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''"No use for new faces. Find my student. Back in Port Carnelian. Or maybe hunting in Venderbight. Tell him he hasn't long."<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Explore the fog|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"No visitors! No use for new faces. Find my student. Back in Port Carnelian. Or maybe hunting in Venderbight. Tell him he hasn't long."''<ref name = "explore the fog">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Explore the fog|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
As a giant source of light across the dark [[Unterzee]], the Ragged Crow attracts many varieties of moths - from those similar to their [[Surface]] counterparts,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Entertain a dying man's last requests|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to the dangerous, ship-sized [[Bestiary#Tyrant-Moth|Tyrant-Moths]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | As a giant source of light across the dark [[Unterzee]], the Ragged Crow attracts many varieties of moths - from those similar to their [[Surface]] counterparts,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Entertain a dying man's last requests|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to the dangerous, ship-sized [[Bestiary#Tyrant-Moth|Tyrant-Moths]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrant_Moth|Tyrant Moth|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Crowsfeet.png|100px|thumb|The Undercrow]] | [[File:Crowsfeet.png|100px|thumb|The Undercrow]] | ||
The mysterious '''Undercrow''' is a large underwater cavern filled with moths, fungal smoke and the lighthouse's solitary keeper,<ref name = "undercrow port description"/> an extremely old [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]] known as the '''Almost Dead Man'''.<ref name = "approach voice from fog"/> This individual uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties, though it also coats the entire cavern in grey soot.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Assemble a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | The mysterious '''Undercrow''' is a large underwater cavern filled with moths, fungal smoke and the lighthouse's solitary keeper,<ref name = "undercrow port description"/> an extremely old [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]] known as the '''Almost Dead Man'''.<ref name = "approach voice from fog"/> This individual uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties, though it also coats the entire cavern in grey soot.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Assemble a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Unfortunately, the Undercrow is generally closed off to visitors,<ref name = "explore the fog"/> though some have managed to gain entry in the past.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Presbyterate_Adventuress|The Last Night: Record her memories of her travels|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
==Moths and Regret== | ==Moths and Regret== | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 7 June 2021
"Far above, a lighthouse fire burns. The scent of it is curiously medicinal. It clouds your head and burns your lungs. Farther into the fog, you can make out laboured breathing."[1]
The Ragged Crow is an enormous lighthouse that acts as a major landmark in the Unterzee. Under the lighthouse lies the Undercrow, a cavern with an entrance found below the Unterzee's surface.
A Standard Candle
"No visitors! No use for new faces. Find my student. Back in Port Carnelian. Or maybe hunting in Venderbight. Tell him he hasn't long."[2]
As a giant source of light across the dark Unterzee, the Ragged Crow attracts many varieties of moths - from those similar to their Surface counterparts,[3] to the dangerous, ship-sized Tyrant-Moths.[4]
The Undercrow
"No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. Grey, bloated, and nearly embalmed by the fungal smoke, it's difficult to tell where his skin ends and the stone bed beneath him begins."[5]
The mysterious Undercrow is a large underwater cavern filled with moths, fungal smoke and the lighthouse's solitary keeper,[1] an extremely old tomb-colonist known as the Almost Dead Man.[5] This individual uses a complex pulley system to deliver flammable fungus to the lighthouse's burner, and the resulting smoke has preservative properties, though it also coats the entire cavern in grey soot.[6]
Unfortunately, the Undercrow is generally closed off to visitors,[2] though some have managed to gain entry in the past.[7]
Moths and Regret
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"Mortality has a way of finding us in the end. I must set my affairs in order. I owe that much to my successor. So, would you help an old man say his farewells?"[8]
The true identity of the Almost Dead Man is Lorenzo of the Seven Against Nidah.[5] His life is slowly coming to an end, but within him sleeps a member of an outstanding species of Frost-Moth called the Most-Moth, and its Emergence is imminent.[9] Lorenzo's student, the Incomparable Aurelian, is an insect collector who wishes to witness the Most-Moth's hatching and observe the moth's wings, and must be by his master's side for the process to take place.[10][11][12] Before his final dissolution, however, Lorenzo wishes to send several messages to his former friends and set his affairs in order, to say farewell to his once-comrades of the Seven Against Nidah once and for all.[13][14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Port description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Explore the fog, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Entertain a dying man's last requests, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Tyrant Moth, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Approach a voice from the fog, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Assemble a Port Report, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Last Night: Record her memories of her travels, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Entertain a dying man's last requests, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Assist a specialised collector, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Speak with the Incomparable Aurelian, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Attend to the hatching, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Entertain a dying man's last requests, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Deliver a letter of farewell to a Sprightly Visionary at Hideaway, Sunless Sea
