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''"A book for children. One page is devoted to each of the colours of the Neath, which are not found on the Surface."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/THE_NEATHBOW|THE NEATHBOW|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"A book for children. One page is devoted to each of the colours of the Neath, which are not found on the Surface."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/THE_NEATHBOW|THE NEATHBOW|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Neathbowblack.png|thumb|300px|The Neathbow, arranged based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color additive color mixing]. Art by Midnight Voyager.]]'''The Neathbow''' is the collective term for seven colors which cannot be seen on [[the Surface]]. They are most commonly observed in the Neath (hence the name), but they also turn up in places like [[Parabola]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | [[File:Neathbowblack.png|thumb|300px|The Neathbow, arranged based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color additive color mixing]. Art by Midnight Voyager.]]'''The Neathbow''' is the collective term for seven colors which cannot be seen on [[the Surface]]. They are most commonly observed in the Neath (hence the name), but they also turn up in places like [[Parabola]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabola_tattoo|Parabola tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> and [[the High Wilderness]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Stair_to_the_Sea|The Stair to the Sea|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> The seven colors of the Neathbow are '''irrigo''', '''violant''', '''cosmogone''', '''peligin''', '''apocyan''', '''viric''', and '''gant'''. | ||
==Irrigo== | ==Irrigo== | ||
''"I is for IRRIGO. No one remembers why. Irrigo colours the forgotten corners of home."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Irrigo|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Irrigo|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"I is for IRRIGO. No one remembers why. Irrigo colours the forgotten corners of home."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Irrigo|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Irrigo|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Irrigoletter.png|thumb]] | [[File:Irrigoletter.png|thumb]] | ||
The most prominent color of the Neathbow, '''irrigo''' is the unremembered color, the light of absence.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | The most prominent color of the Neathbow, '''irrigo''' is the unremembered color, the light of absence.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Irrigo|Irrigo|Fallen London|}}</ref> Exposure to it causes severe memory loss, overexposure to it can result in total ego death, and it can cause thick, bony plates to grow over one's eyes, creating disgusting eyeless skulls.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Struggle_for_the_exit|Struggle for the exit|Fallen London|}}</ref> [[The Cave of the Nadir]] is filled with dangerous irrigo radiation,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Catafalquerie|The Catafalquerie|Fallen London|}}</ref> so explorers use tea brewed from Ray-Drenched Cinders to protect themselves.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_the_Cave_of_the_Nadir|Enter the Cave of the Nadir|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Irrigo can be infused into objects,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | Irrigo can be infused into objects,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pair_of_Irrigo_Goggles|Pair of Irrigo Goggles|Fallen London|}}</ref> and [[The Great Game|Midnighters]] use shrines and robes that are draped in this color to perform their rites.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shrine_to_Saint_Joshua|Shrine to Saint Joshua|Fallen London|}}</ref> ''[[The Gant Pole|The Irrepressible]]'' notably uses powerful irrigo weaponry.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Irrepressible|Attempt to detach the Irrigo-cannon|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Irrigo seems to internally retain the memories it steals, so [[Flukes|Fluke-Cores]] often have years worth of histories and experiences stored within them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fluke-Core|Fluke-Core|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Irrigo's name comes from the Latin ''irrigo'', meaning to flood or overwhelm, or, even more suitably, to diffuse or shed. | Irrigo's name comes from the Latin ''irrigo'', meaning to flood or overwhelm, or, even more suitably, to diffuse or shed. | ||
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''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Violant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Violant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Violantletter.png|thumb]] | [[File:Violantletter.png|thumb]] | ||
'''Violant''' is irrigo's counterpart, the color of troublesome but necessary connections; it indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It's very hard to forget anything written in violant ink.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> [[The Correspondence|Correspondents]] use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | '''Violant''' is irrigo's counterpart, the color of troublesome but necessary connections; it indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It's very hard to forget anything written in violant ink.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> [[The Correspondence|Correspondents]] use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Become_a_Correspondent|Become a Correspondent|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both. | The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both. | ||
Violant is usually a shade of burgundy,<ref>''"The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :) | Violant is usually a shade of burgundy,<ref>''"The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :) | ||
