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<blockquote>''"Beneath the skin of dreams, behind the faces of mirrors, an orange sun sails in a fervid sky."''<ref name="irem mirror marches">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|The Mirror-Marches|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Parabola medium.png|alt=An orange jungle filled with mirrors.|thumb|100px|The Mirror-Marches]] | <blockquote>''"Beneath the skin of dreams, behind the faces of mirrors, an orange sun sails in a fervid sky."''<ref name="irem mirror marches">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|The Mirror-Marches|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Parabola medium.png|alt=An orange jungle filled with mirrors.|thumb|100px|The Mirror-Marches]] | ||
The Skin of the Sun is a enormous, [[cosmogone]] bulb that sails across the glasslike skies of [[Parabola]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cosmogone-filled_Mirrorcatch_Box|Cosmogone-filled Mirrorcatch Box|Fallen London}} | The Skin of the Sun is a enormous, [[cosmogone]] bulb that sails across the glasslike skies of [[Parabola]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cosmogone-filled_Mirrorcatch_Box|Cosmogone-filled Mirrorcatch Box|Fallen London}}</ref><ref name = "climb dome itself cats">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Climb_the_dome_itself_(Cats)|Climb the dome itself (Cats)|Fallen London}}</ref> It is forged of iron and glass,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London}} ''"Another sun rises inside your head. Iron and glass, [...]"''</ref> and it apparently bulges from the Parabolan skyscape itself,<ref name = "climb dome itself cats"/> sometimes resembling a massive lens.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London}} ''"[...] up to the glassy, effulgent lens that passes for the sun."''</ref> As cosmogone is the color of remembered<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Page_from_'The_Neathbow':_Cosmogone#Items_description|Items description|Sunless Sea}}</ref> rather than true sunlight,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fill_your_Mirrorcatch_Box_with_the_light_of_the_cosmogone_sun|Fill your Mirrorcatch Box with the light of the cosmogone sun|Fallen London}}</ref> the Skin of the Sun has a queasy, orange appearance,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dream_of_Arbor_in_the_company_of_the_Injurious_Princess|Dream of Arbor in the company of the Injurious Princess|Fallen London}} ''"[...] a queasy orange glow in the sky, [...]"''</ref> but it is still capable of lighting and heating almost all of the Parabolan landscape. Only certain locations like the [[Moonlit Chessboard]] are not touched by its light in any capacity.<ref name = "irem mirror marches"/><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Moonlit_Chessboard|Visit the Moonlit Chessboard|Fallen London}}</ref> | ||
Despite being in the realm of dream, the Skin of the Sun appears to follow a typical daylight cycle. As it sets, stars may appear in the Parabolan night sky, and a moon may rise to take its place. At first, the Parabolan moon might resemble a man, | Despite being in the realm of dream, the Skin of the Sun appears to follow a typical daylight cycle. As it sets, stars may appear in the Parabolan night sky, and a moon may rise to take its place. At first, the Parabolan moon might resemble a man, but at a second glance, it might resemble a sleeping, curled-up cat.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Night_is_falling|Night is falling|Fallen London}} ''"Pinpricks of light [...] in the darkening sky. Stars! [...] a crescent moon rises. [...] don't resemble a man, or anything else so much as a cat, curled up asleep."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_at_the_moon|Look at the moon|Fallen London}}</ref> | ||
== The Coiling Spire == | == The Coiling Spire == | ||
<blockquote>''"The 'sky' around the sun appears to be glass, too. A giant glass dome from whose upper reaches the sun has bubbled forth. And above you - well, below you - an enormous, twisting stone spire stretches toward the ground, like an umbilical cord connecting the jungle and the sun."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Contemplate_your_predicament|Contemplate your predicament|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Cosmogone.png|alt=A yellow-orange letter C.|thumb|[[Cosmogone]]]] | <blockquote>''"The 'sky' around the sun appears to be glass, too. A giant glass dome from whose upper reaches the sun has bubbled forth. And above you - well, below you - an enormous, twisting stone spire stretches toward the ground, like an umbilical cord connecting the jungle and the sun."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Contemplate_your_predicament|Contemplate your predicament|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Cosmogone.png|alt=A yellow-orange letter C.|thumb|[[Cosmogone]]]] | ||
