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{{Neath_Location|title1 = Mount Palmerston|image1 = palmerston.png|caption1 = | {{Neath_Location|title1 = Mount Palmerston|image1 = palmerston.png|caption1 = Mt Palmerston. Volcanology not recommended.|location = [[The Unterzee|Palmerston's Reach]]|allegiance = The Brimstone Convention|notable_inhabitants = [[Grand Devils]]<br> | ||
The Wistful Deviless|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/infernal Infernal]}}''" | [[The Wistful Deviless]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/infernal Infernal]|port=Port Palmerston}} | ||
''"Brimstone. Always brimstone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Port_description|Port description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
''' | ''"Far above, the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."''<ref name = "palmerston location description>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
'''Mount Palmerston''' is a large volcanic island to the north of the [[Unterzee]].__forcetoc__ | |||
== == | |||
''"Tangles of thorned scrub climb the rocky slopes of the volcano. There are ruins here and there, of houses destroyed by fire."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Explore the island|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
''"Zzouls, my friend, Zzouls. Do you have zzouls? I miss them zo. Let me pay you for them."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|Event description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
Mt Palmerston is a sparsely populated island near an assumedly active volcano, and as to be expected of such a location, the surrounding area is completely covered in ash, rising up to one's ''knee'' in places that aren't commonly frequented.<ref name = "palmerston location description"/> | |||
One such site in particular is the Palmerston | The island was also home to many generations of agrarian settlements, all of which were completely destroyed in past eruptions, leaving behind only scorched fields and ruined structures.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Find your contact|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name = "palmerston location description"/> These ruins may have more to them than meets the eye, containing strange relics of the [[New Sequence]] written in the languages of [[Hell]] and mysterious, bent crosses.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Dig among the ruins|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> There's also an oasis in Mt Palmerston, full of unnatural trees and strange fungi;<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Oasis_of_Sorts|Event description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> the trees may provide useful bounties of gall-fruits, and the streams may be filled with edible gloam-carp, but the oasis may also be home to other monstrosities that no smart zailor would want to meet head-on.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Oasis_of_Sorts|Fish in the stream|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
The [[The Soul Trade|soul trade]] has a strong foothold in Mt Palmerston, with mysterious hooded figures serving as patrons and contacts for smugglers.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Deliver your smuggled souls|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> One of these figures is the '''Buzzing Beggar''', who, despite its title, does in fact pay for smuggled souls; it also wears an odd mask, has wood-like flesh, and zzpeaks with a interezzting aczzent.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|Event description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Buzzing_Beggar|No zouls for you!|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
==The Brimstone Convention== | |||
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''"They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. But the road to the Brimstone Convention is paved with cinders."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Go_up_to_the_crater|Story description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
''"They don't do us any harm. They stay up there, and we stay down here. If Hell's fighting itself, that's good for us all, isn't it?"''<ref name = "chat to port folk">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mount_Palmerston#Interactions|Chat to the port-folk about the Brimstone Convention|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
[[File:Palmerstoncrater.png|alt=A volcano's crater, filled with lava and flames.|thumb|The crater of Mt Palmerston.]] | |||
Once, there was a revolution in [[Hell]]. The devils on the wrong side of their revolution, the aristocratic [[Grand Devils]], have took up shelter at Mt Palmerston, calling themselves the '''Brimstone Convention'''. Thankfully, they largely remain near the summit of the island, very rarely interfering with the port's activities,<ref name = "chat to port folk"/> but their powerful droning, like millions and millions of bees, permeate throughout the mountain's higher slopes, loud enough to rattle a person's skull from their bones.<ref name = "independent verification">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Go_up_to_the_crater|Independent verification|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> These devils also possess massive crowns made of garish, searing metals that they wore since the founding of Hell, some of which are larger than a fully-grown horse.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Forsaken_Crown_of_a_Prince_of_Hell|The Forsaken Crown of a Prince of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref> | |||
The [[Brass Embassy]] is bent upon hunting down these renegades, and will provide huge favors in return for information of their activities.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Upgrade_your_guest_room_to_a_Sanctum|Upgrade your guest room to a Sanctum|Fallen London|}} ''"We'll root them out. Have you heard of the Brimstone Convention?"''</ref> Incidentally, a certain [[Wistful Deviless]] resides in a charming cottage near the mountain, acting as a guardian of the crater and preventing unauthorized access or eavesdropping.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Wistful_Deviless|Story description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name = "independent verification"/> Despite her station, she misses Hell, and as such seeks to feed intelligence about the Brimstone Convention to the Brass Embassy so that they may allow her to return.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Wistful_Deviless|The Deviless disconsolate|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
What exactly the exiles of the Brimstone Convention are plotting remains unclear, but it appears that their schemes may involve [[Parabola|dreams]], the [[Judgements]], [[Salt]], and even a potential ''alliance'' with any one of those influential powers...<ref name = "independent verification"/> | |||
== Real-Life Inspiration == | |||
Many real-life locations called "Palmerston" existed throughout history, named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859 – 1865 and had a long and famed career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era; due to his reputation, diplomacy, and political activity, explorers named many sites after him in his honor. One such site in particular is the Palmerston Atoll in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, a chain of 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoll|Atoll|Wikipedia|}}</ref> Of these islands, the island of Palmerston is the only one currently populated.<ref name = "henry john temple">{{FLCitation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston#Places_named_for_Palmerston|Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Wikipedia|}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
Revision as of 22:12, 15 March 2021
"Brimstone. Always brimstone."[1]
"Far above, the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."[2]
Mount Palmerston is a large volcanic island to the north of the Unterzee.
