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Arik is an elderly man and a member of the Seven Against Nidah.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Captain|Sunless Sea|}} ''""This is Arik," [...] 'THE SECOND OF THE SEVEN'. [...]"''</ref><ref name = "help">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hideaway#Interactions|Help the Sprightly Visionary|Sunless Sea|}} ''"He's industrious for one so old. He's always running around the city, aiding his cablemen or repairing electrical faults."''</ref> He is mute,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Lie about the farewell letter|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The Sprightly Visionary is mute [...]"''</ref> which may be due to a past injury to his neck, and communicates via a notebook chained to his wrist.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hideaway#Interactions|Aid the Sprightly Visionary|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] he writes a short message in the notebook chained to his wrist. 'Thank you. [...] he hands you the note he looks up, revealing his neck. It's one huge scar."''</ref> He is a former officer of the [[The Taimen Clan|Taimen Clan]]; before the founding of the [[Khanate]], he participated in the Great Khan's attempt to settle on the shores of the [[Elder Continent]].<ref name="rescue">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Captain|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] he was the first I recruited to my scheme," [...] "He was a scion of the Taimen, injured in a battle against my homeland. I saved his life. My father was not pleased."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Write_a_history_of_the_Khanate%27s_failed_invasion_of_the_Elder_Continent|Write a history of the Khanate's failed invasion of the Elder Continent|Fallen London|}} ''"Before founding the Khanate as we know it, the Great Khan first attempted a landing on the shores of the Elder Continent. Neither side likes to tell the story."''</ref> Arik was wounded in the resulting war, but was rescued by [[Mariam]],<ref name="rescue"/> the daughter of the [[The Presbyter|Presbyter]] at the time.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask who she is|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Yes. I was the Presbyter's daughter.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_Years_Later#Interactions|Forsake your quest. Protect the Presbyter|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A once-Presbyter steps out. There is something familiar about his face - the high cheeks, the stern nose; so like Mariam's."''</ref> Mariam was to be gifted immortality by her father, but she bestowed this gift to Arik instead, much to her father's displeasure.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Rosina's_Chambers,_in_Health#Interactions|What news gave her such angry pleasure?|Sunless Sea|}} ''""The Presbyterate do not share their immortality," [...] "But one of them made an exception for his daughter, [...] "Mariam — the daughter — she gave the gift away to a Khaganian general, to spite her father and punish the Presbyterate. The last person they would have wanted to immortalise."''</ref><ref name="rescue" /> She then schemed to overthrow the city of [[Nidah|Nidah's]] rule over death,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask who she is|Sunless Sea|}} ''"I was estranged from my father. He tried to win me back with a gift that wasn't his to give. I spurned it. I rebelled. I founded the Seven Against Nidah."''</ref><ref name="oppose">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask why she opposes Nidah|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] what my colleagues would have said: 'to live eternal', 'to undo the injustice of death'. But I was offered immortality and gave it away. [...] "Perhaps I just dislike smugness. [...]"''</ref> and Arik was the first of her recruits.<ref name="rescue" /> | Arik is an elderly man and a member of the Seven Against Nidah.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Captain|Sunless Sea|}} ''""This is Arik," [...] 'THE SECOND OF THE SEVEN'. [...]"''</ref><ref name = "help">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hideaway#Interactions|Help the Sprightly Visionary|Sunless Sea|}} ''"He's industrious for one so old. He's always running around the city, aiding his cablemen or repairing electrical faults."''</ref> He is mute,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Lie about the farewell letter|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The Sprightly Visionary is mute [...]"''</ref> which may be due to a past injury to his neck, and communicates via a notebook chained to his wrist.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hideaway#Interactions|Aid the Sprightly Visionary|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] he writes a short message in the notebook chained to his wrist. 'Thank you. [...] he hands you the note he looks up, revealing his neck. It's one huge scar."''</ref> He is a former officer of the [[The Taimen Clan|Taimen Clan]]; before the founding of the [[Khanate]], he participated in the Great Khan's attempt to settle on the shores of the [[Elder Continent]].<ref name="rescue">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Captain|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] he was the first I recruited to my scheme," [...] "He was a scion of the Taimen, injured in a battle against my homeland. I saved his life. My father was not pleased."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Write_a_history_of_the_Khanate%27s_failed_invasion_of_the_Elder_Continent|Write a history of the Khanate's failed invasion of the Elder Continent|Fallen London|}} ''"Before founding the Khanate as we know it, the Great Khan first attempted a landing on the shores of the Elder Continent. Neither side likes to tell the story."''</ref> Arik was wounded in the resulting war, but was rescued by [[Mariam]],<ref name="rescue"/> the daughter of the [[The Presbyter|Presbyter]] at the time.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask who she is|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Yes. I was the Presbyter's daughter.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_Years_Later#Interactions|Forsake your quest. Protect the Presbyter|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A once-Presbyter steps out. There is something familiar about his face - the high cheeks, the stern nose; so like Mariam's."''</ref> Mariam was to be gifted immortality by her father, but she bestowed this gift to Arik instead, much to her father's displeasure.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Rosina's_Chambers,_in_Health#Interactions|What news gave her such angry pleasure?|Sunless Sea|}} ''""The Presbyterate do not share their immortality," [...] "But one of them made an exception for his daughter, [...] "Mariam — the daughter — she gave the gift away to a Khaganian general, to spite her father and punish the Presbyterate. The last person they would have wanted to immortalise."''</ref><ref name="rescue" /> She then schemed to overthrow the city of [[Nidah|Nidah's]] rule over death,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask who she is|Sunless Sea|}} ''"I was estranged from my father. He tried to win me back with a gift that wasn't his to give. I spurned it. I rebelled. I founded the Seven Against Nidah."''</ref><ref name="oppose">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Mariam#Interactions|Ask why she opposes Nidah|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] what my colleagues would have said: 'to live eternal', 'to undo the injustice of death'. But I was offered immortality and gave it away. [...] "Perhaps I just dislike smugness. [...]"''</ref> and Arik was the first of her recruits.<ref name="rescue" /> | ||
