so lore wise

[Shadowraze]

why does everyone from the unterzee die when exposed to daylight for too long

[Johari]

Probably cave adaptation.

[Frostfang Wolf Queen]

Because don't think about it too hard.

Seriously, there are a ton of things that make no sense at all in this world, like, if London sank, shouldn't there be a gaping hole where it once was? Even if ocean water isn't drowning the city, I'd expect there to be sunlight from said gaping hole shining down. But regardless of how dumb some of these things are, the game's still fun and the writing's pretty good.

Just don't think about it too hard.

[WryNewsie]

Originally posted by Maus:

Because don't think about it too hard.

Seriously, there are a ton of things that make no sense at all in this world, like, if London sank, shouldn't there be a gaping hole where it once was?

Except it didn't sink.

....it was stolen by bats and dragged deep into a cavern. See? Makes perfect sense.

[ziroonderel]

Because the Neath is lawless, or to be more exact, hidden from the Judgements (the stars, which are powerful sort-of-godlike beings in this universe). Living in the Neath causes people to soak up all sort of generic Law-lessness (Law being here more of a "order of the universe" type thing, not "a legal code" thing). Coming back to the Surface exposes the person again to Law of the Judgements (chiefly the Sun which is a star, and a close one), and the Judgements don't like Lawlessness. Explosively.

A good source of lore knowledge is http://saint-arthur.tumblr.com/ blog.

[Seno]

Also that if you die down there (since laws don't always work) you come back but if exposed to to the legal code law of the sun... well yeah.

[Mister Advocat]

From what I understand of dieing when you're exposed to the sunlight it only applies if you have died in the Neath, after you've experienced your first "real" death the sunlight because lethal, because when you return to the world where everything is normal, you should be dead.
Due to the dangerous nature of the Neath it is just pretty normal for you to experience something that will kill you eventually.

Still it is just safe to assume everyone has dementia and take everythnig you're told with a grain of salt or a drop of prisoner's honey.

[Masterhummel]

I one time read trough the FAllen London Wiki, and as how i understood it, someone actually sold London to hell. Literal hell. So everyone down there is basically bound to the devil of some sorts or a creature of the dark or whatever. So sunlight literally kills them.

[ziroonderel]

Well, not exactly to Hell. Hell is nearby, true (Iron Republic is as close to Hell as we get in Sunless Sea), but London wasn't sold to it. Queen Victoria (aka Traitor Empress) sold it to the Bazaar, in exchange for her husband's life. Unlike Hell, Bazaar doesn't care about souls.

Spoilers for Fallen London lore below:
It cares about stories, to be precise, love stories. That's why it keeps buying cities: new cities bring new interesting people and their new interesting tragic love stories. The stories are for its trial: the Bazaar had somehow failed in its duty as a messenger to the Judgements because it fell in love with the Sun. It hired the Masters of the Bazaar as sort of attorneys, and they help it gather love stories which will serve as proof (or argument) about how love makes people do crazy things. Or, in this case, makes giant space crabs do crazy things.

[Johari]

Originally posted by ziroonderel:

Well, not exactly to Hell. Hell is nearby, true (Iron Republic is as close to Hell as we get in Sunless Sea), but London wasn't sold to it. Queen Victoria (aka Traitor Empress) sold it to the Bazaar, in exchange for her husband's life. Unlike Hell, Bazaar doesn't care about souls.

Spoilers for Fallen London lore below:
It cares about stories, to be precise, love stories. That's why it keeps buying cities: new cities bring new interesting people and their new interesting tragic love stories. The stories are for its trial: the Bazaar had somehow failed in its duty as a messenger to the Judgements because it fell in love with the Sun. It hired the Masters of the Bazaar as sort of attorneys, and they help it gather love stories which will serve as proof (or argument) about how love makes people do crazy things. Or, in this case, makes giant space crabs do crazy things.

The same "love stories" as the "romantic literature"? I always thought of it as just 19th-century porn

[Conan, Cimmerian]

Originally posted by ziroonderel:

Well, not exactly to Hell. Hell is nearby, true (Iron Republic is as close to Hell as we get in Sunless Sea), but London wasn't sold to it. Queen Victoria (aka Traitor Empress) sold it to the Bazaar, in exchange for her husband's life. Unlike Hell, Bazaar doesn't care about souls.

Spoilers for Fallen London lore below:
It cares about stories, to be precise, love stories. That's why it keeps buying cities: new cities bring new interesting people and their new interesting tragic love stories. The stories are for its trial: the Bazaar had somehow failed in its duty as a messenger to the Judgements because it fell in love with the Sun. It hired the Masters of the Bazaar as sort of attorneys, and they help it gather love stories which will serve as proof (or argument) about how love makes people do crazy things. Or, in this case, makes giant space crabs do crazy things.

Isn´t romantic literature illegal in London, unless "approved"? Why would it need to be approved then?

[ꙮGerogeꙮ]

Isn´t romantic literature illegal in London, unless "approved"? Why would it need to be approved then? [/quote]
He needs to "sample" the goods to ensure the "quality".

[Shadowraze]

interesting
thanks for all the responses

Originally posted by DekTheWizard:

Isn´t romantic literature illegal in London, unless "approved"? Why would it need to be approved then?

He needs to "sample" the goods to ensure the "quality". [/quote]

he can keep the goods after sampling