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<blockquote>''"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Peligin|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Peligin|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Peliginletter.png|thumb]]'''Peligin''' is a color of [[the Neathbow]]. It is the hue of the waters of [[the Unterzee]] and those of the land of the dead.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Chess-Piece_tattoo|A Chess-Piece tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is also the color of the eyes of [[Monster-Hunters]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Give it your Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> as they have consumed the peligin flesh of zee-monsters.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Hunter%27s_Eye|Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Peligin is a dark, dark black, beyond the reach of any light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Merciless_Modiste#Interactions|Commission a set of fine clothes|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
<blockquote>''"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Peligin|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Peligin|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Peliginletter.png|thumb]]'''Peligin''' is a color of [[the Neathbow]]; it is the <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Chess-Piece_tattoo|A Chess-Piece tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin ''pelagus, ''meaning "sea," and the color fuligin. Fuligin, in turn, is darker than black, and is derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like; this color was used by Gene Wolfe in his science fiction novel ''The Shadow of the Torturer.''


The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin ''pelagus, ''meaning "sea," and the color fuligin, which is darker than black and derived from Gene Wolfe's science fiction novel ''The Shadow of the Torturer,'' itself derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like.<gallery widths="100" spacing="small">
== Properties ==
Peligin is a dark, dark black, beyond the reach of any light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Merciless_Modiste#Interactions|Commission a set of fine clothes|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is the hue of the waters of [[the Unterzee]] and those of the land of the dead, and also the color of the flesh of zee-monsters.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Hunter%27s_Eye|Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
== Uses ==
The eyes of [[Monster-Hunters]] turn permanently peligin after they consume the flesh of a zee-monster.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hunter%27s_Eye|Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Eat the flesh of the deep-lurkers, and your eyes will change.""''</ref> [[The Fathomking]] is known to be able to turn his prisoners' skin peligin.<ref name="mariam">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mariam|Mariam|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><gallery widths="100" spacing="small">
Generic_unterzee4.png|The broad, dark Unterzee.
Generic_unterzee4.png|The broad, dark Unterzee.
Hunterseye.png|A Hunter's Eye.
Hunterseye.png|A Hunter's Eye.

Revision as of 20:56, 12 May 2023

"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."[1]

Peligin is a color of the Neathbow; it is the [2] The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin pelagus, meaning "sea," and the color fuligin. Fuligin, in turn, is darker than black, and is derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like; this color was used by Gene Wolfe in his science fiction novel The Shadow of the Torturer.

Properties

Peligin is a dark, dark black, beyond the reach of any light.[3] It is the hue of the waters of the Unterzee and those of the land of the dead, and also the color of the flesh of zee-monsters.[4]

Uses

The eyes of Monster-Hunters turn permanently peligin after they consume the flesh of a zee-monster.[5] The Fathomking is known to be able to turn his prisoners' skin peligin.[6]

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