Editing Gods of the Unterzee

{{Major spoiler}}[[File:Frostfoundcorridors.jpg|thumb|500px|center|The frozen halls of Frostfound.]]<blockquote>''"'Nearly there,' a zailor mutters. 'King Storm, stay your anger. Queen Stone, preserve our hearts. Salt, tempt us not - '<nowiki/>''<br>

''"'Belay that heathen prattling!" the bo'sun roars''."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Set_your_course_for_the_lights_of_Wolfstack|Set your course for the lights of Wolfstack|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>On [[the Surface]], sailors have always been superstitious people, with tall tales of supernatural entities helping or hindering them on their travels. On the Zee it's no different... but the Zee's superstitions might actually hold some truth, for it is full of things no mortal can possibly comprehend.

The three nameless<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Salt%27s_Curse| The Gods of the Zee: Salt's Curse| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> gods of the Unterzee are commonly called '''Storm''', '''Stone''', and '''Salt'''. The Gods' secrets are buried within the icy depths of [[Frostfound]].__forcetoc__

 

{{Character|title1 = Storm|image1 = storm.png|caption1 = An ancient anger is watching you. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Roof<br>

[[Parabola]]|allegiance = [[The Sun]]|alias = The Dragon that Walked|relationships = [[The Sun]] (master)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/flukes-fathoms Fluke's Fathoms]}}<blockquote>''"Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!"''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_fallen_stone|A fallen stone|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>

 

'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''

 

The Neath is a cold, deep, and dark place, mostly devoid of any kind of weather,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reminisce_about_Fallen_London|Reminisce about Fallen London|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Imagine_there_were_weather|Imagine there were weather|Fallen London|}}</ref> but sometimes [[London]] finds itself battered by strange winds<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Run_the_rooftops_in_honour_of_%22a_New_Wind%22|Run the rooftops in honour of "a New Wind"|Fallen London|}}</ref> and squalls.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London|}}’’Weather? In London? A ferocious storm has come in from the zee.’’</ref> Zailors claim that the source of these phenomena is a god called Storm;<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Something_Awaits_You#Log_Book_description|An electric shiver to the air. Storm is watching, the zailors would say.|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> he is a vengeful, spiteful deity<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_fallen_stone|Make a sacrifice to avert misfortune | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> who dislikes change<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Naming_Your_Colony|Aestival it is|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and maintains an ancient sort of order.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Tempest|The Tempest|Fallen London|}}’’Still, he upholds a kind of order. The alternative may be worse.’’</ref> Those who draw his ire meet the most unfortunate of ends,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Fallen_London?|Step by step| Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_the_lights|Watch the lights|Fallen London|}}</ref> and captains who have drawn his attention have found their crew members attacking each other with unprecedented bloodlust.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/That_Old_Fury|That Old Fury|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> His curse is as relentless as the weather bearing his name, as he sends storms and fog into the path of an ill-fated ship.<ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Storm%27s_Curse#Effects|The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

==Stone==

{{Character|title1 = Stone|image1 = mountainoflight.png|caption1 = A faraway jewel in the darkness. |location = [[The Elder Continent]]|allegiance = [[The Sun]]<br>

[[The Bazaar]] (parent)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/hope-is-an-anchor Hope is an Anchor]}}<blockquote>''"Turn your eyes south. Wait nine heart-beats. In the heart of the Elder Continent, a tiny fugitive gleam of warmth. It's gone."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_View_from_Above|Something bright |Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Stone''' is known as the protector of all the islands on the Zee. She resides deep within [[the Elder Continent]], as the '''Mountain of Light'''.

 

 

Stone influences the lives of nearly all who inhabit the Neath. The unnatural, unexplainable vitality she emits is what makes death in this realm mostly impermanent.<ref name="flint" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leisurely_enquiries|Leisurely enquiries|Fallen London|}}</ref> A piece of the mountain at the center of [[Polythreme]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meeting_the_King|Meeting the King|Fallen London|}}</ref> make the normally inanimate denizens so alive that they scream,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meeting_the_King|Meeting the King|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the citizens of [[the Elder Continent]] have particularly long lives.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Presbyterate_Adventuress|"None shall live a thousand years." |Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

The Thief-of-Faces - the original [[Snuffers|Snuffer]] - created Mt Nomad many ages ago by stealing jewels from Stone's wombs.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}} ''"The Mountain cast us all out of the Garden, when it found that our progenitor had taken jewels from its wombs, to make a weapon to serve its hatred. I will tell you of the weapon it made."''</ref>

