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|notable_inhabitants =The Fading Haruspex (exiled) ? | |notable_inhabitants =The Fading Haruspex (exiled) ? | ||
|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/Elegiac Elegiac?]|title1=Whither|image2=|caption2=|port=|alias=}}''"Behind the great arch over the Bay, the Pale Wastes stretch, white and silent as the face of the moon. From here, you might almost imagine they were snow. North of the city, the salt-pools fizz with unlikely colour."''<ref>{{ | |music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/Elegiac Elegiac?]|title1=Whither|image2=|caption2=|port=|alias=}}''"Behind the great arch over the Bay, the Pale Wastes stretch, white and silent as the face of the moon. From here, you might almost imagine they were snow. North of the city, the salt-pools fizz with unlikely colour."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Whither#Whither|Whither|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
''"Why are there so many questions in Whither?"''<ref>{{ | ''"Why are there so many questions in Whither?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Port_Report:_Whither|A Port Report: Whither|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''Whither''' is located very far north of [[London]], near the salty Pale Wastes - or is it?__forcetoc__ | '''Whither''' is located very far north of [[London]], near the salty Pale Wastes - or is it?__forcetoc__ | ||
==No Answers== | ==No Answers== | ||
''"The citizens of Whither enjoy questions: so much so that they always answer a question with another question. This can make intelligence-gathering frustrating."''<ref>{{ | ''"The citizens of Whither enjoy questions: so much so that they always answer a question with another question. This can make intelligence-gathering frustrating."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Whither#Interactions|Gather intelligence|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Is Whither a place where questions are asked? Does everyone communicate by answering questions? Can the answers be anything other than questions, and will you get exiled from Whither to [[Codex]] if your answer is not a question?<ref name = "admiralty">{{ | Is Whither a place where questions are asked? Does everyone communicate by answering questions? Can the answers be anything other than questions, and will you get exiled from Whither to [[Codex]] if your answer is not a question?<ref name = "admiralty">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Admiralty_Survey_Office|Codex|Sunless Sea|}}''"Exiled for giving answers. That's Whither for you. Anything new?"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Fading_Haruspex|Ask what she seeks down here|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Do Whithern and [[Irem]]i people engage in rivalries of rhetoric at [[Frostfound]] to determine the difference between a question and a riddle, called the '''Game of Truths'''? Is the winner allowed to enter Frostfound without risking the wrath of the gods?<ref>{{ | Do Whithern and [[Irem]]i people engage in rivalries of rhetoric at [[Frostfound]] to determine the difference between a question and a riddle, called the '''Game of Truths'''? Is the winner allowed to enter Frostfound without risking the wrath of the gods?<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Frostfound|Take tea with the squatters at the dock|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Is there a temple to the [[Gods of the Unterzee|gods of the Zee]] in Whither? And is it the only place where one can find an answer on this island, though only if you ask about [[Mr Eaten|the Drowned Man]]?<ref>{{ | Is there a temple to the [[Gods of the Unterzee|gods of the Zee]] in Whither? And is it the only place where one can find an answer on this island, though only if you ask about [[Mr Eaten|the Drowned Man]]?<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|The House of the Question|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> But is that question really worth asking, or its answer worth risking? | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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"Is this secret perhaps not as carefully guarded as it should be?"
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"Behind the great arch over the Bay, the Pale Wastes stretch, white and silent as the face of the moon. From here, you might almost imagine they were snow. North of the city, the salt-pools fizz with unlikely colour."[1]
"Why are there so many questions in Whither?"[2]
Whither is located very far north of London, near the salty Pale Wastes - or is it?
No Answers
"The citizens of Whither enjoy questions: so much so that they always answer a question with another question. This can make intelligence-gathering frustrating."[3]
Is Whither a place where questions are asked? Does everyone communicate by answering questions? Can the answers be anything other than questions, and will you get exiled from Whither to Codex if your answer is not a question?[4][5]
Do Whithern and Iremi people engage in rivalries of rhetoric at Frostfound to determine the difference between a question and a riddle, called the Game of Truths? Is the winner allowed to enter Frostfound without risking the wrath of the gods?[6]
Is there a temple to the gods of the Zee in Whither? And is it the only place where one can find an answer on this island, though only if you ask about the Drowned Man?[7] But is that question really worth asking, or its answer worth risking?
References
- ↑ Whither, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Port Report: Whither, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Gather intelligence, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Codex, Sunless Sea "Exiled for giving answers. That's Whither for you. Anything new?"
- ↑ Ask what she seeks down here, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Take tea with the squatters at the dock, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The House of the Question, Sunless Sea
