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Revision as of 23:09, 23 December 2024

"There are some things we were not meant to know, they say. But you wouldn't be down here if you took that seriously."

Beyond this point lie spoilers for Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, or Mask of the Rose. This may include midgame or minor Fate-locked content. Proceed with caution.

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"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."[1]

Violant is a color of the Neathbow; the principal counterpart of irrigo,[2] it is the color of "troublesome but necessary connections"[3] and of "blood shed in a spired place,"[4] implying that it is the color of the Bazaar's blood. The name "violant" could stem from "violent," from "violet," or both.

Properties

Violant indelibly lingers in one's memory;[5] it is very difficult to forget anything written in violant ink.[6] If an Eyeless Skull from irrigo exposure is soaked in violant, it will sprout many new eye sockets all over itself.[7]

Violant is usually depicted as burgundy,[8] but sometimes it is described as a shade of purple[9] or blue.[10] It can range from electric blue to the red of slightly dried blood.[11]

Uses

Correspondents use violant ink extensively in their esoteric, paradigm-altering publications.[12] Violant light is captured within a Khanate communication device called a Corresponding Sounder.[5] It can also be seen within a Ray-drenched Cinder alongside other colors of the Neathbow.[13] Photographs done on violant film emphasize movement and connections within societies.[14][15]

Scientific Inspirations

The Bazaar is more or less a giant space crab, so it is pertinent to note that horseshoe crab blood is a bright blue, similar to the color of the illustration of violant ink. True crab species (horseshoe crabs are not technically crabs!) also have bluish-grey blood. This is because their respiratory pigment is a copper-based compound called hemocyanin; the counterpart of this compound in vertebrates is hemoglobin, which makes vertebrates' blood red because it contains iron. More curious is blood protein of some mollusks and marine worms known as hemerythrin that has violet-pink color.

Gallery

  • A Pot of Violant Ink.
    A Pot of Violant Ink.
  • The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent.
    The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent.
  • The Violant Demon mask, worn for Hallowmas.
    The Violant Demon mask, worn for Hallowmas.
  • A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes.
    A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes.
  • Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
    Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
  • A Ray-drenched Cinder.
    A Ray-drenched Cinder.
  • A Violantly Mercantile Cuttlefish (which also wields irrigo).
    A Violantly Mercantile Cuttlefish (which also wields irrigo).
  • The Striking Saleswoman and her violant cosmetics.
    The Striking Saleswoman and her violant cosmetics.
  • The Zenith
    The Zenith
  • A Panoptical Skull.
    A Panoptical Skull.

References

  1. ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ Enter the Cave of the Nadir, Fallen London "Yes. The light is irrigo: the colour of forgetfulness. [...] The Cinder carries elements of irrigo, but also violant, and other opposing colours."
  3. ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Fallen London "Violant is the colour of necessary, but troublesome, connections."
  4. ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Sunless Sea "According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place."
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Crack open the Sounder and capture its operating principle, Fallen London "The box is in your thoughts for days afterwards. You keep thinking back to where you left it, reminding yourself that it's stored safely. It is difficult to forget about."
  6. ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Sunless Sea "It's very hard to forget anything you've written in violant ink..."
  7. ↑ Soak an Eyeless Skull in violant, Fallen London "It was blinded in the Nadir. What might Zenith make of it? [...] The violant plays havoc with your memory. Were there always so many sockets?"
  8. ↑ Olivia Wood, formerly of Failbetter: "The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :) "
  9. ↑ Shades of Yesterday, Fallen London "You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."
  10. ↑ Look into the skull's eye socket, Sunless Sea "Its eye sockets gleam with sharp blue light."
  11. ↑ Bruno (FBG), Failbetter Games Discord Server "In some contexts it's an electric blue, in some contexts it's the red of slightly dried blood, in some contexts it's either or both or neither."
  12. ↑ Become a Correspondent, Fallen London You now have 1 x A Pot of Violant Ink
  13. ↑ Ray-Drenched Cinder, Fallen London "Sizzling with violant and irrigo light. It has absorbed radiations not of this earth. Some of its colours can only be seen in sleep."
  14. ↑ Purchase a reel of violant-emulsion film, Fallen London ""Wonderful midtones. Crisp and perfect motion." It emphasizes movement, agency, connection."
  15. ↑ Develop the reel you exposed in Hallow's Throat, Fallen London "The camera's eye turns to look at, and linger on, brief moments of connection. You see an oddly warm greeting between a smuggler and a Starved Man. You see two airfarers sharing swigs from a hip flask. You see little copper coins [...] changing hands."
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