The Shapeling Arts

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"A power of transformation."

The Shapeling Arts are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, mostly using amber as a catalyst[1], but there are alternatives like wax, mutersalt or ambergris. They were developed by Rubbery Men, but humans can also gain considerable skill and invented new branches of it.[2] The Starved Men practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.[3] Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.[4]

References

  1. Shapeling Arts Items, Fallen London
  2. Below-Stairs, Fallen London
  3. Peer in the Amber Chamber, Fallen London
  4. Flute Street, Fallen London ""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""