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"Ships from the Khanate are most common, but you see Chelonite vessels, Polythreme triremes with chained and sulky Unfinished Men, corsairs disposing of their miscreants, even one furtive Iremi skiff. The wardens pay them well for their prisoners."[1]
"Nuppmiddt built this place as a prison for the Khanate. Now it answers only to its Governor, and its Governor answers to no one."[2]
Wisdom is a prison complex in the Unterzee. It was originally built by an individual named Nuppmiddt for the Khanate, but it is now considered independent and managed by its Governor.[3] Ships from all across the Unterzee drop off their miscreants here, and the wardens purchase prisoners as if they were slaves.[4] They also ransom prisoners to other parties for high prices.[5]
Wisdom is guarded by voracious Knot-Oracles, who snap up failed escapees and prisoners offered as meals.[6][7] The knot-oracles can speak human languages after consuming a person, so they relay their secrets to the Governor, who sells them for huge profits.[7] It is not clear whether the knot-oracles glean secrets from the minds of their victims, or if the secrets they relay were collected in other ways.[8][9]
The Governor of Wisdom is a Khaganian man who wears a smooth mask covering a scarred face.[10][11] He was once a subordinate of Arik of the Seven Against Nidah, and helped capture a fleet of living ships from Polythreme.[12] Arik used these ships to zail up the river of Adam's Way in a war against the Presbyterate, but the invasion failed,[13] and the Governor was forced into hiding with an enormous Polythremi bounty on his head.[12]
↑Wisdom, Sunless Sea"Nuppmiddt built this place as a prison for the Khanate. Now it answers only to its Governor, and its Governor answers to no one."
↑Compile a Port Report, Sunless Sea"Ships from the Khanate are most common, but you see Chelonite vessels, Polythreme triremes with chained and sulky Unfinished Men, corsairs disposing of their miscreants, even one furtive Iremi skiff. The wardens pay them well for their prisoners."
↑Ransom a Prisoner, Sunless Sea"Wisdom will release prisoners, on payment of an [...] high redemption fee. It's not entirely clear whether this constitutes bribery, or a legal instance of Khaganian mercy."
↑Rescue a Prisoner, Sunless Sea"One crew-member does, in fact, fall out of the pipe on his return, straight into the mouth of a knot-oracle. It munches him ruminatively while his twitching leg protrudes [...]"
↑ 7.07.1Some Poor Soul, Sunless Sea"I was at the top of the list for the oracles' dinner. They can't speak in human language unless they're fed human life - and if they can't speak in human language, the Governor can't trade the secrets, can she, now?"
↑Ocular Toadbeast, Fallen London"The eyes [...] What have they seen? What do they know? [...] A rare and precious secret [...] Who's a clever little monster then? [...] Reflected in a thousand yellow eyes [...] What have you seen, you amphibian menace? [...] Good God, No!"
↑ 12.012.1Unmask the Governor and present the summons to Hideaway, Sunless Sea"[...] you leap to his desk, and rip off his mask. [...] Polythreme has a high bounty on his head, after he captured their vessels long ago, and led them to their doom in some forgotten escapade. The Governor roars, and pulls a pistol from beneath his desk; [...] you relate the Sprightly Visionary's orders. [...] "I will begin gathering my men at once!" [...]"
↑The Captain, Sunless Sea"Engraved on his plinth are the words 'THE SECOND OF THE SEVEN'. [...] Arik seized the Polythremi vessels we needed to navigate the red river. He commanded our fleets. After our defeat, [...]"
