Editing Bound-Sharks

[[The New Sequence]]|title1=Bound-Shark}}<blockquote>''"He went to Spite? While I'm sure it was edifying for him. Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>

'''Bound-Sharks''' are enormous sharks that roam the [[Unterzee]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"The Bound-sharks writhe, [...] The smallest are still larger than the fishing vessel [...]"''</ref> Their bodies are marred by implanted metallic rods, mechanisms, and cages, warping their internal organs into an unrecognizable mess.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Bound_Shark#You've_defeated_a_Bound-Shark|Examine its cage-armature|Sunless Sea}} ''"Someone has bound it [...] with black iron - sunk bands and joined mechanisms deep into its flesh. [...] The cage has begun to distort its shape- [...] Rods of iron inserted deep into its flesh have done impossible things. There are organs in there that none of you recognize."''</ref> The poor sharks live in a tortured state,<ref>{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/news/a-sightseers-guide-to-sunless-sea-part-five|A Sightseer’s Guide to Sunless Sea, part five|Failbetter Games}} ''"The most tormented of zee-beasts."''</ref> but their frenzied rage makes them extremely dangerous regardless.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Failbetter Games}} ''"The screams of the crew echo through the cavern as they are torn apart by the frenzied sharks."''</ref>

The bindings that torment Bound-Sharks are not the work of nature, nor of any supernatural entity. Rather, these contraptions are attached to the sharks by the [[New Sequence]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|Rest, recover, dream|Sunless Sea}} ''"Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."''</ref> who capture sharks to bind them,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"Before I became a recruiter, [...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh [...]"''</ref> and also manage a shark-nursery at [[Grand Geode]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"[...] there's a shark nursery at the Geode."''</ref> Their specific reasons for doing so are unknown. According to one member, who views the New Sequence as a means to free [[London]] from its "old shackles,"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"I belong to a group that seeks to free London from its old shackles."''</ref> the act gives sharks "purpose;"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"[...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh, reshape them. Give them purpose." She smiles at the memory [...]"''</ref> when she saw a Bound-Shark for the first time, she was fascinated by its suffering and "everything changed" for her.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Stag_and_the_Shark|The Stag and the Shark|Fallen London}} ''"He went to Spite? [...] Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."''</ref> This implies that the binding of sharks may serve a dual purpose, being both a ritual and recruitment tool for the Sequencers.