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The '''Ragged Crow''' is an enormous lighthouse in [[Stormbones]].<ref name = "enter">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Map#Ship.27s_Log|Stormbones|Sunless Sea|}} ''"We enter the Stormbones. [...] Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."''</ref> It is described as ancient, but its origins are unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Follow_that_ship!|Follow that ship!|Fallen London|}} ''"They interpose the ancient lighthouse of the Ragged Crow between your vessels, and dart between the ice floes when the great light obscures them from view."''</ref> It is a key landmark for zailors that pass nearby,<ref name = "enter"/> and it attracts dangerous, ship-sized [[Tyrant-Moths]] like ''literal'' moths to a flame.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Location: Ragged Crow"''</ref> | The '''Ragged Crow''' is an enormous lighthouse in [[Stormbones]].<ref name = "enter">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Map#Ship.27s_Log|Stormbones|Sunless Sea|}} ''"We enter the Stormbones. [...] Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."''</ref> It is described as ancient, but its origins are unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Follow_that_ship!|Follow that ship!|Fallen London|}} ''"They interpose the ancient lighthouse of the Ragged Crow between your vessels, and dart between the ice floes when the great light obscures them from view."''</ref> It is a key landmark for zailors that pass nearby,<ref name = "enter"/> and it attracts dangerous, ship-sized [[Tyrant-Moths]] like ''literal'' moths to a flame.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Location: Ragged Crow"''</ref> | ||
The '''Undercrow''' is a cavern below the [[Unterzee]]'s surface that links to the lighthouse above. It is choked with smoke and fog, and its sole inhabitants are moths and the lighthouse's keeper,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A deep, well-lit cavern, thick with a fungal smoke and cave moths. Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. [...] Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."''</ref> an extremely old [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]] formerly known as [[Lorenzo]] of the [[Seven Against Nidah]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Approach a voice from the fog|Sunless Sea|}} ''"No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. Grey, bloated, and nearly embalmed by the fungal smoke [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Once, he was Lorenzo, their Guide."''</ref> He uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties.<ref name = "port report">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Assemble a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A ramshackle array of pulleys allows the Undercrow's reclusive resident to feed the fire above. The herby smoke of the fungal fire has preservative qualities, [...] the fire distracts the more aggressive moths and warns ships far above."''</ref> The Undercrow is generally closed off to visitors,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Explore the fog|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A hollow voice rings down through the fog. "No visitors!" [...] "No use for new faces," [...]"''</ref> though | The '''Undercrow''' is a cavern below the [[Unterzee]]'s surface that links to the lighthouse above. It is choked with smoke and fog, and its sole inhabitants are moths and the lighthouse's keeper,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A deep, well-lit cavern, thick with a fungal smoke and cave moths. Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. [...] Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."''</ref> an extremely old [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]] formerly known as [[Lorenzo]] of the [[Seven Against Nidah]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Approach a voice from the fog|Sunless Sea|}} ''"No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. Grey, bloated, and nearly embalmed by the fungal smoke [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Once, he was Lorenzo, their Guide."''</ref> He uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties.<ref name = "port report">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Assemble a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A ramshackle array of pulleys allows the Undercrow's reclusive resident to feed the fire above. The herby smoke of the fungal fire has preservative qualities, [...] the fire distracts the more aggressive moths and warns ships far above."''</ref> The Undercrow is generally closed off to visitors,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Explore the fog|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A hollow voice rings down through the fog. "No visitors!" [...] "No use for new faces," [...]"''</ref> though in the past, the [[Presbyterate Adventuress]] was able to gain entry, and climbed up the stairs to the light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Presbyterate_Adventuress|The Last Night: Record her memories of her travels|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] when the way to the Ragged Crow opened, and we went up the stairs together to the light [...]"''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:34, 8 December 2024
"We enter the Stormbones. St Eligius sends his fire to dance on the air, on deck. Very far away we see the great light of the Ragged Crow."[1]
The Ragged Crow is an enormous lighthouse in Stormbones.[2] It is described as ancient, but its origins are unknown.[3] It is a key landmark for zailors that pass nearby,[2] and it attracts dangerous, ship-sized Tyrant-Moths like literal moths to a flame.[4]
The Undercrow is a cavern below the Unterzee's surface that links to the lighthouse above. It is choked with smoke and fog, and its sole inhabitants are moths and the lighthouse's keeper,[5] an extremely old tomb-colonist formerly known as Lorenzo of the Seven Against Nidah.[6][7] He uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties.[8] The Undercrow is generally closed off to visitors,[9] though in the past, the Presbyterate Adventuress was able to gain entry, and climbed up the stairs to the light.[10]
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