"'' - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games</ref> but sometimes it is approximated as a shade of purple,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | "'' - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games</ref> but sometimes it is approximated as a shade of purple,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shades_of_Yesterday|Shades of Yesterday|Fallen London|}} ''"You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."''</ref> or even as a light blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Watchful_skull|Look into the skull's eye socket|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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''"C lights COSMOGONE, the colour of remembered suns. The fecund, the foetid, the fungal: these flourish in the glow of cosmogone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Cosmogone|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Cosmogone|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"C lights COSMOGONE, the colour of remembered suns. The fecund, the foetid, the fungal: these flourish in the glow of cosmogone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Cosmogone|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Cosmogone|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Cosmogoneletter.png|thumb]] | [[File:Cosmogoneletter.png|thumb]] | ||
A shade heavily associated with [[Parabola]], '''cosmogone''' is the color of remembered sunlight. Under its light, fungus and other flora flourishes. It's the most prominent color in Ray-Drenched Cinders,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Ray-Drenched_Cinder|Ray-Drenched Cinder|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> which also contain the radiances of other Neathbow colors like [[irrigo]] and [[violant]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | A shade heavily associated with [[Parabola]], '''cosmogone''' is the color of remembered sunlight. Under its light, fungus and other flora flourishes. It's the most prominent color in Ray-Drenched Cinders,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Ray-Drenched_Cinder|Ray-Drenched Cinder|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> which also contain the radiances of other Neathbow colors like [[irrigo]] and [[violant]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ray-Drenched_Cinder|Ray-Drenched Cinder|Fallen London|}}</ref> and it's the tint of a Silverer's spectacles. Cosmogone is irresistible to the denizens of the mirrors.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Set_of_Cosmogone_Spectacles|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The name "cosmogone" probably comes from the word "cosmogony", the study of the origin of the solar system, or of the universe, and "gone". | The name "cosmogone" probably comes from the word "cosmogony", the study of the origin of the solar system, or of the universe, and "gone". | ||
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''"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Peligin|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Peligin|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Peligin|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Peligin|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Peliginletter.png|thumb]] | [[File:Peliginletter.png|thumb]] | ||
'''Peligin''' is the hue of the waters of [[the Unterzee]] and those of the land of the dead.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | '''Peligin''' is the hue of the waters of [[the Unterzee]] and those of the land of the dead.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Chess-Piece_tattoo|A Chess-Piece tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> It's the color of the eyes of [[Monster-Hunters]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Give it your Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> as they have consumed the peligin flesh of zee-monsters.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Hunter%27s_Eye|Hunter's Eye|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Peligin is a dark, dark, black, beyond the reach of any light.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Merciless_Modiste#Interactions|Commission a set of fine clothes|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin ''pelagus, ''meaning "sea," and the color fuligin, which is darker than black and derived from Gene Wolfe's science fiction novel ''The Shadow of the Torturer,'' itself derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like. | The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin ''pelagus, ''meaning "sea," and the color fuligin, which is darker than black and derived from Gene Wolfe's science fiction novel ''The Shadow of the Torturer,'' itself derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like. | ||
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''"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Apocyanletter.png|thumb]] | [[File:Apocyanletter.png|thumb]] | ||
'''Apocyan''' is the color of coral, of memory,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and of the Zee's waves.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | '''Apocyan''' is the color of coral, of memory,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and of the Zee's waves.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sunless_tattoo|Sunless tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> Chess pieces of this color can be harvested from [[Port Cecil]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Apocyan_Chess-Piece|Apocyan Chess-Piece|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Crooked_Cross|A Crooked Cross|Fallen London|}}</ref> Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and blazes with apocyanic radiance.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Lump_of_Blue_Scintillack|A Lump of Blue Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> And an apocyanic piece of amber may be what brings down the Bazaar...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22I_bring_the_Bazaar.%22|"I bring the Bazaar."|Fallen London|}} ''"You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed. "''</ref> | ||
Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cast_a_flare_into_the_shadows.|Cast a flare into the shadows.|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix ''apo-'', meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"<ref>{{Citation|https://www.etymonline.com/word/apo-|Origin and meaning of the prefix apo-|Online Etymology Dictionary|}}</ref>, like in words "apostate" (gone-away from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering). | The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix ''apo-'', meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"<ref>{{Citation|https://www.etymonline.com/word/apo-|Origin and meaning of the prefix apo-|Online Etymology Dictionary|}}</ref>, like in words "apostate" (gone-away from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering). | ||
