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|location = [[The Unterzee|The Calumnies]]|allegiance = Uninhibited|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/submergio-viol Submergio Viol]|port=Lesley's Harbour}}<blockquote>''"Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! Squint into the dazzle: far above, there's a hole in the roof. In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival| | |location = [[The Unterzee|The Calumnies]]|allegiance = Uninhibited|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/submergio-viol Submergio Viol]|port=Lesley's Harbour}}<blockquote>''"Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! Squint into the dazzle: far above, there's a hole in the roof. In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
'''Aestival''' is an island in the [[Unterzee]] above which lies a hole in the [[Roof of the Neath]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! [...] far above, there's a hole in the roof."''</ref> The [[sunlight]] shining through gives it appearance of a picturesque beach, with white sand, fruit trees, and other features evocative of the [[Surface]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface.""''</ref> Unfortunately, sunlight is both deadly and highly alluring to denizens of the [[Neath]], and zailors who visit Aestival may lie down on the sands as their life fades away with a smile.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Gather supplies|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] on the way back to the ship, one of your crew topples over [...] She's smiling blissfully. "Go on, cap'n," she says. "I've missed the zun." Her eyes close. Sunlight is perilous for those who've lived in the Neath too long."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Menaces:_Yearning,_Burning#Interaction_description|Interaction description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Enough of this darkness. Go to the sun. Give yourself like a spark to smoke."''</ref> | '''Aestival''' is an island in the [[Unterzee]] above which lies a hole in the [[Roof of the Neath]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! [...] far above, there's a hole in the roof."''</ref> The [[sunlight]] shining through gives it appearance of a picturesque beach, with white sand, fruit trees, and other features evocative of the [[Surface]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface.""''</ref> Unfortunately, sunlight is both deadly and highly alluring to denizens of the [[Neath]], and zailors who visit Aestival may lie down on the sands as their life fades away with a smile.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Gather supplies|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] on the way back to the ship, one of your crew topples over [...] She's smiling blissfully. "Go on, cap'n," she says. "I've missed the zun." Her eyes close. Sunlight is perilous for those who've lived in the Neath too long."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Menaces:_Yearning,_Burning#Interaction_description|Interaction description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Enough of this darkness. Go to the sun. Give yourself like a spark to smoke."''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:29, 23 November 2023
"Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! Squint into the dazzle: far above, there's a hole in the roof. In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface."[1]
Aestival is an island in the Unterzee above which lies a hole in the Roof of the Neath.[2] The sunlight shining through gives it appearance of a picturesque beach, with white sand, fruit trees, and other features evocative of the Surface.[3] Unfortunately, sunlight is both deadly and highly alluring to denizens of the Neath, and zailors who visit Aestival may lie down on the sands as their life fades away with a smile.[4][5]
Given the dangers, Aestival is completely uninhibited barring some wildlife.[6] There are some ruins, however: a country house filled with skeletons who were just getting ready for breakfast.[7] Hidden within Aestival is a mysterious meteorite-like object: a mechanism of the Red Science. This object was a prototype launched by the Iron & Misery Company at the roof, breaking it open and letting the sunlight pour through.[8]
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