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[[The High Wilderness]]|allegiance=[[Mr Eaten]]|notable_inhabitants=[[Mr Candles]] (formerly)|music=[https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/irrigo-below Irrigo Below]}}''"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."''<ref name = "the well">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Well|The Well|Fallen London|}}</ref> | [[The High Wilderness]]|allegiance=[[Mr Eaten]]|notable_inhabitants=[[Mr Candles]] (formerly)|music=[https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/irrigo-below Irrigo Below]}}''"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."''<ref name = "the well">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Well|The Well|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
'''Winking Isle''' is a small island containing a single well and a lighthouse | '''Winking Isle''' is a small island containing a single well and a darkened lighthouse.__forcetoc__ | ||
== Camphor and Ice == | == Camphor and Ice == | ||
''"You could spend your whole life here, until even the vitality of the Neath gutters in you, and you lie brittle beside the Well."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fasting_and_Meditating_to_a_Foolish_End|Fasting and Meditating to a Foolish End|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ''"You could spend your whole life here, until even the vitality of the Neath gutters in you, and you lie brittle beside the Well."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fasting_and_Meditating_to_a_Foolish_End|Fasting and Meditating to a Foolish End|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Winking Isle is | Winking Isle is a lonely, starlit island apparently located to the East of the [[Unterzee]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Pentecost_Predicament|The Pentecost Predicament|Fallen London|}} ''"Yes, yes, darling, from Codex to the Winking Isle and back."''</ref> but it can also be accessed via dreams through a certain ritual.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sleep_with_the_Calling_Card_crumpled_in_your_fist|Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist|Fallen London|}}</ref> In fact, it exists in the line dividing the [[High Wilderness]] and [[Parabola]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_the_lighthouse.|Enter the lighthouse.|Fallen London|}} ''"Here he once stood, on the border between Parabola and the Wilderness [...]"''</ref> When seen through dreams, the surroundings of Winking Isle are quite strange; the "ocean" below is in fact the starry night of the [[High Wilderness]], and the "sky" above is the zee. | ||
The rest of the Isle is more concrete: a gravel path leads to the Isle's summit from its golden sands, lit only by candles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bend_to_the_oars|Bend to the oars|Fallen London|}}</ref> The summit is merely a small lawn of dark green grass with a '''Well''' of stone at its center, and a distinct scent: ''"crushed flowers, camphor, ice"''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Well|The Well|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] a [...] lawn of [...] grass -- [...] a deep green [...]"''</ref> The Well is traditionally circled thrice at a time, but some circle seven.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Circle_the_well|Circle the well|Fallen London|}}</ref> | |||
== The Lighthouse == | == The Lighthouse == | ||
''"The lighthouse would warn ships, but no ships come here. | ''"The lighthouse would warn ships, but no ships come here. It would give light, but there is only darkness in its core. It has no door, and no windows. It is not here. But still it flashes, flashes, flashes. Winking Isle."''<ref name = "the lighthouse">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lighthouse|The Lighthouse|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Candletranslucent.png|alt=A translucent candle.|thumb|No light.]] | [[File:Candletranslucent.png|alt=A translucent candle.|thumb|No light.]] | ||
The '''Lighthouse''' of Winking Isle gives off no light, as there are no ships to alert.<ref name = "the lighthouse"> Such light is invisible, and can only be seen by certain eyes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sleep_with_the_Calling_Card_crumpled_in_your_fist|Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Lighthouse does not have a door, inscribed with a sigil of the [[Correspondence]], and it does not have a dark, metallic handle. The Lighthouse's interior is marked by many Correspondence sigils, and it has seven thousand steps leading to its top. | The '''Lighthouse''' of Winking Isle gives off no light, as there are no ships to alert.<ref name = "the lighthouse"> Such light is invisible, and can only be seen by certain eyes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sleep_with_the_Calling_Card_crumpled_in_your_fist|Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Lighthouse does not have a door, inscribed with a sigil of the [[Correspondence]], and it does not have a dark, metallic handle. The Lighthouse's interior is marked by many Correspondence sigils, and it has seven thousand steps leading to its top. At the top lies the lens and '''Apparatus''' of the Lighthouse, as well as several journals written by [[Mr Candles]] on meteorites and burnt leather.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_the_lighthouse.|Enter the lighthouse.|Fallen London|}} ''"No door - marked with the glyph [...] you do not extend your hand to depress the handle of blackened iron [...] Glyphs light the walls. [...] the room of the lens and the Apparatus. [...] His notes are here, scratched into [...] achondrites, charred into [...] leather, [...]"''</ref> In ages past, Mr Candles held dominion over [[Parabola|dreams]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_him_what_he_wants|Ask him what he wants|Fallen London|}} ''"Wine and Spices stole what was mine."''</ref> and the Lighthouse was likely how he lit the very edge of sleep.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_the_Name!|Accept the Name!|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
<font color = "red">''"Here he once stood, on the border between Parabola and the Wilderness, to look out across his wounded realm. | <font color = "red">''"Here he once stood, on the border between Parabola and the Wilderness, to look out across his wounded realm. Or perhaps he only imagined it. Perhaps you only imagined it. This is a dream that wounds, but it is a dream."''</font><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_the_lighthouse.|Enter the lighthouse.|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."[1]
Winking Isle is a small island containing a single well and a darkened lighthouse.
