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<blockquote>''"Brimstone. Always brimstone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Brimstone. Always brimstone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Faustic corsair.png|alt=An evil looking ship.|thumb|A Faustic Corsair | [[File:Faustic corsair.png|alt=An evil looking ship.|thumb|A Faustic Corsair.]] | ||
Mt Palmerston is a sparsely populated island near a potentially active volcano. The ground is knee-deep in volcanic ash, and the landscape is marked by burned ruins.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea}} ''"Behind the port buildings, the island is is knee-deep in ash. There are ruins here and there, of houses destroyed by fire. [...] the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."''</ref> Many farmers have attempted to settle here, but their ventures were ended by past eruptions, leaving behind only scorched fields.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Find your contact|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the ruined granary up on the headland, where the last generation of farmers died in the volcano's flames."''</ref> Some ruins may be more than just failed settlements: one contains graffiti of the [[Dawn Machine]] written in a language of [[Hell]], while another is an ossuary containing a bent cross carved of bone.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Dig among the ruins|Sunless Sea|}} ''"One wall of a barn [...] Someone has gouged words into it, in one of the lesser alphabets of Hell - an account of a dream of the Usurper Sun, of its gear-teeth [...] How many of them died down here? [...] Three grinning skulls and a carven crooked-cross."''</ref> There is also a hidden oasis here | Mt Palmerston is a sparsely populated island near a potentially active volcano. The ground is knee-deep in volcanic ash, and the landscape is marked by burned ruins.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea}} ''"Behind the port buildings, the island is is knee-deep in ash. There are ruins here and there, of houses destroyed by fire. [...] the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."''</ref> Many farmers have attempted to settle here, but their ventures were ended by past eruptions, leaving behind only scorched fields.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Find your contact|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the ruined granary up on the headland, where the last generation of farmers died in the volcano's flames."''</ref> Some ruins may be more than just failed settlements: one contains graffiti of the [[Dawn Machine]] written in a language of [[Hell]], while another is an ossuary containing a bent cross carved of bone.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Dig among the ruins|Sunless Sea|}} ''"One wall of a barn [...] Someone has gouged words into it, in one of the lesser alphabets of Hell - an account of a dream of the Usurper Sun, of its gear-teeth [...] How many of them died down here? [...] Three grinning skulls and a carven crooked-cross."''</ref> There is also a hidden oasis here that is full of unnatural trees covered in strange fungi.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Oasis_of_Sorts|Event description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A quiet hollow. A stream of sweet dark water. A grove of parasynthetic fruit trees, boughs heavy with symbiotic fungus."''</ref> Fishing the stream could be a profitable endeavor, but it is also home to monstrosities no wise zailor should meet head-on.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Oasis_of_Sorts|Fish in the stream|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Fish in the stream [...] lazy, menacing ripples disturb the surface. There's more in there than sticklebacks. [...] The strangling horror that emerges from the water [...] the screaming seaman in whom it embeds its many mouths. [...] too late for him [...] You return to the ship with gall-fruit, gloam-carp and freshly filled water-casks. This has been a good day."''</ref> The waters near Palmerston are prowled by '''Faustic Corsairs''', which are a unique brand of corsair ship only found near this location; no further details about them are known.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Faustic_Corsair|Faustic Corsair|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Faustic Corsairs are frequently visible near Mount Palmerston."''</ref> | ||
The [[The Soul Trade|soul trade]] has a strong foothold at Palmerston, with mysterious hooded figures serving as contacts for smugglers.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Deliver your smuggled souls|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Deliver your smuggled souls [...] A hooded figure with a lantern waits at the far end of the quay."''</ref> One such character is the '''Buzzing Beggar''', who despite its title ''does'' pay for smuggled souls; it also wears a mask, and has hard, wood-like flesh.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|Event description|Sunless Sea|}} ''" [...] Zzouls, my friend," a masked figure entreats you. "Zzouls. Do you have zzouls? [...] Let me pay you for them."''</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|No zouls for you!|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Its arm beneath the sleeve, where you laid a hand on it, felt more like wood or lacquer than flesh."''</ref> | The [[The Soul Trade|soul trade]] has a strong foothold at Palmerston, with mysterious hooded figures serving as contacts for smugglers.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Deliver your smuggled souls|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Deliver your smuggled souls [...] A hooded figure with a lantern waits at the far end of the quay."''</ref> One such character is the '''Buzzing Beggar''', who despite its title ''does'' pay for smuggled souls; it also wears a mask, and has hard, wood-like flesh.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|Event description|Sunless Sea|}} ''" [...] Zzouls, my friend," a masked figure entreats you. "Zzouls. Do you have zzouls? [...] Let me pay you for them."''</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|No zouls for you!|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Its arm beneath the sleeve, where you laid a hand on it, felt more like wood or lacquer than flesh."''</ref> | ||
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"Sullen lights glow green at the jetty's edge. Behind the port buildings, the island is is knee-deep in ash. There are ruins here and there, of houses destroyed by fire. Far above, the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."[1]
Mount Palmerston is a large volcanic island to the north of the Unterzee.
