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== A Tempestuous Presence ==
== A Tempestuous Presence ==
The [[Neath]] is a cold, deep, and dark place, mostly devoid of any kind of weather,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reminisce_about_Fallen_London|Reminisce about Fallen London|Fallen London}}''"It's lovely here, of course. All this red and gold. So plush! So pleasant! And the staff are so attentive. But perhaps one day you could walk along the […] Stolen River again and complain about how there's no bl__dy weather down here to complain about."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Imagine_there_were_weather|Imagine there were weather|Fallen London}}''"What if the city had real storms again?"''</ref> but sometimes [[London]] finds itself battered by strange winds<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Run_the_rooftops_in_honour_of_%22a_New_Wind%22|Run the rooftops in honour of "a New Wind"|Fallen London}}''"To Dr F______!" cries the stout urchin with the liver-coloured birthmark, lifting his cup high. "To the New Wind's liberator!"''</ref> and squalls.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London}}''’’Weather? In London? A ferocious storm has come in from the zee.’’''</ref> Zailors claim that the source of these phenomena is a [[Gods of the Unterzee|god]] called Storm;<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Something_Awaits_You#Log_Book_description|Something Awaits You|Sunless Sea|}} ''"An electric shiver to the air. Storm is watching, the zailors would say."''</ref> it is a vengeful, spiteful deity<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_fallen_stone|Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune|Sunless Sea}}''"In the stories, Storm is the noisiest, angriest and least reasonable of the zee-gods. Better not take chances."''</ref> who dislikes change<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Your_Colony#Naming_Your_Colony|Aestival it is|Sunless Sea}}''"The zailors nod approvingly. "Storm don't like change," one points out. ("But Salt does," one murmurs uneasily...)"''</ref> and maintains an ancient sort of order.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London}}''’’Still, he upholds a kind of order. The alternative may be worse.’’''</ref> Those who draw its ire meet the most unfortunate of ends,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_fallen_stone|A fallen stone|Sunless Sea}}''"Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!"''</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_the_lights|Watch the lights|Fallen London}}''"The wind […] whispers secrets […]. The thunder walks beside those who welcome it. The thunder will send Auster to those who placate it and Auster will carry ships to the North. The thunder tells stories to those who love it. But you are safe from harm."''</ref> and captains who have drawn its attention have found their crew members attacking each other with unprecedented bloodlust.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/That_Old_Fury|That Old Fury|Sunless Sea}}''"Your crew brings her down in a shrieking heap. You drag her off below decks. “I am that old fury!” she is howling. For a moment in the glim-light, her eyes seem to swirl the grey of storm-clouds..."''</ref> Its curse is as relentless as the weather bearing its name, as it sends storms and fog into the path of an ill-fated ship.<ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Storm%27s_Curse#Effects|The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Curse|Sunless Sea}}''Appears to increase the frequency of bad weather while sailing. Appears to increase the size of fog.''</ref>
<blockquote>''"In the stories, Storm is the noisiest, angriest and least reasonable of the zee-gods. Better not take chances."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_fallen_stone|Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>The [[Neath]] is a cold, deep, and dark place, mostly devoid of any kind of weather,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reminisce_about_Fallen_London|Reminisce about Fallen London|Fallen London}}''"It's lovely here, of course. All this red and gold. So plush! So pleasant! And the staff are so attentive. But perhaps one day you could walk along the […] Stolen River again and complain about how there's no bl__dy weather down here to complain about."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Imagine_there_were_weather|Imagine there were weather|Fallen London}}''"What if the city had real storms again?"''</ref> but sometimes [[London]] finds itself battered by strange winds<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Run_the_rooftops_in_honour_of_%22a_New_Wind%22|Run the rooftops in honour of "a New Wind"|Fallen London}}''"To Dr F______!" cries the stout urchin with the liver-coloured birthmark, lifting his cup high. "To the New Wind's liberator!"''</ref> and squalls.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London}}''’’Weather? In London? A ferocious storm has come in from the zee.’’''</ref> Zailors claim that the source of these phenomena is a [[Gods of the Unterzee|god]] called Storm;<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Something_Awaits_You#Log_Book_description|Something Awaits You|Sunless Sea|}} ''"An electric shiver to the air. Storm is watching, the zailors would say."''</ref> it is a vengeful, spiteful deity<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_fallen_stone|Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune|Sunless Sea}}''"In the stories, Storm is the noisiest, angriest and least reasonable of the zee-gods. Better not take chances."''</ref> who dislikes change<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Your_Colony#Naming_Your_Colony|Aestival it is|Sunless Sea}}''"The zailors nod approvingly. "Storm don't like change," one points out. ("But Salt does," one murmurs uneasily...)"''</ref> and maintains an ancient sort of order.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London}}''’’Still, he upholds a kind of order. The alternative may be worse.’’''</ref> Those who draw its ire meet the most unfortunate of ends,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_fallen_stone|A fallen stone|Sunless Sea}}''"Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!"''</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_the_lights|Watch the lights|Fallen London}}''"The wind […] whispers secrets […]. The thunder walks beside those who welcome it. The thunder will send Auster to those who placate it and Auster will carry ships to the North. The thunder tells stories to those who love it. But you are safe from harm."''</ref> and captains who have drawn its attention have found their crew members attacking each other with unprecedented bloodlust.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/That_Old_Fury|That Old Fury|Sunless Sea}}''"Your crew brings her down in a shrieking heap. You drag her off below decks. “I am that old fury!” she is howling. For a moment in the glim-light, her eyes seem to swirl the grey of storm-clouds..."''</ref> Its curse is as relentless as the weather bearing its name, as it sends storms and fog into the path of an ill-fated ship.<ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Storm%27s_Curse#Effects|The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Curse|Sunless Sea}}''Appears to increase the frequency of bad weather while sailing. Appears to increase the size of fog.''</ref>


