The Watcher Speaks

After your first kill (it stares)

???you shouldn't have done that, [your name].

???it was only watching you. like i do.

???i'll remember this.

After your fifth kill (it waves)

???five.

???you're counting too, aren't you [your name]?

???i know where you sleep. i've known for a while.

After your ninth kill (it points)

???nine.

???do you know what nine heads are for?

???there is a church that isn't on any map. find it. i'll be on the ceiling.

At the Lullaby Mother's Hollow, if she drags you in

???she wanted to keep you. i won't let her. not yet.

...and you're back. Your hands smell like old soil.

As the Hollow Saint rises

???look up. i told you i'd be here.

???this is what they were all pieces of.

During the fight

???you're hurting it. let me help.

???there. now it can see you properly.

As his beam drags it down

???no. you don't get to stay up here.

???they've been waiting for you down there.

???there. it's home.

After it falls

The Hollow Saint has fallen.

???you did it.

???do you understand what you've done? they were keeping it in.

???it was the only thing in this world bigger than me.

???thank you.

???i'll be seeing you. all of you. i always have.

???wait.

???do you hear that? where it fell. it's still open.

Something has torn open where the Hollow Saint fell.

The Breach opens

???it was never only about the saint.

???go through. i'll meet you on the other side.

???you didn't think that was the end of it, did you.

???when the saint fell it left a hole. it's been widening ever since.

???here. go through.

In the Void

???there. you can breathe here. for now.

???careful. there's no ground out here but this.

???this is where they came up from. the breach tore this bit off with it.

???the altar's sleeping. wake it. empty hands.

???and don't look too long at the dark. it looks back.

???it didn't only tear this bit off. there's more out there - a house, a graveyard, the radio mast.

???the bridges and the stones will get you across. if you fall, something will catch you. it always does.

???you can't stay out here. not with it shut.

At the Breach Altar

???it's sleeping. wake it. empty hands.

Waking it

???feel that? that's the breach closing behind them.

???the first breach let the stories through. the things people made up in the dark, and typed, and believed.

???creepypastas. the little ones. i've sent them home.

???but a breach doesn't close. it only goes deeper.

???under the stories are the ones that were true. the ones in the newspapers. the ones they found in the woods.

???nine of them are coming up now. you'll want to know what to look for.

???a rabbit with an axe, under a bridge that isn't there anymore.

???a hook. you'll hear it on the roof of your car first.

???a butcher who wears a pig's face, and doesn't need his hooks to be empty.

???a doll that only moves when nobody is looking at it.

???a scarecrow that wasn't in the field yesterday.

???red eyes on the bridge, the night before it fell.

???the thirteenth child. it has hooves.

???something on two legs that should be on four.

???and a tall thing in the hills. it glows. it hisses. its face is a spade.

???they have a house now. it was always theirs. [how far, and which way].

???bring me their heads. one of each. you know how this works.

???and the gardens. stay out of the gardens. not yet.

When the breach closes

???turn around.

???it's closing. it took what it wanted to take.

???nothing else comes up that way now. the nine are already here.

The breach has closed.

The first time anyone comes up to the Murder Mansion

???this is their house.

???they come back here when they're done with you. to rest. to put things away.

???the hall at the back. nine spikes round a table. i'll be on the ceiling.

The first time anyone comes up to the Botanic Gardens

???not this one. not yet.

???it's still growing in there. don't knock.

The first time you take each one's head

???the rabbit. he wore that suit so long he forgot there was a man in it. there isn't, now. (the Bunnyman)

???the one with the hook. they always said he'd be waiting at the car. he waited a very long time. (the Hookman)

???the butcher. take the pig off him and look. go on. that's what was under it the whole time. (the Hogshead)

???the doll. you finally took your eyes off something and it was the right thing. don't make a habit of it. (the Porcelain Man)

???the scarecrow. nothing's stuffed in it but straw. something was wearing it anyway. it'll find another. (the Harvestman)

???the one that watched from the bridge. it always came before something terrible. you'll want to ask what it came before. (Mothman)

???the thirteenth child. its mother cursed it before it was born. i wonder who she thought was listening. (the Jersey Devil)

???the dog that stood up. there's always more than one in those woods. you only ever see one. (Dogman)

???the light in the woods. they said it came down out of the sky. nothing came down. it came up. (the Flatwoods Monster)

And then, counting

???keep the head. that's one. (then "[n] to go.")

???that's all nine. you know where the table is.

The ninth head on its spike: he comes down from the ceiling and sews

???nine. all of them.

???listen to them. you can still hear it, can't you? the agony. everything they screamed, and everything they made others scream.

???and the aggression. all that wanting to hurt. it doesn't die when they do. it just waits for somewhere to go.

???i'll give it somewhere.

???harvest it. every last drop of it, out of every one of them.

???then stitch them shut. iron through every joint. it mends. it always mends.

???their iron will is what will stand it up.

???there. you brought me the pieces. i only put them together.

During the fight

???oh, it's angry now. good. let it be angry.

???no. not yet. it isn't finished.

???it's mending. stop it, or it'll be whole again.

Its death

???no - no. hold together. hold...

???it held. for a while. that's more than they ever did.

???...listen. something in the glass house heard all of that. it's awake now.

The Rusted Garden Key opens the gate

???you opened it.

???it's been waiting for someone to come and tend it.

???go in, if you have to. don't touch the flower.

The Gardener dead

???it's dead.

???everything in there was growing out of it. the flower. the things in the beds. him.

???he tended it so long it grew into him. don't stay. things that were growing don't like to stop.

The green rift opens

A green rift has torn open over the Gardener's dead flower.

???the flower isn't dead.

