The Nacreous Outcast

The Nacreous Outcast

> *"A Rubbery Man rises from a cyst in the floor. An iridescent cicatrice crosses its face. Even in this flood of silvery light, it pulses like a fevered moon."*
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The **Nacreous Outcast** is a Rubbery Man from the Principles of Coral.

## A Star-Crossed Creature

> *"Flif your hanf on the ftool. Farphaf! Ophen your eyess."*
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> *"I ushed to love - "*
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The Nacreous Outcast's most striking physical feature is a scar glowing with silver light. Unlike most Rubbery Men yet encountered, it can speak both English and the Rubbery language, though its speech in the former can be difficult for some to understand. It is familiar with esoteric culinary arts - though it prefers its food uncooked. It is typically very terse and has a reserved demeanor. In addition to its home in the Principles, it has a residence in an isolated part of London, where it draws figures in the windows and sings.

The Outcast was exiled on account of multiple crimes, most of which cannot be described by human languages. One of them was love, which is forbidden among the Axiles, and it is implied that the recipient of its affection was a Fluke. As punishment, it was abandoned at Port Cecil, where it became an emissary to the entity whose mind suffuses the Principles of Coral.

## An End, Averted

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> *"Zhis ish hhwat it hwanted. Zhis ish not ffwaht it hhwanted."*
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> *"Am fflike zhis, becoshh offh Prinshhipulssh. Washh not hhwaht* I *hwanted."*
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The Principles of Coral wished to descend the Great Chain of Being and free itself of thought forever. To this end, the Outcast was ordered to gather materials for a chess game against an outside opponent, and act as a surrogate for its master. It was to lose on the Principles' behalf, upon which the minds of *both* beings would perish.

Of course, the Outcast feared this fate, but events played out a bit differently than expected. Somehow, the Principles was significantly weakened, while the Outcast, now called the **Nacreous Survivor**, was spared its demise. However, this meant that the Principles could no longer defend its reef from exploitation. The Survivor is dismayed at the ill treatment of the being that once gave it a home, but it feels a mixture of grief and relief, both for itself and the purpose it once bore.

## References

2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Increase your Hearts, *Sunless Sea*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Invite it to dine with you (2), *Sunless Sea*
4. ↑ Story description, *Sunless Sea*
5. ↑ Let the Nacreous Outcast approach the altar, *Sunless Sea*
6. ↑ Invite it to dine with you, *Sunless Sea*
7. ↑ A visit to the Outcast, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ Collect a Confession from the Nacreous Outcast, *Fallen London*
9. ↑ Give the Principles Heartmetal, *Sunless Sea*
10. ↑ Give the Principles an Ambiguous Eolith, *Sunless Sea*
11. ↑ A visit to the Outcast, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Outcast lopes toward a mirror, and wheezes against the glass. [...] A foggy circle forms. [...] [It adds] a border of spikes to the circle. The Outcast [gestures] [...] A forlorn lover? [...] A foolish partner?"*
12. ↑ Gather Scintillack, *Sunless Sea*
13. ↑ Speak with the Nacreous Survivor, *Fallen London*
14. ↑ Give the Principles a Wakeful Idol, *Sunless Sea*
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 The Last Game, *Sunless Sea*
16. ↑ "Shalt-Flions", *Sunless Sea*
17. ↑ Setting up, *Sunless Sea*
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Win the match, *Sunless Sea*
19. ↑ Ask around town about the scintillack refinery, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Principles ain't wot they were.""*
20. ↑ Meet with a bright and fading mind, *Fallen London* *"—o my piece, [...] I yearn to topple still..." [...] The Fading Mind flutes a sigh [...]"*
21. ↑ Nacreous Survivor, *Fallen London* *"What has changed this Rubbery Man?"*
22. ↑ Ask around town about the scintillack refinery, *Fallen London* *"Used to be the reef [...] rise up against thieves, but the Principles ain't wot they were." [...] someone breaks off [...] coral without [...] eyes all burned out. [...] London's [...] on our doorstep."*
23. ↑ Speak with the Nacreous Survivor, *Fallen London* *"The [...] Survivor runs a tentacle over [...] rock, [...] "Zhis ish hhwat it hwanted.""*
24. ↑ Speak with the Nacreous Survivor, *Fallen London* *""Am fflike zhis," [...] "becoshh offh Prinshhipulssh." Anger; grief; relief. "Washh not hhwaht I hwanted.""*