The Well of the Wolf

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"Don't look into the well, captain. The thing inside looks back."

"Mists spiral around the well's abysmal plunge. The movements induce intense nausea. A green-faced stoker rushes from your presence."

Well of the Wolf is a large sky-well located in the region of Albion. Its population consists mostly of unusually disheveled devils.

The Bandstand

The main point of interest around the Well is the congregation of rag-wearing, silent devils who live in a system of hexagonal caves located at the rim of the Well. The devils that come to the Well "retire" by allowing giant chorister bees to enter their chest cavities through their mouths.

The disheveled devils regularly convene at a dilapidated bandstand, where they honor the entity trapped inside the Well by dancing Correspondence sigils and letting the chorister bees make use of their exceptional singing skills.

The Ur-Devil

The King of Carols, also known as the Many-Mouthed and the Choir-in-One, is a primeval devil of great influence, who protested long ago against the rule of the Judgements by refusing to use his many beautiful singing voices. The Judgements in retaliation hung the King of Carols above the Well of the Wolf as a warning to anyone trying to oppose them. As a final act of defiance, the King of Carols gave away all but one of his voices to his creations, the chorister bees. For this he was forever imprisoned inside the Well, and the devils attempted rebellion against the Judgements, with the King of Carols as a martyr for their cause.