 

 

Gaining Stone's attention may make you healthier and more agile. Her curse, on the other hand, denies you home and hearth -- your sleep will be restless, unhealing and plagued with nightmares. <ref name=":8">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Stone%27s_Curse|The Gods of the Zee: Stone's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}Currently there are no effects whatsoever, apart from the achievement the first time you get the curse.</ref>  Stone is perhaps the most impactful and influential Zee-god. Be wary of surprise bits of stone and even diamonds showing up unaccounted for on the ship; these may mean Stone is watching you from her glowing, ever-living mountain home.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Tooth-Cracking_Treasure|A Tooth-Cracking Treasure|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

The Mountain is likely named after the diamond known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor Koh-i-Noor] (Mountain of Light in Persian). This diamond was once the largest in the world, and passed through the hands of the Kakatiya dynasty in India, the Persian Empire, and the British Empire. It is now a part of Queen Elizabeth II's crown. It may also reference [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debre_Berhan Debre Berhan], a former capital of Ethiopia whose name is Amharic for "Mountain of Light".

 

{{Character|title1 = Salt|image1 = East.png|caption1 = Old soul. Where are you going, old soul?|location = East|allegiance = Independent|alias = The Sun beneath the Sea|relationships = [[The White]] (former master)

[[Storm]]<br>

[[Stone]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/sunless-sea Sunless Sea]}}<blockquote>''"We will sail East, and the islands will fall behind. The zee will be troubled by greater waves. The false-stars will pale, until the Neath-roof grows invisible above. New scents will prickle the air: something like spice and something like pine."''<ref name="salt">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>

 

Of the three gods of the Zee, Salt is the most elusive, said to dwell beyond the horizon.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem#Tomb-Colonists_in_Irem|The Colonists will look East | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is the god of farewells,<ref name=":9" /> and may be the embodiment of the Zee itself.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_on_through_to_the_other_side|Break on through to the other side|Fallen London|}}</ref> Its speech is a light across the water,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem#Tomb-Colonists_in_Irem|Their bandages will be soaked with tears | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> a sea breeze,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_skilled_crewman|A breath of air | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> a splash in the distance<ref name=":10">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater's_Castle|The rewards of curiosity | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> - always from the East, calling fellow travellers toward it.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Eastern_Wind|Eastern Wind|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Carnelian_Exile|A brisk dinner| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is always approaching, but never arriving.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Swim_to_the_beach|Swim to the beach|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":10" /> It can provoke an intense sadness as it passes,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tears|Tears| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> or like Storm, it might drive its enemies to violence.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Dark_News|Dark News|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

 

Salt is feared and worshipped by zailors, who give it their stories and secrets,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_House_of_the_Question|Lift Salt's Curse | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and call its wrath upon those who wrong them.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Raggedy_Fellow|Strong words | Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Man_who_Stole_the_Sun|Gratitude... and curses | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It also punishes those who steal from shipwrecks.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Nocturne|A harrowing emptiness | Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

Salt is a Judgment.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sun_within_the_Sea|The Sun within the Sea| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It is now in exile in the Neath,<ref name=":12">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Travelling_Light|A Travelling Light| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> but before it came here, [[Judgements|the White]] asked it a favor:<ref name=":13">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Name-Which-Burns|The Name-Which-Burns|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> to find what the sun had hid (probably his daughter Stone).<ref name=":14">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Green_and_Gold|Green and Gold|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It promised a treasure at the end of the search, and perhaps something else.<ref name=":13" /> Salt accepted because it sought something it could not find between the stars,<ref name="core" /> and entered the Neath, at a terrible cost.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Iridescence|The Iridescence| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It saw the light of Stone and found it appetizing, but she was too far away, so instead it sated its hunger by corresponding with her.<ref name="core" /> At some point during this time, but long before the Bazaar came to the Neath, it made a treaty with the [[The Elder Continent|Presbyterate]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Colony#Receive_an_Embassy|An understanding with the Presbyterate | Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Eventually it made the castle of [[Frostfound]] to record its story,<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /> then forged the place we call [[Kingeater's Castle|Kingeater’s Castle]] by shedding its past and future,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your past| Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|Give up your future| Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and then it went East.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Kingeater%27s_Castle|"There!" | Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

 

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