The '''Coiling Spire''' is a massive stone structure that spans the | The '''Coiling Spire''' is a massive stone structure that spans all the way from the Skin of the Sun to the ground.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Descend_the_Coiling_Spire_(DO_NOT_TARRY)|Descend the Coiling Spire (DO NOT TARRY)|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Contemplate_your_predicament|Contemplate your predicament|Fallen London}} ''"[...] an enormous, twisting stone spire stretches toward the ground, "''</ref> It has a winding ramp, with a groove carved within it from years upon years of serpentine transit and use.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Light_Fingers:_Atop_the_Spire|Light Fingers: Atop the Spire|Fallen London}} ''"A groove that's been worn into the rock as though by [....] the passage of serpents)."''</ref> Cosmogone is a color that is irresistible to the denizens of Parabola,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Set_of_Cosmogone_Spectacles|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles|Fallen London}}</ref> but the Skin of the Sun remains outside the reach of living Fingerkings, as they can never touch sunlight.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sleep%27s_fortress_(Parabola-Linen_Suit)|Sleep's fortress (Parabola-Linen Suit)|Fallen London}}</ref> Thus, Fingerkings who feel they are nearing their end embark on a pilgrimage of sorts to reach the Skin of the Sun, a journey which apparently kills them permanently.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|Bargain for a Parabox|Sunless Sea}}</ref> | ||
=== The Boiling Sky === | === The Boiling Sky === | ||
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''"As suddenly as a stormcloud, a boiling stew of vast, interweaving coils has filled the sky from horizon to horizon. Somewhere in the boiling mass, fangs are drawn – long and sharp as winter."''<ref name="boiling sky"/></blockquote>[[File:Fingerking.png|alt=A green serpent.|thumb|A [[Fingerking]].]] | ''"As suddenly as a stormcloud, a boiling stew of vast, interweaving coils has filled the sky from horizon to horizon. Somewhere in the boiling mass, fangs are drawn – long and sharp as winter."''<ref name="boiling sky"/></blockquote>[[File:Fingerking.png|alt=A green serpent.|thumb|A [[Fingerking]].]] | ||
The Skin of the Sun and the Coiling Spire are locations of great importance to the [[Fingerkings]], who consider them sacred.<ref | The Skin of the Sun and the Coiling Spire are locations of great importance to the [[Fingerkings]], who consider them sacred.<ref name = "boiling sky"/> As such, trespassing in these places without express permission from the Fingerkings can lead to serious trouble.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Be_introduced_to_the_enormous_snake|Be introduced to the enormous snake|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Recognise_an_Ophidian_Gentleman|Recognise an Ophidian Gentleman|Fallen London}} ''"[...] they will grant you safe passage here only if you please them."''</ref> Both locales are guarded by the aptly-named '''Boil of Calamities''',<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Study_the_Boil_of_Calamities|Study the Boil of Calamities|Fallen London}}</ref> an extremely powerful entity that appears as an enormous, spiraling serpent made of smaller, interwoven serpents, large enough to block out the sky.<ref name = "boiling sky"/><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Grab_the_bell_from_Poor_Edward%27s_hand|Grab the bell from Poor Edward's hand|Fallen London}} ''"[...] the Boil knots in anguish. [...] spiralling like an unravelling rope, it departs [...]"''</ref> This being protects its territory with ferocity and zeal,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Recognise_an_Ophidian_Gentleman|Recognise an Ophidian Gentleman|Fallen London}} ''"[...] be careful of the Boil of Calamities. It is fierce about its territory."''</ref> and anyone who even steps within its purview unauthorized risks being hunted down with extreme prejudice.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Make_a_convincing_case_to_the_Court_of_Cats|Make a convincing case to the Court of Cats|Fallen London}} ''"[...] your intrusion on the Skin of the Sun, and your subsequent pursuit by the Boil of Calamities, [...]"''</ref> | ||
The Boil's reasons for protecting the [[Parabolan]] sun so fiercely are many; after all, it laid the egg that would become the Skin of the Sun, though the egg itself was heavily modified before it became what it is now.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Make_a_convincing_case_to_the_Court_of_Cats|Make a convincing case to the Court of Cats|Fallen London}} ''""It also is the mother-father of the egg that is the Parabolan sun," [...] "Though others played a part in that, too.""''</ref> | The Boil's reasons for protecting the [[Parabolan]] sun so fiercely are many; after all, it laid the egg that would become the Skin of the Sun, though the egg itself was heavily modified before it became what it is now.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Make_a_convincing_case_to_the_Court_of_Cats|Make a convincing case to the Court of Cats|Fallen London}} ''""It also is the mother-father of the egg that is the Parabolan sun," [...] "Though others played a part in that, too.""''</ref> | ||
