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. It is the counterpart of irrigo and 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.[2] Correspondents use this ink extensively in their esoteric publications, which often shake up the status quo quite well.[3]
The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both.
Violant is usually depicted as burgundy,[4] but sometimes it is illustrated as a shade of purple,[5] or even as a light blue.[6]
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A Pot of Violant Ink. -
The Violant Gate in the Elder Continent. -
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
- ↑ 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
