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The Fading Haruspex}}''The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole|Gant Pole|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | The Fading Haruspex}}''The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole|Gant Pole|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''The Gant Pole''' is a gigantic calcified heart, and a place where the creatures of [[The Unterzee]] go to die.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole|Where the Zee Goes to Die|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | '''The Gant Pole''' is a gigantic calcified heart, and a place where the creatures of [[The Unterzee]] go to die.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole|Where the Zee Goes to Die|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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A notable exception to The Pole's usual inhabitants is a group of haruspices, who divinate answers to questions from the last moments of the dying [[Bestiary#Deep Zee-Monsters|Zee-Beasts]], and are led by an old woman called '''The Fading Haruspex'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fading_Haruspex|The Fading Haruspex|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The woman herself hails from [[The Fallen Cities#The Third City, 800s-900s CE|The Third City]], although she had been living in [[Whither]] for many years before being exiled from the city for breaking it's laws to spare a child's tears. Now her only desire lies in finding an answer to a fabled Question that can only be answered with truth.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fading_Haruspex|Ask what she seeks down here|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | A notable exception to The Pole's usual inhabitants is a group of haruspices, who divinate answers to questions from the last moments of the dying [[Bestiary#Deep Zee-Monsters|Zee-Beasts]], and are led by an old woman called '''The Fading Haruspex'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fading_Haruspex|The Fading Haruspex|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The woman herself hails from [[The Fallen Cities#The Third City, 800s-900s CE|The Third City]], although she had been living in [[Whither]] for many years before being exiled from the city for breaking it's laws to spare a child's tears. Now her only desire lies in finding an answer to a fabled Question that can only be answered with truth.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fading_Haruspex|Ask what she seeks down here|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Irrepressible.png|thumb|left|100px|The Irrepressible]] | [[File:Irrepressible.png|thumb|left|100px|The Irrepressible]] | ||
A zub known as '''''The Irrepressible''''' patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in [[the Unterzee]], it fires [[The Neathbow#Irrigo|Irrigo]] ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Irrepressible|You have defeated the Irrepressible!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Irrepressible|Attempt to detach the Irrigo-cannon|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Its captain is '''the Pianolist''', an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of '''the Set''', a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Zubmarine_surfaces!!|A Zubmarine surfaces!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | A zub known as '''''The Irrepressible''''' patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in [[the Unterzee]], it fires [[The Neathbow#Irrigo|Irrigo]] ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Irrepressible|You have defeated the Irrepressible!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Irrepressible|Attempt to detach the Irrigo-cannon|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Its captain is '''the Pianolist''', an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of '''the Set''', a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Zubmarine_surfaces!!|A Zubmarine surfaces!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
==IT TORE OUT THE HEART. THE SHAME REMAINED== | |||
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The giant stone heart once belonged to an enormous '''Shame''', a defilement of The Great Chain,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leviathan|Leviathan|Fallen London|}}''"The heart once belonged to a Shame(...)A creature that should not be. A defilement of the Great Chain."''</ref> The Gant Pole was created when the Shame fell in love with another. However, it was later spurned by its lover, and the Shame was heartbroken by this, and so it tore out its own heart.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leviathan|Leviathan|Fallen London|}}''"It was spurned by its beloved and tore out its own heart"''</ref> The heart sunk beneath the zee-waves and started emitting sadness and melancholy, which was mistaken by the various zee-monsters as a sense of peace that could comfort them while near their deaths.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leviathan|Leviathan|Fallen London|}}''"Now the heart emits sadness, and beings at the end of their lives mistake it for peace"''</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:02, 1 June 2021
The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.[1]
The Gant Pole is a gigantic calcified heart, and a place where the creatures of The Unterzee go to die.[2]
The Corridors of The Heart
The Pole possesses a powerful attractive force that calls out to any old being that nears the end of their life: from the largest of behemoths[3] to the simple humans.[4] The Pole's pull extends beyond The Neath and can even attract people from The Surface.[5]
The humans that followed the call of the heart tend to congregate at it's very centre, inside a big pool of Gant.[6] The only time when these old zailors leave the pool is when they come to feed on the Zee-Beasts that have just arrived at The Pole.[7] While all of the pool's zailors are old, some of them are truly ancient, even dating back to The First City.[8]
Elbow Deep in the Nearly Dead
A notable exception to The Pole's usual inhabitants is a group of haruspices, who divinate answers to questions from the last moments of the dying Zee-Beasts, and are led by an old woman called The Fading Haruspex.[9] The woman herself hails from The Third City, although she had been living in Whither for many years before being exiled from the city for breaking it's laws to spare a child's tears. Now her only desire lies in finding an answer to a fabled Question that can only be answered with truth.[10]
Disarmed and Dismembered
A zub known as The Irrepressible patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in the Unterzee, it fires Irrigo ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship.[11][12] Its captain is the Pianolist, an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of the Set, a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved.[13]
IT TORE OUT THE HEART. THE SHAME REMAINED
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The giant stone heart once belonged to an enormous Shame, a defilement of The Great Chain,[14] The Gant Pole was created when the Shame fell in love with another. However, it was later spurned by its lover, and the Shame was heartbroken by this, and so it tore out its own heart.[15] The heart sunk beneath the zee-waves and started emitting sadness and melancholy, which was mistaken by the various zee-monsters as a sense of peace that could comfort them while near their deaths.[16]
References
- ↑ Gant Pole, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Where the Zee Goes to Die, Sunless Sea
- ↑ You heard the Glory's story, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Old Zailors, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Bring Recent News to the Old Zailors, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Gant Chamber, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Attempt to speak with the Old Zailors, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Share your secrets, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Fading Haruspex, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Ask what she seeks down here, Sunless Sea
- ↑ You have defeated the Irrepressible!, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Attempt to detach the Irrigo-cannon, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Zubmarine surfaces!, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Leviathan, Fallen London "The heart once belonged to a Shame(...)A creature that should not be. A defilement of the Great Chain."
- ↑ Leviathan, Fallen London "It was spurned by its beloved and tore out its own heart"
- ↑ Leviathan, Fallen London "Now the heart emits sadness, and beings at the end of their lives mistake it for peace"
