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Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the [[Principles of Coral]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Apocyan_Chess-Piece|Apocyan Chess-Piece|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and [[Crooked-Crosses]] often lacquer their crosses in this color.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Crooked_Cross|A Crooked Cross|Fallen London|}}''"You've had it in lacquered in pleasing tones of blue and apocyanic. An immeasurable improvement."''</ref> Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and shines brilliant apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Lump_of_Blue_Scintillack|A Lump of Blue Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}''"It blazes with apocyanic radiance."''</ref> And an apocyanic piece of [[amber]] may be what brings down the [[Bazaar]]...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22I_bring_the_Bazaar.%22|"I bring the Bazaar."|Fallen London|}} ''"You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed."''</ref>
Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the [[Principles of Coral]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Apocyan_Chess-Piece|Apocyan Chess-Piece|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and [[Crooked-Crosses]] often lacquer their crosses in this color.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Crooked_Cross|A Crooked Cross|Fallen London|}}''"You've had it in lacquered in pleasing tones of blue and apocyanic. An immeasurable improvement."''</ref> Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and shines brilliant apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Lump_of_Blue_Scintillack|A Lump of Blue Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}''"It blazes with apocyanic radiance."''</ref> And an apocyanic piece of [[amber]] may be what brings down the [[Bazaar]]...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22I_bring_the_Bazaar.%22|"I bring the Bazaar."|Fallen London|}} ''"You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed."''</ref>


Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cast_a_flare_into_the_shadows.|Cast a flare into the shadows.|Fallen London|}} ''"he torch bursts into flames, which crackle and burn fierce apocyan. The figure starts to run towards you [...] You blink. The image remains, captured. You have a new daguerrotype, a page to add to your others. You will remember this figure. Will you remember what it is they want to burn? Will you remember to flee from them?"''</ref>
Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cast_a_flare_into_the_shadows.|Cast a flare into the shadows.|Fallen London|}} ''"The torch bursts into flames, which crackle and burn fierce apocyan. The figure starts to run towards you [...] You blink. The image remains, captured. You have a new daguerrotype, a page to add to your others. You will remember this figure. Will you remember what it is they want to burn? Will you remember to flee from them?"''</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 08:58, 7 October 2024

"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."[1]

A color of the Neathbow, apocyan is the color of coral, of memory,[2] and of the Zee's waves.[3] The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix apo-, meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"[4] - like the words "apostate" (gone-away-from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering).

Properties

Apocyanic light is difficult to contain, even in a mirrorcatch box; it seems to want to release its memory into the world.[5][6]

Apocyan has been portrayed as a variety of shades of blue, from teal[7] to azure.

Uses

Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the Principles of Coral,[8] and Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.[9] Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and shines brilliant apocyanic light.[10] And an apocyanic piece of amber may be what brings down the Bazaar...[11]

Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.[12]

Gallery

  • An Apocyan Chess-Piece.
    An Apocyan Chess-Piece.
  • A Crooked-Cross.
    A Crooked-Cross.
  • Blue Scintillack
    Blue Scintillack

References

  1. ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan, Sunless Sea "A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."
  3. ↑ Sunless tattoo, Fallen London "Neath-colours: apocyanic for the wave-tips; peligin for the deeps."
  4. ↑ Origin and meaning of the prefix apo-, Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. ↑ Apocyan-filled Mirrorcatch Box, Fallen London "It is difficult to keep it closed. The lid keeps threatening to burst off and flood the room with light and recollection."
  6. ↑ Empty an apocyan-filled box, Fallen London "You unhook the lid and the box gleefully pops open, filling your vision with with an apocyanic glare."
  7. ↑ Per Bruno Dias on the FBG Discord, regarding color choices of advanced stat icons: "Apocyan (teal)"
  8. ↑ Apocyan Chess-Piece, Sunless Sea
  9. ↑ A Crooked Cross, Fallen London "You've had it in lacquered in pleasing tones of blue and apocyanic. An immeasurable improvement."
  10. ↑ A Lump of Blue Scintillack, Sunless Sea "It blazes with apocyanic radiance."
  11. ↑ "I bring the Bazaar.", Fallen London "You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed."
  12. ↑ Cast a flare into the shadows., Fallen London "The torch bursts into flames, which crackle and burn fierce apocyan. The figure starts to run towards you [...] You blink. The image remains, captured. You have a new daguerrotype, a page to add to your others. You will remember this figure. Will you remember what it is they want to burn? Will you remember to flee from them?"
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