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''"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Viric|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Viric|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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'''Viric''' is the green of shallow sleep. It's heavily associated with [[the Fingerkings]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#Interactions|Give it your enigmatic painting|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> — Fingerking-possessed [[Clay Men]]'s<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic|Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> (and the Somnolent Hyena's)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | '''Viric''' is the green of shallow sleep. It's heavily associated with [[the Fingerkings]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#Interactions|Give it your enigmatic painting|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> — Fingerking-possessed [[Clay Men]]'s<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic|Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> (and the Somnolent Hyena's)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gawp|Gawp|Fallen London|}}</ref> eyes burn with viric fire, and a box of dream-snakes will also glow viric.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Mirrorcatch_Box_Full_of_Very_Angry_Dream-Snakes|A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The priests of [[Varchas]] use viric Mirror-Charms to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Temple_of_Mihir|Dreams of Smoke|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Discoveries|Discoveries|Sunless Sea|}}''"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."''</ref> | When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Discoveries|Discoveries|Sunless Sea|}}''"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."''</ref> | ||
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''"G is lost in GANT, which remains when all other colours are eaten. Gant can be found where shadows are myriad."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Gant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Gant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ''"G is lost in GANT, which remains when all other colours are eaten. Gant can be found where shadows are myriad."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Gant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Gant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
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The color one sees in the dark, '''gant''' is more beige than one might expect.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Show it your Weeping Scar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is the color of [[the Chelonate|the Eater of Names]]' boat,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Show it a sketch of the Figurehead of the Eater of Names|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and zee-beasts go to a place called [[the Gant Pole]] to die.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Gant_Pole#Port_description|Gant Pole|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Perhaps most notoriously, it is also the color of the [[Avid Horizon]]'s gate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Avid_Horizon#Port_interactions|Avid Horizon|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Gant ink is used to remove false tattoos;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | The color one sees in the dark, '''gant''' is more beige than one might expect.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Show it your Weeping Scar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is the color of [[the Chelonate|the Eater of Names]]' boat,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_First_Curator#The_First_Curator.27s_Manse|Show it a sketch of the Figurehead of the Eater of Names|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and zee-beasts go to a place called [[the Gant Pole]] to die.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Gant_Pole#Port_description|Gant Pole|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Perhaps most notoriously, it is also the color of the [[Avid Horizon]]'s gate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Avid_Horizon#Port_interactions|Avid Horizon|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Gant ink is used to remove false tattoos;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Offer_to_sponsor_the_ganting_of_the_tattoo_(5_FATE)|Offer to sponsor the ganting of the tattoo (5 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref> it also can be used as an invisible ink, meant for writing Licentiates' aliases.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_List_of_Aliases,_Writ_in_Gant|A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant|Fallen London|}}</ref> While still visible, gant ink might remind one of tarnished silver.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_Incident:_Get_a_private_tattoo_of_your_noman|"The vial's contents gleam, suddenly, like old silver. "Gant ink ...""|Fallen London}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:ExplosionFL.png|thumb|A Selection of Garish Fireworks]] | [[File:ExplosionFL.png|thumb|A Selection of Garish Fireworks]] | ||
Fireworks featuring the Neathbow are occasionally lit during the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]] to celebrate the occasion.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon. | Fireworks featuring the Neathbow are occasionally lit during the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]] to celebrate the occasion.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Arrange_a_Explosion_of_Neath-Colours_on_the_Stroke_of_Midnight_(40_FATE)|Arrange a Explosion of Neath-Colours on the Stroke of Midnight (40 FATE)|Fallen London|}} ''"...violant [...] to ensure they'll think of you. Irrigo, to dull their memory of harder times. [...] viric, for lassitude. Finally [...] gant to show the depth of your feeling."''</ref> | ||
*Irrigo fireworks can help dull memories of hard times. | *Irrigo fireworks can help dull memories of hard times. | ||
*Violant fireworks are hard to forget. | *Violant fireworks are hard to forget. | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 22 March 2021
"A book for children. One page is devoted to each of the colours of the Neath, which are not found on the Surface."[1]
The Neathbow is the collective term for seven colors which cannot be seen on the Surface. They are most commonly observed in the Neath (hence the name), but they also turn up in places like Parabola[2] and the High Wilderness.[3] The seven colors of the Neathbow are irrigo, violant, cosmogone, peligin, apocyan, viric, and gant.
