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'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
{{Character|title1 = Salt|image1 = East.png|caption1 = Old soul. Where are you going, old soul?|location = East|allegiance = Independent|alias = The Sun beneath the Sea|relationships = [[The White]] (former master)
[[Storm]]<br>
[[Stone]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/sunless-sea Sunless Sea]}}<blockquote>''"We will sail East, and the islands will fall behind. The zee will be troubled by greater waves. The false-stars will pale, until the Neath-roof grows invisible above. New scents will prickle the air: something like spice and something like pine."''<ref name="salt">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Salt''' is one of the three [[gods of the Unterzee]].
 
== The Traveller ==
Of the three gods of the Zee, Salt is the most elusive, said to dwell beyond the horizon.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem#Tomb-Colonists_in_Irem|The Colonists will look East | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is the god of farewells,<ref name=":9" /> and may be the embodiment of [[The Unterzee|the Zee itself]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_on_through_to_the_other_side|Break on through to the other side|Fallen London|}}</ref> Its speech is a light across the water,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem#Tomb-Colonists_in_Irem|Their bandages will be soaked with tears | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> a sea breeze,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_skilled_crewman|A breath of air | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> a splash in the distance<ref name=":10">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater's_Castle|The rewards of curiosity | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> - always from the East, calling fellow travellers toward it.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Eastern_Wind|Eastern Wind|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Carnelian_Exile|A brisk dinner| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is always approaching, but never arriving.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Swim_to_the_beach|Swim to the beach|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":10" /> It can provoke an intense sadness as it passes,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tears|Tears| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> or like [[Storm]], it might drive its enemies to violence.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Dark_News|Dark News|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
Where its voice sings, a white zee-bat might follow.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_white_zee-bat|A white zee-bat|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Where its influence is felt, a message is often found: TRAVELLER RETURNING.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Receive_an_Embassy|Not Helpful| Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
Salt is feared and worshipped by zailors, who give it their stories and secrets,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_House_of_the_Question|Lift Salt's Curse | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and call its wrath upon those who wrong them.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Raggedy_Fellow|Strong words | Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_who_Stole_the_Sun|Gratitude... and curses | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It also punishes those who steal from shipwrecks.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Nocturne|A harrowing emptiness | Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
==Who is Salt?==
{{Major spoiler small}}
Salt is a Judgment.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sun_within_the_Sea|The Sun within the Sea| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is now in exile in [[the Neath]],<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Travelling_Light|A Travelling Light| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> but before it came here, [[Judgements|the White]] asked it a favor:<ref name=":13">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Name-Which-Burns|The Name-Which-Burns|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to find what the sun had hid (probably his daughter Stone).<ref name=":14">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Green_and_Gold|Green and Gold|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.<ref name=":13" /> Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,<ref name="core" /> and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Iridescence|The Iridescence| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It saw the light of [[Stone]] and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.<ref name="core" /> At some point during this time, but long before [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]] came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the [[The Elder Continent|Presbyterate]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Receive_an_Embassy|An understanding with the Presbyterate | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Eventually it made the castle of [[Frostfound]] to record its story,<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /> then forged the place we call [[Kingeater's Castle|Kingeater’s Castle]] by shedding its past and future,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your past| Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your future| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and then it went East.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|"There!" | Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
Amid the forests and the mountains of the East,<ref name=":14" /> it is now perpetually in movement and yet standing still,<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look|Look|Fallen London|}}</ref> calling those who wish to explore the last horizon.<ref name=":11" /> One day, it will rise to fight the White<ref name=":14" /> - but there is no happy ending.<ref name=":12" />
 
Salt is sometimes called '''the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea'''.<ref name="salt">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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Revision as of 06:33, 11 May 2022

"We will sail East, and the islands will fall behind. The zee will be troubled by greater waves. The false-stars will pale, until the Neath-roof grows invisible above. New scents will prickle the air: something like spice and something like pine."[1]

Salt is one of the three gods of the Unterzee.

The Traveller

Of the three gods of the Zee, Salt is the most elusive, said to dwell beyond the horizon.[2] It is the god of farewells,[3] and may be the embodiment of the Zee itself.[4] Its speech is a light across the water,[5] a sea breeze,[6] a splash in the distance[7] - always from the East, calling fellow travellers toward it.[8][9] It is always approaching, but never arriving.[10][7] It can provoke an intense sadness as it passes,[11] or like Storm, it might drive its enemies to violence.[12]

Where its voice sings, a white zee-bat might follow.[13] Where its influence is felt, a message is often found: TRAVELLER RETURNING.[14]

Salt is feared and worshipped by zailors, who give it their stories and secrets,[15] and call its wrath upon those who wrong them.[16][17] It also punishes those who steal from shipwrecks.[18]

Who is Salt?

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Salt is a Judgment.[19] It is now in exile in the Neath,[20] but before it came here, the White asked it a favor:[21] to find what the sun had hid (probably his daughter Stone).[22] It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.[21] Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,[23] and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.[24] It saw the light of Stone and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.[23] At some point during this time, but long before the Bazaar came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the Presbyterate.[25] Eventually it made the castle of Frostfound to record its story,[20][21] then forged the place we call Kingeater’s Castle by shedding its past and future,[26][27] and then it went East.[28]

Amid the forests and the mountains of the East,[22] it is now perpetually in movement and yet standing still,[7][29] calling those who wish to explore the last horizon.[9] One day, it will rise to fight the White[22] - but there is no happy ending.[20]

Salt is sometimes called the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sun beneath the Sea, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ The Colonists will look East , Sunless Sea
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :9
  4. ↑ Break on through to the other side, Fallen London
  5. ↑ Their bandages will be soaked with tears , Sunless Sea
  6. ↑ A breath of air , Sunless Sea
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The rewards of curiosity , Sunless Sea
  8. ↑ Eastern Wind, Fallen London
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 A brisk dinner, Sunless Sea
  10. ↑ Swim to the beach, Fallen London
  11. ↑ Tears, Sunless Sea
  12. ↑ Dark News, Sunless Sea
  13. ↑ A white zee-bat, Sunless Sea
  14. ↑ Not Helpful, Sunless Sea
  15. ↑ Lift Salt's Curse , Sunless Sea
  16. ↑ Strong words , Sunless Sea
  17. ↑ Gratitude... and curses , Sunless Sea
  18. ↑ A harrowing emptiness , Sunless Sea
  19. ↑ The Sun within the Sea, Sunless Sea
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 A Travelling Light, Sunless Sea
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Name-Which-Burns, Sunless Sea
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Green and Gold, Sunless Sea
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named core
  24. ↑ The Iridescence, Sunless Sea
  25. ↑ An understanding with the Presbyterate , Sunless Sea
  26. ↑ Give up your past, Sunless Sea
  27. ↑ Give up your future, Sunless Sea
  28. ↑ "There!" , Sunless Sea
  29. ↑ Look, Fallen London
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