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<blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Prickfinger.png|caption1=|location=North of [[London]]|alias=The Wastes|allegiance=|notable_inhabitants=}}''"Blood loss is the greatest threat out here. Brush one stalagmite too many and you'll bleed out long before you make it back to safety. It's dark in the Wastes, beyond the brightly coloured lamps of Mrs Plenty's Carnival. Watch your step."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Into_The_Wastes|Into The Wastes|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Prickfinger.png|caption1=A labyrinth of rock and crystal. Art from FL.|location=North of [[London]]|alias=The Wastes|allegiance=|notable_inhabitants=}}''"Blood loss is the greatest threat out here. Brush one stalagmite too many and you'll bleed out long before you make it back to safety. It's dark in the Wastes, beyond the brightly coloured lamps of Mrs Plenty's Carnival. Watch your step."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Into_The_Wastes|Into The Wastes|Fallen London|}}</ref>


''"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger.''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


Past [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival]] lies the '''Prickfinger Wastes'''. As a result of a geological anomaly, this area is littered with extremely sharp stalagmites, which have been likened to a sea of sharp knives pointing upward.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Imagine a million overturned silverware drawers. Now imagine all the silverware is knives, nothing but giant knives stabbing skyward. That's Prickfinger."''</ref> The [[The Summer Schoolmistress|Summer Nursery]] is located deep within the Wastes, hidden away from the lights of [[London]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Summer_Nursery:_An_Invitation|The Summer Nursery: An Invitation|Fallen London|}} ''"Beyond the lights of the carnival, the Wastes loom large and sharp. The mansion is out there, somewhere, where the Fifth City does not reach."''</ref>
Past [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival]] lies the '''Prickfinger Wastes'''. As the result of a geological anomaly, this area is littered with extremely sharp stalagmites. Often likened to a sea of sharp knives pointing upward.


==Ten Thousand Teeth==
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{{Major spoiler small}}<blockquote>[[File:Bazaardoor teeth.png|thumb|Ten Thousand Teeth]]''"No false-stars — only bats and bats. You stand within their cyclone's eye, and then you see the roaring teeth..."<ref name=":0" />''</blockquote>'''Ten Thousand Teeth''' is a legendary monster known to reside and hunt deep within the Prickfinger Wastes. The bane of many a [[Monster-Hunters|Monster-Hunter]] or Eradicator of the [[The Department of Menace Eradication|Department of Menace Eradication]], it masks its presence successfully in its natural habitat, easily ambushing unsuspecting prey despite its large size.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''""Ten-thousand teeth," it murmurs. "Thought they were a grotto. They weren't no grotto. Devoured her. Would've devoured me...""''</ref> Inside its giant maw, there seems to be a whole ecosystem that vies for the remains of Ten Thousand Teeth's latest meal.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Bats hang from the cavern in droves, clustered thick as sausage links in the best butcher's shop. With every breath, ammonia invades your sinuses."''</ref> Interestingly, one would-be victim of the Teeth discovered that it is highly irritated by [[peligin]] snuff; the hapless fellow was spat out after giving the Teeth a faceful of the substance.


==References==
== Ten Thousand Teeth ==
<blockquote>''No false-stars — only bats and bats. You stand within their cyclone's eye, and then you see the roaring teeth...<ref name=":0" />''</blockquote>
[[File:Bazaardoor teeth.png|thumb|Ten Thousand Teeth]]
'''Ten Thousand Teeth''' is a legendary monster known to reside and hunt deep withing the Prickfinger Wastes. Known to have been a bane to many a Monster-Hunter or Eradicator of the Department of Menace Eradication. It masks it's presence succesfully in it's natural habitat often springing on unsuspecting prey despite it's size. <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Ten-thousand teeth," it murmurs. "Thought they were a grotto. They weren't no grotto. Devoured her. Would've devoured me''</ref> Inside it's giant maw there seems to be a whole ecosystem striving on the remains of whatever the Ten Thousand Teeth consumed. <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Rat-Catcher_(Story)|The Rat-Catcher (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"Bats hang from the cavern in droves, clustered thick as sausage links in the best butcher's shop. With every breath, ammonia invades your sinuses."''</ref> A surprising discovery made by an unlucky victim that got engulfed by the Ten Thousand Teeth's maw is that it seems to be alergic/irritated by Peligin Snuff as having been covered in it resulted in the Maw spitting the victim out.
 
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