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| | ''"Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! Squint into the dazzle: far above, there's a hole in the roof. In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface." '' |
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| |location = [[The Unterzee|The Calumnies]]|allegiance = Uninhibited|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/submergio-viol Submergio Viol]|port=Lesley's Harbour}}<blockquote>''"Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! Squint into the dazzle: far above, there's a hole in the roof. In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>
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| '''Aestival''' is an island in the [[Unterzee]], above which lies a hole in the [[Roof of the Neath]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea}} ''""Sun! A great beam of sunlight bathes the island! [...] far above, there's a hole in the roof."''</ref> The [[sunlight]] shining through gives it the appearance of a picturesque beach, with white sand, fruit-bearing trees, and other features evocative of the [[Surface]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Location_description|Location description|Sunless Sea}} ''"In that light you see beaches of white-gold sand; trees heavy with bright fruit; the reds and blues and greens of the Surface.""''</ref> Unfortunately, sunlight is both deadly and highly alluring to denizens of the [[Neath]], and zailors who visit Aestival may lie down on the sands and smile as their life fades away.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Gather supplies|Sunless Sea}} ''"[...] on the way back to the ship, one of your crew topples over [...] She's smiling blissfully. "Go on, cap'n," she says. "I've missed the zun." Her eyes close. Sunlight is perilous for those who've lived in the Neath too long."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Menaces:_Yearning,_Burning#Interaction_description|Interaction description|Sunless Sea}} ''"Enough of this darkness. Go to the sun. Give yourself like a spark to smoke."''</ref> | | [[File:Aestival.png|thumb|250px|Art from Sunless Sea. The name's ironic, because, you know, there's sunlight here.]]'''Aestival''' is an island in the Unterzee, above which lies a hole in the roof of the Neath. Surface sunlight streams through. It's beautiful, but deadly to denizens of the Neath, who die on contact with sunlight unless they haven't spent enough time down there to break the [[Judgements]]' laws. |
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| Given its dangers, Aestival is completely uninhabited aside from a scattering of wildlife.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Gather supplies|Sunless Sea}} ''"Soft-shelled crabs and plump birds too stupid to know a hungry zailor from a tree."''</ref> There is evidence of past settlement, however, including a country house filled with the bones of its former inhabitants - likely killed by sunlight as they were getting ready for breakfast.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Investigate the ruins|Sunless Sea}} ''"There was some sort of installation here - and what looks like a handsome country house. [...] what happened to them? [...] Chairs strewn with bones - a half-dozen skeletons. [...] These people died peacefully, sitting down to breakfast, as the Surface sunlight spilled over them."''</ref> Hidden within Aestival is a mysterious meteorite-like object: a mechanism of the [[Red Science]]. This object was a prototype launched by the [[Iron & Misery Company]] at the roof, breaking it open and letting the sunlight pour through.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Aestival#Interactions|Seek the Iron & Misery company prototype component|Sunless Sea}} ''"Seek the Iron & Misery company prototype component [...] Days of back-breaking labour unearth a [...] a meteorite. A broken armature of steel and copper sheathes its sides. The zailors fall back before it as the glyphs on its side crawl with fire. [...] "This must be what broke the roof. [...] A Seal of the Red Science!! [...]"''</ref>
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| As of 1899 (''Fallen London''), Aestival has been settled despite all odds. The island now exports familiar Surface crops like sugarcane and coconut, and it has an exclusive trade deal with the nearby [[Empire of Hands]] for, of course, bananas.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Aces_High|Aces High|Fallen London}} ''"Ask where they get bananas [...] There is an island near the Empire named Aestival. Due to some geological quirk, it lies in a sunbeam that penetrates the cavern roof. They grow wonderful foods there. Sugarcane, coconut, and lately, bananas. I negotiated an exclusive trade agreement for their bananas. [...]"''</ref>
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| | It is possible to protect oneself and one's crew from the sunlight and found a colony there. One might just have to spend a lot of money to obtain the proper protection, because, well, sunscreen isn't a thing in the Neath, is it? |
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