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The two primary connections between the Surface and the Neath are the '''Travertine Spiral'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/No-one!_Who_cares%3F|No-one! Who cares?|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the '''[[Cumaean Canal]]'''.<ref name="canal">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Cumaean Canal Staging Area|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Traveling to the Surface can be profitable, but it is also extremely dangerous, as exposure to [[The Sun|sunlight]] can be a death sentence for denizens of the Neath.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Rise and be lost |Sunless Sea|}}</ref>  
The two primary connections between the Surface and the Neath are the '''Travertine Spiral'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/No-one!_Who_cares%3F|No-one! Who cares?|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the '''[[Cumaean Canal]]'''.<ref name="canal">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Cumaean Canal Staging Area|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Traveling to the Surface can be profitable, but it is also extremely dangerous, as exposure to [[The Sun|sunlight]] can be a death sentence for denizens of the Neath.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Rise and be lost |Sunless Sea|}}</ref>  


Zailors who travel to the Surface often engage in the highly illegal sunlight trade, where they fill mysterious '''Mirrorcatch Boxes''' with captured sunlight, and sell them to those who can afford such a luxury.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Avernus|Fill your Mirrorcatch Box|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Quite a few citizens of the Neath miss sunlight, even if they won't openly admit it, and peddlers of sunlight can turn in huge profits, but they also have a bad habit of succumbing to their own product.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/THE_SUN!_THE_SUN!|The light's delights|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
Zailors who travel to the Surface often engage in the highly illegal sunlight trade, where they fill mysterious '''Mirrorcatch Boxes''' with captured sunlight, and sell them to those who can afford such a luxury.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Avernus|Fill your Mirrorcatch Box|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Quite a few citizens of the Neath miss sunlight, even if they won't openly admit it, and peddlers of sunlight can turn in huge profits, but they also have a bad habit of succumbing to their own product.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/THE_SUN!_THE_SUN!|The light's delights|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> 
 
Objects imbued with the more supernatural qualities of the Neath tend to lose their potency when exposed to sunlight.<ref>[https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Naples#Interactions Buy a train ticket to Vienna, ''Sunless Sea''] ''"Parabola-linen crumbles in sunlight. The mushroom wines of the Neath are not kindly received in the wine-shops of Italy and France. Prisoner's honey loses all its virtue. But in the coffee-houses of Vienna, Darkdrop Coffee is the new sensation. It's not so very far by train. You could travel by night."''</ref> Even so, there remains a steady demand for Neath-born goods: coffee, fabric, jewels,<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Send_up_a_Fabulous_Diamond Send up a Fabulous Diamond, ''Fallen London''] ''"Enormous by Surface standards. Even though rumours circulate up there that the Neath contains gems as big as Highland cattle."''</ref> and more. These items can be safely transported to the Surface, provided they are carefully protected from direct sunlight along the way.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Send_up_a_vial_of_Master%27s_Blood Send up a vial of Master's Blood, ''Fallen London''] ''"When the nerve-wracking process is done, there's no reply from upstairs for a long time. Finally, the Woman Upstairs breaks the stunned silence. "Grab it. Gently. Put it in the box – did you bring the wax? We can not let sunlight touch this.""''</ref>


Neathy folk struck by nostalgia for the Surface may also indulge in Surface-inspired dinners,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Host_a_feast_inspired_by_the_Surface|Host a feast inspired by the Surface|Fallen London|}}</ref> or may import food from the Surface for an extremely high price.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> They may also import Surface-grown flowers, but these wither quickly, unless they're properly embalmed beforehand.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Myrrh-Scented_Rose|Myrrh-Scented Rose|Fallen London|}}</ref>
Neathy folk struck by nostalgia for the Surface may also indulge in Surface-inspired dinners,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Host_a_feast_inspired_by_the_Surface|Host a feast inspired by the Surface|Fallen London|}}</ref> or may import food from the Surface for an extremely high price.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> They may also import Surface-grown flowers, but these wither quickly, unless they're properly embalmed beforehand.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Myrrh-Scented_Rose|Myrrh-Scented Rose|Fallen London|}}</ref>


The '''Last Labyrinth''' is a maze that connects the Neath to the Surface. Under most circumstances, the [[The Cumaean Canal|Cumaean Canal]] or the Travertine Spiral would be more attractive options. But if those were to become unusable, the truly desperate might find its key, brave its corridors, face its Inhabiters, and finally emerge in, of all places, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepton_Mallet Shepton Mallet].<ref name="last labyrinth">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Your_beloved|Your Beloved|Fallen London|}}''"[...] The ways to the surface - the Cumaean Canal, the Travertine Spiral - are choked with refugees. But you have the key to the Last Labyrinth; and you have the Ferryman's Promise to preserve you from the Surface-death. [...] You breach the surface, at last, in an apple orchard just outside Shepton Mallet, through a Neolithic tomb of unlikely age. [....]"''</ref>
The '''Last Labyrinth''' is a maze that connects the Neath to the [[The Surface|Surface]]. Under most circumstances, the [[The Cumaean Canal|Cumaean Canal]] or the Travertine Spiral would be more attractive options. But if those were to become unusable, the truly desperate might find its key, brave its corridors, face its Inhabiters, and finally emerge in, of all places, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepton_Mallet Shepton Mallet].<ref name = "last labyrinth">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Your_beloved|Your Beloved|Fallen London|}}</ref>


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