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{{Neath_Location|title1 = Frostfound|image1 = frostfound.png|caption1 = Beautiful, but cold. And possibly deadly. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = Boreal Reach|port = |allegiance = [[Gods of the Unterzee | {{Neath_Location|title1 = Frostfound|image1 = frostfound.png|caption1 = Beautiful, but cold. And possibly deadly. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[The Unterzee|Boreal Reach]]|port =Stoddard's Haven |allegiance = The three [[Gods of the Unterzee]]<br> | ||
[[Irem]]<br> | |||
'''Frostfound''' is | [[Whither]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/storm-stone-salt Storm, Stone, Salt]}}<blockquote>''"Towers and ramps and galleries and stairs of ice, raised and spun like an architect's honey-dream. No spider ever wove so complex a web. The towers are utterly pristine, untouched by human life, but a pitiable encampment squats by the dock."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Frostfound|Frostfound|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>'''Frostfound''' is a castle of ice located in the northern [[Unterzee]]. | ||
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==I Still Have My Question== | ==I Still Have My Question== | ||
Every year the people of [[Irem]] and [[Whither]] meet here for contests; they are trying to determine the difference between a question and a riddle. Those who prove themselves in the contests can enter the castle, which is sacred ground | Every year the people of [[Irem]] and [[Whither]] meet here for contests; they are trying to determine the difference between a question and a riddle. Those who prove themselves in the contests can enter the castle, which is sacred ground - but nobody has been deemed worthy yet.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Frostfound|Take tea with the squatters at the dock|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Frostfound|Ask the squatters about the castle|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Let It Go...?== | ||
{{major spoiler small}}''"Light! A hundred rich and blinding colours filter through the ice. It's like drinking a kaleidoscope. It's like being kidnapped by rainbows. The colours shift with every step you take, revealing shining corridors. In each and every corridor, your reflection waits."'' | {{major spoiler small}}<blockquote>''"Light! A hundred rich and blinding colours filter through the ice. It's like drinking a kaleidoscope. It's like being kidnapped by rainbows. The colours shift with every step you take, revealing shining corridors. In each and every corridor, your reflection waits."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Corridors of Frostfound|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Frostfound_interior.png|thumb|The frozen halls of Frostfound.|100px]] | [[File:Frostfound_interior.png|thumb|The frozen halls of Frostfound.|100px]] | ||
Frostfound consumes its visitors' memories and stories, slowly degrading their minds. But then again, sanity is the cardinal price of knowledge.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Corridors of Frostfound|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
The castle was built long ago using the memories of a [[Salt|Traveller]] who went East; the corridors of Frostfound are implied to have been shaped by their past life.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Lose your mind|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Chapel_of_Lights|Attend a service at the Chapel|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
=== The Corridors of Frostfound === | |||
* '''The Sapphire Chamber''': ''"THIS WAS THE SKY"'' - a chamber dedicated to the [[The High Wilderness|High Wilderness]] and the hunger of the [[Judgements|Stars]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Sapphire Chamber|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Step into the sky|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Amethyst Gallery''': ''"THERE WERE CASUALTIES"'' - a gallery filled to the brim with dead sky-behemoths, more vast than imagination permits.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Amethyst Gallery|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Approach the colossi|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Cavity''': ''"THIS IS ONLY A MEMORY. THE CRIME IS FORGOTTEN. ITS SHADOW REMAINS"'' - a chamber dedicated to the terror and pain of the [[Red Science]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Cavity|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Surrender to the traces of horror|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Emerald Vista''': ''"SOMETHING SOUGHT, SOMETHING LOST"'' - an infinite depth of secrets and changes, with the strength of an unstoppable flood.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Emerald Vista|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Peer into the depths|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Diamond Bridge''': linking the towers of Brite and Teneb, this bridge is bathed in the merciless light of the stars, bright as humiliation.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Diamond Bridge|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Cross the Diamond Bridge|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Iridescence''': ''"KNOW YOURSELF"'' - a foggy chamber where one must confront and understand themselves.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Iridescence|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Know yourself|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
* '''The Dark Room''': the very center of Frostfound,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea}}</ref> at once a caul and a coffin,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Harvest a Star-Shell|Sunless Sea}}</ref> containing the secrets of [[Gods of the Unterzee|the gods]] and the name of the castle's [[Salt|creator]], written in their own blood.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Fumble in the darkness|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|TRAVELLER RETURNING|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
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[[Category:The Neath]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:44, 5 February 2025
"Towers and ramps and galleries and stairs of ice, raised and spun like an architect's honey-dream. No spider ever wove so complex a web. The towers are utterly pristine, untouched by human life, but a pitiable encampment squats by the dock."[1]
Frostfound is a castle of ice located in the northern Unterzee.
I Still Have My Question[edit]
Every year the people of Irem and Whither meet here for contests; they are trying to determine the difference between a question and a riddle. Those who prove themselves in the contests can enter the castle, which is sacred ground - but nobody has been deemed worthy yet.[2][3]
Let It Go...?[edit]
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"Light! A hundred rich and blinding colours filter through the ice. It's like drinking a kaleidoscope. It's like being kidnapped by rainbows. The colours shift with every step you take, revealing shining corridors. In each and every corridor, your reflection waits."[4]
Frostfound consumes its visitors' memories and stories, slowly degrading their minds. But then again, sanity is the cardinal price of knowledge.[5]
The castle was built long ago using the memories of a Traveller who went East; the corridors of Frostfound are implied to have been shaped by their past life.[6][7]
The Corridors of Frostfound[edit]
- The Sapphire Chamber: "THIS WAS THE SKY" - a chamber dedicated to the High Wilderness and the hunger of the Stars.[8][9]
- The Amethyst Gallery: "THERE WERE CASUALTIES" - a gallery filled to the brim with dead sky-behemoths, more vast than imagination permits.[10][11]
- The Cavity: "THIS IS ONLY A MEMORY. THE CRIME IS FORGOTTEN. ITS SHADOW REMAINS" - a chamber dedicated to the terror and pain of the Red Science.[12][13]
- The Emerald Vista: "SOMETHING SOUGHT, SOMETHING LOST" - an infinite depth of secrets and changes, with the strength of an unstoppable flood.[14][15]
- The Diamond Bridge: linking the towers of Brite and Teneb, this bridge is bathed in the merciless light of the stars, bright as humiliation.[16][17]
- The Iridescence: "KNOW YOURSELF" - a foggy chamber where one must confront and understand themselves.[18][19]
- The Dark Room: the very center of Frostfound,[20] at once a caul and a coffin,[21] containing the secrets of the gods and the name of the castle's creator, written in their own blood.[22][23]
