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{{Character|image1=Boundshark.png|caption1=Who could possibly have inflicted such torment?|location=[[The Unterzee]]|allegiance=|alias=|notable_members=|image2=|caption2=|relationships=<font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">The New Sequence}}
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[[The New Sequence]]|title1=Bound-Shark}}<blockquote>''"He went to Spite? While I'm sure it was edifying for him. Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>


''"The most tormented of zee-beasts. Its murderous eyes peep from its caged flesh like convicts begging release."<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Raw_Dump_Events|(211) The Bound Shark attacks!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>''
'''Bound-Sharks''' are enormous sharks that roam the [[Unterzee]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"The Bound-sharks writhe, [...] The smallest are still larger than the fishing vessel [...]"''</ref> Their bodies are marred by implanted metallic rods, mechanisms, and cages, warping their internal organs into an unrecognizable mess.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Bound_Shark#You've_defeated_a_Bound-Shark|Examine its cage-armature|Sunless Sea}} ''"Someone has bound it [...] with black iron - sunk bands and joined mechanisms deep into its flesh. [...] The cage has begun to distort its shape- [...] Rods of iron inserted deep into its flesh have done impossible things. There are organs in there that none of you recognize."''</ref> The poor sharks live in a tortured state,<ref>{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/news/a-sightseers-guide-to-sunless-sea-part-five|A Sightseer’s Guide to Sunless Sea, part five|Failbetter Games}} ''"The most tormented of zee-beasts."''</ref> but their frenzied rage makes them extremely dangerous regardless.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Failbetter Games}} ''"The screams of the crew echo through the cavern as they are torn apart by the frenzied sharks."''</ref>
 
[[File:Grandgeode.png|alt=A massive geode glowing with sunlight.|thumb|[[The Grand Geode]]]]
'''Bound-sharks''' are enormous sharks that have been bound by implanted metallic rods, mechanisms and cages.
The bindings that torment Bound-Sharks are not the work of nature, nor of any supernatural entity. Rather, these contraptions are attached to the sharks by the [[New Sequence]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|Rest, recover, dream|Sunless Sea}} ''"Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."''</ref> who capture sharks to bind them,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"Before I became a recruiter, [...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh [...]"''</ref> and also manage a shark-nursery at [[Grand Geode]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"[...] there's a shark nursery at the Geode."''</ref> Their specific reasons for doing so are unknown. According to one member, who views the New Sequence as a means to free [[London]] from its "old shackles,"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"I belong to a group that seeks to free London from its old shackles."''</ref> the act gives sharks "purpose;"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"[...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh, reshape them. Give them purpose." She smiles at the memory [...]"''</ref> when she saw a Bound-Shark for the first time, she was fascinated by its suffering and "everything changed" for her.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"He went to Spite? [...] Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."''</ref> This implies that the binding of sharks may serve a dual purpose, being both a ritual and recruitment tool for the Sequencers.
 
==Freaks of... Nature?==
Thanks to their bindings, the shark's internal organs have become almost entirely reshaped into an unrecognizable mess, causing the poor shark a great deal of agony - not that this makes these creatures any less dangerous to passing zailors.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London|}} ''"The Bound-sharks [...] smallest are still larger than the fishing vessel,"''</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bound_Shark#You.27ve_defeated_a_Bound-Shark|Examine its cage-armature|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> These bindings are also said to have mysterious secrets and truths engraved on them, though this may also just be baseless zee-gossip.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|Meet your contact|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
==Or Perhaps Not==
{{Major spoiler small}}
The bindings that torment Bound-sharks are not the work of nature, nor are they the creation of any supernatural entity. Rather, these contraptions are man-made, and are manufactured and inserted into the sharks by the [[The Dawn Machine#The New Sequence|New Sequence]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|Rest, recover, dream|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The Sequencers capture and bind sharks at the [[Grand Geode]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London|}} ''"I used to catch and bind the sharks."''</ref> and also manage a shark-nursery there.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London|}} ''"...there's a shark nursery at the Geode."''</ref> Why these people subject the hapless sharks to such torture is unknown, but it may have something to do with invoking a feeling of pathos for the tormented beasts, or maybe reminding a person of their own chains, increasing one's susceptibility to the light of the [[Dawn Machine]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London|}} ''"...lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one [...] could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time [...] it changed everything for me."''</ref>
 
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Shark top.png|A Bound-Shark, viewed from above.
Stuffedshark.png|A stuffed Bound-Shark.
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"He went to Spite? While I'm sure it was edifying for him. Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."[1]

Bound-Sharks are enormous sharks that roam the Unterzee.[2] Their bodies are marred by implanted metallic rods, mechanisms, and cages, warping their internal organs into an unrecognizable mess.[3] The poor sharks live in a tortured state,[4] but their frenzied rage makes them extremely dangerous regardless.[5]

A massive geode glowing with sunlight.
The Grand Geode

The bindings that torment Bound-Sharks are not the work of nature, nor of any supernatural entity. Rather, these contraptions are attached to the sharks by the New Sequence,[6] who capture sharks to bind them,[7] and also manage a shark-nursery at Grand Geode.[8] Their specific reasons for doing so are unknown. According to one member, who views the New Sequence as a means to free London from its "old shackles,"[9] the act gives sharks "purpose;"[10] when she saw a Bound-Shark for the first time, she was fascinated by its suffering and "everything changed" for her.[11] This implies that the binding of sharks may serve a dual purpose, being both a ritual and recruitment tool for the Sequencers.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London
  2. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "The Bound-sharks writhe, [...] The smallest are still larger than the fishing vessel [...]"
  3. ↑ Examine its cage-armature, Sunless Sea "Someone has bound it [...] with black iron - sunk bands and joined mechanisms deep into its flesh. [...] The cage has begun to distort its shape- [...] Rods of iron inserted deep into its flesh have done impossible things. There are organs in there that none of you recognize."
  4. ↑ A Sightseer’s Guide to Sunless Sea, part five, Failbetter Games "The most tormented of zee-beasts."
  5. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Failbetter Games "The screams of the crew echo through the cavern as they are torn apart by the frenzied sharks."
  6. ↑ Rest, recover, dream, Sunless Sea "Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."
  7. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "Before I became a recruiter, [...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh [...]"
  8. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "[...] there's a shark nursery at the Geode."
  9. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "I belong to a group that seeks to free London from its old shackles."
  10. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "[...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh, reshape them. Give them purpose." She smiles at the memory [...]"
  11. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, Fallen London "He went to Spite? [...] Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."
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