Bound-Sharks

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## Bound-Shark

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BoundlingsThe New Sequence

> *"He went to Spite? While I'm sure it was edifying for him. Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."*
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**Bound-Sharks** are enormous sharks that roam the Unterzee. Their bodies are marred by implanted metallic rods, mechanisms, and cages, warping their internal organs into an unrecognizable mess. The poor sharks live in a tortured state, but their frenzied rage makes them extremely dangerous regardless.

The bindings that torment Bound-Sharks are not the work of nature, nor of any supernatural entity. Rather, these contraptions are attached to the sharks by the New Sequence, who capture sharks to bind them, and also manage a shark-nursery at Grand Geode. Their specific reasons for doing so are unknown. According to one member, who views the New Sequence as a means to free London from its "old shackles," the act gives sharks "purpose;" when she saw a Bound-Shark for the first time, she was fascinated by its suffering and "everything changed" for her. This implies that the binding of sharks may serve a dual purpose, being both a ritual and recruitment tool for the Sequencers.

## References

2. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"The Bound-sharks writhe, [...] The smallest are still larger than the fishing vessel [...]"*
3. ↑ Examine its cage-armature, *Sunless Sea* *"Someone has bound it [...] with black iron - sunk bands and joined mechanisms deep into its flesh. [...] The cage has begun to distort its shape- [...] Rods of iron inserted deep into its flesh have done impossible things. There are organs in there that none of you recognize."*
4. ↑ A Sightseer’s Guide to Sunless Sea, part five, *Failbetter Games* *"The most tormented of zee-beasts."*
5. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Failbetter Games* *"The screams of the crew echo through the cavern as they are torn apart by the frenzied sharks."*
6. ↑ Rest, recover, dream, *Sunless Sea* *"Bright-eyed soldiers bind sharks in iron."*
7. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"Before I became a recruiter, [...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh [...]"*
8. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"[...] there's a shark nursery at the Geode."*
9. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"I belong to a group that seeks to free London from its old shackles."*
10. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"[...] I used to catch and bind the sharks. Drive the iron into their flesh, reshape them. Give them purpose." She smiles at the memory [...]"*
11. ↑ The Stag and the Shark, *Fallen London* *"He went to Spite? [...] Whatever he saw there will be forgotten as soon as he lays eyes on a Bound-shark. No one who has seen one up close – witnessed the way they thrash and strain – could fail to be moved by their suffering. The first time I saw one, it changed everything for me."*