The Fathomking's Hold

The Fathomking's Hold
The Fathomking's Hold (Map)
The Fathomking's Hold (Gazetteer)
Located in	The Promised Sea
Ports	Lorkinsport
Shops	None
Shipyard	None

The Fathomking's Hold is the seat of the king of the Drownies.

The Fathomking's Hold first existed in the Steel update. Stories became available in Carnelian.

Port description

Lorkins Port: named for that most enterprising of Drownies. Phosphor-cells burn green. Somewhere below, the King waits.

Port Interactions

Only limited interactions available without Zee-ztories to gain access.

Location description

Like an iceberg, like a Bazaar-Master's scheme, like the Neath itself, most of the Hold is invisible. You see only a tiny portion of sculpted coral - the rest waits below the surface. The Fathomking's bone-rooms and aquaria. His pearl-snares and his dining-chambers...

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Descend to an audience with the Fathomking The Fathomking is the lord of the Drownies - those dead who won't stop swimming. By some accounts, he's the lord of all who die at sea. Bring him a story to tickle his curiosity.	Zee-ztory ≥ 1 Something Awaits You ≥ 1	Speaking to the Porter The Porter has the skin of a shark. She has a drowned woman's eyes. It is not permitted to look at her hands. "Yes," she rasps. "That story is sufficient." She opens the Valves of Pearl, and permits you to pass into the conduit. -1 x Zee-ztory Trigger event: The Throne-Cyst
Permit shore leave Perhaps your zailors would like to take the air ashore?		A ruby dream "Captain. I walked the shore at the edge of the coral-caps. The Drownies sported there. They called my name. They said I could join them, if I partook of the Feast. Their eyes were red pearls. Captain, I dare not sleep. There is such a hunger on me - " +5 x Terror +10 x Hunger +1 x Fragment
		Rare event (25%)
		An amethyst dream “Captain. I think I might have slept. I know it was foolish... but my soul is soothed. I dreamt of another place, beneath a sky of amethyst. My skin was crusted with jewels. My claws were strong... Captain, if we pass this way again, I would ask leave to visit the Hold again.” -5 x Terror +1 x Memory of Distant Shores That's all for now
Trade for Drowning-Pearls The Drownies have a peculiar appetite for scintillack, that silvery northern coral. They whisper and giggle as they haggle.	Scintillack ≥ 7 Something Awaits You ≥ 1	An exchange Where do the Drownies find their pearls? Do they rip them from oysters? Evolve them from the alien machinery of their throats? Here they are, chilly and lustrous and just a little streaked with slime. -7 x Scintillack +30 x Drowning-Pearl That's all for now	Useful for gaining favour at Khan's Heart.
Trade for a White Mollyflower It looks like a fish in water and a flower in air. The Drownies recommend owning one if you are going to their cousins at Dahut.	Scintillack ≥ 1 Something Awaits You ≥ 1	Sprig and fins Place it in water if it needs reviving. Crush it and bite it when the need arises. It is proof against seeing things that aren't there, "which is the only trick they know in Dahut." A sniff and a jealous song go with this observation. -1 x Scintillack +1 x White Mollyflower -1 x Something Awaits You
Repair your ship The Drownies can set to work without any need of drydock. But they will have their due.	Live Specimen ≥ 1 Hull is damaged.	The Song of Shaping As they work, the Drownies sing of shaping: of iron, of stone, of flesh. They sing of persuasion, of correction, of force. They sing of coral, and how it may be punished. They sing of stars... -1 x Live Specimen Fully repair Hull.	A very, very expensive way to repair your ship.
Compile a Port Report The Porter watches you write. She says nothing.	A Port Report: the Fathomking's Hold ≤ 0	Others who come and go Those granted audience return dazed, awestruck. The King is not generous, but occasionally he is fair. +1 x A Port Report: the Fathomking's Hold
Put a blemmigan ashore It's dark and damp here, with many crevasses where it can hide. The blemmigan should flourish - so long as it avoids the Fathomking's notice.	1 x Docile Blemmigan Propagation: The Fathomking's Hold ≤ 0	An unexpected welcome "A gift from the Myceligaean Mother," the Porter says dispassionately. "The Fathomking will be pleased. Here. For your trouble." -1 x Docile Blemmigan +1 x Drowning-Pearl +1 x Propagation: Blemmigans Abroad +1 x Propagation: The Fathomking's Hold

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