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I looked into it in more detail and you're right about Ecdysis being related to the Shapeling Arts, so that can still be mentioned. The wax and mutersalt details are not relevant to this page at all however. Tag: visualeditor-wikitext |
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<blockquote>{{Character|title1=The Shapeling Arts|image1=Amber.png|caption1=Amber, one of the core tools of the Shapeling Arts.|allegiance=[[Rubbery Men]]<br> | <blockquote>{{Character|title1=The Shapeling Arts|image1=Amber.png|caption1=Amber, one of the core tools of the Shapeling Arts.|allegiance=[[Rubbery Men]]<br> | ||
[[Starved Men]]|image2=Rubberyman.png|caption2=A Rubbery practioner of the Shapeling Arts.|location=}} | [[Starved Men]]|image2=Rubberyman.png|caption2=A Rubbery practioner of the Shapeling Arts.|location=}} | ||
''"A power of transformation."''</blockquote>The '''Shapeling Arts''' are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, using [[amber]] as a catalyst.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shapeling_Arts_Items|Shapeling Arts Items|Fallen London|}}</ref> They were developed by [[Rubbery Men|Rubbery Men,]] but [[human]]s can also gain considerable skill.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Below-Stairs|Below-Stairs|Fallen London|}}</ref> The [[Starved Men]] practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Peer_in_the_Amber_Chamber|Peer in the Amber Chamber|Fallen London|}}</ref> Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flute_Street|Flute Street|Fallen London|}} ''""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""''</ref> | ''"A power of transformation."''</blockquote>The '''Shapeling Arts''' are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, using [[amber]] as a catalyst.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shapeling_Arts_Items|Shapeling Arts Items|Fallen London|}}</ref> They were developed by [[Rubbery Men|Rubbery Men,]] but [[human]]s can also gain considerable skill.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Below-Stairs|Below-Stairs|Fallen London|}}</ref> The [[Starved Men]] practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Peer_in_the_Amber_Chamber|Peer in the Amber Chamber|Fallen London|}}</ref> Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flute_Street|Flute Street|Fallen London|}} ''""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""''</ref> They also use a non-amber vector called '''Ascended Ambergris'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ecdysis|Ecdysis|Fallen London|}} ''"Ambergris burns in a brass censer. The fumes are intense, thick [...]"''</ref> to re-shape themselves in a process called '''Ecdysis''',<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Assert_the_mind%27s_dominance_over_the_body|Assert the mind's dominance over the body|Fallen London|}} ''" Your thoughts are a shape for your body to inhabit. A pattern, a blueprint. Like an architect who draws both the building and the landscape – as if to order the construction of both."''</ref> though it is ambiguous if Ecdysis is a form of the Shapeling Arts or something entirely different. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 23 December 2024
"A power of transformation."
The Shapeling Arts are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, using amber as a catalyst.[1] They were developed by Rubbery Men, but humans can also gain considerable skill.[2] The Starved Men practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.[3] Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.[4] They also use a non-amber vector called Ascended Ambergris[5] to re-shape themselves in a process called Ecdysis,[6] though it is ambiguous if Ecdysis is a form of the Shapeling Arts or something entirely different.
References[edit]
- ↑ Shapeling Arts Items, Fallen London
- ↑ Below-Stairs, Fallen London
- ↑ Peer in the Amber Chamber, Fallen London
- ↑ Flute Street, Fallen London ""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""
- ↑ Ecdysis, Fallen London "Ambergris burns in a brass censer. The fumes are intense, thick [...]"
- ↑ Assert the mind's dominance over the body, Fallen London " Your thoughts are a shape for your body to inhabit. A pattern, a blueprint. Like an architect who draws both the building and the landscape – as if to order the construction of both."
