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| <blockquote>{{Object|image1=Violantletter.png|location=[[Zenith]]|related=[[The Neathbow]]}} | | <blockquote>''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Violant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Violantletter.png|thumb]]'''Violant''' is a color of [[the Neathbow]]; the counterpart of [[irrigo]], it is the color of troublesome but necessary connections. The name "violant" could stem from "violent," or "violet," or both. |
| ''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Violant|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Violant|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>'''Violant''' is a color of the [[Neathbow]]; the principal counterpart of [[irrigo]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_the_Cave_of_the_Nadir|Enter the Cave of the Nadir|Fallen London}} ''"Yes. The light is irrigo: the colour of forgetfulness. [...] The Cinder carries elements of irrigo, but also violant, and other opposing colours."''</ref> it is the color of "troublesome but necessary connections"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Fallen London}} ''"Violant is the colour of necessary, but troublesome, connections."''</ref> and of "blood shed in a spired place,"<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea}} ''"According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place."''</ref> implying that it is the color of the [[Bazaar]]'s blood. The name "violant" could stem from "violent," from "violet," or both. | |
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| ==Properties== | | == Properties == |
| Violant indelibly lingers in one's memory;<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Crack_open_the_Sounder_and_capture_its_operating_principle|Crack open the Sounder and capture its operating principle|Fallen London}} ''"The box is in your thoughts for days afterwards. You keep thinking back to where you left it, reminding yourself that it's stored safely. It is difficult to forget about."''</ref> it is very difficult to forget anything written in violant ink.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea}} ''"It's very hard to forget anything you've written in violant ink..."''</ref> If an Eyeless Skull from irrigo exposure is soaked in violant, it will sprout many new eye sockets all over itself.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Soak_an_Eyeless_Skull_in_violant|Soak an Eyeless Skull in violant|Fallen London}} ''"It was blinded in the Nadir. What might Zenith make of it? [...] The violant plays havoc with your memory. Were there always so many sockets?"''</ref> | | Violant indelibly lingers in one's memory and is often unnerving to stare at for too long. It is very difficult to forget anything written in violant ink.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Pot_of_Violant_Ink|A Pot of Violant Ink|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> |
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| Violant is usually depicted as burgundy,<ref>''Olivia Wood, formerly of Failbetter: "The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :)'' "</ref> but sometimes it is described as a shade of purple<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shades_of_Yesterday|Shades of Yesterday|Fallen London}} ''"You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."''</ref> or blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Watchful_skull|Look into the skull's eye socket|Sunless Sea}}"''Its eye sockets gleam with sharp blue light."''</ref> It can range from electric blue to the red of slightly dried blood.<ref>{{Citation|https://discord.com/invite/failbettergames|Bruno (FBG)|Failbetter Games Discord Server}} ''"In some contexts it's an electric blue, in some contexts it's the red of slightly dried blood, in some contexts it's either or both or neither."''</ref>
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| | [[The Correspondence|Correspondents]] use this ink extensively in their esoteric, paradigm-altering publications.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Become_a_Correspondent|Become a Correspondent|Fallen London|}}</ref> |
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| ==Uses== | | == Gallery == |
| <blockquote>''"The box is in your thoughts for days afterwards. You keep thinking back to where you left it, reminding yourself that it's stored safely. It is difficult to forget about."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Crack_open_the_Sounder_and_capture_its_operating_principle|Crack open the Sounder and capture its operating principle|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>[[The Correspondence|Correspondents]] use violant ink extensively in their esoteric, paradigm-altering publications.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Become_a_Correspondent|Become a Correspondent|Fallen London}}''You now have 1 x '''A Pot of Violant Ink'''''</ref> Violant light is captured within a [[Khanate]] communication device called a Corresponding Sounder.<ref name=":0" /> It can also be seen within a Ray-drenched Cinder alongside other colors of the Neathbow.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ray-Drenched_Cinder|Ray-Drenched Cinder|Fallen London}} ''"Sizzling with violant and irrigo light. It has absorbed radiations not of this earth. Some of its colours can only be seen in sleep."''</ref> Photographs done on violant film emphasize movement and connections within societies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Purchase_a_reel_of_violant-emulsion_film|Purchase a reel of violant-emulsion film|Fallen London}} ''""Wonderful midtones. Crisp and perfect motion." It emphasizes movement, agency, connection."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Develop_the_reel_you_exposed_in_Hallow%27s_Throat|Develop the reel you exposed in Hallow's Throat|Fallen London}} ''"The camera's eye turns to look at, and linger on, brief moments of connection. You see an oddly warm greeting between a smuggler and a Starved Man. You see two airfarers sharing swigs from a hip flask. You see little copper coins [...] changing hands."''</ref>
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| == Scientific Inspirations ==
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| The [[Bazaar]] is more or less a giant space crab, so it is pertinent to note that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab horseshoe crab] blood is a bright blue, similar to the color of the illustration of violant ink. True crab species (horseshoe crabs are not technically crabs!) also have bluish-grey blood. This is because their respiratory pigment is a copper-based compound called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemocyanin hemocyanin]; the counterpart of this compound in vertebrates is hemoglobin, which makes vertebrates' blood red because it contains iron. More curious is blood protein of some mollusks and marine worms known as hemerythrin that has violet-pink color.
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| ==Gallery==
| | Violant is usually depicted as burgundy,<ref>''"The closest approximation of violant is a sort of stark burgundy. For the most in-universe explanation - it is difficult to represent colours that do not exist on the Surface, on the Surface. So, follow the descriptions rather than the colours you see. "Violant: the colour of necessary, but troublesome connections. According to other traditions, the colour of blood shed in a spired place." And... if the descriptions don't seem to match – well, there's always the fall back that in real life, people can see colours differently too. It's definitely the same in the Neath. :)'' "'' - Olivia Wood, Failbetter Games''</ref> but sometimes it is illustrated as a shade of purple,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Shades_of_Yesterday|Shades of Yesterday|Fallen London|}} ''"You look at the colours. [...] violant, the invasive purple of necessary but unwanted connections..."''</ref> or even as a light blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Watchful_skull|Look into the skull's eye socket|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><gallery widths="100" spacing="small"> |
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| Violant.png|A Pot of Violant Ink. | | Violant.png|A Pot of Violant Ink. |
| Violantgate.png|The Violant Gate in [[the Elder Continent]].
| | violantgate.png|The Violant Gate in [[the Elder Continent]]. |
| Demonmaskgilded.png|''The Violant Demon'' mask, worn for [[Hallowmas]].
| | watchfulskull.png|A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes. |
| Watchfulskull.png|A Watchful Skull on the zee-floor, with violant eyes.
| | SS_Discovery_violant.png|Violant anemones on the zee-floor. |
| SS Discovery violant.png|Violant anemones on the zee-floor.
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| File:Cinder.png|A Ray-drenched Cinder.
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| File:Cuttlefish mercantile.png|A Violantly Mercantile Cuttlefish (which also wields irrigo).
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| Strikingsaleswoman.png|The Striking Saleswoman and her violant cosmetics.
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| Zenith.png|[[The Zenith]]
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| Bone20.png|A Panoptical Skull.
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| ==References== | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Other Things of Significance]] | | [[Category:Other Things of Significance]] |
