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{{Neath_Location|title1 = Saviour's Rocks|image1 = Savioursrocks.png|caption1 = Burn it to the ground. Art from FL.|location = Gossamer Way|allegiance = The Tree of Ages|notable_inhabitants = Sorrow-spiders.<br>The Emissary of Spiders|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}''"The sound of their constant motion is like pebbles on a beach..."''<ref>{{ | {{Neath_Location|title1 = Saviour's Rocks|image1 = Savioursrocks.png|caption1 = Burn it to the ground. Art from FL.|location = Gossamer Way|allegiance = The Tree of Ages|notable_inhabitants = Sorrow-spiders.<br>The Emissary of Spiders|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}''"The sound of their constant motion is like pebbles on a beach..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Saviour%27s_Rocks#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''Saviour's Rocks''' is a chain of islands located to the East of [[the Unterzee]], filled to the brim with [[sorrow-spiders]].__forcetoc__ | '''Saviour's Rocks''' is a chain of islands located to the East of [[the Unterzee]], filled to the brim with [[sorrow-spiders]].__forcetoc__ | ||
==The Nativity== | ==The Nativity== | ||
Saviour's Rocks is the largest grouping of [[sorrow-spiders]] in the Neath. The few humans living in '''the Nativity''', the only human settlement here, refuse to speak of spiders, only referring to them as their "generous neighbors of whom they will speak no ill."<ref name="assistance">{{ | Saviour's Rocks is the largest grouping of [[sorrow-spiders]] in the Neath. The few humans living in '''the Nativity''', the only human settlement here, refuse to speak of spiders, only referring to them as their "generous neighbors of whom they will speak no ill."<ref name="assistance">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Preparing_for_the_Festival_of_Silk|Assist with festival preparations|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The sorrow-spiders here see and hear everything, and those who transgress are soundly punished. On occasion, people may venture into the pitch-dark '''Scuttering Reaches''' to gather silk in preparation for the festivities.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Scuttering_Reaches|The Scuttering Reaches|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
The inhabitants of the Rocks are divided into two groups based on gender, '''Weavers''' (women) and '''Widows''' (men), both of whom avidly worship the sorrow-spiders.<ref>{{ | The inhabitants of the Rocks are divided into two groups based on gender, '''Weavers''' (women) and '''Widows''' (men), both of whom avidly worship the sorrow-spiders.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Spy on the Weavers and Widows|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Luckily for visitors, the spiders have instituted what they call the '''Accord of Grace''', which usually lets visitors commune with the humans here unscathed. ''Usually''.<ref name="assistance">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Preparing_for_the_Festival_of_Silk|Assist with festival preparations|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Silk traders are common here, but they're notoriously tight-lipped and artificial, arguably even robotic.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Preparing_for_the_Festival_of_Silk|Compile a Port Report|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:blindfoldedemissary.png|thumb|left|100px|The Emissary of Spiders]] | [[File:blindfoldedemissary.png|thumb|left|100px|The Emissary of Spiders]] | ||
The main human contact in this wretched place is the rather passive-aggressive '''Emissary of Spiders''', who, of course, lacks eyes. Despite being blind, he's well-informed and is willing to conduct business with zee-captains. He acts as the "mouth" of the spider-council here, and he also occasionally acts a tour-guide for visitors.<ref>{{ | The main human contact in this wretched place is the rather passive-aggressive '''Emissary of Spiders''', who, of course, lacks eyes. Despite being blind, he's well-informed and is willing to conduct business with zee-captains. He acts as the "mouth" of the spider-council here, and he also occasionally acts a tour-guide for visitors.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Preparing_for_the_Festival_of_Silk|Meet with an Emissary of Spiders|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''The Festival of Silk''' is the much-awaited annual event where the inhabitants of the Rocks can ''finally'' let loose and have a good time until they go back to their colorless lives.<ref>{{ | '''The Festival of Silk''' is the much-awaited annual event where the inhabitants of the Rocks can ''finally'' let loose and have a good time until they go back to their colorless lives.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Festival_of_Silk|The Festival of Silk|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Near the Rocks lies the wreck of '''the ''Nocturne''''', a ship that was webbed up and emptied by the spiders.<ref>{{ | Near the Rocks lies the wreck of '''the ''Nocturne''''', a ship that was webbed up and emptied by the spiders.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Wreck_of_the_nocturne|Wreck of the Nocturne|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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==Webbed Secrets== | ==Webbed Secrets== | ||
