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''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Violant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>[[File:Violantletter.png|thumb]]'''Violant''' is a color of the Neathbow. It is the counterpart of [[irrigo]] and the color of troublesome but necessary connections; it indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It's very hard to forget anything written in violant ink.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> [[The Correspondence|Correspondents]] use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Become_a_Correspondent|Become a Correspondent|Fallen London|}}</ref> | |||
The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both. | |||
Violant is usually a shade of burgundy,<ref>''"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. :)'' "'' - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games''</ref> but sometimes it is approximated as a shade of purple,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shades_of_Yesterday|Shades of Yesterday|Fallen London|}} ''"You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."''</ref> or even as a light blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Watchful_skull|Look into the skull's eye socket|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><gallery widths="100" spacing="small"> | |||
Violant.png|A Pot of Violant Ink. | |||
violantgate.png|The Violant Gate in [[the Elder Continent]]. | |||
watchfulskull.png|A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes. | |||
SS_Discovery_violant.png|Violant anemones on the zee-floor. | |||
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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. It is the counterpart of irrigo and the color of troublesome but necessary connections; it indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It's very hard to forget anything written in violant ink.[2] Correspondents use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.[3]
The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both.
Violant is usually a shade of burgundy,[4] but sometimes it is approximated as a shade of purple,[5] or even as a light blue.[6]
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A Pot of Violant Ink.
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The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent.
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A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes.
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Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Become a Correspondent, Fallen London
- ↑ "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. :) " - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games
- ↑ Shades of Yesterday, Fallen London "You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."
- ↑ Look into the skull's eye socket, Sunless Sea