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| ''"The rails fall away. The Wilderness is wide before us."''
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| ''"'Where to?' asks the Navigator."''
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| [[File:Highwilderness.jpg|thumb|300px|Into the wilderness! (from the Sunless Skies Kickstarter)]]The '''High Wilderness''' is the vast and seemingly infinite celestial realm of the [[Judgements]]. Also referred to as the heavens, the High Wilderness constitutes outer space, but rather than being mostly empty, it is filled with winds, mist, and fog among which dwell sky-beasts like the Aeginae and Scrive-Spinsters. [[Avid Horizon]] serves as a gateway between the High Wilderness and the Unterzee.
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| There is some breathable air in the High Wilderness, albeit thin and cold; one cannot survive more than fifteen minutes without wearing a proper suit. Wells - the High Wilderness' version of black holes - exist, often drawing in unwary travelers. Some cults gather around these hungry manifestations to perform rites.
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| At the dawn of the 20th century, the Empress Victoria led an exodus from London to the High Wilderness, where a revitalized British Empire established [[Albion]]. At the same time, the Judgements have begun dying off, providing opportunities for the Empire to expand and industrialize their vacated domains using a new class of vessels: spacefaring locomotives.
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| ==Locomotives==
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| [[File:Sunlessskieslocomotive.jpg|thumb|Space trains! Art from Sunless Skies.]]We know what you're thinking... yes, London went to space by ''train!'' Much like their earth-bound counterparts, locomotives are steam-powered. They feature tough plating that protects occupants from the dangers of the High Wilderness. | |
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| ==Major locations==
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| *[[Albion]] - The heart of the Empire in the High Wilderness, home to [[New London]] and Empress Victoria's Throne of Hours.
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| *[[Port Prosper]] - The stronghold of the Windward Company and terminus of the Isambard Line, the Empire's railroad into the Reach from Albion.
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| *[[The Reach]] - The frontier beyond Albion, just waiting to be exploited and industrialized.
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| *[[Blue Kingdom]] - A region said to be populated by the dead.
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| *[[Eleutheria]] - A dark and riotously pagan region.
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