{{Spoiler}}''"You've heard somewhere that sorrow-spiders can travel between mirrors. Did you read it in some weighty book on cryptoarachnology, or was it the rant of a beggar in the Flit? Why does the phrase 'tree of ages' come to mind?"''<ref>{{ | {{Spoiler}}''"You've heard somewhere that sorrow-spiders can travel between mirrors. Did you read it in some weighty book on cryptoarachnology, or was it the rant of a beggar in the Flit? Why does the phrase 'tree of ages' come to mind?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_matter_of_spiders|A matter of spiders|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
''"Branches of webs hang in their thousands from the colossal statue of some being as far from an angel as an angel from a man. The spider-council has made its home in the chipped out eyes, surrounded by its lessers and a precious collection of ensnared unfortunates. Hundreds of these captives dangle in silk cocoons, the sane and still-living tended to just enough to serve their full measure of both use and suffering."''<ref name="seasons">{{ | ''"Branches of webs hang in their thousands from the colossal statue of some being as far from an angel as an angel from a man. The spider-council has made its home in the chipped out eyes, surrounded by its lessers and a precious collection of ensnared unfortunates. Hundreds of these captives dangle in silk cocoons, the sane and still-living tended to just enough to serve their full measure of both use and suffering."''<ref name="seasons">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Behold the Tree of Seasons|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Treeofseasons.png|thumb|The Web of Stone|100px]] | [[File:Treeofseasons.png|thumb|The Web of Stone|100px]] | ||
Sorrow-spiders have the mysterious ability to travel [[Parabola|between mirrors]], which can be useful for infiltrations and assassinations.<ref>{{ | Sorrow-spiders have the mysterious ability to travel [[Parabola|between mirrors]], which can be useful for infiltrations and assassinations.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/The_great_work%3F|The great work?|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The spiders of Saviour's Rocks formed an alliance with an avaricious [[Lorn-Flukes|Lorn-Fluke]]. The Fluke would blind a zee-beast that knows [[the Correspondence]], and the spiders would give it troves of secrets in return.<ref>{{ | The spiders of Saviour's Rocks formed an alliance with an avaricious [[Lorn-Flukes|Lorn-Fluke]]. The Fluke would blind a zee-beast that knows [[the Correspondence]], and the spiders would give it troves of secrets in return.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Spying: On the grand spider-council|Sunless Sea|}}''"They speak [...] century of stolen secrets, [...] almost as long regretted promise made to a great zee-beast. [...] greed for knowledge, for which it willingly blinded another creature with the light of the stars. [...] secrets, eagerly grasped, reluctantly relinquished. [...] the curse of curiosity. [...] they speak of a trap, yet to be baited."''</ref> [[The Fathomking]] seems to have a strong enmity with the sorrow-spiders, and [[Drownies]] who dare trade with them are promptly executed in his court.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Fathomking#The_Throne-Cyst|Witness an execution|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Saviour's Rocks is guarded by '''the Tree of Ages''', a living ship of huge spider-councils, made from a complex series of deals the spiders struck and betrayed.<ref>{{ | Saviour's Rocks is guarded by '''the Tree of Ages''', a living ship of huge spider-councils, made from a complex series of deals the spiders struck and betrayed.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Spying: On the Tree of Ages|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Eventually, they seek to become '''the Tree of Epochs''', which will "stretch through the Neath to become the perfect geometry of sorrow".<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Spying: On the subject of eyes|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Another spider-council on the Rocks is '''the Tree of Seasons''', which is smaller but arguably even worse. The Tree of Seasons resides within '''the Web of Stone''', which is also home to various eyeless cultists. It has trapped several unfortunate beings within cocoons to extract their secrets, and their only refuge is death itself.<ref name="seasons">{{ | Another spider-council on the Rocks is '''the Tree of Seasons''', which is smaller but arguably even worse. The Tree of Seasons resides within '''the Web of Stone''', which is also home to various eyeless cultists. It has trapped several unfortunate beings within cocoons to extract their secrets, and their only refuge is death itself.<ref name="seasons">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Web_of_Stone|Behold the Tree of Seasons|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:24, 4 March 2021
"The sound of their constant motion is like pebbles on a beach..."[1]
Saviour's Rocks is a chain of islands located to the East of the Unterzee, filled to the brim with sorrow-spiders.
