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== Properties == | == Properties == | ||
Viric is heavily associated with the [[the Fingerkings|Fingerkings]];<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#Interactions|Give it your enigmatic painting|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic|Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gawp|Gawp|Fallen London|}}</ref> and a box of dream-snakes will also glow | Viric is heavily associated with the [[the Fingerkings|Fingerkings]];<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#Interactions|Give it your enigmatic painting|Sunless Sea|}}''"The Fingerkings. Our enemies. The enemies of everyone..."''</ref> the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic|Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep|Sunless Sea|}}''<nowiki/>'The Man's eyes seethe with viric flame! It's struggling against the efforts of the zailors to restrain it. [...] the other manages to snap the box closed. Instantly the Man goes stiff - a lifeless clay statue. The viric glow now pulsates from the box."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gawp|Gawp|Fallen London|}}''"In the viric depths of its eyes, something stirs[...]"''</ref> and a box of dream-snakes will also glow this shade of green.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Mirrorcatch_Box_Full_of_Very_Angry_Dream-Snakes|A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes|Sunless Sea|}}''"A sullen viric glow leaks from within. Sometimes it rattles. Best not to open it."''</ref> When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Discoveries|Discoveries|Sunless Sea|}}''"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."''</ref> | ||
Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.<ref>{{Citation|https://discord.com/invite/failbettergames|Bruno (FBG)|Failbetter Games Discord Server|}} ''"But all the neathbow colors are sort of a range... viric runs from forest green through emeralds through chartreuse [...]"''</ref> | Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.<ref>{{Citation|https://discord.com/invite/failbettergames|Bruno (FBG)|Failbetter Games Discord Server|}} ''"But all the neathbow colors are sort of a range... viric runs from forest green through emeralds through chartreuse [...]"''</ref> | ||
== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
The priests of [[Varchas]] use viric Mirror-Charms to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Temple_of_Mihir|Dreams of Smoke|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in [[London]] during the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_the_Shopkeeper_in_Viric_about_the_purpose_of_these_stories|Ask the Shopkeeper in Viric about the purpose of these stories|Fallen London|}}</ref> | The priests of [[Varchas]] use viric Mirror-Charms<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Mirror-Charm|A Mirror-Charm|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Dream-green snake-skin and scraps of close-written paper."''</ref> to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Temple_of_Mihir|Dreams of Smoke|Sunless Sea|}}''"He gives you a charm of bloodied snakeskin and scraps of paper written in an angular, unfamiliar script, and tells you to hang it upon the nearest mirror before you sleep."''</ref> Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in [[London]] during the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_the_Shopkeeper_in_Viric_about_the_purpose_of_these_stories|Ask the Shopkeeper in Viric about the purpose of these stories|Fallen London|}}''"Viric is the colour of the outskirts of Parabola [...] That's where I keep this shop, when it cannot afford to be in London. [...] A viric trance is more than a daydream, less than sleep."''</ref> | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
Revision as of 07:34, 5 October 2024
"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."[1]
A color of the Neathbow, viric is the green of shallow sleep. The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin viridis, meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color viridian.
Properties
Viric is heavily associated with the Fingerkings;[2] the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,[3][4] and a box of dream-snakes will also glow this shade of green.[5] When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.[6]
Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.[7]
Uses
The priests of Varchas use viric Mirror-Charms[8] to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.[9] Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in London during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose.[10]
Gallery
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A Phantasmal Encounter, 189-, Captain ------ -
A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes. -
A Viric Suit. -
A Viric Frock. -
The Somnolent Hyaena -
The Shopkeeper in Viric -
Viric anemones on the zee-floor.
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