Violant
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"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."[1]
Violant is a color of the Neathbow; the counterpart of irrigo, it is the color of troublesome but necessary connections. The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both.
Properties
Violant indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It is very difficult to forget anything written in violant ink.[2]
Violant is usually depicted as burgundy,[3] but sometimes it is illustrated as a shade of purple,[4] or even as a light blue.[5] It can range from electric blue to the red of slightly dried blood.[6]
Uses
Correspondents use this ink extensively in their esoteric, paradigm-altering publications.[7]
Gallery
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A Pot of Violant Ink. -
The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent. -
The Violant Demon mask, worn for Hallowmas. -
A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes. -
Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
References
- ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant, Sunless Sea
- ↑ A Pot of Violant Ink, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Olivia Wood, formerly of Failbetter: "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. :) "
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bruno (FBG), Failbetter Games Discord Server "In some contexts it's an electric blue, in some contexts it's the red of slightly dried blood, in some contexts it's either or both or neither."
- ↑ Become a Correspondent, Fallen London
