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{{Neath_Location|title1 = Kingeater's Castle|image1 = Kingeaterscastle.png|caption1 = '''''<font color="red">Lose your mind. Eat your crew. </font>'''''Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Sea of Statues|alias = Despair's Fastness|allegiance = Salt|notable_inhabitants = The Kingeater|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}
''"An old voracity lives here, in the far reaches of the zee. The priests are long gone, but sacrifices are still made here. Perhaps you have come here to make a sacrifice. Perhaps the sacrifice is you."''


'''Kingeater's Castle''' is an abandoned arena in the Sea of Statues.
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The Kingeater|notable_inhabitants = The Kingeater|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}
''"An old voracity lives here, in the far reaches of the zee. The priests are long gone, but sacrifices are still made here. Perhaps you have come here to make a sacrifice. Perhaps the sacrifice is you."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Kingeater's Castle|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
'''Kingeater's Castle''' is an abandoned, half ruined citadel in the '''Sea of Statues'''.
 
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==Everything is Terrible==
==Everything is Terrible==
You may come here if you pray to [[Gods of the Unterzee#Salt|Salt]], but you wouldn't want to do that. Everything you can do here before you leave will almost definitely be destructive in some way, shape, or form: such options as losing your mind, eating your crew (or sacrificing some of them), telling all the stories you've collected (which will probably bring you somewhere else), speaking your name in [[The Correspondence|Correspondence]] (warning: this hurts), and giving up your past or future to continue your journey East for Salt's sake... among other detriments.
''"A dead wind which blew from the north. A hungry sun rode the wind. It made of memories a castle. There are mirrors in the ice. A thousand doors and none. The end of the chain is horizon's beginning. Horizon's beginning. Your throat is bleeding."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Lose your mind|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
The castle at the end of the world can best be described in a single word: Terrible.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Compile a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Life naturally withers here and people find themselves saying and doing things they wouldn't otherwise do, such as having short bouts of violent thoughts or ''devouring everyone around you and going insane.''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Put a blemmigan ashore|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Match the knife to its twin|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Eat your crew|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> This probably has something to do with a feral and hungry force called '''The Kingeater''' that resides here.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|An act of burning faith|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Sacrifice three zailors|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Many rituals can be conducted at the castle- most of them resulting in death of everyone involved,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Your Father's Bones: at Kingeater's Castle|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> although some of them can be benefical if their participants remember a simple truth: '''The heart is destiny's engine...'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|An act of burning faith|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Construct the Fulgent Impeller|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
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==Give up your Past and Future==
''"The Dawn Machine's radiations crackle. The Mountain glows, across the Continent to the South. Flukes roil irrigo in the zee. The wind staggers you - you lean into it, and barely keep your feet -''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your past|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
''Storm roars its approval. In the pulsing depths of his throne-pool, the Fathomking raises a wine-glass. At the summits of the columns around you, one by one, the stone hearts of the Castle wake to thunderous life. The Kingeater has accepted your sacrifice."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your future|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
Long ago, a Traveller called [[Gods of the Unterzee#Salt|Salt]] came to the Castle in preparation for going futher East than anyone before him. No one travels East without a hole in their heart however,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|After the sacrifice|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
and so The Traveller decided to sacrifice their past and future to The Kingeater.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your past|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your future|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>  Indeed, if anyone bearing '''The Name-Which-Burns''' comes here,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Speak your name|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> they can repeat that first sacrifice and cause the castle's stone hearts to start beating once again- The Traveller is always returning, after all.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your future|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Green_and_Gold|Once, you said...|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>


A priestess called the Sixth Witness is here, staring to the east. She knows she will see nothing. She waits for the Seventh Witness, who will replace her, just as she replaced the Fifth Witness. The Seventh Witness will see something to the east.
The Kingeater's true identity is almost entirely unknown- it's even possible that they are [[Gods of the Unterzee#Salt|Salt]] themselves, or at least a part of them- [[Gods of the Unterzee#Salt|Salt]] used to be a rather Hungry Monarch after all.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound|Fumble in the darkness|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>


Just as the world ends here, it begins in [[Irem]]...
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Revision as of 21:40, 4 June 2021

"An old voracity lives here, in the far reaches of the zee. The priests are long gone, but sacrifices are still made here. Perhaps you have come here to make a sacrifice. Perhaps the sacrifice is you."[1]

Kingeater's Castle is an abandoned, half ruined citadel in the Sea of Statues.


Everything is Terrible

"A dead wind which blew from the north. A hungry sun rode the wind. It made of memories a castle. There are mirrors in the ice. A thousand doors and none. The end of the chain is horizon's beginning. Horizon's beginning. Your throat is bleeding."[2]

The castle at the end of the world can best be described in a single word: Terrible.[3] Life naturally withers here and people find themselves saying and doing things they wouldn't otherwise do, such as having short bouts of violent thoughts or devouring everyone around you and going insane.[4][5][6] This probably has something to do with a feral and hungry force called The Kingeater that resides here.[7][8] Many rituals can be conducted at the castle- most of them resulting in death of everyone involved,[9] although some of them can be benefical if their participants remember a simple truth: The heart is destiny's engine...[10][11]

"Are you quite sure you want to know this?"

Beyond this point lie major spoilers for Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies, or Mask of the Rose. This may include endgame or major Fate-locked spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.

You can find out more about our spoiler policy here.


Give up your Past and Future

"The Dawn Machine's radiations crackle. The Mountain glows, across the Continent to the South. Flukes roil irrigo in the zee. The wind staggers you - you lean into it, and barely keep your feet -[12]

Storm roars its approval. In the pulsing depths of his throne-pool, the Fathomking raises a wine-glass. At the summits of the columns around you, one by one, the stone hearts of the Castle wake to thunderous life. The Kingeater has accepted your sacrifice."[13]

Long ago, a Traveller called Salt came to the Castle in preparation for going futher East than anyone before him. No one travels East without a hole in their heart however,[14] and so The Traveller decided to sacrifice their past and future to The Kingeater.[15][16] Indeed, if anyone bearing The Name-Which-Burns comes here,[17] they can repeat that first sacrifice and cause the castle's stone hearts to start beating once again- The Traveller is always returning, after all.[18][19]

The Kingeater's true identity is almost entirely unknown- it's even possible that they are Salt themselves, or at least a part of them- Salt used to be a rather Hungry Monarch after all.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Kingeater's Castle, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ Lose your mind, Sunless Sea
  3. ↑ Compile a Port Report, Sunless Sea
  4. ↑ Put a blemmigan ashore, Sunless Sea
  5. ↑ Match the knife to its twin, Sunless Sea
  6. ↑ Eat your crew, Sunless Sea
  7. ↑ An act of burning faith, Sunless Sea
  8. ↑ Sacrifice three zailors, Sunless Sea
  9. ↑ Your Father's Bones: at Kingeater's Castle, Sunless Sea
  10. ↑ An act of burning faith, Sunless Sea
  11. ↑ Construct the Fulgent Impeller, Sunless Sea
  12. ↑ Give up your past, Sunless Sea
  13. ↑ Give up your future, Sunless Sea
  14. ↑ After the sacrifice, Sunless Sea
  15. ↑ Give up your past, Sunless Sea
  16. ↑ Give up your future, Sunless Sea
  17. ↑ Speak your name, Sunless Sea
  18. ↑ Give up your future, Sunless Sea
  19. ↑ Once, you said..., Sunless Sea
  20. ↑ Fumble in the darkness, Sunless Sea
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