The Sound

The Sound is just that; sound. It has no particular origin or purpose and comes in many forms.

## Description

It's just Sound. What would be described- the noises it makes? That's silly, like listening to a show only to read a fan-made page where they summarise everything...

Fine, some noises attributed to The Sound include:

* Strange grating noises
* A whining noise compared to an out-of-tune woodwind instrument, mechanical screeching, an animal's howl, and unlike anything the witnesses had heard before.
* Sinister hollow noises.

## History

Sometime in the past at a location lost to time, a beautiful monument was knocked down during an earthquake. Locals claimed the place was haunted due to a sinister, hollow noise that appeared around the area. Apparently, The Sound persisted despite the wind.

In an unknown location, a village reported hearing a whining Sound in the eastern area of the forest at night. When authorities investigated, an illegal logging business was uncovered and all members were arrested. Despite this, everyone insisted they were not on the site at the time the Sounds were reported and their tools could not replicate The Sound.

At an embassy in the Caribbean, some staff reported hearing strange grating noises and suffered concussion-like effects. No one else except these members heard the noise and it was later uncovered they were all working on an oil drilling project. Because of this, their companies were forced to minimise their staff and the drilling was cancelled. It was theorised the sound was a result of a new sonic weapon, but investigations turned up nothing.

The Sound is potentially heard in FALLEN by the Audio Tour Guide and The Visitor as they are walking around the Mistholme Museum.

Other events that the Guide does not cover and likely many unrecorded events.

## Alternatural Abilities

### Producing Sound

The Sound can produce Sound with no obvious origin. The Sounds are also described as being unlike anything any of the witnesses have heard and conveniently draw attention to something.

### Concussion Giving

The Sound can induce concussion-like symptoms in those who hear its Sound. This includes symptoms of headaches, nausea, and memory and hearing loss.

### Omnipotence

Theorised by the Guide to exist everywhere that Sound can be heard.

## Theories

There are several theories provided by museum staff.

### Natural Occurence

It is theorised by staff that The Sound is a natural occurence. This is likely supported by the fact that The Sound is prominently triggered by events relating to nature.

### Consciously Created

It is theorised that The Sound may be consciously created by something or someone. One example is in the story of the oil diggers. It was theorised that they were attacked by a newly developing super-sonic weapon. These claims have had no mentioned support.

### Living Being

It is theorised by the Guide that The Sound is an entity beyond human comprehension. This is supported by the fact that The Sound appears specifically when nature is in danger or has been destroyed, and uses its abilities to prevent destruction when it can.

## Characters

* Audio Tour Guide
* The Sound

## Trivia

* The Audio Tour Guide is obsessed with The Sound, possibly because they're both made up of sound.
* It used to be highly debated among staff about whether or not examples of The Sound were examples of the same Sound. It was decided they were due to the discovery of reoccurring patterns and frequencies.
	+ Now it is mostly debated about whether or not The Sound is naturally occurring or consciously created.
* An exhibit of The Sound has been attempted multiple times but has yet to come to fruition due to it being difficult to discern what is and isn't The Sound and gather recordings of The Sound.
* Potentially inspired by the philosophical question: "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"