[[File:Riverofblood.png|alt=A river of blood.|thumb|[[The Nameless River]]]] | [[File:Riverofblood.png|alt=A river of blood.|thumb|[[The Nameless River]]]] | ||
Arik served as the Seven's Captain, commanding a fleet of living ships | Arik served as the Seven's Captain, commanding a fleet of living ships up the [[The Nameless River|Nameless River]] so their armies may reach Nidah.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Verger_in_Coral#Interactions|Ask him about the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[..] to break Nidah's hold on immortality [...] Arik sailed our troops up the red river on living ships."''</ref><ref name = "seize">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues#Interactions|The Captain|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The Captain [...] Arik seized the Polythremi vessels we needed to navigate the red river. He commanded our fleets."''</ref> He captured these vessels from [[Polythreme]] in a naval battle alongside [[Lorenzo]],<ref name = "seize"/><ref name = "spar">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Delivering_a_Letter#Interactions|Read the farewell letter to Hideaway|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Victory at sea over screaming ships of Polythreme. Sparring sessions that turned into something more."''</ref> and one of his subordinates in this skirmish would go on to rule [[Wisdom]] as its Governor.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hideaway#Hideaway:_Alone|Leaving Hideaway|Sunless Sea|}} ''"One request: find the Gov. of Wisdom, remove his mask. Tell him his capt. orders him to Hideaway; say I swear by Lady Miriam [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Wisdom#Wisdom|Unmask the Governor and present the summons to Hideaway|Sunless Sea|}} ''"You've seen his scarred face [...] Polythreme has a high bounty on his head, after he captured their vessels long ago, and led them to their doom in some forgotten escapade. The Governor roars [...]"''</ref> Arik and Lorenzo were also romantically involved;<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Deliver a letter of farewell to a Sprightly Visionary at Hideaway|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the Almost Dead Man croaks. How did this he come to know one of the exiles of Hideaway? [...] the old man displays a broken grin. "The old history of foolhardy youths," he confides, "Who somehow became old men." [...] Undercrow: The Almost Dead Man = 3 [Saying farewell to a lover in Hideaway.]"''</ref> the two were sparring partners, and Arik still wears the ascot Lorenzo gifted him.<ref name = "spar"/><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Undercrow#The_Undercrow|Give the Sprightly Visionary's response|Sunless Sea|}} ''""He still wears the ascot I gave him.""''</ref> Unfortunately, the Seven were defeated, and its members were forced into hiding.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Verger_in_Coral#Interactions|Ask him about the Seven|Sunless Sea|}} ''"After our defeat, we were separated. I don't know where the others hide [...]"''</ref> | ||
== Hidden Away == | == Hidden Away == | ||
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"A wiry gentleman of the Khanate, his graven expression is unimpressed. "This is Arik," Mariam tells you. Engraved on his plinth are the words 'THE SECOND OF THE SEVEN'."[2]
"I remember that he was the first I recruited to my scheme. He was a scion of the Taimen, injured in a battle against my homeland. I saved his life. My father was not pleased."[2]
Arik is a member of the Seven Against Nidah who served as its Captain.
History
"Arik seized the Polythremi vessels we needed to navigate the red river. He commanded our fleets."[2]
Arik is an elderly man and a member of the Seven Against Nidah.[3][4] He is mute,[5] which may be due to a past injury to his neck, and communicates via a notebook chained to his wrist.[6] He is a former officer of the Taimen Clan; before the founding of the Khanate, he participated in the Great Khan's attempt to settle on the shores of the Elder Continent.[7][8] Arik was wounded in the resulting war, but was rescued by Mariam,[7] the daughter of the Presbyter at the time.[9][10] Mariam was to be gifted immortality by her father, but she bestowed this gift to Arik instead, much to her father's displeasure.[11][7] She then schemed to overthrow the city of Nidah's rule over death,[12][13] and Arik was the first of her recruits.[7]
Arik served as the Seven's Captain, commanding a fleet of living ships up the Nameless River so their armies may reach Nidah.[14][15] He captured these vessels from Polythreme in a naval battle alongside Lorenzo,[15][16] and one of his subordinates in this skirmish would go on to rule Wisdom as its Governor.[17][18] Arik and Lorenzo were also romantically involved;[19] the two were sparring partners, and Arik still wears the ascot Lorenzo gifted him.[16][20] Unfortunately, the Seven were defeated, and its members were forced into hiding.[21]
Hidden Away
"Arik's plan involves steering Temtum from the zee, across the Elder Continent, and using the beast as a siege engine. 'Temtum will topple the walls like meringue,' his report claims. He seems confident. But it will take a long period of gradual excursions for the great city-beast of Hideaway to build up a tolerance for life above the waves."[22]
"The Investigator threatens to destroy Hideaway and everything you and I have worked towards. He must be killed."[23]
Arik escaped to Hideaway, where he began working towards the Seven's return.[24] He now diligently maintains the city's complex electrical grid with the help of many laborers,[4] and he is able to directly command the giant crustacean upon which the city is built via a brass control module.[25] However, the crustacean, named Temtum, is on the verge of molting its shell.[26] Arik hopes to use Temtum to one day smash the walls of Nidah wide open,[27] but his plans require that Hideaway remain settled and bustling,[28][29] and he is willing to kill or even instigate war to ensure his scheme may continue without interruption.[30][31]
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