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==All Living Things Are Joined in the Great Chain==
==All Living Things Are Joined in the Great Chain==
Every species occupy a place in the Chain,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and every place has a purpose. All creature with a place in the hierarchy are made with the desire to fulfil this purpose,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_the_Prehistoricists_(Furnace)|Ask her about the Prehistoricists (Furnace)|Fallen London|}}</ref> and this desire is created by a part of their body.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fathomking%27s_Answer|Why did the Fathomking give your father a knife? |Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Explore her Surgery |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> To modify one’s body and change their purpose, and therefor their place, is not only forbidden by the Judgment,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bandstand|Listen to the third hymn |Sunless Skies|}}</ref> but made difficult where their laws apply. However, in the place their laws can’t reach, these changes are made possibles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pleasure|Pleasure|Fallen London|}}</ref> The art of breaking the Chain, especially in these places, is called [[The Red Science]]. <ref name=":0" />
Every species occupy a place in the Chain,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and every place has a purpose. All creature with a place in the hierarchy are made with the desire to fulfil this purpose,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_the_Prehistoricists_(Furnace)|Ask her about the Prehistoricists (Furnace)|Fallen London|}}</ref> and this desire is created by a part of their body.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fathomking%27s_Answer|Why did the Fathomking give your father a knife? |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> To modify one’s body and change their purpose, and therefor their place, is not only forbidden by the Judgment,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bandstand|Listen to the third hymn |Sunless Skies|}}</ref> but made difficult where their laws apply. However, in the place their laws can’t reach, these changes are made possibles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pleasure|Pleasure|Fallen London|}}</ref> The art of breaking the Chain, especially in these places, is called [[The Red Science]]. <ref name=":0" />


== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==

Revision as of 19:22, 2 July 2022

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The Great Chain (also known as the Great Chain of Being, Great Chain of Existence[1] or the Chain) refer to the natural hierarchy of all living things.[2] It is a tool made by the Judgments[3] to ensure that the universe behave according to their design.

All Living Things Are Joined in the Great Chain

Every species occupy a place in the Chain,[4] and every place has a purpose. All creature with a place in the hierarchy are made with the desire to fulfil this purpose,[5] and this desire is created by a part of their body.[6] To modify one’s body and change their purpose, and therefor their place, is not only forbidden by the Judgment,[7] but made difficult where their laws apply. However, in the place their laws can’t reach, these changes are made possibles.[8] The art of breaking the Chain, especially in these places, is called The Red Science. [4]

Real Life

The Great Chain of being is a real historical concept in Christianity where every beings was ranked, with God at the top, followed by differents type of angels, humans, animals, vegetals and minerals.[9] Some claimed to have identified three component of this idea: the principle of Plenitude (the Chain is the expression of God's power), of Continuty (there are no gaps in the chain) and of Gradation. (all being are ordered from the highest to the lowest)[10]

References

  1. ↑ Penance: Shift of Perspective, Sunless Skies
  2. ↑ A dangerous deal, Fallen London
  3. ↑ What %E2%80%93, Fallen London
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Surrender to the traces of horror , Sunless Sea
  5. ↑ Ask her about the Prehistoricists (Furnace), Fallen London
  6. ↑ Why did the Fathomking give your father a knife? , Sunless Sea
  7. ↑ Listen to the third hymn , Sunless Skies
  8. ↑ Pleasure, Fallen London
  9. ↑ Great chain of being, Wikipedia
  10. ↑ Great Chain of Being, Encyclopedia.com
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