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'' | {{Neath_Location|image1 = Chelonate.png|caption1 = Is that a zee-turtle bone? Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[The Unterzee]]|allegiance = Fiercely Independent<br> | ||
[[The Fathomking]]|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites}}''Waves lap the slabby sides of a vast turtle-shell - bigger than any cathedral. Chelonites loaf on wooden docks around the shell-sides, staring sullenly. Lamps hang like decorations in a festive butcher's window. All around you, the sea is rank with scraps of ancient flesh.'' | |||
'''The Chelonate''' is an island-sized, rotting zee-turtle corpse inhabited by crazed monster-hunters called '''Chelonites'''.__forcetoc__ | |||
A temple to [ | ==Live Bait== | ||
The corpse is still rotting, as to be expected, and the monster-hunters here are extremely hostile to visitors. Strangely, duels and brawls occur where the stench is the foulest. Some members of the Chelonate have dealings with [[the Fathomking]]; let's just say he doesn't like it when they make unreasonable demands. | |||
Despite the fact that it's located near [[the Gant Pole]], where zee-monsters go to die, the Chelonites are very quick to point out that their ancestors actually slew the monster they're living on, and the proximity of the Pole is just a coincidence. They will point this out with whatever weapons happen to be nearby. | |||
A temple to [[Storm]] resides in the Chelonate, and his presence might explain the locals' unpredictable and violent natures. | |||
A dangerous ship called the '''Eater of Names''' patrols here; its bow and figurehead are [[gant]]. | |||
==The Gant Pole== | |||
{{Neath_Location|title1 = The Gant Pole|image1 = gantpole.png|caption1 = Looks more like a heart than a pole. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Chelonate|allegiance = The Chelonate|notable_inhabitants = The Chelonites}}''The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.'' | |||
Located under the Chelonate and away from the stink, the '''Gant Pole''' is where zee monsters go to die. | |||
Its mazes are only inhabited by elderly zailors, barely able to fight, and one haruspex, who tells the future in the entrails of zee monsters and might be as old as [[The Fallen Cities#The First City|the First City]]. One who inquires into her past will learn that she was exiled from [[Whither]] after answering a question. She is searching for the answer to the great question of Whither, the one thing that might allow her to return. | |||
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[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:54, 17 June 2019
Waves lap the slabby sides of a vast turtle-shell - bigger than any cathedral. Chelonites loaf on wooden docks around the shell-sides, staring sullenly. Lamps hang like decorations in a festive butcher's window. All around you, the sea is rank with scraps of ancient flesh.
The Chelonate is an island-sized, rotting zee-turtle corpse inhabited by crazed monster-hunters called Chelonites.
Live Bait
The corpse is still rotting, as to be expected, and the monster-hunters here are extremely hostile to visitors. Strangely, duels and brawls occur where the stench is the foulest. Some members of the Chelonate have dealings with the Fathomking; let's just say he doesn't like it when they make unreasonable demands.
Despite the fact that it's located near the Gant Pole, where zee-monsters go to die, the Chelonites are very quick to point out that their ancestors actually slew the monster they're living on, and the proximity of the Pole is just a coincidence. They will point this out with whatever weapons happen to be nearby.
A temple to Storm resides in the Chelonate, and his presence might explain the locals' unpredictable and violent natures.
A dangerous ship called the Eater of Names patrols here; its bow and figurehead are gant.
The Gant Pole
The leathery carcasses of hollowed-out beasts line the ventricles of this stone heart. Ancient blubber bubbles up around paths of bone and hide that squelch with every step. A distant drip carves eternity into hours.
Located under the Chelonate and away from the stink, the Gant Pole is where zee monsters go to die.
Its mazes are only inhabited by elderly zailors, barely able to fight, and one haruspex, who tells the future in the entrails of zee monsters and might be as old as the First City. One who inquires into her past will learn that she was exiled from Whither after answering a question. She is searching for the answer to the great question of Whither, the one thing that might allow her to return.