Storm is worshipped not only by zailors, but also by London's suspicious number of [[urchins]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_with_Urchins|Meet with Urchins|Fallen London}}''"You're expected. The wind said you was coming. Also, I recognised your 'at."''</ref><ref name=":4" /> The urchins' high priest of sorts is a boy called [[Slivvy]], with a stutter and a port-wine birthmark on his cheek.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Fallen_London#London.21|Deliver Sphinxstone to the boy Slivvy|Sunless Sea}}''"The urchin Slivvy has arranged cradles for the rocks. “We are going to drop them on people Storm doesn't like,” he tells you. “Squash them f-f-flat. It's alright if a g-g-god tells you to do it.” Is he joking? It's difficult to tell, with Slivvy. He leans forward and whispers the directions to the Backmost Stairs, the secret Flit-route that you've never travelled."''</ref>
Storm is worshipped not only by zailors, but also by London's suspicious number of [[urchins]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_with_Urchins|Meet with Urchins|Fallen London}}''"You're expected. The wind said you was coming. Also, I recognised your 'at."''</ref><ref name=":4" /> The urchins' high priest of sorts is a boy called [[Slivvy]], with a stutter and a port-wine birthmark on his cheek.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Fallen_London#London.21|Deliver Sphinxstone to the boy Slivvy|Sunless Sea}}''"The urchin Slivvy has arranged cradles for the rocks. “We are going to drop them on people Storm doesn't like,” he tells you. “Squash them f-f-flat. It's alright if a g-g-god tells you to do it.” Is he joking? It's difficult to tell, with Slivvy. He leans forward and whispers the directions to the Backmost Stairs, the secret Flit-route that you've never travelled."''</ref>

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"Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!"[1]

Storm is one of the three gods of the Unterzee.

A Tempestuous Presence

"In the stories, Storm is the noisiest, angriest and least reasonable of the zee-gods. Better not take chances."[2]

The Neath is a cold, deep, and dark place, mostly devoid of any kind of weather,[3][4] but sometimes London finds itself battered by strange winds[5] and squalls.[6] Zailors claim that the source of these phenomena is a god called Storm;[7] it is a vengeful, spiteful deity[8] who dislikes change[9] and maintains an ancient sort of order.[10] Those who draw its ire meet the most unfortunate of ends,[11][12][13] and captains who have drawn its attention have found their crew members attacking each other with unprecedented bloodlust.[14] Its curse is as relentless as the weather bearing its name, as it sends storms and fog into the path of an ill-fated ship.[15]

Storm is worshipped not only by zailors, but also by London's suspicious number of urchins.[5][16][12] The urchins' high priest of sorts is a boy called Slivvy, with a stutter and a port-wine birthmark on his cheek.[12]

Storm is known to possess individuals,[17] whose eyes turn gray[14][18] and who become convinced that they are Storm itself.[19]

What is Storm?

"Are you quite sure you want to know this?"

