Editing Gods of the Unterzee

{{Major spoiler}}[[File:Frostfoundcorridors.jpg|thumb|500px|center|The frozen halls of Frostfound.]]

On [[the Surface]], sailors were always 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 foremost gods of the Unterzee are '''Storm''', '''Stone''', and '''Salt'''. The Gods' secrets are buried within the icy depths of [[Frostfound]].__forcetoc__

== Storm ==
{{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]}}''"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>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_fallen_stone|A fallen stone|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''"Long ago a hungry monarch built a castle. The monarch sent messengers to the thunder-dragon in the roof, but the dragon ate them all. The monarch sent more messengers - shapelings from Axile, malleable and eager - but the dragon ate those too. Then the hungry monarch found the dragon's name, and the dragon had to listen. It didn't do either of them much good. You have one syllable of the thunder-dragon's name. It won't be pleased."''<ref name  = "core">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Dark_Room|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

An ancient anger, '''Storm''''s wrath is unending and punishing to those who gain his attention. Storm is the embodiment of the air, the weather, and the sky... well, its Neathy equivalent, at least. He is the punishment, the judgement, of all beings who sail the Zee.

It should be noted, of course, that this description could be more metaphorical than fact. However, given the primal nature of Storm and his followers, it may make sense that Storm is a beast of a being.

Storm is a god whose favor cannot be won entirely. He can provide new strength and vision, but his attention often fuels humans' rage. Captains have been known to find their crew members attacking each other with unprecedented bloodlust after a brush with a stalactite.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/That_Old_Fury|That Old Fury|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Be wary of Storm's displeasure, as his curse is as relentless as the weather bearing his name: he'll send storms and fog into the path of an ill-fated ship.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Storm%27s_Curse#Effects|The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

===What is Storm?===
He is a dragon, an enforcer of [[Judgement]]-law, probably here enforcing [[the Bazaar|the Bazaar's]] seven-city limit.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Order_Ovate,_Glory|Order Ovate, Glory|Fallen London|}}</ref> He also may be dead, in some sense, but he doesn't really care. [[Salt]] once tried to contact him, but Storm kept eating every messenger it sent. Then Salt learned Storm's Name, and Storm was forced to listen. It didn't work out too well for either of them.<ref name  = "core">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Dark_Room|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

The [[urchins]] of [[London]] worship Storm, and it is possible to end up in his mind after too many dreams of speaking thunder.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Embrace_it|Embrace it|Fallen London|}}</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]]|alias = The Mountain of Light|relationships = [[The Sun]] (parent)<br>
[[The Bazaar]] (parent)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/hope-is-an-anchor Hope is an Anchor]}}''"It's very far away; but perhaps it's watching you."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Gods_of_the_Zee:_Stone%27s_Attention|The Gods of the Zee: Stone's Attention|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''"Long ago a hungry monarch built a castle. The monarch saw a light in the south, in the palace of the south's queen. In those days, hungry as the monarch was, that light provoked nothing but appetite. But she was too far to devour. Over time, their correspondence calmed the monarch, and when the time came for the monarch to depart, the monarch's appetite was transformed, like blood into tears.''

''You have one word from the queen's correspondence. She won't be pleased."''<ref name  = "core">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Dark_Room|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

'''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 is many things: a living mountain far to the south of the Presbyterate, the source of the Wax Wind, the daughter of [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]] and [[the Sun]],<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Adam%27s_Way|Go ashore with the Adventuress|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> the mother of [[Mt. Nomad]].<ref name = "flint">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}</ref> People from around [[the Elder Continent]] regularly make pilgrimages to her, and sometimes they clip relics (called Mountain-Sherds) from her slopes.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Pilgrimage_to_Amaradri|The Pilgrimage to Amaradri|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Mountain-sherd|Mountain-sherd|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

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>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Leisurely_enquiries|Leisurely enquiries|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name = "flint">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}</ref> The normally inanimate denizens of [[Polythreme]] are so alive that they scream,<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Meeting_the_King|Meeting the King|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the citizens of [[the Elder Continent]] have particularly long lives.

The Thief-of-Faces - the original [[Snuffers|Snuffer]] - created Mt Nomad many ages ago by stealing jewels from Stone's wombs.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/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, however, seems to do nothing.<ref>{{FLCitation|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> Perhaps it's that some forms of death are permanent. It could be the fact that those who live outside the Elder Continent can never enter, not without their souls burning away and their entire crew dying. Or maybe it simply works in a way we cannot understand, or we have yet to see the full repercussions of the curse. No matter what her curse does, 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>{{FLCitation|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".

== Salt ==
{{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]}}''"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">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''"Long ago, a traveller went East, seeking something that could not be found in the black and starry kingdoms of [[the High Wilderness]], nor in the irrigo temptations of [[The Cave of the Nadir|the Nadir]]. Not in the glow of [[the Forge of Souls|the Forge]] nor the crushing silence of [[the Unterzee]] deeps. Not in [[Godfall|the shapeling citadels]], not in [[Gods of the Unterzee#Stone|the light of the South]], not of [[The Echo Bazaar#The Taste of Lacre|the Sundered Sea]]. The traveller went East, and others may follow.''

''You have found something the traveller tried to forget: that naked need. The traveller won't be pleased."''<ref name  = "core">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Dark_Room|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

The flowing currents of time and memory are '''Salt''''s domain. It is the embodiment of the Zee itself; its origin is unknown, though it is believed that it may exist far to the east, farther than anyone dares to go.

Salt's influence affects all travelers of the Zee. Its attention can bring the blessings of sudden revelations, or the most devastating of curses. It can undo past achievements, take loved ones, and even alter one's past so that one would be erased entirely.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Dark_News|Dark News|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Keep an eye out for its messenger, the White Bat; if it is watching you, Salt is watching.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_white_zee-bat|A white zee-bat|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''(Was Salt mortal once? Was it once like us, a mere explorer who discovered something beyond our comprehension? What lies in the far reaches of its domain?)''

===Salinity===
Losing one's mind in [[Kingeater's Castle]] gives a vision of a "hungry sun" who "made of memories a castle" and speaks of "mirrors in the ice".<ref name  = "core">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Dark_Room|The Dark Room|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> This vision probably refers to Salt. Additionally, Salt's Name is spoken in [[the Correspondence]]. Thus, Salt is likely a Judgement who found his way to the Neath. It's implied that [[Judgements#The White|another Sun]] sent Salt here to take a look at the Neath's activities.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Name-Which-Burns|The Name-Which-Burns|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> In the process, however, it got distracted and drifted away from its mission. Salt gave up its memories and name, building of them a [[Frostfound|castle of ice]]. It abandoned its hunger, leaving it as [[Kingeater's Castle]]. Then it ventured from [[Irem]] (which it may also have built) into the Uttermost East, where now it waits for others to follow. Someday, it will return, and rise to face the White in its palace of poisoned crystal.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Green_and_Gold|Green and Gold|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

Salt is sometimes called '''the Sun-Beneath-the-Sea'''.<ref name = "salt">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Sun_beneath_the_Sea|The Sun beneath the Sea|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

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