the "Detour" [[Achievements|achievement]] represents its star symbol, although the ''Red Light'''s block to [[The Rooms]] when the player has Modifiers enabled doesn't have the Modifiers symbol.
**The ''Red Architect's'' block is similar to the cracks in the walls of the [[Rift]] room and the Rift itself in [[The Electrical Room]]. They share a triangle particle that ''Curious L''<nowiki/>''ight'''s block lacks, but the ''Red A''<nowiki/>''rchitect'''s block uses the forcefield material like '''''<nowiki/>'''Curio''<nowiki/>''us Light'''s block does, instead of neon like the Rift cracks.  
***The sky of the [[Lobby]] and [[The Rooms#A-1000|A-1000]], [[Bottle of Starlight|Starlight]], the blocked A-000 door<nowiki/>, and both ''Guiding'' ''L''<nowiki/>''ight'''s and ''Curious Light'''s Rifts all use similar triangle particles.
*The generators in [[The Mines]] have their [[fuses]] glowing blue, yellow, and red. It is speculated that the fuses represent ''the Three Architects''.
*The reason why the ''Red Architect'' blocks off the gates to The Rooms is likely because the Rooms are incompatible with The Hotel modifiers.<ref>https://twitter.com/LightningSplash/status/1699830533578977640?t=fZ2Kc0jXAeSRSBb1K_QIag&s=19</ref>
**Also, in the tweet where LSPLASH says this, he also says "also um.... l... lo... nevermind". This likely implies there was another reason too, probably something related to ''Red Archi''<nowiki/>''tect'''s intentions.
*Underneath the crucifix sigil and on the “entity door block barrier”, there is a moonlight symbol, referencing Guiding Light. Similarly, when the player escapes the Backdoor and the Rooms, they are teleported to the Hotel, and the door that took them there is suspended in the middle of the room. Underneath this door, they can see a starlight symbol, referencing ''Curious Light''.
*The symbol of three chairs lined up next to each other at the entrance to the Rooms may be referencing the ''Three Architects'' who once resided there.
**It could also be possible ''the Three Architects'' are/used to be living beings.
*It is unknown if the ''Red Architect'' will play a major role in the game outside of modifiers and the crucifix however it remains mystery as in for modifiers.
*''The Three Architects'' have their own background color in the icons for [[DOORS]], ''Guiding Light'' in the [[Update Logs|Hotel+ update]], ''Curious Light'' in the Post-Hunt update, and The ''Red Architect'' in the Modifiers update. This was hinting that the three light characters would be influenced in their own updates.
*A teaser on X by [[RediblesQW]] in March 2021, one of the first teasers ever of [[DOORS]], showed a window in the Hotel, where three lights could be seen from the distance. They seem to have the same exact colors as the ''Three Architects''.<ref>https://x.com/i/status/1372629719556972549</ref>
*The only friendly entity ''Guiding Light'' crucifies is [[Louie]]. It is unknown why it crucifies them.
*A theory suggests that the Red Architect could possibly be related to [[Hide]], [[Seek]], and [[The Backdoor|Haste]].
*Since objects made by Guiding Light and Curious Light are named "Starlight" and "Moonlight", it is likely that Red Light's object could be named "Galaxylight" because of resembling a galaxy, 'Spiralight because of its symbol, or maybe "Modifier Light" because of how it works. Alternatively, it could be called "Darklight", as you would see the red light but ''never'' the exact source of where it came from, only appearing during ''Seek's Chase,'' ''Dam Bossfight,'' and active modifiers. (Especially the red barrier in Door 60, usually there is a symbol on the door to show which architect is doing it.) Making it seem like the ''Red Architect'' came from an entity and the modifier mechanic, and not ''The Third Architect'' themselves.
*The ''Red Architect'' has been named by the community a lot of times and in different ways (ex: ''Mischievous Light''), but none of those names are canon or official.
*In the HOTEL- [[Modifiers|Modifier]] there was a scrapped version of the [[Crucifix]] in the game files. It was colored red and instead of a moon, there was a star.

