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{{Character|image1 = dawnmachine.png|caption1 = | {{Character|image1 = dawnmachine.png|caption1 = Time will die. The Chain will end. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Barnsmore Gap|allegiance = The New Sequence|relationships = [[Admiralty|The Admiralty]] (creators and servants) | ||
[[Clockwork Sun|The Clockwork Sun]]}} | [[Clockwork Sun|The Clockwork Sun]]}} | ||
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==Dawn's Fingers== | ==Dawn's Fingers== | ||
''"The Dawn Machine's roots extend here, into a luminous, impossible space. You breathe gold. You think light."'' | ''"The Dawn Machine's roots extend here, into a luminous, impossible space. You breathe gold. You think light."''<ref name = "southwest">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Unborn_time|Unborn Time|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
The Machine was manufactured by [[Revolutionaries#The Calender Council|June ]] and the [[Admiralty|Admiralty | The Machine was manufactured by [[Revolutionaries#The Calender Council|June]] and the [[Admiralty|Admiralty]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://www.failbettergames.com/the-mysteries-revealed-again/|The Mysteries Revealed, Again|Failbetter Games|}}</ref> It started out as a benevolent project to try to bring light and order to the Neath, but the Machine developed a will of its own. It began to control the minds of its followers - a splinter group of the Admiralty, called '''the New Sequence''' - and started imposing its own regime. | ||
Those who attempt to venture WEST beyond the Barnsmore Gap will gradually lose their sanity as they enter the Dawn Machine's mind-warping realm. | Those who attempt to venture WEST beyond the Barnsmore Gap will gradually lose their sanity as they enter the Dawn Machine's mind-warping realm.<ref name = "southwest">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Unborn_time|Unborn Time|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Those under the Machine's influence possess unique eyes, with striking amber irises and gold-speckled sclera; their perception is changed, allowing them to sense law and lawlessness. It is entirely possible to straight-up reject the New Sequence after being exposed to the Machine, like the Carnelian Exile, but it seems to have a similar addictive effect to being exposed to true sunlight. | Those under the Machine's influence possess unique eyes, with striking amber irises and gold-speckled sclera; their perception is changed, allowing them to sense law and lawlessness.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Grand_Geode|Deliver the Sphinxstone|Sunless Sea|}}''"As she draws back, the world is changed. You always knew the Neath was a place where the laws of the sunlit world did not apply: but now, somehow, you can see it. Is this chaos? Or freedom?"''</ref> It is entirely possible to straight-up reject the New Sequence after being exposed to the Machine, like the Carnelian Exile, but it seems to have a similar addictive effect to being exposed to true sunlight. | ||
For some reason, these '''"Bright-Eyed'''" cannot enter [[Frostfound]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Carnelian_Exile|Carnelian Exile|Sunless Sea|}}''"I cannot enter the Name's prison. Not any more." She taps her glasses. "But perhaps you can.""''</ref> | |||
==The New Sequence== | ==The New Sequence== | ||
The New Sequencers seem to mainly rely on the Admiralty's own structure - '''the Commodore''' is the leading authority on the [[Grand Geode]], the Sequence's base at Zee. To be entirely fair to them, the Machine's regime mostly resembles what the Sequence had in mind, before the false-star started thinking it had better ideas than its creators when it came to achieving infinite happiness and prosperity for [[London]]. Shame about their free will, though. After the colonisation of the [[High Wilderness]], the New Sequence became an officially recognized belief, as the [[Clockwork Sun]] took control over [[New London]]. | The New Sequencers seem to mainly rely on the Admiralty's own structure - '''the Commodore''' is the leading authority on the [[Grand Geode]], the Sequence's base at Zee.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Grand_Geode|Grand Geode|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> To be entirely fair to them, the Machine's regime mostly resembles what the Sequence had in mind, before the false-star started thinking it had better ideas than its creators when it came to achieving infinite happiness and prosperity for [[London]].{{fact}} Shame about their free will, though. After the colonisation of the [[High Wilderness]], the New Sequence became an officially recognized belief, as the [[Clockwork Sun]] took control over [[New London]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Facets#You_were_a_priest|A Bright-Eyed Sequencer|Sunless Skies|}}''"The New Sequence was a young creed, then. Now it has spared to the highest offices of the Church, with Her Majesty's blessing."''</ref> | ||
