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Revision as of 10:11, 7 June 2025

"An explorer from the Surface, who came down here to be the first to climb the Mountain. The Nidaheen drove him away. I recruited him. He charted the Interior for us, and plotted the course of our armies.

"Now? He fled into the north, where I have heard he maintains a lighthouse."[1]

A former Surface explorer, Lorenzo was tasked with navigating the dangers of the Elder Continent for the Seven Against Nidah. He specifically came to the Neath to be the first to climb the Mountain of Light, an act that was highly forbidden. Despite being let in by Batuk, Lorenzo failed in his task, but he gained enough knowledge about the Elder Continent to join the Seven as a guide.[2][3] As a member of the Seven, he secretly had affairs with both Arik[4] and Rosina.[5]

During the siege of Nidah, he was supposed to scout the area for incoming armies, but he accidentally failed to report a nearby army known as the Hyenas. Like Batuk, he considers it entirely his fault that the Seven failed.[5] He chose to flee to the Ragged Crow to atone for his sins, making sure no one would ever be led astray again. Surrounded by moths, Lorenzo is now old and decrepit. His attempt at eternity is over.[6]

Lorenzo's life is slowly coming to an end, but within him sleeps a member of an outstanding species of Frost-Moth called the Most-Moth, and its Emergence is imminent.[7] Lorenzo's student, the Incomparable Aurelian, is an insect collector who wishes to witness the Most-Moth's hatching and observe the moth's wings.[8] Before his final dissolution, however, Lorenzo would like to send farewells to his former friends and set his affairs in order.[9]

References

  1. ↑ The Seven Statues, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ The Guide, Sunless Sea ""Lorenzo," Mariam recalls. "An explorer from the Surface, who came down here to be the first to climb the Mountain. The Nidaheen drove him away. I recruited him. He charted the Interior for us, and plotted the course of our armies. "
  3. ↑ Share tales of the outside with the Almost Dead Man, Sunless Sea ""Not bad," he allows. "Saw a thing or two myself, in my youth. The Desert of Eyes, the Listening Desert, the Desert of Delights. Nidah, on the Mountain's side, with her domes of basalt and porphyry...""
  4. ↑ Read the farewell letter to Hideaway, Sunless Sea "Details are politely kept at arm's length [...] reminiscing of proud triumphs together. Victory at sea over screaming ships of Polythreme. Sparring sessions that turned into something more. [...] "I'm sorry [...] You always were the strongest of us.""
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Deliver the Almost Dead Man's letter, Sunless Sea "Tell Lorenzo that Rosina makes her own choices. And tell him the rout was never his d_mn fault."
  6. ↑ Approach a voice from the fog, Sunless Sea "No tomb-colonist ever looked as ancient or unwell as the Almost Dead Man before you. [...] "This is Lorenzo, my erstwhile mentor and host to the Most-Moth." "
  7. ↑ Ask the Almost Dead Man to rejoin the Seven Against Nidah, Sunless Sea "He laughs, and the laugh becomes a wheeze, which becomes a cough, which makes the Most-Moth stir restlessly behind his ribs."
  8. ↑ Speak with the Incomparable Aurelian, Sunless Sea "When my master retired here, we both thought it would be his last destination. [...] No one has been present at the Most-Moth's hatching before. Well, no one who was in a condition to remember it afterwards. [...] Of course, being by my master's side during his final days is a necessary part of the process."
  9. ↑ Entertain a dying man's last requests, Sunless Sea ""I must set my affairs in order. I owe that much to my successor." He waves a withered hand feebly. It's not clear whether the gesture suggests the companion at his bedside or the one nestled within his ribs. "So, would you help an old man say his farewells?""
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