The Fifth City: the Neath's Lore Wiki: Difference between revisions
KestrelGirl (talk | contribs) Updated FAQ Tag: visualeditor |
KestrelGirl (talk | contribs) No edit summary Tag: visualeditor |
||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
*What is the [[the Correspondence|Correspondence]]? | *What is the [[the Correspondence|Correspondence]]? | ||
**A language of mysterious sigils. Has a tendency to set unfortunate readers on fire - physically, mentally, or some measure of both. | **A language of mysterious sigils. Has a tendency to set unfortunate readers on fire - physically, mentally, or some measure of both. | ||
*<font color="blue">'''What is the _____?'''</font> | |||
** I see you have nothing to ask, and so I have nothing to answer. Stoke the furnace, please; I can't stand the cold. | |||
*What are [[Judgements]]? | *What are [[Judgements]]? | ||
**The light above, the enforcement of law. It would be foolish to challenge such a power. [[The Liberation of Night|Or would it?]] | **The light above, the enforcement of law. It would be foolish to challenge such a power. [[The Liberation of Night|Or would it?]] | ||
| Line 95: | Line 97: | ||
|height = 250px | |height = 250px | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:Browse]]<mainpage-endcolumn /> | [[Category:Browse]] | ||
<mainpage-endcolumn /> | |||
Revision as of 21:04, 27 November 2022
Welcome to The Fifth City, the Neath's Unofficial Lore Wiki!
<mainpage-leftcolumn-start gutter="5" />
The unofficial, user-created guide to the lore and intertwined worlds of Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, and The Silver Tree, all created by Failbetter Games. All artwork used in articles is sourced from Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, or The Silver Tree, unless otherwise indicated or edited in any way.
Warning: may contain spoilers, not of what exactly happens to you in the games, but of what you'll learn about the Neath along the way. You can learn about spoiler tags and their purpose here.
We're currently under construction and need contributors to help us rewrite pages! Pardon our dust - some information may be canonically dubious on the older articles. If you're interested in helping, you can join our Discord server.
What is Fallen London?
"Fallen London: once capital of the British Empire, now home of the Bazaar. Deep. Dark. Expensive. Marvellous. Here you can find everything from immortality to unnervingly good mushroom wine."
Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, and The Silver Tree all take place in an alternate-history scenario in which five major cities in succession (eventually, there will be seven) fell underground into the vast network of caves known as the Neath. The first two games take place in the 1890s, approximately 30 years after London became the fifth city to fall, and are set in and around the new, convoluted London.
Sunless Skies takes place in 1906; Londoners have managed to figure out space travel ten years after Fallen London and Sunless Sea, and has launched itself into a sky where the stars are mysteriously dying out...
The Silver Tree takes place in the Mongol Empire in the 1200s, as half its capital is about to become the Fourth City and the other half's refugees are about to start a floating empire in the Neath.
You may find out more about the Fallen Cities here.
Some Questions You Might Have
- What is the Neath?
- The Neath is an enormous cavern within the Earth populated by various settlements, some less familiar than others.
- What is the Unterzee?
- A massive saltwater body that spans the entire Neath. It has a western and southern coast, and dozens of islands peppered throughout.
- What exactly happened to London?
- Forty years ago, in 1862, London was stolen by bats. Although no one really says "stolen" anymore; it was a transaction, not a theft.
- What is the Echo Bazaar?
- The Bazaar is the center of commerce in Fallen London. Almost all legal business is conducted here.
- Who are the Masters of the Bazaar?
- Mysterious cloaked figures who each specialize in one field of trade. They don't get along well.
- What is Hell?
- Now located due west of London; accessible via rail from the Moloch Street station. Home to devils, goat-demons, imps, and the like. Not popular among tourists.
- What is the Correspondence?
- A language of mysterious sigils. Has a tendency to set unfortunate readers on fire - physically, mentally, or some measure of both.
- What is the _____?
- I see you have nothing to ask, and so I have nothing to answer. Stoke the furnace, please; I can't stand the cold.
- What are Judgements?
- The light above, the enforcement of law. It would be foolish to challenge such a power. Or would it?
- What is the Dawn Machine?
- -SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE-
- Who is Mr Eaten?
- Keep asking such questions, friend, and you'll lose the very head on your shoulders...
<mainpage-endcolumn />
<mainpage-rightcolumn-start />
Pages to Visit
Fallen London
The Fallen Cities
The Echo Bazaar
The Unterzee
The High Wilderness
The Neathbow
The Masters of the Bazaar
The Iron Republic
The Khanate
The Elder Continent
The Masters
 Mr Feathers (Founder)
|
|---|
 Mr Cryptics (Writer)
|
|---|
Special thanks to:
- Albatross for a simply unfathomable amount of research and writing work for the wiki
- 0bsidianFire for putting together our background as well as several other art edits
- NiteBrite for her long-ago contributions to several fundamental pages
- Spacemarine9 for his amazing lore blog, which helped inform several popular articles
Official Resources
Play Fallen London
Fallen London Wiki (gameplay-related)
Sunless Sea Wiki
Sunless Skies Wiki
Failbetter Games
Join the Wiki Maintenance Discord!
If you see this, your JavaScript might be disabled or DiscordIntegrator plugin isn't working. If the latter, please contact a wiki administrator.
Join the Failbetter Discord!
If you see this, your JavaScript might be disabled or DiscordIntegrator plugin isn't working. If the latter, please contact a wiki administrator. <mainpage-endcolumn />
