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Is The Night Alive?
IHNIWTR
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4 days ago
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So between the Liberation, the description of the Night Whisper, certain cryptic comments by the Boatman and a few interactions in the Wastes of the High Wilderness in Sunless Skies, I can't help but ask: is the Night something sentient, sapient? Are the Judgement doing something more than enforcing their will; are they containing something else? Is the Liberation not merely a figurative description for revolution but a literal escape of living darkness from the confines of law?
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Vincent Asmund
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4 days ago
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The Night is not as far as I am aware a sentient/sapient being. The Liberation of Night is, ultimately, the absolute destruction of light. The stars, named Judgements, are the gods of the universe. Killing them all would permanently extinguish light and "liberate the night" or create a dark world without the Judgements or their oppressive laws.
We don't know if they'll actually succeed, but their first objective is the Neath, which would involve blowing up (and hence killing) the Bazaar.
edited by Vincent Asmund on 5/18/2020
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Vincent Åsmund, an ex-Author searching to return to his former glory.
Konstantin Sorokin, a newcomer to the Neath with revolutionary tendencies.
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Quidam
Posts: 49
4 days ago
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In Sunless Seas, it is said that in the Neath, light is the absence of darkness. So we know that darkness is a concrete thing. Just with this fact, I think it kind suggest objection to the opinion of Mr Asmund, thought it does not disprove them. If we assume that darkness is a thing, it become a possibility that the Night is sentient. More research is needed.
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Aro Saren
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2 days ago
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Heavy spoilers: [spoiler]Liberation is sponsored by sable suns, The Halved (ex-King That Warred) in particular. They "liberate the night" by emitting some sort of anti-Law, which actively corrodes Laws already in place. Liberated Night is a state of the world where existing Law is destroyed and new one is not produced, and not an entity itself.[/spoiler]
edited by Aro Saren on 5/20/2020
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