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''"We were confidantes. He was a Frenchman and - in his day - a member of the revolutionaries' Calendar Council. He wrote pamphlets and placed bombs. I could not say which were more incendiary."''<ref name = "statues">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Seven_Statues|The Seven Statues|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
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[[File:Bourdainplain.png|thumb|100px|Bourdain]]
{{Character|title1=Bourdain, the Propagandist|image1=
A former member of the Calendar Council,<ref name="statues" /> [[London|London's]] anarchist [[Revolutionaries: the Calendar Council|revolutionaries]], '''Bourdain''' saw the Seven's quest as a way to help sick people from [[the Surface]], and his skills as a writer allowed him to rally many, many, men and women to the cause.<ref name = "mirror">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Man_in_the_Mirror|The Man in the Mirror|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> After his party's defeat, however, he fled to [[Frostfound]], and was never seen again. Several years later, Mariam tried to rescue him, but her agents were attacked by [[Wrack|Wreckers]] and failed in their search.<ref name = "statues">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Seven_Statues|The Seven Statues|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
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|location=[[Wrack]]|allegiance=[[The Seven Against Nidah]]|alias=The Man in the Mirror<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Mirror#Interactions|Try to see the Man in the Mirror|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Try to see the Man in the Mirror"''</ref>}}
<blockquote>''"This statue depicts an unassuming, bespectacled man with thinning hair and a solemn face. "Bourdain," Mariam remembers."''</blockquote>


===Ice===
<blockquote>''"We were confidantes. He was a Frenchman and - in his day - a member of the revolutionaries' Calendar Council. He wrote pamphlets, and placed bombs. I could not say which were more incendiary."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Propagandist|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"Is he trying to say something? There is no sound. He repeats the gesture. Does he mean-? You lean in and breathe on the ice, fogging it. Bourdain gives a minuscule smile. Then he raises a finger and begins to draw a message in the fog from the other side.''


''He writes backwards, which necessitates some deciphering. "I NEVER LEFT.""''<ref name = "bourdain">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Bourdain_in_Ice|Bourdain in Ice|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
'''Bourdain''' is a member of the [[Seven Against Nidah]] who served as its '''Propagandist'''. He hails from France and is a former member of the [[Calendar Council]], and specializes in propaganda and the placement of bombs.<ref name = "statue">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Propagandist|Sunless Sea|}} ''"She remembers Bourdain better than the others. "We were confidantes. He was a Frenchman and - in his day - a member of the revolutionaries' Calendar Council. He wrote pamphlets, and placed bombs. I could not say which were more incendiary.""''</ref> He joined the Seven to recruit armies for their cause,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Verger_in_Coral#Interactions|Ask him about the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Bourdain recruited our legions."''</ref> and was a close confidante to [[Mariam]] herself.<ref name = "statue"/> He sought to one day distribute immortality freely in the spirit of "liberty, equality, and eternity," and also destroy the [[Echo Bazaar]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Mirror#Interactions|Try to see the Man in the Mirror|Sunless Sea|}} ''"One passes him a letter; [...] The Man reads it and passes the young woman a flask. [...] Her skin glows with new vigour. And before they can set on him, he laughs, and - in the spirit of liberty, equality, and eternity - gives them each a flask of their own. [...] what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Mirror#Interactions|Try to see yourself|Sunless Sea|}} ''"You see yourself, [...] You look improbably healthy; restlessly vital. The lights of London [...] The city, too, is different. A triumphal arch of blazing Mountain-stone [...] words 'DEATH HATH NO MORE DOMINION' engraved across it. [...] the clawing outline of the Bazaar: a blasted ruin. [...] "I am never sure what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""''</ref>
[[File:Bourdain.png|thumb|100px|Bourdain, in ice.]]
Bourdain failed in the Ruby Room of [[Frostfound]], and his visage was trapped in the frozen wall. The Wreckers carved the ice into a slab, and gave it to the Fair King as a mirror.<ref name="mirror">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Man_in_the_Mirror|The Man in the Mirror|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Audience_with_the_King|An Audience with the King|Sunless Sea|}}''"The Fair King considers your countenance for a long while. "Very well." It takes a dozen hardy wreckers to free the slab of ice. The reflection within it [...] watches the work with curiosity. "Calved from Frostfound," the King says. "Keep it cold.""''</ref>


