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| '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION''' | | '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION''' |
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| '''The Great Chain''', also known as '''the Great Chain of Being''', '''Great Chain of Existence''',<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Shift_of_Perspective| Penance: Shift of Perspective|Sunless Skies}}</ref> or '''the Chain,''' is the natural hierarchy of all living things.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_dangerous_deal|A dangerous deal|Fallen London}}</ref> It is a tool made by the [[Judgements]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_%E2%80%93|What –|Fallen London}}</ref> to ensure that the universe behaves according to their design.
| | The Great Chain (also known as the Great Chain of Being, Great Chain of Existence<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Penance:_Shift_of_Perspective| Penance: Shift of Perspective|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> or the Chain) refer to the natural hierarchy of all living things.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_dangerous_deal|A dangerous deal|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is a tool made by the Judgments<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_%E2%80%93|What %E2%80%93|Fallen London|}}</ref> to ensure that the universe behave according to their design. |
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| ==All Living Things Are Joined in the Great Chain== | | ==All Living Things Are Joined in the Great Chain== |
| Every species occupies a place in the hierarchy of the Chain.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea}}</ref> To change one's place is not only forbidden by the Judgments,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Bandstand|Listen to the third hymn |Sunless Skies}}</ref> but made incredibly difficult where their laws apply. However, in places like [[the Neath]] where their laws cannot reach, one's nature is a bit more... mutable.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pleasure|Pleasure|Fallen London}}</ref> The art of breaking the Chain is called [[the Red Science]].<ref name=":0" /> | | Every species occupy a place in the Chain,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and every place has a purpose. All creature with a place in the hierarchy are made with the desire to fulfil this purpose,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_the_Prehistoricists_(Furnace)|Ask her about the Prehistoricists (Furnace)|Fallen London|}}</ref> and this desire is created by a part of their body.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fathomking%27s_Answer|Why did the Fathomking give your father a knife? |Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Explore her Surgery |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> To modify one’s body and change their purpose, and therefor their place, is not only forbidden by the Judgment,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bandstand|Listen to the third hymn |Sunless Skies|}}</ref> but made difficult where their laws apply. However, in the place their laws can’t reach, these changes are made possibles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pleasure|Pleasure|Fallen London|}}</ref> The art of breaking the Chain, especially in these places, is called [[The Red Science]]. <ref name=":0" /> |
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| The Prehistoricist faction believes that the Chain not only dictates one's place, but also one's purpose, which manifests itself through a species' natural desires. If one believes this, given the fact that a desire can be caused by a part of the body,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Port_Carnelian|Refer a patient to the Cladery Heir |Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Fathomking%27s_Answer|Why did the Fathomking give your father a knife? |Sunless Sea}}</ref> one may assume that their place in the Chain can be determined by a part of their species' body. The Prehistoricists also believe that the Chain contains gaps; there are tasks that human find unpleasant, such as hard manual labor, so ideally these gaps should be fixed by creating beings who desire to do such work.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_the_Prehistoricists_(Furnace)|Ask her about the Prehistoricists (Furnace)|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_his_goals|Ask about his goals|Fallen London}}</ref> (At least, that's what the faction's philosophers believe; other members would simply rather create giant dinosaurs.)
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| Supporters of the [[Liberation of Night]], however, see the Chain as a tool of oppression that was never intended to help humanity; therefore, in their eyes, the Prehistoricists are wasting their time.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_the_Prehistoricists_(January)|Ask her about the Prehistoricists (January)|Fallen London}}</ref> In fact, the Liberationists see the body itself as a prison,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Season_Conclusions_(Guide)#The_Season_of_Revolutions|Season Conclusions (Guide)#The Season of Revolutions|Fallen London}}’"A body is a prison. No one asked to be constrained in one."’</ref> and believe that the order of the universe is fundamentally unjust.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Opening_a_Christmas_Card|Opening a Christmas Card|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
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| ==Real-Life Origins==
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| The Great Chain of Being was likely inspired by a Christian concept of the same name in which every being is ranked, with God at the top, followed by angels, humans, animals (stratified according to their role in nature), plants, and minerals.<ref>{{Citation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being|Great chain of being|Wikipedia}}</ref> Some claim that there are three principles behind this idea: the principles of Plenitude (the Chain is the expression of God's power), of Continuity (there are no gaps in the chain), and of Gradation (all beings are ordered from the highest to the lowest).<ref>{{Citation|https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/great-chain-being|Great Chain of Being|Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> | | == Real Life == |
| | The Great Chain of being is a real historical concept in Christianity where every beings was ranked, with God at the top, followed by differents type of angels, humans, animals, vegetals and minerals.<ref>{{Citation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being|Great chain of being|Wikipedia|}}</ref> Some claimed to have identified three component of this idea: the principle of Plenitude (the Chain is the expression of God's power), of Continuty (there are no gaps in the chain) and of Gradation. (all being are ordered from the highest to the lowest)<ref>{{Citation|https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/great-chain-being|Great Chain of Being|Encyclopedia.com|}}</ref> |
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| The Great Chain may also be inspired by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_chain food chain], a concept in biology that organizes species in a hierarchy according to which other organisms in an ecosystem make up the bulk of their diet. This is supported by the motif of consumption prevalent throughout the Great Chain as depicted in ''Fallen London''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/You_have_rejected_wine_and_song|You have rejected wine and song|Fallen London}} ''"To ascend is not possible, save by the Science [...] the flesh and blood of the Twelve is intoxicating and transcendent. If you consume something greater, then you may incorporate it: unless it incorporates you. [...]"''</ref>
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