There's a rogue group of New Sequencers in '''Our Lady of Pyres''', who were banished from [[Grand Geode]] and who think that the Machine is lonely and requires contact with other stars. They plan to go to the High Wilderness as messengers.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Pyres|Our Lady of Pyres|Fallen London|}}</ref> | |||
It's possible that the Dawn Machine was borne of, or at least is related to, the Red Science, a pratice that allows the filtration of the laws of the stars. This is supported by the fact that the Dawn Machine can actually block out the lethal effects of the Sun's light in [[Aestival]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Grand_Geode|Ask the Commodore for a defence against sunlight for Aestival|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Artisan_of_the_Red_Science|Artisan of the Red Science|Fallen London|}}</ref> | |||
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"-UN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE S-"
The Dawn Machine is a huge light-creating machine that lies within the Barnsmore Gap.
Dawn's Fingers
"The Dawn Machine's roots extend here, into a luminous, impossible space. You breathe gold. You think light."[1]
The Machine was manufactured by June and the Admiralty.[2] It started out as a benevolent project to try to bring light and order to the Neath, but the Machine developed a will of its own. It began to control the minds of its followers - a splinter group of the Admiralty, called the New Sequence - and started imposing its own regime.
Those who attempt to venture WEST beyond the Barnsmore Gap will gradually lose their sanity as they enter the Dawn Machine's mind-warping realm.[1]
Those under the Machine's influence possess unique eyes, with striking amber irises and gold-speckled sclera; their perception is changed, allowing them to sense law and lawlessness.[3] It is entirely possible to straight-up reject the New Sequence after being exposed to the Machine, like the Carnelian Exile, but it seems to have a similar addictive effect to being exposed to true sunlight.
For some reason, these "Bright-Eyed" cannot enter Frostfound.[4]
The New Sequence
The New Sequencers seem to mainly rely on the Admiralty's own structure - the Commodore is the leading authority on the Grand Geode, the Sequence's base at Zee.[5] To be entirely fair to them, the Machine's regime mostly resembles what the Sequence had in mind, before the false-star started thinking it had better ideas than its creators when it came to achieving infinite happiness and prosperity for London.[citation needed] Shame about their free will, though. After the colonisation of the High Wilderness, the New Sequence became an officially recognized belief, as the Clockwork Sun took control over New London.[6]
There's a rogue group of New Sequencers in Our Lady of Pyres, who were banished from Grand Geode and who think that the Machine is lonely and requires contact with other stars. They plan to go to the High Wilderness as messengers.[7]
It's possible that the Dawn Machine was borne of, or at least is related to, the Red Science, a pratice that allows the filtration of the laws of the stars. This is supported by the fact that the Dawn Machine can actually block out the lethal effects of the Sun's light in Aestival.[8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unborn Time, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Mysteries Revealed, Again, Failbetter Games
- ↑ Deliver the Sphinxstone, Sunless Sea "As she draws back, the world is changed. You always knew the Neath was a place where the laws of the sunlit world did not apply: but now, somehow, you can see it. Is this chaos? Or freedom?"
- ↑ Carnelian Exile, Sunless Sea "I cannot enter the Name's prison. Not any more." She taps her glasses. "But perhaps you can.""
- ↑ Grand Geode, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Bright-Eyed Sequencer, Sunless Skies "The New Sequence was a young creed, then. Now it has spared to the highest offices of the Church, with Her Majesty's blessing."
- ↑ Our Lady of Pyres, Fallen London
- ↑ Ask the Commodore for a defence against sunlight for Aestival, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Artisan of the Red Science, Fallen London
