Viric

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"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."[1]

A color of the Neathbow, viric is the green of shallow sleep. The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin viridis, meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color viridian.

Properties

Viric is heavily associated with the Fingerkings;[2] the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,[3][4] and a box of dream-snakes will also glow viric.[5] When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.[6]

Viric has been portrayed as being similar to forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.[7]

Uses

The priests of Varchas use viric Mirror-Charms to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.[8] Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in London during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose.[9]

Gallery

References

  1. A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric, Sunless Sea
  2. Give it your enigmatic painting, Sunless Sea
  3. Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep, Sunless Sea
  4. Gawp, Fallen London
  5. A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes, Sunless Sea
  6. Discoveries, Sunless Sea "A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."
  7. Per Bruno Dias on the FBG Discord: "But all the neathbow colors are sort of a range... viric runs from forest green through emeralds through chartreuse [...]"
  8. Dreams of Smoke, Sunless Sea
  9. Ask the Shopkeeper in Viric about the purpose of these stories, Fallen London