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"How long have you felt like this? You have suddenly always been this swirl of time and regret. Through the squall you catch glimpses of the moments that led to this torment."[20]

Storm is what remains of an Aeginae[21][22] who served the Judgements,[23] and specifically the Sun.[22] It committed some unnamed fault[24][25] and was exiled to the Neath,[26] where it appears to have the duty of enforcing the Echo Bazaar's seven-city limit.[22] It has now been dead[27] for a long while,[28] and remembering this fact makes it quite enraged.[29][30] Storm's mind is a swirling cloud of angry thunder;[31] its memory is murky[32] and it struggles to organize its thoughts.[33] When its rage overtakes it, it lashes out[34] and its fragmentary thoughts scatter outward as lightning.[35] Despite Storm's current state, it still loves the Judgements, like other Aeginae.[36][37]

Storm can freely use mirrors to travel back and forth to Parabola.[38] It is an ally of the Fingerkings,[36] possibly because the Aeginae are kin to the dream-serpents.[39]

Salt once tried to contact Storm, but Storm kept eating every messenger it sent. After Salt learned Storm's Name, Storm was forced to listen, but this did not work out too well for either of them.[21] To this day, they seem to remain in some sort of conflict.[40]

In the era of the First City, Storm attempted to employ adults as its followers. However, it quickly found that it preferred children because they do not have regrets,[41] allowing the zee-god some semblance of peace.[42] Additionally, an abandoned child's anger and resentment must have an outlet, and Storm harnesses this for its own goals.[43] Storm granted Slivvy eternal youth, allowing him to hold his position for a very long time,[44] but it worries that he will not be able to handle his duties alone any longer.[45] As a result, Storm has attempted to find other children to share Slivvy's burden, but so far, none have been able to bear it for long.[46]

Editor's note: Storm is referred to with masculine pronouns in some scenarios, primarily by its followers, but others avoid pronouns or use it/its. This page uses it/its for consistency. Gender is meaningless to a space dragon and particularly meaningless to a dead one.

