The Shadow of the Sun

 is a platform in the northern part of the Blue Kingdom.

Guide
Captains of any status can write Port Reports or visit the Garden of Unflowers.

Unflowers want to go to Lustrum, the Mausoleum and the Empyrean. Delivering one and returning will earn you an Unlicensed Chart.

Captains must be Yoked to seek an audience with the Sun’s Daughter. This requires Preparation. Completing preparations leads to The Sun’s Daughter.

=Log Entries= A garden in glory is kept here, the preserve of the Daughter of the Sun. This is the court of the Sun's Daughter, whose radiance is a glory of the heavens.

=The Shadow of the Sun= ''Thriving flowerbeds. Statues. Obsessively-trimmed grass. An ornamental lake, shining and perfectly circular, like a dropped shilling. These surround the glittering palace called the Shadow of the Sun.''

The Shadow of the Sun
''The Shadow of the Sun is a meticulously kept garden-palace, sitting at the centre of miles of spirit-churned mud. The gardens are vast, ornate, resplendent. The flowers have been grown in exquisite regiments. As you follow the pale gravel path, you notice a Yoked spirit carefully and individually measuring each blade of grass. At the centre of it all sits the palace where the Sun's Daughter dwells: colossal, gleaming, its walls cascading with lilies.''

Interactions

Preparation
''"Your eyes must be replaced by gemstones," says the Attendant, measuring your face with calipers. "That is the simplest part of the procedure." He lifts a small bell and rings it, carefully watching your response. "Your thoughts must become song, or they will turn against you. We will have to replace your skin with the language of light, and your tongue with flame. All perishable flesh must remain here for safekeeping."''

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The Island of Unflowers
''The Unflowers have petals of parchment. Their stems are tightly-wound scrolls. The island is filled with them, but they are not allowed to grow as they please. Instead they are cultivated in meticulous patterns. A Yoked spirit tends to the island, pruning and studying the Unflowers with infinite diligence. She is known as the Gardener-Archivist; she greets you at the dock, hand raised in silent greeting.''

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