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''"WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT US? Voice in bones. Words in water. Answer in haste. They are hungry."'' | ''"WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT US? Voice in bones. Words in water. Answer in haste. They are hungry."'' | ||
[[File:Lornfluke.png|thumb|250px|Look at all those spikes. Art from SS.]]''' | [[File:Lornfluke.png|thumb|250px|Look at all those spikes. Art from SS.]]'''Flukes''' are monstrous, possibly primordial creatures that appear to be giant sea urchins. Their species can vary largely in size (see below). Originally from <font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">the planet Axile</span></font><span style="font-weight:normal;">, </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">t</span>hey can be pretty friendly all things considered, hanging out around Flute Street, and they're responsible for the creation of the Rubbery Men. | ||
However, there lurk Flukes in the depths of the Unterzee, that even the most grizzled zailor will hesitate to speak of. These '''Lorn-Flukes '''can easily overwhelm ships, both by physical destruction and by terrifying the crew by speaking words of [[The Correspondence|Correspondence]]. As the splinter faction of the more mundane Flukes, t<span style="font-weight:normal;">hey</span> are enemies of [[The Masters of the Bazaar|the Masters ]]and seek to control or destroy [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]]. Some Lorn-Flukes fell under the spell of [[the Dawn Machine]], becoming the much-tougher '''Dawn-Flukes'''. | |||
There is a captive Lorn-Fluke in [[The Cave of the Nadir|the Cave of the Nadir]]. | There is a captive Lorn-Fluke in [[The Cave of the Nadir|the Cave of the Nadir]]. | ||
Veteran zailors who hoped to escape the Flukes upon crossing the [[Avid Horizon]] will be sorely disappointed as some Flukes have now taken to the skies as exiles of their kind. These '''Scorn-Flukes''' are even more dangerous than their Neathian counterparts, and they're ''beyond furious'', screaming the Correspondence with unprecedented fluency at hapless locomotives as their ritualistically scarred bodies undulate through the star-maddened skies... | |||
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|When killed, lorn-flukes leave behind a core which glows [[The Neathbow#Irrigo|irrigo]], the colour of forgetfulness, and is made of the souls of the creature's victims. It may be possible for individual humans to be transformed into Flukes as well. | |When killed, lorn-flukes leave behind a core which glows [[The Neathbow#Irrigo|irrigo]], the colour of forgetfulness, and is made of the souls of the creature's victims. It may be possible for individual humans to be transformed into Flukes as well. | ||
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[[File:Flukeheader.png|thumb|left|400px|Art from FL]] | [[File:Flukeheader.png|thumb|left|400px|Art from FL]] | ||
[[Category:Creatures]] | [[Category:Creatures]] | ||
[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
Revision as of 01:13, 4 March 2019
"Crushing black silence. Thoughts like mud. Focus on light. Recall the surface. Recall the Surface! You are human. Three great presences. Deep as stone.
"The Drowning Feast. The greatest yet. Dishes like treasures. Gifts from above. Gold, wood, brick. Flesh, hair, eyes. Words, rhymes, thought. Why remain below? Flee far above. The wrong place. The wrong time. Abandon your plan. Or be resolved.
"The oldest Lorn-Flukes. Too vast now. Swollen with hate. Swollen with wisdom. Tendrils glisten dully. Light contracts nodules. Watch them flex.
"WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT US? Voice in bones. Words in water. Answer in haste. They are hungry."
Flukes are monstrous, possibly primordial creatures that appear to be giant sea urchins. Their species can vary largely in size (see below). Originally from the planet Axile, they can be pretty friendly all things considered, hanging out around Flute Street, and they're responsible for the creation of the Rubbery Men.
However, there lurk Flukes in the depths of the Unterzee, that even the most grizzled zailor will hesitate to speak of. These Lorn-Flukes can easily overwhelm ships, both by physical destruction and by terrifying the crew by speaking words of Correspondence. As the splinter faction of the more mundane Flukes, they are enemies of the Masters and seek to control or destroy the Bazaar. Some Lorn-Flukes fell under the spell of the Dawn Machine, becoming the much-tougher Dawn-Flukes.
There is a captive Lorn-Fluke in the Cave of the Nadir.
Veteran zailors who hoped to escape the Flukes upon crossing the Avid Horizon will be sorely disappointed as some Flukes have now taken to the skies as exiles of their kind. These Scorn-Flukes are even more dangerous than their Neathian counterparts, and they're beyond furious, screaming the Correspondence with unprecedented fluency at hapless locomotives as their ritualistically scarred bodies undulate through the star-maddened skies...
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| When killed, lorn-flukes leave behind a core which glows irrigo, the colour of forgetfulness, and is made of the souls of the creature's victims. It may be possible for individual humans to be transformed into Flukes as well. | ||
