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<blockquote>{{Object|image1=Violantletter.png|location=[[Zenith]]|related=[[The Neathbow]]}} | <blockquote>{{Object|image1=Violantletter.png|location=[[Zenith]]|related=[[The Neathbow]]}} | ||
''"V marks VIOLANT when blood is shed in a spired place. Violant ink is employed for the most desperate treaties..."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea. | ''"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>'''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. | ||
==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;<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 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. | 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.gamepedia.com/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> | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
