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<blockquote>''"Warmly glowing and, er, slightly warm."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Deep_Amber|Nodule of Deep Amber|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>'''Amber''', also called '''deep amber,''' is a substance secreted<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Chunk_of_Golden_Amber|Chunk of Golden Amber|Sunless Skies}} ''""A fist-sized chunk of Rubbery secretions, shining the colour of hope.""''</ref> and traded by [[Rubbery Men]] and used in the [[Shapeling Arts]]. It is warm to the touch;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Deep_Amber|Nodule of Deep Amber|Fallen London}} ''"Warmly glowing and, er, slightly warm."''</ref> warmer amber is more potent,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Warm_Amber|Nodule of Warm Amber|Fallen London}} ''"An eye-sized chunk of deep amber. Disturbingly warm to the touch. But oddly hard to put down."''</ref> and particularly potent amber will tremble'''<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Trembling_Amber|Nodule of Trembling Amber|Fallen London}} ''"It thrills with electric life. Something in it glows like the very most distant of suns."''</ref>''' or pulsate like a little heart.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Pulsating_Amber|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|Fallen London}} ''"It looks like a reddish chunk of Deep Amber, but if you hold it in your hand, it beats like a little heart."''</ref> More powerful amber can contain a great quantity of energy'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Rubbery_liaisons|Rubbery liaisons|Fallen London}} ''"This piece of amber has been very far away indeed; the colour is a little paler; the surface smoothed out like a river pebble. Rub your thumb gently over its side and it vibrates sympathetically – purrs, even."''</ref>''' and memories.'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Starved_Gifts|Give a gift (Starved Gifts 6)|Fallen London}} ''"The Starved Man places a blue lump on the table with obvious reverence. "This contains an extensive record of his personal history," says the Starved Lithologer. "Every change he has made to himself, he has documented in the amber, along with his reasons for doing so. He hopes it will prove illuminating.""''</ref>''' Pulsating Amber seems to attract Rubbery Men, for some reason.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Pulsating_Amber|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|Fallen London}} ''"And maybe you can discover why your possession of it draws Rubbery Men to your lodgings. Does it mark you as a Rubbery sympathiser?"''</ref> | <blockquote>{{Object|title1=Amber|location=Anywhere [[Axiles]] or [[Starved Men]] are found|related=[[Rubbery Men]]<br> | ||
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''"Warmly glowing and, er, slightly warm."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Deep_Amber|Nodule of Deep Amber|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>'''Amber''', also called '''deep amber,''' is a substance secreted<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Chunk_of_Golden_Amber|Chunk of Golden Amber|Sunless Skies}} ''""A fist-sized chunk of Rubbery secretions, shining the colour of hope.""''</ref> and traded by [[Rubbery Men]] and used in the [[Shapeling Arts]]. It is warm to the touch;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Deep_Amber|Nodule of Deep Amber|Fallen London}} ''"Warmly glowing and, er, slightly warm."''</ref> warmer amber is more potent,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Warm_Amber|Nodule of Warm Amber|Fallen London}} ''"An eye-sized chunk of deep amber. Disturbingly warm to the touch. But oddly hard to put down."''</ref> and particularly potent amber will tremble'''<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Trembling_Amber|Nodule of Trembling Amber|Fallen London}} ''"It thrills with electric life. Something in it glows like the very most distant of suns."''</ref>''' or pulsate like a little heart.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Pulsating_Amber|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|Fallen London}} ''"It looks like a reddish chunk of Deep Amber, but if you hold it in your hand, it beats like a little heart."''</ref> More powerful amber can contain a great quantity of energy'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Rubbery_liaisons|Rubbery liaisons|Fallen London}} ''"This piece of amber has been very far away indeed; the colour is a little paler; the surface smoothed out like a river pebble. Rub your thumb gently over its side and it vibrates sympathetically – purrs, even."''</ref>''' and memories.'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Starved_Gifts|Give a gift (Starved Gifts 6)|Fallen London}} ''"The Starved Man places a blue lump on the table with obvious reverence. "This contains an extensive record of his personal history," says the Starved Lithologer. "Every change he has made to himself, he has documented in the amber, along with his reasons for doing so. He hopes it will prove illuminating.""''</ref>''' Pulsating Amber seems to attract Rubbery Men, for some reason.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nodule_of_Pulsating_Amber|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|Fallen London}} ''"And maybe you can discover why your possession of it draws Rubbery Men to your lodgings. Does it mark you as a Rubbery sympathiser?"''</ref> | |||
This substance is also used extensively by [[Starved Men]], who store it in vats to fuel their own practice of the Shapeling Arts.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/So_Are_They_Shaped|So Are They Shaped|Fallen London}} ''"Those from the Neath's floor have dealt with them before [...] but their motives have remained [...] either as murky as their amber vats or as mutable as their forms."''</ref> During the events that followed the [[London Horticultural Show]], amber rained down from the [[The Roof of the Neath|Roof]] above.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Clear_the_city_of_amber|Clear the city of amber|Fallen London}} ''"It falls from the Roof in great clots, seeping through shattered tiles and cairns of rubble. Great semi-solid flows of the stuff block streets and clog alleyways."''</ref> It is most effective for shaping, regardless of one's species, when heated to a boil.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_a_Rubbery_Man_about_amber_from_the_Roof|Ask a Rubbery Man about amber from the Roof|Fallen London}} ''"He drops a nodule of amber within the hollow, and a bubbling [...] sound emerges from somewhere within his throat. [...] a passable charade of boiling. So amber is most useful when heated up? An enthusiastic and spittle-rich assent."''</ref> | This substance is also used extensively by [[Starved Men]], who store it in vats to fuel their own practice of the Shapeling Arts.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/So_Are_They_Shaped|So Are They Shaped|Fallen London}} ''"Those from the Neath's floor have dealt with them before [...] but their motives have remained [...] either as murky as their amber vats or as mutable as their forms."''</ref> During the events that followed the [[London Horticultural Show]], amber rained down from the [[The Roof of the Neath|Roof]] above.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Clear_the_city_of_amber|Clear the city of amber|Fallen London}} ''"It falls from the Roof in great clots, seeping through shattered tiles and cairns of rubble. Great semi-solid flows of the stuff block streets and clog alleyways."''</ref> It is most effective for shaping, regardless of one's species, when heated to a boil.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_a_Rubbery_Man_about_amber_from_the_Roof|Ask a Rubbery Man about amber from the Roof|Fallen London}} ''"He drops a nodule of amber within the hollow, and a bubbling [...] sound emerges from somewhere within his throat. [...] a passable charade of boiling. So amber is most useful when heated up? An enthusiastic and spittle-rich assent."''</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Amberpurple.png|Violet Amber | File:Amberpurple.png|Violet Amber | ||
File:Amber green.png|Fecund Amber | File:Amber green.png|Fecund Amber | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 4 June 2025
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