The Nativity
Saviour's Rocks is the largest grouping of sorrow-spiders in the Neath. The few humans living in the Nativity, the only human settlement here, refuse to speak of spiders, only referring to them as their "generous neighbors of whom they will speak no ill."[2] The sorrow-spiders here see and hear everything, and those who transgress are soundly punished. On occasion, people may venture into the pitch-dark Scuttering Reaches to gather silk in preparation for the festivities.[3]
The inhabitants of the Rocks are divided into two groups based on gender, Weavers (women) and Widows (men), both of whom avidly worship the sorrow-spiders.[4] Luckily for visitors, the spiders have instituted what they call the Accord of Grace, which usually lets visitors commune with the humans here unscathed. Usually.[2] Silk traders are common here, but they're notoriously tight-lipped and artificial, arguably even robotic.[5]
The main human contact in this wretched place is the rather passive-aggressive Emissary of Spiders, who, of course, lacks eyes. Despite being blind, he's well-informed and is willing to conduct business with zee-captains. He acts as the "mouth" of the spider-council here, and he also occasionally acts a tour-guide for visitors.[6]
The Festival of Silk is the much-awaited annual event where the inhabitants of the Rocks can finally let loose and have a good time until they go back to their colorless lives.[7]
Near the Rocks lies the wreck of the Nocturne, a ship that was webbed up and emptied by the spiders.[8]
Webbed Secrets
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"You've heard somewhere that sorrow-spiders can travel between mirrors. Did you read it in some weighty book on cryptoarachnology, or was it the rant of a beggar in the Flit? Why does the phrase 'tree of ages' come to mind?"[9]
"Branches of webs hang in their thousands from the colossal statue of some being as far from an angel as an angel from a man. The spider-council has made its home in the chipped out eyes, surrounded by its lessers and a precious collection of ensnared unfortunates. Hundreds of these captives dangle in silk cocoons, the sane and still-living tended to just enough to serve their full measure of both use and suffering."[10]
Sorrow-spiders have the mysterious ability to travel between mirrors, which can be useful for infiltrations and assassinations.[11]
The spiders of Saviour's Rocks formed an alliance with an avaricious Lorn-Fluke. The Fluke would blind a zee-beast that knows the Correspondence, and the spiders would give it troves of secrets in return.[12] The Fathomking seems to have a strong enmity with the sorrow-spiders, and Drownies who dare trade with them are promptly executed in his court.[13]
Saviour's Rocks is guarded by the Tree of Ages, a living ship of huge spider-councils, made from a complex series of deals the spiders struck and betrayed.[14] Eventually, they seek to become the Tree of Epochs, which will "stretch through the Neath to become the perfect geometry of sorrow".[15]
Another spider-council on the Rocks is the Tree of Seasons, which is smaller but arguably even worse. The Tree of Seasons resides within the Web of Stone, which is also home to various eyeless cultists. It has trapped several unfortunate beings within cocoons to extract their secrets, and their only refuge is death itself.[10]
References
- ↑ Port description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assist with festival preparations, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Scuttering Reaches, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Spy on the Weavers and Widows, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Compile a Port Report, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Meet with an Emissary of Spiders, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Festival of Silk, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Wreck of the Nocturne, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A matter of spiders, Fallen London
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Behold the Tree of Seasons, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The great work?, Fallen London
- ↑ Spying: On the grand spider-council, Sunless Sea "They speak [...] century of stolen secrets, [...] almost as long regretted promise made to a great zee-beast. [...] greed for knowledge, for which it willingly blinded another creature with the light of the stars. [...] secrets, eagerly grasped, reluctantly relinquished. [...] the curse of curiosity. [...] they speak of a trap, yet to be baited."
- ↑ Witness an execution, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Spying: On the Tree of Ages, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Spying: On the subject of eyes, Sunless Sea
