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{{Neath_Location|image1=SS Locations The Undercrow Map.png|caption1=A deep, well-lit cavern, thick with a fungal smoke and cave moths. Art from Sunless Sea.|location=[[The Unterzee]]|alias=The Undercrow|allegiance=[[The Seven Against Nidah]]|notable_inhabitants=[[The Seven Against Nidah|Lorenzo]]}}
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<gallery>
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</gallery>|location=[[Stormbones]]|notable_inhabitants=[[Lorenzo]]}}<blockquote>''"We enter the Stormbones. St Eligius sends his fire to dance on the air, on deck. Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Map#Ship.27s_Log|Stormbones|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>


''"Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. It clouds your head and burns your lungs. Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|The Undercrow|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
The '''Ragged Crow''' is an enormous lighthouse in [[Stormbones]].<ref name = "enter">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Map#Ship.27s_Log|Stormbones|Sunless Sea}} ''"We enter the Stormbones. [...] Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."''</ref> It is described as ancient, but its origins are unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Follow_that_ship!|Follow that ship!|Fallen London}} ''"They interpose the ancient lighthouse of the Ragged Crow between your vessels, and dart between the ice floes when the great light obscures them from view."''</ref> It is a key landmark for zailors that pass nearby,<ref name = "enter"/> and it attracts dangerous, ship-sized [[Tyrant-Moths]] like ''literal'' moths to a flame.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea}} ''"Location: Ragged Crow"''</ref>


'''The Ragged Crow''' is a great lighthouse located in [[The Unterzee]] region of '''Stormbones'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|The Undercrow|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
The '''Undercrow''' is a cavern below the [[Unterzee]]'s surface that links to the lighthouse above. It is choked with smoke and fog, and its sole inhabitants are moths and the lighthouse's keeper,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Undercrow#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea}} ''"A deep, well-lit cavern, thick with a fungal smoke and cave moths. Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. [...] Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."''</ref> an extremely old [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]] formerly known as [[Lorenzo]] of the [[Seven Against Nidah]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Approach a voice from the fog|Sunless Sea}} ''"No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. Grey, bloated, and nearly embalmed by the fungal smoke [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah|Sunless Sea}} ''"Once, he was Lorenzo, their Guide."''</ref> He uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties.<ref name = "port report">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Assemble a Port Report|Sunless Sea}} ''"A ramshackle array of pulleys allows the Undercrow's reclusive resident to feed the fire above. The herby smoke of the fungal fire has preservative qualities, [...] the fire distracts the more aggressive moths and warns ships far above."''</ref> The Undercrow is closed off to visitors,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Explore the fog|Sunless Sea}} ''"A hollow voice rings down through the fog. "No visitors!" [...] "No use for new faces," [...]"''</ref> though in the past, the [[Presbyterate Adventuress]] was able to gain entry to the Ragged Crow and climbed up the stairs to the light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Presbyterate_Adventuress|The Last Night: Record her memories of her travels|Sunless Sea}} ''"[...] when the way to the Ragged Crow opened, and we went up the stairs together to the light [...]"''</ref>
 
==Moths and Regret==
As a giant source of light across the dark [[The Unterzee|Unterzee]], The Ragged Crow attracts tons of moths- from those similiar to their [[The Surface|Surface]] counterparts, to the ship sized [[Bestiary#Tyrant-Moth|Tyrant-Moths]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|The Undercrow|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
Under the lighthouse proper lies '''The Undercrow'''- a large underwater cavern filled with moths, fungal smoke and the lighthouse's solitary lightkeeper called [[The Seven Against Nidah|Lorenzo]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|The Undercrow|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> 
 
The lighkeeper's life is slowly coming to an end however- within [[The Seven Against Nidah|Lorenzo]] sleeps a member of an outstanding species of moth called '''The Most-Moth''', and it will [[The Tomb-Colonies#Emergence|emerge]] from him no matter what. Before that happens [[The Seven Against Nidah|Lorenzo]] wishes to apologize to some of his [[The Seven Against Nidah|old friends]], to lessen the regrets of his long life and make his final moments less painful.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|Approach a voice from the fog|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|Entertain a dying man's last requests|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow|Attend to the hatching|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 20:55, 5 February 2025

"We enter the Stormbones. St Eligius sends his fire to dance on the air, on deck. Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."[1]

The Ragged Crow is an enormous lighthouse in Stormbones.[2] It is described as ancient, but its origins are unknown.[3] It is a key landmark for zailors that pass nearby,[2] and it attracts dangerous, ship-sized Tyrant-Moths like literal moths to a flame.[4]

The Undercrow is a cavern below the Unterzee's surface that links to the lighthouse above. It is choked with smoke and fog, and its sole inhabitants are moths and the lighthouse's keeper,[5] an extremely old tomb-colonist formerly known as Lorenzo of the Seven Against Nidah.[6][7] He uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties.[8] The Undercrow is closed off to visitors,[9] though in the past, the Presbyterate Adventuress was able to gain entry to the Ragged Crow and climbed up the stairs to the light.[10]

References[edit]

  1. Stormbones, Sunless Sea
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stormbones, Sunless Sea "We enter the Stormbones. [...] Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."
  3. Follow that ship!, Fallen London "They interpose the ancient lighthouse of the Ragged Crow between your vessels, and dart between the ice floes when the great light obscures them from view."
  4. Tyrant Moth, Sunless Sea "Location: Ragged Crow"
  5. Port description, Sunless Sea "A deep, well-lit cavern, thick with a fungal smoke and cave moths. Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. [...] Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."
  6. Approach a voice from the fog, Sunless Sea "No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. Grey, bloated, and nearly embalmed by the fungal smoke [...]"
  7. Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah, Sunless Sea "Once, he was Lorenzo, their Guide."
  8. Assemble a Port Report, Sunless Sea "A ramshackle array of pulleys allows the Undercrow's reclusive resident to feed the fire above. The herby smoke of the fungal fire has preservative qualities, [...] the fire distracts the more aggressive moths and warns ships far above."
  9. Explore the fog, Sunless Sea "A hollow voice rings down through the fog. "No visitors!" [...] "No use for new faces," [...]"
  10. The Last Night: Record her memories of her travels, Sunless Sea "[...] when the way to the Ragged Crow opened, and we went up the stairs together to the light [...]"