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<blockquote>''"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Nothing that has come here will ever return. Don't step on the shore."''</blockquote> | ||
The '''Waswood''' was a region of [[Parabola]] that housed things long-past and long-forgotten. It also seemed to house what could have been, like alternate versions of major historical events.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_out_the_lost_histories_of_London|Search out the lost histories of London|Fallen London}}</ref> | The '''Waswood''' was a region of [[Parabola]] that housed things long-past and long-forgotten. It also seemed to house what could have been, like alternate versions of major historical events.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_out_the_lost_histories_of_London|Search out the lost histories of London|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
==The Woods That Were== | ==The Woods That Were== | ||
As one might expect of a [[Parabolan]] landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees and bone.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea. | As one might expect of a [[Parabolan]] landmark, descriptions of this place varied. It was remembered as a thriving forest of willows along a river, twined with honeysuckle vines;<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sacroboscan_Calendar|The Sacroboscan Calendar|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref> but at some other time, long ago, it was a barren waste of dead trees and bone.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Seek the Glory's story|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Irem|Dust|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | ||
A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]]<ref name=":3" /> - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead,<ref name=":3" /> though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living. Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores,<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Waswood|Visit the Waswood|Fallen London}}</ref> either as separate items<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> or vivid visions of times past.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stay_a_little_while|Stay a little while|Fallen London}}</ref> - though this did not always prove to be the case.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived|Retrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London}}</ref> | A river - one of the five rivers that circled the land of the [[Death|dead]]<ref name=":3" /> - flowed through the Waswood. Following that river, it was possible to reach the Waswood from the land of the dead,<ref name=":3" /> though entry through Parabola must surely have been simpler for the living. Indeed, most dream-travelers preferred to explore the Waswood by boat, drifting down the river and witnessing What Was on the shores,<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Waswood|Visit the Waswood|Fallen London|}}</ref> either as separate items<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> or vivid visions of times past.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> It was said that those who set foot in the Waswood would never return<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stay_a_little_while|Stay a little while|Fallen London|}}</ref> - though this did not always prove to be the case.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Retrieve_the_hagiographies_of_the_lost_and_unlived|Retrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extricate_a_half-lost_memory|Extricate a half-lost memory|Fallen London}}</ref> and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Listen_to_the_Waters|Listen to the Waters|Fallen London}}</ref> | The things that did or did not end up in the Waswood were sometimes said to depend on the memories of the living, though the exact relation is uncertain - at times, the woods held only the things that were still remembered,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extricate_a_half-lost_memory|Extricate a half-lost memory|Fallen London|}}</ref> and, other times, only the things wholly forgotten.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Listen_to_the_Waters|Listen to the Waters|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]] - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":4" /> | There are few stories of things native to the Waswood, but the Glory - the creature that now forms the backbone of the [[Chelonate]] - was first born there and only later roamed to the Unterzee. It now resides in the Waswood as part of the past.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
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==The Other End of the River== | ==The Other End of the River== | ||
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The river that flowed through the Waswood branched off into rivulets and tributaries;<ref name=":7" /> one of these rivulets was redirected into a large mirror leading to [[Moulin]] in the [[Hinterlands]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_is_the_source_of_the_water%3F|What is the source of the water?|Fallen London}}</ref> This left the surrounding area strewn with truthful, albeit misplaced, historical relics, displaced from the Waswood by the water's flow.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Catch_up_with_the_Wayward_Historian|Catch up with the Wayward Historian|Fallen London}}</ref> | The river that flowed through the Waswood branched off into rivulets and tributaries;<ref name=":7" /> one of these rivulets was redirected into a large mirror leading to [[Moulin]] in the [[Hinterlands]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/What_is_the_source_of_the_water%3F|What is the source of the water?|Fallen London|}}</ref> This left the surrounding area strewn with truthful, albeit misplaced, historical relics, displaced from the Waswood by the water's flow.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Catch_up_with_the_Wayward_Historian|Catch up with the Wayward Historian|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
