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{{Spoiler}}<blockquote>{{Character|image1=Skiespeckish.png|caption1=Art from Sunless Sea|location=[[Eleutheria]] (former)|allegiance=[[Judgements]] (former)|relationships=[[The Halved]] (twin)}} | {{Spoiler}}<blockquote>{{Character|image1=Skiespeckish.png|caption1=Art from Sunless Sea|location=[[Eleutheria]] (former)|allegiance=[[Judgements]] (former)|relationships=[[The Halved]] (twin)}} | ||
''"INT: An ancient throne room, built and bathed in the light of Law. On a throne of fire sits the KING WHO SPEAKS. On a throne of obsidian sits the KING WHO WARS. They are the TWIN KINGS OF ELEUTHERIA, united in ruling."''<ref name="palace">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#III._Palace_of_the_Twin_Kings|III. Palace of the Twin Kings|Sunless Skies|}}</ref></blockquote>'''The King | ''"INT: An ancient throne room, built and bathed in the light of Law. On a throne of fire sits the KING WHO SPEAKS. On a throne of obsidian sits the KING WHO WARS. They are the TWIN KINGS OF ELEUTHERIA, united in ruling."''<ref name="palace">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#III._Palace_of_the_Twin_Kings|III. Palace of the Twin Kings|Sunless Skies|}}</ref></blockquote>'''The King Who Speaks''' was the other half of [[the Halved]] - the brother of the King Who Wars. | ||
== Cleft in Twain == | == Cleft in Twain == | ||
In a time when [[Eleutheria]] was still bright, the King | In a time when [[Eleutheria]] was still bright, the King Who Speaks ruled alongside the King who Wars as a duumvirate, and were known collectively as '''the Binary'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#V._A_Night_Of_Transfiguration|The Messenger returned!|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> The Binary was petitioned by the nascent Solonacean Conjunction to adopt an ideology similar to [[the Liberation of Night]];<ref name="palace" /> the King who Speaks expressed interest, but his brother shot down the plan.<ref name="speak change">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#III._Palace_of_the_Twin_Kings|The Prophet began to speak|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> As the meeting passed, the King who Speaks lowered his guard and submitted to the Conjunction as their disciple<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Dramatis_Personae#V._A_Night_Of_Transfiguration|The Prophet took the King Who Speaks' Fealty|Sunless Skies|}} ''"THE KING WHO SPEAKS: You have my sword. You have my pledge. You have my service. From now until my darkening."''</ref> - and then he was brutally assassinated by the vengeful members.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Dramatis_Personae#V._A_Night_Of_Transfiguration|V. A Night Of Transfiguration|Sunless Skies|}}''"The PRINCES OF LIGHT and the PROPHET EXILE welcome their latest Disciple — the KING WHO SPEAKS. [...] At their Prophet's signal, the Princes drew their knives! They stabbed the King's unprotected soul."''</ref> The betrayal and death of the King who Speaks led his brother to slaughter the Solonacean Conjunction, and their leader was condemned to [[the Well of Wonders]].<ref name="mourn">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#VI._The_King_In_Mourning|VI. The King In Mourning|Sunless Skies|}}"''The PROPHET EXILE is bound in chains of sorrow. At the King's gesture, a guard extracts a molten metal mask from a forge. No eyes. No mouth. Never to see the outside world. Never to speak treason again."''</ref> | ||
The King who Speaks might have been a ruler who valued change, as opposed to his brother, who preferred stagnation and preservation.<ref name="speak change" /> He claimed that he and his brother were growing dim, so he resolved to "let the old Order fall" to allow the Binary to become greater than what they already were.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#IV._The_Aftermath|Enter the King Who Speaks|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | The King who Speaks might have been a ruler who valued change, as opposed to his brother, who preferred stagnation and preservation.<ref name="speak change" /> He claimed that he and his brother were growing dim, so he resolved to "let the old Order fall" to allow the Binary to become greater than what they already were.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Dramatis_Personae#IV._The_Aftermath|Enter the King Who Speaks|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | ||
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"INT: An ancient throne room, built and bathed in the light of Law. On a throne of fire sits the KING WHO SPEAKS. On a throne of obsidian sits the KING WHO WARS. They are the TWIN KINGS OF ELEUTHERIA, united in ruling."[1]
The King Who Speaks was the other half of the Halved - the brother of the King Who Wars.
Cleft in Twain
In a time when Eleutheria was still bright, the King Who Speaks ruled alongside the King who Wars as a duumvirate, and were known collectively as the Binary.[2] The Binary was petitioned by the nascent Solonacean Conjunction to adopt an ideology similar to the Liberation of Night;[1] the King who Speaks expressed interest, but his brother shot down the plan.[3] As the meeting passed, the King who Speaks lowered his guard and submitted to the Conjunction as their disciple[4] - and then he was brutally assassinated by the vengeful members.[5] The betrayal and death of the King who Speaks led his brother to slaughter the Solonacean Conjunction, and their leader was condemned to the Well of Wonders.[6]
The King who Speaks might have been a ruler who valued change, as opposed to his brother, who preferred stagnation and preservation.[3] He claimed that he and his brother were growing dim, so he resolved to "let the old Order fall" to allow the Binary to become greater than what they already were.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 III. Palace of the Twin Kings, Sunless Skies
- ↑ The Messenger returned!, Sunless Skies
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Prophet began to speak, Sunless Skies
- ↑ The Prophet took the King Who Speaks' Fealty, Sunless Skies "THE KING WHO SPEAKS: You have my sword. You have my pledge. You have my service. From now until my darkening."
- ↑ V. A Night Of Transfiguration, Sunless Skies "The PRINCES OF LIGHT and the PROPHET EXILE welcome their latest Disciple — the KING WHO SPEAKS. [...] At their Prophet's signal, the Princes drew their knives! They stabbed the King's unprotected soul."
- ↑ VI. The King In Mourning, Sunless Skies "The PROPHET EXILE is bound in chains of sorrow. At the King's gesture, a guard extracts a molten metal mask from a forge. No eyes. No mouth. Never to see the outside world. Never to speak treason again."
- ↑ Enter the King Who Speaks, Sunless Skies