Irrigo
"I is for IRRIGO. No one remembers why. Irrigo colours the forgotten corners of home."[4]
The most prominent color of the Neathbow, irrigo is the unremembered color, the light of absence.[5] Exposure to it causes severe memory loss, overexposure to it can result in total ego death, and it can cause thick, bony plates to grow over one's eyes, creating disgusting eyeless skulls.[6] The Cave of the Nadir is filled with dangerous irrigo radiation,[7] so explorers use tea brewed from Ray-Drenched Cinders to protect themselves.[8]
Irrigo can be infused into objects,[9] and Midnighters use shrines and robes that are draped in this color to perform their rites.[10] The Irrepressible notably uses powerful irrigo weaponry.[11] Irrigo seems to internally retain the memories it steals, so Fluke-Cores often have years worth of histories and experiences stored within them.[12]
Irrigo's name comes from the Latin irrigo, meaning to flood or overwhelm, or, even more suitably, to diffuse or shed.
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A Shrine to St. Joshua. -
An eyeless skull. -
The Gate of the Nadir -
Irrigo fog. Beware. -
A Nodule of Violet Amber. -
A Pair of Irrigo Goggles. -
A Strange-Shore Parabola Suit. -
A Strange-Shore Parabola Frock. -
A cobweb in the Nadir. Charming. -
A stone altar in the Nadir. -
A Fluke-Core. Mourn the mind that has passed. -
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Irrigo anemones on the zee-floor.
Violant
"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."[13]
Violant is irrigo's counterpart, the color of troublesome but necessary connections; it indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It's very hard to forget anything written in violant ink.[14] Correspondents use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.[15]
The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both.
Violant is usually a shade of burgundy,[16] but sometimes it is approximated as a shade of purple,[17] or even as a light blue.[18]
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A Pot of Violant Ink.
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The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent. -
A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes. -
Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
Cosmogone
"C lights COSMOGONE, the colour of remembered suns. The fecund, the foetid, the fungal: these flourish in the glow of cosmogone."[19]
A shade heavily associated with Parabola, cosmogone is the color of remembered sunlight. Under its light, fungus and other flora flourishes. It's the most prominent color in Ray-Drenched Cinders,[20] which also contain the radiances of other Neathbow colors like irrigo and violant,[21] and it's the tint of a Silverer's spectacles. Cosmogone is irresistible to the denizens of the mirrors.[22]
The name "cosmogone" probably comes from the word "cosmogony", the study of the origin of the solar system, or of the universe, and "gone".
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A Silverer's Spectacles. -
The Mirror-Marches, bathed in cosmogone light. -
A Ray-drenched Cinder.
Peligin
"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."[23]
Peligin is the hue of the waters of the Unterzee and those of the land of the dead.[24] It's the color of the eyes of Monster-Hunters,[25] as they have consumed the peligin flesh of zee-monsters.[26] Peligin is a dark, dark, black, beyond the reach of any light.[27]
The term "peligin" is seemingly a portmanteau of the Latin pelagus, meaning "sea," and the color fuligin, which is darker than black and derived from Gene Wolfe's science fiction novel The Shadow of the Torturer, itself derived from the English word "fuliginous" meaning soot-like.
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The broad, dark Unterzee. -
A Hunter's Eye. -
Mariam, the Schemer, with peligin skin.
