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{{Character|image1=glowingeyes.png|caption1= | {{Character|image1=glowingeyes.png|caption1=|location=[[The Magistracy of the Evenlode]]|allegiance=Independent|relationships=[[Lamp-Cats]]}}<blockquote>''"You only see a fraction of the creature before you; even its own glow can't reach the full extent of its body. You see teeth, needle-like and long. You see an appendage that glows with peligin light, menacing and inviting in equal measure. You see eyes wide as lakes. This is a warm thing in a cold place."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Light-In-Exile|The Light-In-Exile|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
The '''Light-in-Exile''' is a mysterious being | The '''Light-in-Exile''' is a mysterious being of unknown origin<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Deeps_of_the_Magistracy|The Deeps of the Magistracy|Fallen London|}} ''"But what lives there now [...] does not sound like the Creditor. [...] the Light-in-Exile, she does not know what it is."''</ref> who haunts the depths below the [[Magistracy of the Evenlode]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Light-In-Exile|The Light-In-Exile|Fallen London|}} ''"You [...] see a fraction of the creature before you; [...]"''</ref> It is a vast creature with enormous eyes, needle-sharp teeth, and a lure emitting [[peligin]] light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Light-In-Exile|The Light-In-Exile|Fallen London|}} ''"You [...] see a fraction of the creature [...] its own glow can't reach the full extent of its body. You see teeth, needle-like [...] an appendage that glows with peligin light, [...] eyes wide as lakes. [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_the_lowest_Floors|Search the lowest Floors|Fallen London|}} ''"Glimpses: Of monster-light [...] this glow, [...] draws you to it. Has drawn you to it."''</ref> It exhibits intelligence,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fill_a_mirrorcatch_box_with_peligin_light|Fill a mirrorcatch box with peligin light|Fallen London|}} ''"The Light-In-Exile wonders about the box; about what you mean to do [...] Who is it meant for?"''</ref> and is able to communicate<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reach_for_it|Reach for it|Fallen London|}} ''"The Light-in-Exile makes friends of outcasts [...] You, it's not [...] sure about. [...] You feel its age and want. It does not reject you, [...] neither does it accept you."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Let_it_study_you|Let it study you|Fallen London|}} ''"Peligin brilliance fills your sight, and your mind."''</ref> and recognize others.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Let_it_study_you|Let it study you|Fallen London|}} ''"[..] the Light-in-Exile. [...] It recognises you."''</ref> It does not hunt those it lures; rather, it seeks to befriend those who are outcasts. Its companions include '''lamp-men''', [[Lamp-Cats|lamp-cats]], and [[Rubbery Men]], all of whom glow as well.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reach_for_it|Reach for it|Fallen London|}} ''"Little lights swim in the darkness, orbiting the great one: Lamp-cats [...] lamp-men. [...] rubberies, with bioluminescent lights [...] The Light-in-Exile makes friends of outcasts that disappear beneath the water [...]"''</ref> Divers who do not meet its desires are rejected and returned to dry land.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reach_for_it|Reach for it|Fallen London|}} ''"The Light-in-Exile [...] it rejects Constables, and sends them back up to their fraternity above. [...] neither does it accept you. [...] You wash out on the banks of the Evenlode [...]"''</ref> | ||
The [[Constables]] of the Evenlode use the Light's behavior as a "test" of sorts: a new recruit is submerged to meet the Light,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rite|The Rite|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] at the bottom, a light gleams [...] the novice constable [...] He is fully submerged."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reach_for_it|Reach for it|Fallen London|}} ''"The Light-in-Exile [...] rejects Constables, and sends them back up to their fraternity above."''</ref> and if they return safely, they are formally welcomed into the group.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Keep_watching_3|Keep watching 3|Fallen London|}} ''"He emerges from the water [...] "Not outcast. I'm not outcast." [...] The gathered officers [...] reassure him that he has passed, [...] he is one of them, part of the law of the Evenlode."''</ref> It is also implied that the Light has a role in the legal traditions and sentences of the Evenlode judiciary,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_closer_at_the_daily_practice_of_the_court|Look closer at the daily practice of the court|Fallen London|}} ''"Is the judiciary aware of what lurks beneath them? [...] on [...] complex cases, judges [...] leave to confer. [...] they reemerge [...] as if they've spent some time in the dark. [...] There is also the way guilty defendants exit court. [...] led out a door reserved only for them. [...] never spot any departing the Magistracy building [...] perhaps there are holding cells [...] But, occasionally, particularly obnoxious litigants from civil cases are shown out this way, too."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Consider_the_Magistracy_with_new_eyes|Consider the Magistracy with new eyes|Fallen London|}} ''"Two lawyers discuss [...] I had to let you win [...] he's not a bad lad. [...] he doesn't deserve—" You are spotted. "That.""''</ref> though it ultimately rests beyond their control.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reach_toward_the_light|Reach toward the light|Fallen London|}} ''"Something that swims [...] under the courthouse. [...] that the magistrates cannot govern."''</ref> | |||
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"You only see a fraction of the creature before you; even its own glow can't reach the full extent of its body. You see teeth, needle-like and long. You see an appendage that glows with peligin light, menacing and inviting in equal measure. You see eyes wide as lakes. This is a warm thing in a cold place."[1]
The Light-in-Exile is a mysterious being of unknown origin[2] who haunts the depths below the Magistracy of the Evenlode.[3] It is a vast creature with enormous eyes, needle-sharp teeth, and a lure emitting peligin light.[4][5] It exhibits intelligence,[6] and is able to communicate[7][8] and recognize others.[9] It does not hunt those it lures; rather, it seeks to befriend those who are outcasts. Its companions include lamp-men, lamp-cats, and Rubbery Men, all of whom glow as well.[10] Divers who do not meet its desires are rejected and returned to dry land.[11]
The Constables of the Evenlode use the Light's behavior as a "test" of sorts: a new recruit is submerged to meet the Light,[12][13] and if they return safely, they are formally welcomed into the group.[14] It is also implied that the Light has a role in the legal traditions and sentences of the Evenlode judiciary,[15][16] though it ultimately rests beyond their control.[17]
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