References

  1. ↑ A fallen stone, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune, Sunless Sea
  3. ↑ Reminisce about Fallen London, Fallen London "It's lovely here, of course. All this red and gold. So plush! So pleasant! And the staff are so attentive. But perhaps one day you could walk along the […] Stolen River again and complain about how there's no bl__dy weather down here to complain about."
  4. ↑ Imagine there were weather, Fallen London "What if the city had real storms again?"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Run the rooftops in honour of "a New Wind", Fallen London "To Dr F______!" cries the stout urchin with the liver-coloured birthmark, lifting his cup high. "To the New Wind's liberator!"
  6. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London ’’Weather? In London? A ferocious storm has come in from the zee.’’
  7. ↑ Something Awaits You, Sunless Sea "An electric shiver to the air. Storm is watching, the zailors would say."
  8. ↑ Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune, Sunless Sea "In the stories, Storm is the noisiest, angriest and least reasonable of the zee-gods. Better not take chances."
  9. ↑ Aestival it is, Sunless Sea "The zailors nod approvingly. "Storm don't like change," one points out. ("But Salt does," one murmurs uneasily...)"
  10. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London ’’Still, he upholds a kind of order. The alternative may be worse.’’
  11. ↑ A fallen stone, Sunless Sea "Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Deliver Sphinxstone to the boy Slivvy, Sunless Sea "The urchin Slivvy has arranged cradles for the rocks. “We are going to drop them on people Storm doesn't like,” he tells you. “Squash them f-f-flat. It's alright if a g-g-god tells you to do it.” Is he joking? It's difficult to tell, with Slivvy. He leans forward and whispers the directions to the Backmost Stairs, the secret Flit-route that you've never travelled."
  13. ↑ Watch the lights, Fallen London "The wind […] whispers secrets […]. The thunder walks beside those who welcome it. The thunder will send Auster to those who placate it and Auster will carry ships to the North. The thunder tells stories to those who love it. But you are safe from harm."
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 That Old Fury, Sunless Sea "Your crew brings her down in a shrieking heap. You drag her off below decks. “I am that old fury!” she is howling. For a moment in the glim-light, her eyes seem to swirl the grey of storm-clouds..."
  15. ↑ The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Curse, Sunless Sea Appears to increase the frequency of bad weather while sailing. Appears to increase the size of fog.
  16. ↑ Meet with Urchins, Fallen London "You're expected. The wind said you was coming. Also, I recognised your 'at."
  17. ↑ The Thunder Takes Me Away, Fallen London "I see through eyes of rain. I am dressed in stormclouds now. I speak with the voices of the zephyr and the sirocco. The polar star sheds its light in my path."
  18. ↑ Stormy-Eyed, Fallen London "Were your eyes always such a dark grey? Did you hear what the Thunder said?"
  19. ↑ Who can argue with me?, Fallen London "I am the god of thunder, after all."
  20. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Fumble in the darkness, Sunless Sea "Long ago a hungry monarch built a castle. The monarch sent messengers to the thunder-dragon in the roof, but the dragon ate them all. The monarch sent more messengers - shapelings from Axile, malleable and eager - but the dragon ate those too. Then the hungry monarch found the dragon's name, and the dragon had to listen. It didn't do either of them much good."
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Order Ovate, Glory, Fallen London "MESSENGER: You, again./DRAGON: Yes. I remain the servant of your master. As do you. He awaits you./MESSENGER: Do not. I beg you, do not. He cannot yet hear what I have to say./DRAGON: (carelessly) You have a little longer. Should this place fail, two remain./(Exit)/MESSENGER: Not yet enough. Not yet enough!"
  23. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "I enforced the wills of those above. [...]"
  24. ↑ Sunless Sea Launch Access Codes, Fallen London "You dream of a clifftop and a clouded sky. The wind weeps salt, while the thunder speaks of loss and sacrifice and something long ago that ended badly."
  25. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London ’’It should not be like this. Which error set about my ruin?
  26. ↑ Something above, Sunless Sea "[...] The Eye opens all the way, and in its glistening centre you see the reflection of the God that lives in the roof: a lost lorn angry thing of lightnings, a lone exile -"
  27. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "The pieces come together. It makes sense at last! I see how I came to be here, a dead skull beneath the ground. [...]"
  28. ↑ I will send a message, Fallen London "[...] a force of nature that's been extinct for centuries. [...]"
  29. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "He's been 'specially cross lately. Remembering he's dead more and more often. Makes him upset."
  30. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "Shards of memory whittle me into an instrument of fury. With no respite from the agony of regret, I have no space in which to doubt myself. I have been destroyed, I will destroy in turn. There is but one course of action, and it is vengeance."
  31. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "[...] How long have you felt like this? You have suddenly always been this swirl of time and regret. Through the squall you catch glimpses of the moments that led to this torment."
  32. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "I chose the boy. I cannot remember why, but I must trust that I had reason. [...] For what reason did he betray me? Did he tell me? Perhaps his motive is lost amid these swirling clouds."
  33. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "He can't keep his thoughts in order. I've t-t-tried to help him, but I can't make sense of his mind any better than he can. He thinks you might be able to."
  34. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London ’’I must restrain myself from retribution."
  35. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "If I hold these fragments in my mind, I will know what to do. I must not falter as the charge builds and the thunderhead billows upwards—Lightning! It scatters the pieces to the winds. I curse what brought me here. I curse myself."
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 I will smash them! All of them!, Fallen London "I see through these boundaries between worlds and I smash them! I breach the barriers so the snakes can peer through! And I gather up the twinkling shards remaining and I scatter them across the night sky for my stars! It is no longer dry and dead!"
  37. ↑ I will speak to the stars (3 FATE), Fallen London "I hear their messages. Aldebaran sings a song of passion. A passion long hidden and buried in language. Altair sings of possession. An old spirit, trapped and trapper in turn. But Arcturus sings to me only of pure love. Their cold starlight fills my clouded eyes."
  38. ↑ Glass Walls Everywhere!, Fallen London "They surround me. They reflect one realm inwards and keep me from the other. These barriers should be fluid!"
  39. ↑ The Hollow Rat, Fallen London "Puppet or scarecrow or automaton, he still speaks: "And what an egg it was, that hatch'd such asps. And 'pon its shell, within the green, they dwell and breed new dreams. A thousand thousand runts, their storm-toss'd kin in chains. They plot, and plan – so that one day these wyrms may lie with serpents.""
  40. ↑ Who is the Third That Walks Always Beside you?, Fallen London "You dream you are watching a fleet of ships spread across a sparkling sea. The fleet was sailing due East, but its course is gradually turning North."
  41. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "I took adults from the First City and they did as I commanded, but their minds were rotten with regret. The pain of their self-recrimination sent cracks through my skull. Since then I have used only children."
  42. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "For years Storm has spoken to Slivvy. A few others. All children. It's because only the very young are spared full understanding of their mistakes. There is peace in that, and Storm longs to feel it."
  43. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "Fall after fall, cities discard their children. They know not what their rejection creates. A lightning cloud must discharge. The urchins' fury must go somewhere. They want guidance and I give it to them. Where to run. How to fight. Whom to kill. They will do my bidding, for I am a god."
  44. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "I've had S-s-storm in my head a long time [...] Means I don't grow old, but I get tired in other ways.
  45. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "I chose the boy. I cannot remember why, but I must trust that I had reason. I think he was like me once. Still, he is no god. My rage is his pain, and it could end him. I must restrain myself from retribution."
  46. ↑ The Tempest, Fallen London "Storm wants you to help me. I'm getting tired, and he's afraid of what will happen to his mind if he can't talk to me any more. [...] I've t-t-tried [to find someone else] sometimes without Storm knowing. And some of those other children helped a little. But none of them could do it for long. They grew up, instead."
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