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{{Neath_Location|image1 = Chelonate.png|caption1 = Is that a zee-turtle bone? Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[The Unterzee]]|allegiance = Fiercely Independent | {{Neath_Location|image1 = Chelonate.png|caption1 = Is that a zee-turtle bone? Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[The Unterzee]]|allegiance = Fiercely Independent | ||
[[The Fathomking]]|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}''Waves lap the slabby sides of a vast turtle-shell - bigger than any cathedral. Chelonites loaf on wooden docks around the shell-sides, staring sullenly. Lamps hang like decorations in a festive butcher's window. All around you, the sea is rank with scraps of ancient flesh.'' | [[The Fathomking]]|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}''Waves lap the slabby sides of a vast turtle-shell - bigger than any cathedral. Chelonites loaf on wooden docks around the shell-sides, staring sullenly. Lamps hang like decorations in a festive butcher's window. All around you, the sea is rank with scraps of ancient flesh.''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|The Chelonate|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''The Chelonate''' is an island-sized, rotting zee-turtle corpse inhabited by crazed monster-hunters called '''Chelonites'''.__forcetoc__ | '''The Chelonate''' is an island-sized, rotting zee-turtle corpse inhabited by crazed monster-hunters called '''Chelonites'''.__forcetoc__ | ||
==Live Bait== | ==Live Bait== | ||
The corpse is still rotting, as to be expected, and the monster-hunters here are extremely hostile to visitors. Duels and brawls often occur where the stench is the foulest. Some members of the Chelonate have dealings with [[the Fathomking]]; let's just say he doesn't like it when they make unreasonable demands. | The corpse is still rotting, as to be expected, and the monster-hunters here are extremely hostile to visitors. Duels and brawls often occur where the stench is the foulest.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|Compile a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Some members of the Chelonate have dealings with [[the Fathomking]]; let's just say he doesn't like it when they make unreasonable demands.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Throne-Cyst|Listen to a Chelonate Envoy|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Despite the fact that it's located near [[the Gant Pole]], where zee-monsters go to die, the Chelonites are very quick to point out that their ancestors actually slew the monster they're living on, and that the proximity of the Pole is just a coincidence. They will point this out with whatever weapons happen to be nearby. | Despite the fact that it's located near [[the Gant Pole]], where zee-monsters go to die, the Chelonites are very quick to point out that their ancestors actually slew the monster they're living on, and that the proximity of the Pole is just a coincidence. They will point this out with whatever weapons happen to be nearby.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|Shore leave at the Chelonate|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File: | [[File:Eaterofnames.png|thumb|100px|left|The Eater of Names]] | ||
A dangerous priest-ship called the '''Eater of Names''' patrols here; its bow and figurehead are [[gant]], and it is drawn by enormous worms. Apparently, it is composed of the bones of the creatures it has slain, and it has plundered decades worth of zee-treasures. | A dangerous priest-ship called the '''Eater of Names''' patrols here; its bow and figurehead are [[gant]], and it is drawn by enormous worms. Apparently, it is composed of the bones of the creatures it has slain, and it has plundered decades worth of zee-treasures.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Eater_of_Names_is_destroyed|The Eater of Names is destroyed|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
A temple to [[Storm]] resides in the Chelonate, and his presence might explain the locals' unpredictable and violent natures. | A temple to [[Storm]] resides in the Chelonate, and his presence might explain the locals' unpredictable and violent natures.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|Deliver Sphinxstone for Penstock|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
==The Gant Pole== | ==The Gant Pole== | ||
{{Neath_Location|title1 = The Gant Pole|image1 = gantpole.png|caption1 = Looks more like a heart than a pole. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Chelonate|allegiance = The Chelonate|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites | {{Neath_Location|title1 = The Gant Pole|image1 = gantpole.png|caption1 = Looks more like a heart than a pole. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Chelonate|allegiance = The Chelonate|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites | ||