"Tangles of thorned scrub climb the rocky slopes of the volcano. There are ruins here and there, of houses destroyed by fire."[3]
"Zzouls, my friend, Zzouls. Do you have zzouls? I miss them zo. Let me pay you for them."[4]
Mt Palmerston is a sparsely populated island near an assumedly active volcano, and as to be expected of such a location, the surrounding area is completely covered in ash, rising up to one's knee in places that aren't commonly frequented.[2]
The island was also home to many generations of agrarian settlements, all of which were completely destroyed in past eruptions, leaving behind only scorched fields and ruined structures.[5][2] These ruins may have more to them than meets the eye, containing strange relics of the New Sequence written in the languages of Hell and mysterious, bent crosses.[6] There's also an oasis in Mt Palmerston, full of unnatural trees and strange fungi;[7] the trees may provide useful bounties of gall-fruits, and the streams may be filled with edible gloam-carp, but the oasis may also be home to other monstrosities that no smart zailor would want to meet head-on.[8]
The soul trade has a strong foothold in Mt Palmerston, with mysterious hooded figures serving as patrons and contacts for smugglers.[9] One of these figures is the Buzzing Beggar, who, despite its title, does in fact pay for smuggled souls; it also wears an odd mask, has wood-like flesh, and zzpeaks with a interezzting aczzent.[10][11]
The Brimstone Convention
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"They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. But the road to the Brimstone Convention is paved with cinders."[12]
"They don't do us any harm. They stay up there, and we stay down here. If Hell's fighting itself, that's good for us all, isn't it?"[13]
Once, there was a revolution in Hell. The devils on the wrong side of their revolution, the aristocratic Grand Devils, have took up shelter at Mt Palmerston, calling themselves the Brimstone Convention. Thankfully, they largely remain near the summit of the island, very rarely interfering with the port's activities,[13] but their powerful droning, like millions and millions of bees, permeate throughout the mountain's higher slopes, loud enough to rattle a person's skull from their bones.[14] These devils also possess massive crowns made of garish, searing metals that they wore since the founding of Hell, some of which are larger than a fully-grown horse.[15]
The Brass Embassy is bent upon hunting down these renegades, and will provide huge favors in return for information of their activities.[16] Incidentally, a certain Wistful Deviless resides in a charming cottage near the mountain, acting as a guardian of the crater and preventing unauthorized access or eavesdropping.[17][14] Despite her station, she misses Hell, and as such seeks to feed intelligence about the Brimstone Convention to the Brass Embassy so that they may allow her to return.[18]
What exactly the exiles of the Brimstone Convention are plotting remains unclear, but it appears that their schemes may involve dreams, the Judgements, Salt, and even a potential alliance with any one of those influential powers...[14]
Real-Life Inspiration
Many real-life locations called "Palmerston" existed throughout history, named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859 – 1865 and had a long and famed career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era; due to his reputation, diplomacy, and political activity, explorers named many sites after him in his honor. One such site in particular is the Palmerston Atoll in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, a chain of 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano.[19] Of these islands, the island of Palmerston is the only one currently populated.[20]
References
- ↑ Port description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Location description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Explore the island, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Event description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Find your contact, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dig among the ruins, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Event description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Fish in the stream, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Deliver your smuggled souls, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Event description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ No zouls for you!, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Story description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chat to the port-folk about the Brimstone Convention, Sunless Sea
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Independent verification, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Forsaken Crown of a Prince of Hell, Fallen London
- ↑ Upgrade your guest room to a Sanctum, Fallen London "We'll root them out. Have you heard of the Brimstone Convention?"
- ↑ Story description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ The Deviless disconsolate, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Atoll, Wikipedia
- ↑ Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Wikipedia
