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{{Spoiler}}<blockquote>{{Object|image1=Cider.png|caption1=A Hesperidean Apple.|location=Possessed by the [[Masters]] and the very, very wealthy|related=[[The Garden]]}}
'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
''"WHOSO THIRSTETH AND DRINKETH OF THIS, SO SHALL HE NEVER DIE."''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Firkin_of_Hesperidean_Cider|Firkin of Hesperidean Cider|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>
'''Hesperidean Cider''' is a drink said to grant everlasting life. It is brewed by the [[Masters of the Bazaar]] (chiefly [[Mr Apples]]),<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Hesperidean_Apple|Hesperidean Apple|Sunless Sea|}}''"The Masters of the Bazaar know how to ferment [Hesperidean Apples] into an elixir of immortality."''</ref> and sold by the firkin at the [[Echo Bazaar]] for a very steep price.
 
== Properties ==
<blockquote>''"Did you really see the Boatman thrash away at his oar like he was in a boat race? As if he was desperate to get away from you? It doesn't matter. You're back now."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Are_you_lost%3F|Are you lost?|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>When drunk, this cider heals the imbiber's physical wounds<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Take_a_mouthful|Take a mouthful|Fallen London|}}''(Your 'Wounds' Quality has gone!)''</ref> and grants multi-sensory visions of the mysterious paradise known as the [[Garden]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Drink,_and_luxuriate_in_your_bed|Drink, and luxuriate in your bed|Fallen London|}} ''"You dream of a place of tremendous beauty. The garden reminds you of the great jungles of the Surface, the sky brightly lit, the heat heavy. All things seem to fly here, and the trees bear boughs amply filled with golden fruit."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sip,_and_write_notes_on_the_taste|Sip, and write notes on the taste|Fallen London|}}''"The flavour makes you think of boughs laden with golden fruit; makes you consider the sacredness of flying things. It tastes of vitality, it tingles with flavours of eternal life."''</ref> It appears to repel and quite possibly scare the [[Death|Boatman]], who can sense the presence of Hesperidean Cider in a person's veins;<ref>{{Citation|1=https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_your_Firkin_of_Hesperidean_Cider|2=Discuss your Firkin of Hesperidean Cider|3=Fallen London|4=}}''"I sense it in your veins. Gold. Fire."''</ref> this allows one to immediately return to life after dying, rather than spend time on the [https://thefifthcity.fandom.com/wiki/Death#A_Slow_Boat Slow Boat].<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Are_you_lost%3F|Are you lost?|Fallen London|}}''"Did you really see the Boatman thrash away at his oar like he was in a boat race? As if he was desperate to get away from you? It doesn't matter. You're back now."''</ref> The cider also banishes distasteful smells, and has a strong life-fostering effect, even on inanimate objects, and even when not in direct contact with the liquid.<ref>{{Citation|1=https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Administer_a_sip_of_Hesperidean_Cider|2=Administer a sip of Hesperidean Cider|3=Fallen London|4=}}''"Uncorked, the firkin banishes all foul odours […] mildew spreads across the bed […] There is life everywhere, gorging on the gold beneath his skin."''</ref>
 
== The Fruits of the Garden ==
<blockquote>''"You dream of a place of tremendous beauty. The garden reminds you of the great jungles of the Surface, the sky brightly lit, the heat heavy. All things seem to fly here, and the trees bear boughs amply filled with golden fruit."''<ref name=":2">{{Citation|1=https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Drink,_and_luxuriate_in_your_bed|2=Drink, and luxuriate in your bed|3=Fallen London|4=}}</ref></blockquote>Hesperidean Cider is brewed from golden '''Hesperidean Apples''', which grow in the [[Garden]] and from a single tree in the [[Mirror-Marches]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem|Rarest fruit|Sunless Sea|}}''"In the farthest South, [...] a garden blooms. In ages past, birds stole the seeds from that garden. One bird hid here, in the Mirror-Marches."''</ref> These taste like any other apple,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Hesperidean_Apple|Hesperidean Apple|Sunless Sea|}} ''"That taste!  ...is the taste of apples. Crisp, juicy, but to be honest, a little bit too tart. Disappointing. You were expecting more. ..."''</ref> but they are still potent: consumption not only restores all wounds, but also induces a supposedly positive form of hysteria.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Hesperidean_Apple|Hesperidean Apple|Sunless Sea}}''"When the gold is gone from your eyes and brain [...] Your clothes will need repair. No one seems to have heard your wild laughter [...] Your heart is still pounding, but it will probably stop eventually. Your cabin is scrawled with poetry. Some of it's quite good, actually. Quite good, considering the circumstances."''</ref>
 
While the Masters are now the primary manufacturers of Hesperidean Cider, the [[The Relickers|Capering Relicker]] was the first to brew it and follow its visions to obtain true immortality.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Hand_over_a_multitude_of_scraps_for..._something_secret|Hand over a multitude of scraps for... something secret|Fallen London|}} ''"Why don't they have my cider? They never have my cider. I made it and I drank it and it gave me such lovely visions. And I followed the visions and... and why don't they have my cider?"''</ref>
 
In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, [[Mr Apples]] (now called the Chiropterous Hoarder) still has Hesperidean Cider, but its supply is dwindling.<ref>{{Citation|1=https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/An_Ill-Designed_Shop|2=Ask about the Hesperidean cider|3=Sunless Skies|4=}}''"'Gone. What he wants is gone. No, not gone. But almost gone. Little more than a sweet swallow'"''</ref>
 
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