A Hell Away From Home
"Brimstone. Always brimstone."[2]
Mt Palmerston is a sparsely populated island near a potentially active volcano. The ground is knee-deep in volcanic ash, and the landscape is marked by burned ruins.[3] Many farmers have attempted to settle here, but their ventures were ended by past eruptions, leaving behind only scorched fields.[4] Some ruins may be more than just failed settlements: one contains graffiti of the Dawn Machine written in a language of Hell, while another is an ossuary containing a bent cross carved of bone.[5] There is also a hidden oasis here that is full of unnatural trees covered in strange fungi.[6] Fishing the stream could be a profitable endeavor, but it is also home to monstrosities no wise zailor should meet head-on.[7] The waters near Palmerston are prowled by Faustic Corsairs, which are a unique brand of corsair ship only found near this location; no further details about them are known.[8]
The soul trade has a strong foothold at Palmerston, with mysterious hooded figures serving as contacts for smugglers.[9] One such character is the Buzzing Beggar, who despite its title does pay for smuggled souls; it also wears a mask, and has hard, wood-like flesh.[10][11]
The Brimstone Convention
"There was a revolution in Hell: and the aristocracy of devils fled here. Here, they plot in exile."[12]
"You bend your head closer. Closer. You feel the sounds tingling in your teeth and bones now. You can make out words: Judgements. Dream. Zalt. Alliance. Ecstasy. The sound overcomes you, and your vision blurs to red and grey."[13]
Once, there was a revolution in Hell known as the Season of Revolutions. The aristocrats on the losing side took up shelter at Mt Palmerston and formed the Brimstone Convention. They reside near the summit of the island and rarely interfere with the port below,[14] but their droning - like billions of bees - permeates through the mountain's upper slopes, loud enough to rattle a person's teeth from their skull.[15] It is not known whether the Convention's membership currently includes Grand Devils; it is confirmed that at least one prince of Hell resided here at some point,[16] but according to a Marigold Knight, the Convention believes all of Hell's former princes are slain.[17] Either way, the Brass Embassy is hellbent on hunting down these renegades, and will pay large indulgences for information.[18] In turn, the Palmerston exiles are plotting counter-revolutions to defeat Hell, but these plans appear desperate and impractical.[19]
A certain Wistful Deviless resides in a cozy cottage near Palmerston, acting as a guardian of the crater.[20] Despite her station, she misses Hell, and seeks to feed intelligence about the Convention to the Brass Embassy so that they may allow her return.[21] The Brimstone Convention may appear to be on dire straits, but their ultimate schemes seem to involve Parabola, the Judgements, Salt, and a potential alliance with any one of these influential powers.[22]
Historical and Cultural Inspirations
Many real-life locations called "Palmerston" existed throughout history, named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859-1865, and had a long and famed career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era; due to his reputation, diplomacy, and political activity, explorers named many sites after him. One such site is the Palmerston Atoll in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, a chain of 15 small islands which in fact rest on top of a volcano.[23] Of these islands, the island of Palmerston is the only one currently populated.[24]
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