This predicament did not impede his cause at all. He can communicate by writing on the mirror, and he's still somehow able to scheme against the Presbyterate via [[Kingeater's Castle]]. One of his pawns is the '''Gnomic Gallivant''', who was tasked with murdering members of the College of Mortality around the Unterzee.<ref name = "bourdain">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Bourdain_in_Ice|Bourdain in Ice|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Kingeater's_Castle|Stand at the altar with the Gnomic Gallivant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
After the Seven's defeat, Bourdain took refuge at [[Frostfound]].<ref name = "worst">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Propagandist|Sunless Sea|}} ''""If the worst came to the worst, he meant to hide in Frostfound. But the ice-spires swallowed him. Years ago I sent an agent to retrieve him, but their vessel was lost. Prey to pirates, [...] Or wreckers.""''</ref> He "failed" in the Ruby Room there, and his visage was trapped behind a frozen wall.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bourdain_in_Ice#Interactions|Invite him to rejoin the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"After the Seven's defeat, he attempted to hide in Frostfound. He failed at 'the Ruby Room', and this vestige was trapped in the ice."''</ref> Mariam sent an agent to rescue him, but they were intercepted by [[Wrack|Wreckers]],<ref name = "worst"/> who stole Bourdain's ice-slab and presented it to the [[The Fair King|Fair King]] as a mirror.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/An_Audience_with_the_King#Interactions|Approach the mirror|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the Fair King keeps a mirror made of ice. It holds a reflection - neither yours nor his, but that of a narrow, bespectacled gentleman."''</ref> The Fair King considers this mirror one of his greatest treasures,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/An_Audience_with_the_King#Interactions|Buy the King's mirror|Sunless Sea|}} ''"It is one of the King's most treasured possessions. [...] "Calved from Frostfound," the King says. "Keep it cold.""''</ref> and sometimes peers into it to view Bourdain's hopes for the future.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Mirror#Interactions|Try to see yourself|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The Fair King's voice interrupts the vision. "I am never sure what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""''</ref>
 
Bourdain's predicament did not impede his cause at all.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bourdain_in_Ice#Interactions|Invite him to rejoin the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"He writes backwards, which necessitates some deciphering. "I NEVER LEFT.""''</ref> He can still see and hear the outside world,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bourdain_in_Ice#Story_description|Story description|Sunless Sea|}} ''""He watches you through the chipped, frosty surface. When you ask if he can hear you, he nods, curtly.""''</ref> and can communicate by writing on the ice's surface.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bourdain_in_Ice#Interactions|Invite him to rejoin the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] breathe on the ice, fogging it. [...] he raises a finger and begins to draw a message in the fog from the other side."''</ref> He has many agents under his command all over the [[Neath]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Bourdain_in_Ice#Interactions|Invite him to rejoin the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"He has a number of agents in the Neath, [...] they are able to communicate with him via... [...] 'esoteric means'."''</ref> and contacts them by having them consume a ruby-like substance at [[Kingeater's Castle]]. One of these agents, the '''Gnomic Gallivant''', was assigned a mission to assassinate a member of the [[Presbyterate]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater's_Castle#Interactions|Stand at the altar with the Gnomic Gallivant|Sunless Sea|}} ''"He has powdered one of his rubies, and is sprinkling it into a vial of wine. [...] He downs the vial [...] "Master Bourdain?" he croaks. "It is done. The College of Mortality is one less. [...] He pauses, listening. You hear nothing, but the Gallivant smiles. "Oh, that is very just. Is there anything -? Yes. [...]"''</ref>
 
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"This statue depicts an unassuming, bespectacled man with thinning hair and a solemn face. "Bourdain," Mariam remembers."

