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As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees and bone.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Dust|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees and bone.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Dust|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]]<ref name=":3" /> - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead<ref name=":3" /> | A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]]<ref name=":3" /> - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead,<ref name=":3" /> though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living. Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores,<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Waswood|Visit the Waswood|Fallen London}}</ref> either as separate items<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> or vivid visions of times past.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stay_a_little_while|Stay a little while|Fallen London|}}</ref> - though this did not always prove to be the case.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7"><nowiki>{{Citation|</nowiki>https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived|Retrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London|</ref> | ||
The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extricate_a_half-lost_memory|Extricate a half-lost memory|Fallen London|}}</ref> | The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extricate_a_half-lost_memory|Extricate a half-lost memory|Fallen London|}}</ref> and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Listen_to_the_Waters|Listen to the Waters|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]] - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":4" /> | There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]] - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
Revision as of 04:27, 30 January 2023
"The Waswood is full of things that used to be: lost correspondence, childhood treasures, the scent of night-blooming jasmine in the forecourt of a friend's villa. Liturgical vestments from the worship of dead gods.
"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."
The Waswood was a region of Parabola that housed things long-past and long-forgotten. It also seemed to house what could have been, like alternate versions of major historical events.[1]
The Woods That Were
As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;[2][3] but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees and bone.[4][5]
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the dead[3] - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead,[3] though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living. Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores,[6] either as separate items[3][6] or vivid visions of times past.[1][3] It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return[7] - though this did not always prove to be the case.[4][8]
The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered,[9] and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten.[4][10]
There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the Chelonate - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.[4]
The Other End of the River
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The river that flowed through the Waswood branched off into rivulets and tributaries;[8] one of these rivulets was redirected into a large mirror leading to Moulin in the Hinterlands.[11] This left the surrounding area strewn with truthful, albeit misplaced, historical relics, displaced from the Waswood by the water's flow.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Search out the lost histories of London, Fallen London
- ↑ The Sacroboscan Calendar, Fallen London
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Shallows, Fallen London
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Seek the Glory's story, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dust, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Visit the Waswood, Fallen London
- ↑ Stay a little while, Fallen London
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 {{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived%7CRetrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London|
- ↑ Extricate a half-lost memory, Fallen London
- ↑ Listen to the Waters, Fallen London
- ↑ What is the source of the water?, Fallen London
- ↑ Catch up with the Wayward Historian, Fallen London
