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<blockquote>''"The bone bears all tales, my friend. It is the road that runs beneath the skin, and we follow it to the heart, where only blood is salt."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea. | <blockquote>''"The bone bears all tales, my friend. It is the road that runs beneath the skin, and we follow it to the heart, where only blood is salt."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Scrimshaw_Chronicler|Bring him a tale|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Midnight Whales''' are enormous zee-beasts that roam the depths of the [[Unterzee]]. Whale bones are a popular medium for scrimshaw, the act of engraving tales and information on ivory and bones, so the whale bones that are strewn throughout the zee-floor are often covered in thousands of carvings in many languages.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Whale_Bones|Examine the engravings|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> In fact, the skeleton of a Midnight Whale formed the foundation for the society of bone-carvers known as [[Scrimshander]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Discoveries_in_the_Ivory_Archives#Interactions|The first skeleton of Scrimshander|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
Midnight Whales are a popular source of food for the zailors that inhabit the [[Gant Pole]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea. | Midnight Whales are a popular source of food for the zailors that inhabit the [[Gant Pole]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole#Story_Description|Story Description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Gant_Pole#Interactions_2|Approach the woman in red|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and they're apparently hunted by the [[The Chelonate|Chelonites]] as well.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Shepherd_Isles#Interactions|Tales of the Three Graves|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The bones of Midnight Whales are also full of valuable, toxic marrow,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Whale_Bones|Collect unknown toxins|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and this marrow has the colorless hue of [[gant]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Whale_Bones|Harvest stygian ivory|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><gallery widths="130"> | ||
Midnight Whale.png|A Midnight Whale. | Midnight Whale.png|A Midnight Whale. | ||
Whalebones.png|The bones of a Midnight Whale. | Whalebones.png|The bones of a Midnight Whale. | ||
Scrimshander.png|[[Scrimshander]] | Scrimshander.png|[[Scrimshander]] | ||
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