Apocyan
"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."[28]
Apocyan is the color of coral, of memory,[29] and of the Zee's waves.[30] Chess pieces of this color can be harvested from Port Cecil.[31] Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.[32] Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and blazes with apocyanic radiance.[33] And an apocyanic piece of amber may be what brings down the Bazaar...[34]
Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.[35]
The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix apo-, meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"[36], like in words "apostate" (gone-away from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering).
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An Apocyan Chess-Piece. -
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Blue Scintillack
Viric
"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."[37]
Viric is the green of shallow sleep. It's heavily associated with the Fingerkings[38] — Fingerking-possessed Clay Men's[39] (and the Somnolent Hyena's)[40] eyes burn with viric fire, and a box of dream-snakes will also glow viric.[41] The priests of Varchas use viric Mirror-Charms to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.[42]
When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.[43]
The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin viridis, meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color viridian.
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A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes. -
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A Viric Frock. -
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Viric anemones on the zee-floor.
Gant
"G is lost in GANT, which remains when all other colours are eaten. Gant can be found where shadows are myriad."[44]
The color one sees in the dark, gant is more beige than one might expect.[45] It is the color of the Eater of Names' boat,[46] and zee-beasts go to a place called the Gant Pole to die.[47] Perhaps most notoriously, it is also the color of the Avid Horizon's gate.[48] Gant ink is used to remove false tattoos;[49] it also can be used as an invisible ink, meant for writing Licentiates' aliases.[50] While still visible, gant ink might remind one of tarnished silver.[51]
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A Star-Shell from the core of Frostfound. -
The Avid Horizon's High Gate.
Fireworks
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Fireworks featuring the Neathbow are occasionally lit during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose to celebrate the occasion.[52]
- Irrigo fireworks can help dull memories of hard times.
- Violant fireworks are hard to forget.
- Viric fireworks induce lassitude.
- Gant fireworks show depth of feeling - grandiose but a bit arrogant.
References
- ↑ THE NEATHBOW, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Parabola tattoo, Fallen London
- ↑ The Stair to the Sea, Sunless Skies
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Irrigo, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Irrigo, Fallen London
- ↑ Struggle for the exit, Fallen London
- ↑ The Catafalquerie, Fallen London
- ↑ Enter the Cave of the Nadir, Fallen London
- ↑ Pair of Irrigo Goggles, Fallen London
- ↑ Shrine to Saint Joshua, Fallen London
- ↑ Attempt to detach the Irrigo-cannon, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Fluke-Core, Fallen London
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Become a Correspondent, Fallen London
- ↑ "The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :) " - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games
- ↑ Shades of Yesterday, Fallen London "You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."
- ↑ Look into the skull's eye socket, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Cosmogone, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Ray-Drenched Cinder, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Ray-Drenched Cinder, Fallen London
- ↑ Set of Cosmogone Spectacles, Fallen London
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Peligin, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Chess-Piece tattoo, Fallen London
- ↑ Give it your Hunter's Eye, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Hunter's Eye, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Commission a set of fine clothes, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Sunless tattoo, Fallen London
- ↑ Apocyan Chess-Piece, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Crooked Cross, Fallen London
- ↑ A Lump of Blue Scintillack, Sunless Sea
- ↑ "I bring the Bazaar.", Fallen London "You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed. "
- ↑ Cast a flare into the shadows., Fallen London
- ↑ Origin and meaning of the prefix apo-, Online Etymology Dictionary
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Give it your enigmatic painting, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Gawp, Fallen London
- ↑ A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Dreams of Smoke, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Discoveries, Sunless Sea "A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Gant, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Show it your Weeping Scar, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Show it a sketch of the Figurehead of the Eater of Names, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Gant Pole, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Avid Horizon, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Offer to sponsor the ganting of the tattoo (5 FATE), Fallen London
- ↑ A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant, Fallen London
- ↑ "The vial's contents gleam, suddenly, like old silver. "Gant ink ..."", Fallen London
- ↑ Arrange a Explosion of Neath-Colours on the Stroke of Midnight (40 FATE), Fallen London "...violant [...] to ensure they'll think of you. Irrigo, to dull their memory of harder times. [...] viric, for lassitude. Finally [...] gant to show the depth of your feeling."
