The Eater of Names

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"There are some things we were not meant to know, they say. But you wouldn't be down here if you took that seriously."

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"The worms are screaming. The boat is shattered. Wild-eyed Chelonite zealots leap into the zee. None of them try to swim. As far as you can tell, they're diving straight down, with no intention of coming back up."[1]

The Eater of Names is a formidably-armed priest-ship that patrols the waters near the Chelonate.[2] Drawn by enormous worms[2] and manned by seventy-seven Chelonite zealots,[3][4] the Eater plunders endlessly in the name of the Great Shell and Death.[5] For each Eater that is destroyed, a new one will inevitably rise again.[6]

The Eater of Names' figurehead apparently originates from the Gant Pole, and is either painted or infused with gant.[7] According to Chelonite tradition, one may not use a name if they reside too close to the Gant Pole;[8] it is possible that the Eater of Names is meant to enforce this rule.

References

  1. ↑ The Eater of Names is destroyed, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Item description, Sunless Sea "This weird skull once adorned the worm-drawn priest-barge of the Chelonate."
  3. ↑ Stats, Sunless Sea "Crew: 77"
  4. ↑ The Eater of Names is destroyed, Sunless Sea "The boat is shattered. Wild-eyed Chelonite zealots leap into the zee."
  5. ↑ Seize its cargo, Sunless Sea "The Eater of Names has long plundered unwise strangers in the name of Death and the Great Shell."
  6. ↑ Show it a sketch of the Figurehead of the Eater of Names, Sunless Sea "There will be another Eater, in time."
  7. ↑ Seize its figurehead, Sunless Sea "The colour is gant [...] They must have taken this from the zee near the Gant Pole [...]
  8. ↑ Side with the pretty one... (5 FATE), Fallen London "The company tells you about the Chelonate, their home [...] We live too close to the Gant Pole for names [...] We can't be overheard."
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