The Fading Haruspex}}''The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.'' | The Fading Haruspex}}''The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.''<ref>{{FLCitation|sslink|sstitle|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Located under the Chelonate and away from the stink, the '''Gant Pole''' is where zee monsters go to die. | Located under the Chelonate and away from the stink, the '''Gant Pole''' is where zee monsters go to die.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Gant_Pole|Gant Pole|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Its mazes are only inhabited by elderly zailors, barely able to fight, and one haruspex, who tells the future in the entrails of zee monsters and might be as old as [[The Fallen Cities#The First City|the First City]]. One who inquires into her past will learn that she was exiled from [[Whither]] after answering a question. She is searching for an unavoidable question, a question that not even the Whithern can avoid answering. | Its mazes are only inhabited by elderly zailors, barely able to fight, and one haruspex, who tells the future in the entrails of zee monsters and might be as old as [[The Fallen Cities#The First City|the First City]]. One who inquires into her past will learn that she was exiled from [[Whither]] after answering a question. She is searching for an unavoidable question, a question that not even the Whithern can avoid answering.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Fading_Haruspex|The Fading Haruspex|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Irrepressible.png|thumb|left|100px|The Irrepressible]] | [[File:Irrepressible.png|thumb|left|100px|The Irrepressible]] | ||
A zub known as '''''The Irrepressible''''' patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in [[the Unterzee]], it fires [[irrigo]] ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship. Its captain is '''the Pianolist''', an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of '''the Set''', a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved. | A zub known as '''''The Irrepressible''''' patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in [[the Unterzee]], it fires [[irrigo]] ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/You_have_defeated_the_Irrepressible!|You have defeated the Irrepressible!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Its captain is '''the Pianolist''', an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of '''the Set''', a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Zubmarine_surfaces!|A Zubmarine surfaces!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:07, 26 January 2021
Waves lap the slabby sides of a vast turtle-shell - bigger than any cathedral. Chelonites loaf on wooden docks around the shell-sides, staring sullenly. Lamps hang like decorations in a festive butcher's window. All around you, the sea is rank with scraps of ancient flesh.[1]
The Chelonate is an island-sized, rotting zee-turtle corpse inhabited by crazed monster-hunters called Chelonites.
Live Bait
The corpse is still rotting, as to be expected, and the monster-hunters here are extremely hostile to visitors. Duels and brawls often occur where the stench is the foulest.[2] Some members of the Chelonate have dealings with the Fathomking; let's just say he doesn't like it when they make unreasonable demands.[3]
Despite the fact that it's located near the Gant Pole, where zee-monsters go to die, the Chelonites are very quick to point out that their ancestors actually slew the monster they're living on, and that the proximity of the Pole is just a coincidence. They will point this out with whatever weapons happen to be nearby.[4]
A dangerous priest-ship called the Eater of Names patrols here; its bow and figurehead are gant, and it is drawn by enormous worms. Apparently, it is composed of the bones of the creatures it has slain, and it has plundered decades worth of zee-treasures.[5]
A temple to Storm resides in the Chelonate, and his presence might explain the locals' unpredictable and violent natures.[6]
The Gant Pole
The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.[7]
Located under the Chelonate and away from the stink, the Gant Pole is where zee monsters go to die.[8]
Its mazes are only inhabited by elderly zailors, barely able to fight, and one haruspex, who tells the future in the entrails of zee monsters and might be as old as the First City. One who inquires into her past will learn that she was exiled from Whither after answering a question. She is searching for an unavoidable question, a question that not even the Whithern can avoid answering.[9]
A zub known as The Irrepressible patrols near the Gant Pole. Renowned as the most feared vessel in the Unterzee, it fires irrigo ammunition, and it resembles a beast more so than any sort of ship.[10] Its captain is the Pianolist, an exceptionally dangerous individual with a penchant for Vivaldi. He is the leader of the Set, a group of mad artists who roam the zee. The Pianolist seems to relish poetic irony, especially when betrayal is involved.[11]
References
- ↑ The Chelonate, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Compile a Port Report, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Listen to a Chelonate Envoy, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Shore leave at the Chelonate, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Eater of Names is destroyed, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Deliver Sphinxstone for Penstock, Sunless Sea
- ↑ [sslink sstitle, Sunless Sea]
- ↑ Gant Pole, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Fading Haruspex, Sunless Sea
- ↑ You have defeated the Irrepressible!, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Zubmarine surfaces!, Sunless Sea
