Viric

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"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."[1]

A color of the Neathbow, viric is the green of shallow sleep. The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin viridis, meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color viridian.

Properties[edit | edit source]

"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."

Viric is heavily associated with the Fingerkings;[2] the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,[3][4] and a box of dream-snakes will also glow this shade of green.[5] When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.[6]

Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.[7]

Uses[edit | edit source]

"People who look at you always blink afterward. Perhaps the colour is that powerful. Perhaps they find themselves on the edge of a nap. They never remember there was anything odd about the sight."[8]

The priests of Varchas use viric Mirror-Charms[9] to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.[10] Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in London during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose.[11] Viric can be used to induce lassitude in others, making them inattentive and absentminded.[12]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • A Phantasmal Encounter, 189-, Captain ------
    A Phantasmal Encounter, 189-, Captain ------
  • A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes.
    A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes.
  • A Viric Suit.
    A Viric Suit.
  • A Viric Frock.
    A Viric Frock.
  • The Somnolent Hyaena
    The Somnolent Hyaena
  • The Shopkeeper in Viric
    The Shopkeeper in Viric
  • Viric anemones on the zee-floor.
    Viric anemones on the zee-floor.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ Give it your enigmatic painting, Sunless Sea "The Fingerkings. Our enemies. The enemies of everyone..."
  3. ↑ Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep, Sunless Sea 'The Man's eyes seethe with viric flame! It's struggling against the efforts of the zailors to restrain it. [...] the other manages to snap the box closed. Instantly the Man goes stiff - a lifeless clay statue. The viric glow now pulsates from the box."
  4. ↑ Gawp, Fallen London "In the viric depths of its eyes, something stirs[...]"
  5. ↑ A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes, Sunless Sea "A sullen viric glow leaks from within. Sometimes it rattles. Best not to open it."
  6. ↑ Discoveries, Sunless Sea "A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."
  7. ↑ Bruno (FBG), Failbetter Games Discord Server "But all the neathbow colors are sort of a range... viric runs from forest green through emeralds through chartreuse [...]"
  8. ↑ Viric Frock, Fallen London
  9. ↑ A Mirror-Charm, Sunless Sea "Dream-green snake-skin and scraps of close-written paper."
  10. ↑ Dreams of Smoke, Sunless Sea "He gives you a charm of bloodied snakeskin and scraps of paper written in an angular, unfamiliar script, and tells you to hang it upon the nearest mirror before you sleep."
  11. ↑ Ask the Shopkeeper in Viric about the purpose of these stories, Fallen London "Viric is the colour of the outskirts of Parabola [...] That's where I keep this shop, when it cannot afford to be in London. [...] A viric trance is more than a daydream, less than sleep."
  12. ↑ Viric Frock, Fallen London "People who look at you always blink afterward. Perhaps the colour is that powerful. Perhaps they find themselves on the edge of a nap. They never remember there was anything odd about the sight."
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