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<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> | ||
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.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_out_the_lost_histories_of_London|Search out the lost histories of London|Fallen London|}}</ref> | 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.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_out_the_lost_histories_of_London|Search out the lost histories of London|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
==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=": | 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 name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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 and bone.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{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 was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead, though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler. | A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]]<ref name=":3" /> - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead<ref name=":3" />, though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living. | ||
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 set foot in the Waswood would never return - though this did not always prove to be the case. | Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Waswood|Visit the Waswood|Fallen London}}</ref>, either as separate items<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> or vivid visions of times past<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />. It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stay_a_little_while|Stay a little while|Fallen London|}}</ref> - though this did not always prove to be the case<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived|Retrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London|</ref>. | ||
The Glory | The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extricate_a_half-lost_memory|Extricate a half-lost memory|Fallen London|}}</ref>, and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Listen_to_the_Waters|Listen to the Waters|Fallen London|}}</ref>. | ||
There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]] - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
==The Other End of the River== | ==The Other End of the River== | ||
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The | The river possessed many rivulets branching away from the main concordance, and many tributaries flowing into it.<ref name=":7" /> One such rivulet was redirected into a large mirror leading out into [[Moulin]] in the [[Hinterlands]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_is_the_source_of_the_water%3F|What is the source of the water?|Fallen London|}}</ref> an action that had left the area around Moulin strewn with truthful (albeit misplaced) historical relics, displaced from the Waswood by the water's flow.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Catch_up_with_the_Wayward_Historian|Catch up with the Wayward Historian|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The mirror was placed there as part 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 12:22, 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 and bone.[4][5]
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the dead[3] - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead[3], though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living.
Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores[6], either as separate items[3][6] or vivid visions of times past[1][3]. It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return[7] - though this did not always prove to be the case[4][8].
The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered[9], and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten[4][10].
There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the Chelonate - was first born there 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 river possessed many rivulets branching away from the main concordance, and many tributaries flowing into it.[8] One such rivulet was redirected into a large mirror leading out into Moulin in the Hinterlands,[11] an action that had left the area around Moulin strewn with truthful (albeit misplaced) historical relics, displaced from the Waswood by the water's flow.[12]
The mirror was placed there as part 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.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Search out the lost histories of London, Fallen London
- ↑ The Sacroboscan Calendar, Fallen London
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Shallows, Fallen London
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Seek the Glory's story, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dust, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Visit the Waswood, Fallen London
- ↑ Stay a little while, Fallen London
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 {{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived%7CRetrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London|
- ↑ Extricate a half-lost memory, Fallen London
- ↑ Listen to the Waters, Fallen London
- ↑ What is the source of the water?, Fallen London
- ↑ Catch up with the Wayward Historian, Fallen London
- ↑ Speak to a Fingerking, Fallen London
