Attar

> *"This is Attar. It grows from dream. When you see wonders in our cities, you will accrue it. The more you have, the more you'll see. When you have enough— Ah, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. Suffice to say that Attar is prized above all else in Arbor."*
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   **Attar** is the primary commodity and currency of Arbor.

## Dream-Dust

Attar is a red, perfumed powder that accumulates on a dreamer's eyelids when they witness the wonders of Arbor. However, these wonders must be strictly "novel" in some way or another, such as a new sight, experience, or piece of information. Attar is often used as a currency or commodity in Arbor, but it can also be used to fuel and construct dreams, allowing a dreamer to bend and twist Arbor's features as they please. It can also be used as a luxurious spice in alcoholic drinks, and consuming attar this way causes it to accumulate in the imbiber's eyelids.

Attar giveth, and attar taketh away: accumulating enough of it allows an individual to glimpse or even visit Far Arbor, but Far Arbor will quickly fade away if one loses their attar. Thus, Far Arbori often have their eyes steeped in attar, granting the appearance of red-colored kohl or mascara and keeping their access to the city intact.

When there is occasion for it to be removed, attar is usually extracted from a person's eyes using Huz bees from the Elder Continent. They drink the person's tears to allow the attar to gently fall out - though tweezers can also accomplish this goal. Criminals who violate Arbor's laws severely enough may have their attar *and their eyes* harshly extracted by the city's guards; those who have been exiled from Far Arbor but have kept their eyes may sell whatever possessions they have just to taste the far side of dream again.

## Queenly Attar

> *"From the scarlet-ringed eyes of Her Roseate Splendour herself."*
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   **Queenly Attar** is a variation of attar possessed only by Arbor's Roseate Queen. Pouring from her eyes like a crimson stream of wonders, this attar is the reddest attar imaginable, though its exact relationship with the "common" attar beyond its deeper color and higher quality is unknown.

In London, this substance usually takes the form of a fine red powder, though it may turn violant or cosmogone when experimented on. In Parabola, Queenly Attar becomes a strange, multicolored drug, tempting others deeper and deeper into dreams. It may have in fact been sculpted by a mysterious scarlet power that lurks beyond the mirrors...

## References

2. ↑ Surrender some of your Attar, *Fallen London* *"Novelty is required."*
3. ↑ Enter the Forbidden Embassy, *Fallen London* *"[...] You are steeped in Attar. Dreaming a door is no obstacle this deep in Far Arbor."*
4. ↑ Wile away your time, *Fallen London*
5. ↑ Labour in the temple, *Fallen London*
6. ↑ Enter Far Arbor, *Fallen London*
7. ↑ The city washes away, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ Near Arbor (North), *Fallen London* *"Richly decorated Far-Arbori [...] identifieable [...] Attar-ringed eyes."*
9. ↑ Offer your Attar to the Temple, *Fallen London* *"Large, Huz bees emerge. [...] [...] nuzzling into your tear ducts. [...] they dislodge the Attar in your eyes, [...]"*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Barter your Attar, *Fallen London* *"Near-Arbori [...] weighing these luxuries against the possibility of acquiring enough Attar to reach the far city."*
11. ↑ Witness a trial, *Fallen London* *"The punishment is [...] the extraction of Attar. [...] The extracted eyes are placed in a silver dish; [...]"*
12. ↑ A Vial of Queenly Attar, *Fallen London*
13. ↑ Receive the Queen's gift, *Fallen London*
14. ↑ Conclude your study of Attar, *Fallen London* *"Attar in London is red dust, pretty and sticky as spider silk."*
15. ↑ Rely on her knowledge of chemistry, *Fallen London*
16. ↑ Conclude your study of Attar, *Fallen London*