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Heart-Catchers are intelligent plants that grow fruit that looks like human heads. The heads on each plant appear to have independent minds that talk amongst themselves like a community.
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''"A grizzled coterie of gardeners care for this unusual orchard. The plants that grow here are Heart-Catchers, whose fruit looks - and speaks - like human heads."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Heart-Catcher_Gardens|Heart-Catcher Gardens|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
[[File:Sprout.png|thumb|St. John's Lily]]
'''Heart-Takers, '''also known as '''Heart-Catchers,''' are intelligent plants that grow fruit resembling human heads. The heads on each plant appear to have independent minds, which talk amongst themselves like a community.
 
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== St John's Lily ==
== St John's Lily ==
In Fallen London, one may find "a singular plant" called St. John's Lily that consumes wine and small animals. It can be used to fight against others of its kind in the Tournament of Lilies. Eventually it starts producing fruit that looks like little heads.
''"'Well, you didn't hear this from me, but you're not the only one in London with a St John's lily,' she says. 'They've been growing in cellars and parlours since the Fall. And you know how competitive gardeners are.'"''<ref name = "tournament">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pay_her_a_visit,_and_take_a_bottle|Pay her a visit, and take a bottle|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Head.png|thumb|A Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist]]
'''The St John's Lily''' is a rather singular and aggressive Heart-Taker that gains nutrients from various thing ranging from wine and small animals to [[Sorrow-spiders|sorrow-spiders]] and vicars<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Feed_your_plant_a_sorrow-spider|Feed your plant a sorrow-spider|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Feed_a_vicar_to_your_plant|Feed a vicar to your plant|Fallen London|}}</ref>. Its mature fruit specifically resembles the Head of St John the Baptist.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Get_a_very_good_look_at_the_fruit|Get a very good look at the fruit|Fallen London|}}</ref> These so-called Counterfeit Heads are used in [[Knife-and-Candle]] as a protection charm of sorts.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Counterfeit_Head_of_John_the_Baptist|Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
Horticulturally inclined Londoners - members of neo-botanical society, so they say - grow their St John's Lilies to participate in the '''the Tournament of Lilies''', where they compete in various contests of beauty, cunning, and ferocity.<ref name = "tournament">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pay_her_a_visit,_and_take_a_bottle|Pay her a visit, and take a bottle|Fallen London|}}</ref>


== Heart-Catcher Gardens ==
== Heart-Catcher Gardens ==
In the [[High Wilderness]] region of [[Eleutheria]], mature Heart-Catchers may be found in the Heart-Catcher Gardens near [[Pan]]. They will grant boons to visitors such as preventing specific types of death in the subject's future, in exchange for favours such as disposing of a Death in a Jar.  
''"A series of finely-manicured indigo lawns cover this corner of Pan. Peculiar plants grow in the beds: tangled as rose-bushes, and budding with fruit. The fruit is lumpen: perfectly formed facial features are growing on it. This one has a frantic, staring eye. This one is growing an ear. This one keens pitiably through tiny, trembling lips."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Nurseries|The Nurseries|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
There is a garden of mature Heart-Catchers near [[Pan]]. Unlike the plants in the Neath, these do not all bear fruits resembling the head of John the Baptist; some can even look like... one's aunt?<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Nepenthine_Ritual|The Nepenthine Ritual|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
Heart-Catchers can become fatally ill in old age. One possible cure is temporarily grafting a healthy visitor's head onto the ailing plant, to revive the other heads.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Mimiricon|The Mimiricon|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
== Historical and Cultural Inspirations ==
The Biblical Saint John the Baptist was martyred via beheading, hence the inspiration for the plant and its name.
 
== References ==
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Heart-Catchers can become fatally ill in old age. One possible cure is temporarily grafting a healthy visitor's head onto the ailing plant, to revive the other heads.


== Real life references ==
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In the Bible, St John the Baptist was killed by beheading which might suggest the name of the plant.

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"A grizzled coterie of gardeners care for this unusual orchard. The plants that grow here are Heart-Catchers, whose fruit looks - and speaks - like human heads."[1]

St. John's Lily

Heart-Takers, also known as Heart-Catchers, are intelligent plants that grow fruit resembling human heads. The heads on each plant appear to have independent minds, which talk amongst themselves like a community.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

St John's Lily[edit]

"'Well, you didn't hear this from me, but you're not the only one in London with a St John's lily,' she says. 'They've been growing in cellars and parlours since the Fall. And you know how competitive gardeners are.'"[2]

A Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist

The St John's Lily is a rather singular and aggressive Heart-Taker that gains nutrients from various thing ranging from wine and small animals to sorrow-spiders and vicars[3][4]. Its mature fruit specifically resembles the Head of St John the Baptist.[5] These so-called Counterfeit Heads are used in Knife-and-Candle as a protection charm of sorts.[6]

Horticulturally inclined Londoners - members of neo-botanical society, so they say - grow their St John's Lilies to participate in the the Tournament of Lilies, where they compete in various contests of beauty, cunning, and ferocity.[2]

Heart-Catcher Gardens[edit]

"A series of finely-manicured indigo lawns cover this corner of Pan. Peculiar plants grow in the beds: tangled as rose-bushes, and budding with fruit. The fruit is lumpen: perfectly formed facial features are growing on it. This one has a frantic, staring eye. This one is growing an ear. This one keens pitiably through tiny, trembling lips."[7]

There is a garden of mature Heart-Catchers near Pan. Unlike the plants in the Neath, these do not all bear fruits resembling the head of John the Baptist; some can even look like... one's aunt?[8]

Heart-Catchers can become fatally ill in old age. One possible cure is temporarily grafting a healthy visitor's head onto the ailing plant, to revive the other heads.[9]

Historical and Cultural Inspirations[edit]

The Biblical Saint John the Baptist was martyred via beheading, hence the inspiration for the plant and its name.

References[edit]

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