Peligin
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"P drowns in PELIGIN, the colour of the deepest zee."[1]
Peligin is a color of the Neathbow. It is the hue of the waters of the Unterzee and those of the land of the dead.[2] It is also the color of the eyes of Monster-Hunters,[3] as they have consumed the peligin flesh of zee-monsters.[4] Peligin is a dark, dark black, beyond the reach of any light.[5] 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.