"We were confidantes. He was a Frenchman and - in his day - a member of the revolutionaries' Calendar Council. He wrote pamphlets, and placed bombs. I could not say which were more incendiary."[2]

Bourdain is a member of the Seven Against Nidah who served as its Propagandist. He hails from France and is a former member of the Calendar Council, and specializes in propaganda and the placement of bombs.[3] He joined the Seven to recruit armies for their cause,[4] and was a close confidante to Mariam herself.[3] He sought to one day distribute immortality freely in the spirit of "liberty, equality, and eternity," and also destroy the Echo Bazaar.[5][6]

After the Seven's defeat, Bourdain took refuge at Frostfound.[7] He "failed" in the Ruby Room there, and his visage was trapped behind a frozen wall.[8] Mariam sent an agent to rescue him, but they were intercepted by Wreckers,[7] who stole Bourdain's ice-slab and presented it to the Fair King as a mirror.[9] The Fair King considers this mirror one of his greatest treasures,[10] and sometimes peers into it to view Bourdain's hopes for the future.[11]

Bourdain's predicament did not impede his cause at all.[12] He can still see and hear the outside world,[13] and can communicate by writing on the ice's surface.[14] He has many agents under his command all over the Neath,[15] and contacts them by having them consume a ruby-like substance at Kingeater's Castle. One of these agents, the Gnomic Gallivant, was assigned a mission to assassinate a member of the Presbyterate.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Try to see the Man in the Mirror, Sunless Sea "Try to see the Man in the Mirror"
  2. ↑ The Propagandist, Sunless Sea
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Propagandist, Sunless Sea "She remembers Bourdain better than the others. "We were confidantes. He was a Frenchman and - in his day - a member of the revolutionaries' Calendar Council. He wrote pamphlets, and placed bombs. I could not say which were more incendiary.""
  4. ↑ Ask him about the Seven, Sunless Sea "Bourdain recruited our legions."
  5. ↑ Try to see the Man in the Mirror, Sunless Sea "One passes him a letter; [...] The Man reads it and passes the young woman a flask. [...] Her skin glows with new vigour. And before they can set on him, he laughs, and - in the spirit of liberty, equality, and eternity - gives them each a flask of their own. [...] what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""
  6. ↑ Try to see yourself, Sunless Sea "You see yourself, [...] You look improbably healthy; restlessly vital. The lights of London [...] The city, too, is different. A triumphal arch of blazing Mountain-stone [...] words 'DEATH HATH NO MORE DOMINION' engraved across it. [...] the clawing outline of the Bazaar: a blasted ruin. [...] "I am never sure what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Propagandist, Sunless Sea ""If the worst came to the worst, he meant to hide in Frostfound. But the ice-spires swallowed him. Years ago I sent an agent to retrieve him, but their vessel was lost. Prey to pirates, [...] Or wreckers.""
  8. ↑ Invite him to rejoin the Seven, Sunless Sea "After the Seven's defeat, he attempted to hide in Frostfound. He failed at 'the Ruby Room', and this vestige was trapped in the ice."
  9. ↑ Approach the mirror, Sunless Sea "[...] the Fair King keeps a mirror made of ice. It holds a reflection - neither yours nor his, but that of a narrow, bespectacled gentleman."
  10. ↑ Buy the King's mirror, Sunless Sea "It is one of the King's most treasured possessions. [...] "Calved from Frostfound," the King says. "Keep it cold.""
  11. ↑ Try to see yourself, Sunless Sea "The Fair King's voice interrupts the vision. "I am never sure what it is we are seeing. The gentleman's hopes? His fears? He certainly seems to have an ambitious imagination.""
  12. ↑ Invite him to rejoin the Seven, Sunless Sea "He writes backwards, which necessitates some deciphering. "I NEVER LEFT.""
  13. ↑ Story description, Sunless Sea ""He watches you through the chipped, frosty surface. When you ask if he can hear you, he nods, curtly.""
  14. ↑ Invite him to rejoin the Seven, Sunless Sea "[...] breathe on the ice, fogging it. [...] he raises a finger and begins to draw a message in the fog from the other side."
  15. ↑ Invite him to rejoin the Seven, Sunless Sea "He has a number of agents in the Neath, [...] they are able to communicate with him via... [...] 'esoteric means'."
  16. ↑ Stand at the altar with the Gnomic Gallivant, Sunless Sea "He has powdered one of his rubies, and is sprinkling it into a vial of wine. [...] He downs the vial [...] "Master Bourdain?" he croaks. "It is done. The College of Mortality is one less. [...] He pauses, listening. You hear nothing, but the Gallivant smiles. "Oh, that is very just. Is there anything -? Yes. [...]"
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