Editing The Surgeon's Child

[[The Cladery Heart|The ''Cladery Heart'']]}}<blockquote>''"Did you know my mother operated on the Bazaar itself? She cut away its cladent lobe so that it would be at peace and not have to wander on and on. But the operation changed her. She got some of the ichor on her skin."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Explore her Surgery|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>

The '''Surgeon's Child''' was the mother of the [[Cladery Heir]] and the previous owner of the [[The Cladery Heart|''Cladery Heart'']].__forcetoc__

<blockquote>''"The Tomb Colonist draws you a little way away from the Cladery Heir. "Don't tell her you met me," he says, in a hoarse rasp. "Her mother cut my voice. Hoped to fix it so I wouldn't be able to look for my daughter. So I wouldn't want to." He wheezes. "Didn't work. Operations never... completely effective. Need to know my daughter's well. Happy. Finding enough patients. Getting enough to eat and so forth.""''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Demeaux_Island#Iron_.26_Misery_Company_Funging_Station|A bandaged funger|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>

[[File:Claderyheir small.png|alt=A woman wearing a top hat with hair covering one eye.|thumb|130x130px|[[The Cladery Heir]]]]

At the ripe old age of over three thousand years, the Surgeon's Child bore her daughter, the [[Cladery Heir]].<ref name = "three"/> Contrary to the Heir's beliefs,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Mr Iron? Truly?|Sunless Sea}} ''"And I know my mother. I cannot see her in any ordinary liaison with an ordinary man, much less a husband."''</ref> the father was an ordinary engineer, not [[Mr Iron]]. The two had a falling out, and the Surgeon's Child cut her husband's voice so that he would be unable and unwilling to look for his daughter. He is now a destitute [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colonist]], but the operation was unsuccessful; he can still speak despite his damaged voice, and wants to know how his daughter is faring.<ref name="funger">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Demeaux_Island#Iron_.26_Misery_Company_Funging_Station|A bandaged funger|Sunless Sea}} ''"The Tomb Colonist draws you [...] away from the Cladery Heir. "Don't tell her you met me," he says, in a hoarse rasp. "Her mother cut my voice. Hoped to fix it so I wouldn't be able to look for my daughter. So I wouldn't want to." [...] "Didn't work. Operations never... completely effective. Need to know my daughter's well. [...] Getting enough to eat and so forth." In exchange for the simplest news, he explains himself: "I'm her father," [...] "Ordinary engineer. Not the sort of parent she would want.""''</ref> The Surgeon's Child was a seemingly present and capable mother<ref name = "apart">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Retrieve_the_Cladery_Heart|Keep the Cladery Heart|Sunless Sea}} ''""The Cladery Heart is all I have of my mother, but I learned not to need her."''</ref> who passed down her ancient language and skills,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Mr Iron? Truly?|Sunless Sea}} ''""I can't offer you proof," she says. "The only strange tongue I speak is my mother's, which is ancient but human. [...]"''</ref><ref name = "difficult"/> but as of the present day the two are not in contact;<ref name = "apart"/> it is not confirmed whether the Surgeon's Child died or they simply separated. The Cladery Heir eventually learned to live without her mother, but she still wants to find the ''Cladery Heart'' and continue her legacy.<ref name = "apart"/><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Cladery_Heir|Raise the subject of the Cladery Heart|Sunless Sea}} ''""It's a unique ship, of course. I wouldn't want to recommend any foolish efforts to find her, but if she's there for the taking..." The Cladery Heir shrugs. "My mother always liked a challenge.""''</ref>