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{{Character
|title1 = The Halved
|image1 = Halved-0.png
|caption1 = The sun is black. It ''squirms''. Art from Sunless Skies.
|location = [[Eleutheria]]
|allegiance = [[Revolutionaries|The Liberation of Night]]
|alias = The Binary<br>
Once-Judgement of Measures and Distance<br>
The King Who Wars
}}
''"The attention of the Halved falls briefly on your vessel. Your crew wail as its eye fills your windows! ''
''"The attention of the Halved falls briefly on your vessel. Your crew wail as its eye fills your windows! ''


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'''[[File:Halved.png|thumb|300px|The eye that floats, not quite unblinking. (In-game image.)]]'''
'''[[File:Halved.png|thumb|300px|The eye that floats, not quite unblinking. (In-game image.)]]'''
'''The Halved''' is a [[Judgement]] that presides over the region of [[Eleutheria]], in the [[High Wilderness]]. It governs distance and measures, and has an array of servants, just like the Sun employed [[the Bazaar]]. In fact, the Halved murdered its own space-crab messenger, [[The House of Rods and Chains]], for defying its command.
'''The Halved''' is a [[Judgement]] that presides over the region of [[Eleutheria]], in the [[High Wilderness]]. It governs distance and measures, and has an array of servants, just like the Sun employed [[the Bazaar]]. In fact, the Halved murdered its own space-crab messenger, [[The House of Rods and Chains]], for defying its command.
[[File:Halved-0.png|thumb|226x226px|Artwork from Sunless Skies]]
 
The Halved is a former binary star; its other half was betrayed and murdered during a revolution. This was incited by the current resident of the Well of Wonders, a [[Parabola|Parabolan]] entity that claims to be a living story. At some point, it came around to the entity's viewpoint and started to actively radiate darkness instead of light, leading to Eleutheria's bizarre and [[Revolutionaries|Revolutionary]]-friendly nature.
The Halved is a former binary star; its other half was betrayed and murdered during a revolution. This was incited by the current resident of the Well of Wonders, a [[The Fingerkings|Fingerking storyteller]] that has been turn into a living story as a punishment. At some point, another storyteller came around to the entity's viewpoint and started to actively radiate darkness instead of light, leading to Eleutheria's bizarre and [[Revolutionaries|Revolutionary]]-friendly nature.


It is heavily implied that the colossal Eye that lies beneath [[the Unterzee]] is the Halved; this curious entity sprouts extra eyes on the bodies of zee-captains as a form of "message" to the Neath.
It is heavily implied that the colossal Eye that lies beneath [[the Unterzee]] is the Halved; this curious entity sprouts extra eyes on the bodies of zee-captains as a form of "message" to the Neath.


The Halved appears to have ties to the [[Revolutionaries|Liberation of Night]], possibly to seek revenge upon other Judgements.
The Halved appears to have ties to the [[Revolutionaries|Liberation of Night]], possibly to seek revenge upon other Judgements. Already one Judgement, the Regent of [[The Reach|the Reach]], fell victims to its machination.
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Revision as of 08:27, 1 May 2019

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"The attention of the Halved falls briefly on your vessel. Your crew wail as its eye fills your windows!

"The Halved! The sun turned to night!"

The eye that floats, not quite unblinking. (In-game image.)

The Halved is a Judgement that presides over the region of Eleutheria, in the High Wilderness. It governs distance and measures, and has an array of servants, just like the Sun employed the Bazaar. In fact, the Halved murdered its own space-crab messenger, The House of Rods and Chains, for defying its command.

The Halved is a former binary star; its other half was betrayed and murdered during a revolution. This was incited by the current resident of the Well of Wonders, a Fingerking storyteller that has been turn into a living story as a punishment. At some point, another storyteller came around to the entity's viewpoint and started to actively radiate darkness instead of light, leading to Eleutheria's bizarre and Revolutionary-friendly nature.

It is heavily implied that the colossal Eye that lies beneath the Unterzee is the Halved; this curious entity sprouts extra eyes on the bodies of zee-captains as a form of "message" to the Neath.

The Halved appears to have ties to the Liberation of Night, possibly to seek revenge upon other Judgements. Already one Judgement, the Regent of the Reach, fell victims to its machination.