=={{Icons|Gallery}}Gallery==
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|-|In-game=
<gallery>
-90%.png|The Spacetime Painting but with a -90% knobs bonus
+193%.png|Ditto but with a +150% knobs bonus
File:OldWindow???....jpg|[[DOORS]] teaser, with a window with three lights with the same colors as ''The Three Architects''.
Room Key in a Bedside Dresser.png|''Guiding Light'' highlighting a [[Room Key]].
GlowingBook.png|''Guiding Light'' highlighting a [[Library Book]].
Switchonshelf.png|''Guiding Light'' highlighting one of the ten [[Circuit Breaker Switches]].
BasementInside .png|''Guiding Light'' lighting up a lever in [[The Basement]]
Guiding Light Dark Room.png|''Guiding Light'' highlighting a door in a dark room.
Basementinside.png|''Guiding Light'' lighting up a door in The Basement.
Hidden Jeff.png|''Guiding Light'' lighting up a door nearby [[Jeff's Shop]] after [[Rush]] arrives.
Dark Jeff's Shop.png|Ditto, but from a different angle.
A-000 crop.png|''Curious Light'' highlighting the entrance to [[The Rooms]].
Curiouslightexit.png|''Curious Light'' highlighting one of the many EXIT doors in The Rooms.
CuriousLightBarrier.png|''Curious Light'' blocking [[The Backdoor]]'s entrance due to the [[Player]] not owning the [[Achievements|"Detour" achievement]].
Curiouslight0000door.png|''Curious Light'' lighting up the 0000 exit door in the Backdoor.
DoorwayRoomsDitto.png|''Curious Light''<nowiki/>'s portal after bringing the player from [[The Hotel]] to the Rooms.
Backrooms-to-Hotel doorframe with floor sigil.png|''Curious Light''<nowiki/>'s portal after bringing the player from the Backdoor to The Hotel.
Backdoorentrancelobby.png|''Curious Light'' lighting up the entrance to The Backdoor from [[Lobby|The Lobby]]
NO MORE ROOMS NOOB.png|A barrier that blocks The Rooms when modifiers are active, it is presumed to be the ''Red Light'' blocking.
Rift wall cracks effect part.png|thumb|The effect seen inside the cracked walls of the [[Rift]] room in [[The Electrical Room]]. It notably uses the same effects as the ''Red Light'''s block to The Rooms.
Circle.jpg|Guiding Light blocking the doorway at the end of the Seek Chase
Red moon.jpg|Red moon that briefly fades in and out after Guiding Light blocks a door
CuriousLightNoGUI.png|Curious Light's new death message screen seen after The Mines update in The Backdoor or The Rooms.
GuidingLightTheMinesNoGUI.png|Guiding Light's new death message screen seen after The Mines update in The Hotel or The Mines.
3lightcandiesthehaunt.png|All ''Three Architect'' candies together.
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|-|Images=
<gallery>
Asset painting room60 spacetime.png|The Spacetime Painting.
Spacetime with modifiers.webp|Ditto but with [[Modifiers]] activated.
Spacetime+150.png|Ditto, but with a 150% [[Modifiers]] bonus.
</gallery>
|-|Assets=
<gallery>
Guiding Light Symbol.png|Moonlight symbol, seen during the crucifying process.
CuriousLightSymbolFROMGAMEFILES.png|Starlight symbol, seen on the [[Vial of Starlight|Vial]], [[Bottle of Starlight|Bottle]] and [[Barrel of Starlight]].
RedLightSymbol.png|Modifier symbol, seen when enabling Modifiers.
Cruc middle.png|"One Of The Three Architects Marked By Celestials Assists You".
A1000triangles.png|Uncolored triangles when there is a light in the area (Rift, A-1000, Rooms Barrier)
Guiding Light Candy.png|A ''Guiding Light''-themed [[Candy]] added in [[The Haunt]] event.
Starlight Candy.png|A ''Curious Light''-themed candy added in The Haunt event.
Modifiers Candy.png|A ''Red Light''-themed candy added in The Haunt event.
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