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The '''Constant Companion''' is an enormous monster that scours the depths of the [[Unterzee]]. These beasts sense fear like a shark smells blood, and they aggressively pursue any underwater interloper with a strong scent.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|General Information|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Constant Companions only appear if the player's terror is at 65 or above, and only when they are submerged."''</ref> Their carapaces are harder than steel, and broken-off pieces may fidget and emit noises even after the creature dies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_her_gift|Accept her gift|Fallen London|}} ''"She presents you with a pair of cufflinks [...] you can hear a faint but persistent whine, like the scream of tormented metal."''</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|Sever a limb and use it to brace the hull.|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The creature's carapace is difficult to scratch, [...] Pliers, saws, a mallet - all break. [...] they complain about a recurring tapping sound from without [...]"''</ref> | The '''Constant Companion''' is an enormous monster that scours the depths of the [[Unterzee]]. These beasts sense fear like a shark smells blood, and they aggressively pursue any underwater interloper with a strong scent.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|General Information|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Constant Companions only appear if the player's terror is at 65 or above, and only when they are submerged."''</ref> Their carapaces are harder than steel, and broken-off pieces may fidget and emit noises even after the creature dies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_her_gift|Accept her gift|Fallen London|}} ''"She presents you with a pair of cufflinks [...] you can hear a faint but persistent whine, like the scream of tormented metal."''</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|Sever a limb and use it to brace the hull.|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The creature's carapace is difficult to scratch, [...] Pliers, saws, a mallet - all break. [...] they complain about a recurring tapping sound from without [...]"''</ref> | ||
Morphologically speaking, Constant Companions resemble | Morphologically speaking, Constant Companions resemble monstrously large spiders, with pedipalps,<ref name = "memento">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|Take a memento and leave|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] you hack clumsily at an exposed pedipalp. [...] its long hairs brush [...] against your suit."''</ref> mandibles,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|You have defeated a Constant Companion|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Its mandibles clack gently in a zee-current."''</ref> greenish blood,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|Sever a limb and use it to brace the hull.|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] a spray of viridian blood, a fragment of spindly limb comes free."''</ref> and bodies covered in hair.<ref name = "memento"/> Like many species of spider, they carry their offspring on their body. These yellowish grubs appear passive, but they display dangerous viciousness, and even ''cunning'', should they feel threatened.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Constant_Companion|Bring a grub aboard|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The wriggling children of the Companion still cling to their parent's husk. [...] one of the small grubs pops free. [...] the curled, yellow mass wriggles [...] before whitening and falling still. A crewman [...] approaches. The grub writhes to life, burrowing into him [...] both crewman and grub are dead."''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:41, 2 December 2023
"The fear of the wide black zee, and the things beyond."[1]
The Constant Companion is an enormous monster that scours the depths of the Unterzee. These beasts sense fear like a shark smells blood, and they aggressively pursue any underwater interloper with a strong scent.[2] Their carapaces are harder than steel, and broken-off pieces may fidget and emit noises even after the creature dies.[3][4]
Morphologically speaking, Constant Companions resemble monstrously large spiders, with pedipalps,[5] mandibles,[6] greenish blood,[7] and bodies covered in hair.[5] Like many species of spider, they carry their offspring on their body. These yellowish grubs appear passive, but they display dangerous viciousness, and even cunning, should they feel threatened.[8]
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