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<blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Forest.png|caption1=A place that once existed.|location=[[Parabola]]|allegiance=|notable_inhabitants=[[The Chelonate|The Glory]] (prior)}}''"The Waswood is full of things that used to be: lost correspondence, childhood treasures, the scent of night-blooming jasmine in the forecourt of a friend's villa. Liturgical vestments from the worship of dead gods.''</blockquote> | <blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Forest.png|caption1=A place that once existed.|location=[[Parabola]]|allegiance=|notable_inhabitants=[[The Chelonate|The Glory]] (prior)}}''"The Waswood is full of things that used to be: lost correspondence, childhood treasures, the scent of night-blooming jasmine in the forecourt of a friend's villa. Liturgical vestments from the worship of dead gods.''</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>''"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."''</blockquote> | ||
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==The Woods That Were== | ==The Woods That Were== | ||
As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Dust|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Dust|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]] - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it is possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead, though entry through Parabola must surely be simpler. | |||
Indeed, most travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores, either as separate items or vivid visions of times past. It was said that those who step foot in the Waswood would never return - though this did not always prove to be the case. | |||
The Glory, the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]], | The Glory, the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]], was first born in the Waswood and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== | ==The Other End of the River== | ||
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The area around [[Moulin]] in the [[Hinterlands]] is strewn with historical relics | The area around [[Moulin]] in the [[Hinterlands]] is strewn with truthful (albeit misplaced) historical relics,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Catch_up_with_the_Wayward_Historian|Catch up with the Wayward Historian|Fallen London|}}</ref> displaced from the Waswood by its river flowing out of a mirror and into the Is.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_is_the_source_of_the_water%3F|What is the source of the water?|Fallen London|}}</ref> The mirror was placed as the result of a pact between Moulin's residents and the [[Fingerkings]], with the rulers of dream perceiving it as a way for the past to rule the present - for Is-Not to rule the Is.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_to_a_Fingerking|Speak to a Fingerking|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 27 January 2023
"The Waswood is full of things that used to be: lost correspondence, childhood treasures, the scent of night-blooming jasmine in the forecourt of a friend's villa. Liturgical vestments from the worship of dead gods.
"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."
The Waswood was a region of Parabola that housed things long-past and long-forgotten. It also seemed to house what could have been, like alternate versions of major historical events.[1]
The Woods That Were
As one might expect of a Parabolan landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;[2][3] but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees.[4][5]
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the dead - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it is possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead, though entry through Parabola must surely be simpler.
Indeed, most travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores, either as separate items or vivid visions of times past. It was said that those who step foot in the Waswood would never return - though this did not always prove to be the case.
The Glory, the creature that now forms the backbone of the Chelonate, was first born in the Waswood and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.[4]
The Other End of the River
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The area around Moulin in the Hinterlands is strewn with truthful (albeit misplaced) historical relics,[6] displaced from the Waswood by its river flowing out of a mirror and into the Is.[7] The mirror was placed as the result of a pact between Moulin's residents and the Fingerkings, with the rulers of dream perceiving it as a way for the past to rule the present - for Is-Not to rule the Is.[8]
References
- ↑ Search out the lost histories of London, Fallen London
- ↑ The Sacroboscan Calendar, Fallen London
- ↑ The Shallows, Fallen London
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seek the Glory's story, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dust, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Catch up with the Wayward Historian, Fallen London
- ↑ What is the source of the water?, Fallen London
- ↑ Speak to a Fingerking, Fallen London
