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<blockquote>''Out here, a captain needs all the help he can get. Even from sad strange gods of farewells. [...] That night, as you stand on the foredeck, a soft breeze comes out of the East, the Salt's direction; tousles your hair; passes.''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_skilled_crewman|Permit it |Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>{{Character|title1 = Salt|image1 = | <blockquote>''Out here, a captain needs all the help he can get. Even from sad strange gods of farewells. [...] That night, as you stand on the foredeck, a soft breeze comes out of the East, the Salt's direction; tousles your hair; passes.''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_skilled_crewman|Permit it |Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>{{Character|title1 = Salt|image1 = SS buoygaz.webp {{!}} Restless|caption1 = Old soul. Where are you going, old soul?|location = [[East]]|allegiance = Independent|alias = The Sun beneath the Sea|relationships = [[The White]] (former master) | ||
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[[Stone]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/sunless-sea Sunless Sea]}}'''Salt''' is one of the three [[gods of the Unterzee]]. | [[Stone]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/sunless-sea Sunless Sea]}}'''Salt''' is one of the three [[gods of the Unterzee]]. | ||
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==Who is Salt?== | ==Who is Salt?== | ||
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Salt is a Judgment.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sun_within_the_Sea|The Sun within the Sea| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is now in exile in [[the Neath]],<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Travelling_Light|A Travelling Light| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> but before it came here, [[Judgements|the White]] asked it a favor:<ref name=":13">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Name-Which-Burns|The Name-Which-Burns|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to find what [[the Sun]] had hid (probably his daughter [[Stone]]).<ref name=":14">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Green_and_Gold|Green and Gold|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.<ref name=":13" /> Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Dark_Room|Fumble in the darkness|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Iridescence|The Iridescence|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It saw Stone's light and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.<ref name=":0" /> At some point during this time, but long before [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]] came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the [[The Elder Continent|Presbyterate]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Receive_an_Embassy|An understanding with the Presbyterate | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Eventually it made the castle of [[Frostfound]] to record its story,<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" />, shed its past and future in the place now called [[Kingeater's Castle|Kingeater’s Castle]],<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> and went East<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|"There!" | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to change further and shear itself.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Release_your_Uttermost_Eel_into_the_waters|Release your Uttermost Eel into the waters|Fallen London|}}</ref> | Salt is a Judgment.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sun_within_the_Sea|The Sun within the Sea| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is now in exile in [[the Neath]],<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Travelling_Light|A Travelling Light| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> but before it came here, [[Judgements|the White]] asked it a favor:<ref name=":13">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Name-Which-Burns|The Name-Which-Burns|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to find what [[the Sun]] had hid (probably his daughter [[Stone]]).<ref name=":14">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Green_and_Gold|Green and Gold|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.<ref name=":13" /> Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Dark_Room|Fumble in the darkness|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Iridescence|The Iridescence|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It saw Stone's light and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.<ref name=":0" /> At some point during this time, but long before [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]] came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the [[The Elder Continent|Presbyterate]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Receive_an_Embassy|An understanding with the Presbyterate | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Eventually it made the castle of [[Frostfound]] to record its story,<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" />, shed its past and future in the place now called [[Kingeater's Castle|Kingeater’s Castle]],<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> and went '''[[East]]'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|"There!" | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to change further and shear itself.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Release_your_Uttermost_Eel_into_the_waters|Release your Uttermost Eel into the waters|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Amid the forests and the mountains of the East,<ref name=":14" /> it dreams of the stars it left behind, and | Amid the forests and the mountains of the East,<ref name=":14" /> it dreams of the stars it left behind, and strives to forget its old home by contemplating its new domain.<ref name=":1" /> It is now perpetually in movement and yet standing still,<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look|Look|Fallen London|}}</ref> calling those who wish to explore the last horizon.<ref name=":11" /> One day, it will rise to fight [[the White]]<ref name=":14" /> - but there is no happy ending.<ref name=":12" /> | ||
Salt is sometimes called '''the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea'''.<ref name="salt">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | Salt is sometimes called '''the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea'''.<ref name="salt">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:36, 14 July 2022
Out here, a captain needs all the help he can get. Even from sad strange gods of farewells. [...] That night, as you stand on the foredeck, a soft breeze comes out of the East, the Salt's direction; tousles your hair; passes.[1]
Salt is one of the three gods of the Unterzee.
The Traveller
Of the gods of the Zee, Salt is the most elusive, said to dwell beyond the horizon.[2] It is the god of farewells,[3] and may be the embodiment of the Zee itself.[4] Its speech is a light across the water,[5] a sea breeze,[6] a splash in the distance[7] - always from the East, calling fellow travellers toward it.[8][9] It is always approaching, but never arriving.[10][7] It can provoke an intense sadness as it passes,[11] and those who anger it might find their families driven to violence.[12]
Where its voice sings, a white zee-bat might follow.[13] Where its influence is felt, a message is often found: TRAVELLER RETURNING.[14]
Salt is feared and worshipped by zailors, who give it their stories and secrets,[15] and call its wrath upon those who wrong them.[16][17] It also punishes those who steal from shipwrecks.[18]
Who is Salt?
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Salt is a Judgment.[19] It is now in exile in the Neath,[20] but before it came here, the White asked it a favor:[21] to find what the Sun had hid (probably his daughter Stone).[22] It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.[21] Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,[23] and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.[24] It saw Stone's light and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.[23] At some point during this time, but long before the Bazaar came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the Presbyterate.[25] Eventually it made the castle of Frostfound to record its story,[20][21], shed its past and future in the place now called Kingeater’s Castle,[26][27] and went East[28] to change further and shear itself.[29]
Amid the forests and the mountains of the East,[22] it dreams of the stars it left behind, and strives to forget its old home by contemplating its new domain.[29] It is now perpetually in movement and yet standing still,[7][30] calling those who wish to explore the last horizon.[9] One day, it will rise to fight the White[22] - but there is no happy ending.[20]
Salt is sometimes called the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea.[31]
References
- ↑ Permit it , Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Colonists will look East , Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Gods of the Zee: Salt's Curse, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Break on through to the other side, Fallen London
- ↑ Their bandages will be soaked with tears , Sunless Sea
- ↑ A breath of air , Sunless Sea
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The rewards of curiosity , Sunless Sea
- ↑ Eastern Wind, Fallen London
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A brisk dinner, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Swim to the beach, Fallen London
- ↑ Tears, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dark News, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A white zee-bat, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Not Helpful, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Lift Salt's Curse , Sunless Sea
- ↑ Strong words , Sunless Sea
- ↑ Gratitude... and curses , Sunless Sea
- ↑ A harrowing emptiness , Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Sun within the Sea, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 A Travelling Light, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Name-Which-Burns, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Green and Gold, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Fumble in the darkness, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Iridescence, Sunless Sea
- ↑ An understanding with the Presbyterate , Sunless Sea
- ↑ Give up your past, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Give up your future, Sunless Sea
- ↑ "There!" , Sunless Sea
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Release your Uttermost Eel into the waters, Fallen London
- ↑ Look, Fallen London
- ↑ The Sun beneath the Sea, Sunless Sea