Camphor and Ice
"You could spend your whole life here, until even the vitality of the Neath gutters in you, and you lie brittle beside the Well."[2]
Winking Isle is a lonely, starlit island apparently located to the East of the Unterzee,[3] but it can also be accessed via dreams through a certain ritual.[4] In fact, it exists in the line dividing the High Wilderness and Parabola.[5] When seen through dreams, the surroundings of Winking Isle are quite strange; the "ocean" below is in fact the starry night of the High Wilderness, and the "sky" above is the zee.
The rest of the Isle is more concrete: a gravel path leads to the Isle's summit from its golden sands, lit only by candles.[6] The summit is merely a small lawn of dark green grass with a Well of stone at its center, and a distinct scent: "crushed flowers, camphor, ice".[7] The Well is traditionally circled thrice at a time, but some circle seven.[8]
The Lighthouse
"The lighthouse would warn ships, but no ships come here. It would give light, but there is only darkness in its core. It has no door, and no windows. It is not here. But still it flashes, flashes, flashes. Winking Isle."[9]
The Lighthouse of Winking Isle gives off no light, as there are no ships to alert.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag The Lighthouse does not have a door, inscribed with a sigil of the Correspondence, and it does not have a dark, metallic handle. The Lighthouse's interior is marked by many Correspondence sigils, and it has seven thousand steps leading to its top. At the top lies the lens and Apparatus of the Lighthouse, as well as several journals written by Mr Candles on meteorites and burnt leather.[10] In ages past, Mr Candles held dominion over dreams,[11] and the Lighthouse was likely how he lit the very edge of sleep.[12]
"Here he once stood, on the border between Parabola and the Wilderness, to look out across his wounded realm. Or perhaps he only imagined it. Perhaps you only imagined it. This is a dream that wounds, but it is a dream."[13]
References
- ↑ The Well, Fallen London
- ↑ Fasting and Meditating to a Foolish End, Fallen London
- ↑ The Pentecost Predicament, Fallen London "Yes, yes, darling, from Codex to the Winking Isle and back."
- ↑ Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist, Fallen London
- ↑ Enter the lighthouse., Fallen London "Here he once stood, on the border between Parabola and the Wilderness [...]"
- ↑ Bend to the oars, Fallen London
- ↑ The Well, Fallen London "[...] a [...] lawn of [...] grass -- [...] a deep green [...]"
- ↑ Circle the well, Fallen London
- ↑ The Lighthouse, Fallen London
- ↑ Enter the lighthouse., Fallen London "No door - marked with the glyph [...] you do not extend your hand to depress the handle of blackened iron [...] Glyphs light the walls. [...] the room of the lens and the Apparatus. [...] His notes are here, scratched into [...] achondrites, charred into [...] leather, [...]"
- ↑ Ask him what he wants, Fallen London "Wine and Spices stole what was mine."
- ↑ Accept the Name!, Fallen London
- ↑ Enter the lighthouse., Fallen London
