{{Spoiler}}{{Neath_Location|image1=Prickfinger.png|caption1=A labyrinth of rock and crystal. Art from FL.|location=North of [[London]]|alias=The Wastes|allegiance=Uninhabited|notable_inhabitants=Von Schadlinge (deceased)}}
<blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Prickfinger.png|caption1=|location=North of [[London]]|alias=The Wastes|allegiance=|notable_inhabitants=}}''"Blood loss is the greatest threat out here. Brush one stalagmite too many and you'll bleed out long before you make it back to safety. It's dark in the Wastes, beyond the brightly coloured lamps of Mrs Plenty's Carnival. Watch your step."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Into_The_Wastes|Into The Wastes|Fallen London|}}</ref>
'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
''"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
Past [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival]] lies the '''Prickfinger Wastes'''. As a result of a geological anomaly, this area is littered with extremely sharp stalagmites, which have been likened to a sea of sharp knives pointing upward.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."''</ref> The [[The Summer Schoolmistress|Summer Nursery]] is located deep within the Wastes, hidden away from the lights of [[London]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Summer_Nursery:_An_Invitation|The Summer Nursery: An Invitation|Fallen London|}} ''"Beyond the lights of the carnival, the Wastes loom large and sharp. The mansion is out there, somewhere, where the Fifth City does not reach."''</ref>
==Ten Thousand Teeth==
{{Major spoiler small}}<blockquote>[[File:Bazaardoor teeth.png|thumb|Ten Thousand Teeth]]''"No false-stars — only bats and bats. You stand within their cyclone's eye, and then you see the roaring teeth..."<ref name=":0" />''</blockquote>'''Ten Thousand Teeth''' is a legendary monster known to reside and hunt deep within the Prickfinger Wastes. The bane of many a [[Monster-Hunters|Monster-Hunter]] or Eradicator of the [[The Department of Menace Eradication|Department of Menace Eradication]], it masks its presence successfully in its natural habitat, easily ambushing unsuspecting prey despite its large size.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''""Ten-thousand teeth," it murmurs. "Thought they were a grotto. They weren't no grotto. Devoured her. Would've devoured me...""''</ref> Inside its giant maw, there seems to be a whole ecosystem that vies for the remains of Ten Thousand Teeth's latest meal.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Bats hang from the cavern in droves, clustered thick as sausage links in the best butcher's shop. With every breath, ammonia invades your sinuses."''</ref> Interestingly, one would-be victim of the Teeth discovered that it is highly irritated by [[peligin]] snuff; the hapless fellow was spat out after giving the Teeth a faceful of the substance.
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"Blood loss is the greatest threat out here. Brush one stalagmite too many and you'll bleed out long before you make it back to safety. It's dark in the Wastes, beyond the brightly coloured lamps of Mrs Plenty's Carnival. Watch your step."[1]
"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."[2]
Past Mrs Plenty's Carnival lies the Prickfinger Wastes. As a result of a geological anomaly, this area is littered with extremely sharp stalagmites, which have been likened to a sea of sharp knives pointing upward.[3] The Summer Nursery is located deep within the Wastes, hidden away from the lights of London.[4]
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Ten Thousand Teeth
"No false-stars — only bats and bats. You stand within their cyclone's eye, and then you see the roaring teeth..."[2]
Ten Thousand Teeth is a legendary monster known to reside and hunt deep within the Prickfinger Wastes. The bane of many a Monster-Hunter or Eradicator of the Department of Menace Eradication, it masks its presence successfully in its natural habitat, easily ambushing unsuspecting prey despite its large size.[5] Inside its giant maw, there seems to be a whole ecosystem that vies for the remains of Ten Thousand Teeth's latest meal.[6] Interestingly, one would-be victim of the Teeth discovered that it is highly irritated by peligin snuff; the hapless fellow was spat out after giving the Teeth a faceful of the substance.
↑The Rat-Catcher (Story), Fallen London"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."
↑The Rat-Catcher (Story), Fallen London""Ten-thousand teeth," it murmurs. "Thought they were a grotto. They weren't no grotto. Devoured her. Would've devoured me...""
↑The Rat-Catcher (Story), Fallen London"Bats hang from the cavern in droves, clustered thick as sausage links in the best butcher's shop. With every breath, ammonia invades your sinuses."
