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{{Character|image1=Boundling.png|caption1=Who could possibly have inflicted such torment?|location=[[The Unterzee]]|allegiance=|alias=|notable_members=|image2=|caption2=|relationships=[[Bound-Sharks]]
{{Character|image1=SS Monsters Boundling.webp|caption1=|location=[[The Unterzee]]|allegiance=|alias=|notable_members=|image2=|caption2=|relationships=[[Bound-Sharks]]|title1=Boundling}}<blockquote>''"Rods of steel run through the Boundling's inflamed, swollen flesh. Its body had warped to fit its cage; even its red eyes are distorted, pulled out of alignment by the band across its face."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Boundling|Tear the cage from the Boundling|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>
<font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">The New Sequence}}<blockquote>''"Rods of steel run through the Boundling's inflamed, swollen flesh. Its body had warped to fit its cage; even its red eyes are distorted, pulled out of alignment by the band across its face."<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Boundling|Tear the cage from the Boundling|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>''</blockquote>'''Boundlings''' are unfortunate fish bound by metal cages and rods, similar in construction to the devices that torment [[Bound-Sharks]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Boundling|Tear the cage from the Boundling|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Their bodies are so distorted that it's unclear what type of fish they were originally, but they seem to resemble extremely large, warped tuna.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Boundling|Carve the Boundling up for provisions|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>


==Who Would Do This To A Fish?==
'''Boundlings''' are unfortunate fish that lurk the depths of the [[Unterzee]]. They resemble extremely large tuna, but their bodies have been horrifically warped by the metal cages and rods driven into them.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Boundling|Carve the Boundling up for provisions|Sunless Sea}} ''"It does, [...] resemble tuna. An oversized tuna stuffed into a knot of metal."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Boundling|Tear the cage from the Boundling |Sunless Sea}} ''"Rods of steel run through the Boundling's inflamed, swollen flesh. Its body had warped to fit its cage [...]"''</ref> The Boundlings' torment was likely inflicted by the [[New Sequence]], who are known to perform similar procedures on the equally-miserable [[Bound-Sharks]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|Rest, recover, dream|Sunless Sea}} ''"Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."''</ref>
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As with the Bound-sharks, the imprisonment of the Boundlings is most likely the work of [[the New Sequence]], in an operation headquartered 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> It is unknown precisely why they so torment the poor fish, but as with Bound-sharks it may have to do with inducing a feeling of pathos or otherwise increasing a Sequencer's vulnerability to [[The Dawn Machine|the Dawn Machine.]]


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Latest revision as of 20:43, 5 February 2025

"Rods of steel run through the Boundling's inflamed, swollen flesh. Its body had warped to fit its cage; even its red eyes are distorted, pulled out of alignment by the band across its face."[1]

Boundlings are unfortunate fish that lurk the depths of the Unterzee. They resemble extremely large tuna, but their bodies have been horrifically warped by the metal cages and rods driven into them.[2][3] The Boundlings' torment was likely inflicted by the New Sequence, who are known to perform similar procedures on the equally-miserable Bound-Sharks.[4]

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  1. ↑ Tear the cage from the Boundling, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ Carve the Boundling up for provisions, Sunless Sea "It does, [...] resemble tuna. An oversized tuna stuffed into a knot of metal."
  3. ↑ Tear the cage from the Boundling , Sunless Sea "Rods of steel run through the Boundling's inflamed, swollen flesh. Its body had warped to fit its cage [...]"
  4. ↑ Rest, recover, dream, Sunless Sea "Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."
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