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<blockquote>{{Character|title1=The Shapeling Arts|image1=Amber.png|caption1=Amber, one of the core tools of the Shapeling Arts.|allegiance=[[Rubbery Men]]<br> | <blockquote>{{Character|title1=The Shapeling Arts|image1=Amber.png|caption1=Amber, one of the core tools of the Shapeling Arts.|allegiance=[[Rubbery Men]]<br> | ||
[[Starved Men]]|image2=Rubberyman.png|caption2=A Rubbery practioner of the Shapeling Arts.|location=}} | [[Starved Men]]|image2=Rubberyman.png|caption2=A Rubbery practioner of the Shapeling Arts.|location=}} | ||
''"A power of transformation."''</blockquote>The '''Shapeling Arts''' are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, using [[amber]] as a catalyst.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shapeling_Arts_Items|Shapeling Arts Items|Fallen London|}}</ref> They were developed by [[Rubbery Men|Rubbery Men,]] but [[human]]s can also gain considerable skill.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Below-Stairs|Below-Stairs|Fallen London|}}</ref> The [[Starved Men]] practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Peer_in_the_Amber_Chamber|Peer in the Amber Chamber|Fallen London|}}</ref> Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flute_Street|Flute Street|Fallen London|}} ''""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""''</ref> | ''"A power of transformation."''</blockquote>The '''Shapeling Arts''' are the arts of reshaping flesh and bone, using [[amber]] as a catalyst.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shapeling_Arts_Items|Shapeling Arts Items|Fallen London|}}</ref> They were developed by [[Rubbery Men|Rubbery Men,]] but [[human]]s can also gain considerable skill.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Below-Stairs|Below-Stairs|Fallen London|}}</ref> The [[Starved Men]] practice the Shapeling Arts with religious fervor.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Peer_in_the_Amber_Chamber|Peer in the Amber Chamber|Fallen London|}}</ref> Rubberies, however, see human and Starved imitations as lacking, since humans cannot perceive everything they do about amber.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flute_Street|Flute Street|Fallen London|}} ''""He feels.... sorry for them, I think?" An affirmative burble. "Humans do not have the right parts— [...] —the right skin or organs to taste – or feel – the essences of amber." She struggles for an analogy. "It's like they're painting, but can't see colour. Messy.""''</ref> | ||
There are other ways of reshaping livings flesh with non-amber stimulators, like [[Anthe|mutersalt]], [[Snuffers|wax]] (Liber Visionis) or [[Starved Men|ascended ambergris]] (Ecdysis), but they were not invented by Shapelings. | |||
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[[Category:Other Things of Significance]] | [[Category:Other Things of Significance]] | ||
