Editing Whither

{| align=center border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; background-color: grey"

| style="font-size: 90%" |<span style="color:black;"> '''"Is this secret perhaps not as carefully guarded as it should be?"'''

Do '''spoilers''' for ''Fallen London'', ''Sunless Sea'', or ''Sunless Skies'' lie beyond this point? Might this entail '''midgame''' or '''Ambition-related''' content? '''Should you proceed with caution?'''  

Can you find out more about our spoiler policy '''[[Content Guidelines and Spoilers|here]]'''?

 

</span>

{{Whither_Location

|location = [[The Unterzee|Boreal Reach]]?

|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/Elegiac Elegiac?]|title1=Whither|image2=|caption2=|port=|alias=}}''"Behind the great arch over the Bay, the Pale Wastes stretch, white and silent as the face of the moon. From here, you might almost imagine they were snow. North of the city, the salt-pools fizz with unlikely colour."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Whither#Whither|Whither|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''"The citizens of Whither enjoy questions: so much so that they always answer a question with another question. This can make intelligence-gathering frustrating."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Whither#Interactions|Gather intelligence|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

'''Whither''' is a city located to the far north of the [[Unterzee]] near the salty Pale Wastes and the [[Codex|Isle of Codex]] - or is it?__forcetoc__

''"Why are there so many questions in Whither?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Port_Report:_Whither|A Port Report: Whither|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

 

 

Are the people of Whither quiet and reserved? Do their diets mainly consist of cave-fish, beasts from the Pale Wastes, and passable beer? Do the constables of Whither give unclear sentence lengths, and does Whither have a mayor?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Whither#Interactions|Shore leave in Whither|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Are there vendors in Whither who sell various forms of zee-food, like [[Food_in_the_Neath#Tyrant.27s_Treat|tyrant's treat]] or shredded [[:Category:Creatures#Jillyfleurs%20and%20Jillyfish|jillyfish]]?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Intriguing_Smell|Try something mysterious|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Intriguing_Smell|Try the shredded jillyfish|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Do these salesmen also have meats to accommodate... other hungers?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Intriguing_Smell|“Do you have anything more... robust?”|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>  

Are the people of Whither obsessed with riddles, holding the high-stakes '''Contest of Riddles''' to wager on guessing the correct answer?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Contest_of_Riddles|Event description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Do these Contests include [[Drownies]] as participants, who stake the '''Riddles of Pearls''' from the court of the [[Fathomking]],<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Contest_of_Riddles|Attempt one of the Riddles of Pearl|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> as well as players from [[Irem]], staking the legendary '''Great Riddles of Irem'''?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Contest_of_Riddles|Attempt one of the Great Riddles of Irem|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Do Whithern and Iremi engage in rivalries of rhetoric at [[Frostfound]] to determine the difference between a question and a riddle, calling it the '''Game of Truths'''? Is the winner of this game allowed to enter Frostfound without risk?<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Frostfound#Frostfound|Take tea with the squatters at the dock|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

''"North-west of Whither town, the House of the Question stands alone. Here the initiates of the House make offerings to the three gods of the deep zee, and perhaps a fourth who is not a god. It's the one place in Whither where you can sometimes get a straight answer... for a price."''<ref name = "house question story description">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Story description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

Is there a temple northwest of Whither proper, and is it the only place where one can find an answer on this island? Yes, ''yes it is''.<ref name = "house question story description"/>

 

The '''House of the Question''' is a temple dedicated to the [[Gods of the Unterzee]], with richly decorated shrines maintained for each mysterious power. The House is managed by several initiates who conduct the various rituals there, and they're capable of drawing a god's attention,<ref name = "gain storm attention">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Gain Storm's Attention|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> or lifting their infamous curses, through certain strange rituals.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Lift Storm's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

 

The altar of [[Storm]] is rich and red with blood and wines, and the initiates perform violent rites for the choleric god, often involving live sacrifices.<ref name = "gain storm attention"/> [[Stone]]'s shrine is lit with an eternal flame, and the rites to gain her favor involve donating fuel for the fire and reciting incantations in the language of the [[Elder Continent]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Gain Stone's Attention|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Gaining her forgiveness has a similar rite, but at a heftier cost: a devotee must light a pyre of treasure to win Stone's mercy.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Lift Stone's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The shrine of [[Salt]] is covered in written stories; to win its favor, a devotee must provide a story for the initiates to add to the walls.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Gain Salt's Attention|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> No one can quite articulate how to lift Salt's curse, but the rite involves strange bells, a white petal symbolizing the curse's end, and the phrase ''"All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Lift Salt's Curse|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

There is no fourth shrine dedicated to that which is not a god, and besides, what ''are'' gods, anyway?<ref name = "house question story description"/>

<references/>

[[Category:Cited]]