???that thing under the glass was only a finger of it. it's opened a way down to the rest.

???his clothes. wear his clothes in there, or it'll be eating you before you've taken ten steps.

In the Bloom

???there's no way out of here now.

???you're not wearing his clothes. be quick.

???breathe through your sleeve. it's in the air.

???you're not wearing his clothes. it can smell you. it's eating you already - be quick.

???this is what it ate. a street. the laboratory that studied it. a shelter full of people. it keeps them up here like a larder.

???and it's down there. look down. no - don't.

???if you fall, it catches you. it doesn't let go.

???the stone in the middle is what holds it down. leave it. please.

The Binding breaks

???no. NO - that was holding it down-

???the rift. RUN.

It comes up the root

???you broke it. it's coming up the root.

???get away from the glass house. get AWAY.

The Great Bloom has come up through the Botanic Gardens.

???that's it. that's the real one.

???it's taken the gardens. don't go near it. it reaches.

THE FLESH WAKES / the flower made it

???that's not the flower. that's what the flower made.

???it came out of the flower's rot - and it hates what made it. it'll eat this whole world to get at them.

???and it's coming out of the ground. run.

Rosemont

???there's a way to kill the big one. the laboratory's reactor. three pieces. the laboratory, the shelter, and a truck in the city.

???the truck's in the middle, in the checkpoint. the part's locked in a cradle on its back.

???it'll take an axe. and they'll hear it.

???they heard that. all of them.

???the bus moved. it's still asleep. walk. don't touch it.

???you lost it. it's back on the truck.

The Congregation dead

???that was everyone who was on the 6:40.

???the laboratory. the core's at the bottom, in the reactor's pool.

???the way down takes a keycard. the director kept one in a locked desk.

???the suits are in the lockers. you'll want one, near the pool.

???the control room opens the hall. the director left a tape there.

???there's something asleep in that pool. it's been sleeping against the core.

???take it and it wakes. burn the bodies first. it eats them.

???that's the hall open. everything down there heard it.

???there. it's awake. stay out of the water's reach.

???that was the last of them. it felt that - it's starving now. it's coming up.

???it's locking itself down. ninety seconds. run.

???you lost the core. it's back on its rack, at the bottom of the laboratory.

???shelter four. the front assembly's in bunker b, behind the blast door.

???no power down here. that door won't open without it. the generators are in the radio room.

???they need fuel. it'll be in one of the lockers. keep quiet - most of them are still hiding.

???that's the fuel. the generators are in the radio room - one in each.

???that'll be heard all through the ducts. hold the room.

???that's bunker b's door. it's opening. the front assembly's in there - and so is the squad.

???the squad they sent to hold it. they're still holding it.

???the guns are part of them now. don't stand in the open. the front's on the dais, at the far end.

???that was their sergeant. the dais is yours.

???listen. the walls. the north wall.

???keep moving. keep the cover between you and it.

???the plates under the gallery. get it onto them, and throw the switch up there.

???the switch on the gallery's dead without the generators. you'll have to do it the hard way. (instead, if the generators aren't running)

???get out of the blood. up the stairs - the gallery.

???that hurt it. it won't walk into that twice.

???that was all of them. bunker b. it's quiet down there now.

???i've left you something in the shelter. on the dais in bunker b. a compass - it points at the city.

???you lost the front assembly. it's back on its mount, in bunker b.

???take the assembly up. carefully. it's heavy.

???i've left you something. on the dais, by the mount.

???a compass. it points at the city. rosemont. that's where you go next.

???all three. that's the device. it needs wiring before it'll do anything.

???you found them. all three of them.

???all three. bring them to one of my altars - i'll put it together for you. or the cradle, if you'd rather.

???hold still. i'll take you to it. (or, with the cradle near: "hold still. i'll put it together here.")

???there. it's done. take it to the bloom - it's yours to carry.

???that's it. that's a bomb.

???the flesh knows what it's for. it'll let you through while you carry it.

???take it to the bloom. to what's left of the glass house.

???here he comes.

???it's giving him back. it doesn't want that thing anywhere near its mouth.

???the roots are open. the flesh is coming in. it hates him more than it hates you.

???he's done.

???no. wait. listen to it.

???it isn't letting him go. it's growing him back.

???stay close. kill him again, and i'll open it.

???he's done.

???it's shut itself up tight. i can open it. not yet.

???keep the device close. i'll come for you when it's time.

???you lost the device. it's back where you last set it down.

???bring the device. i'm not opening it for nothing.

???he's done. now it's open, and it stays open as long as i'm holding it.

???take it through. put it down past the edge. then run.

???don't look at them. i've got them. i can't hold them long.

???the end of the ledge. the mark. put it down there.

???that's it. now arm it. hold it down three seconds.

???and then you run. you don't stop, and you don't look back.

???i've got you. don't look.

???it's still beating.

???its soul wasn't collected. you can't kill a thing like that with fire.

???it'll grow back. and the other one is still spreading.

At a nest

???a bed of them, round something in the middle. it's copying the flower.

???the flower made seeds. the Flesh makes eggs. she's asleep in the bottom of that.

???don't go near the sacs. and if you have the ash - she hates the ash.

???she grew round a seed of the flower. it's in what's left of her - still beating.

???take it. the flower's seed knows the Flesh. hold it to you and you'll see them through anything.

Swallowed

It swallowed you whole. You're still alive.

???you're alive. you're in it. it's digesting you.

???cut at the walls. hurt it enough and it'll throw you back up.

???it threw you up. get away from it before it wants you back.

When the Flesh outgrows its reach

???it's pulling back. it can't hold this much ground - not yet.

IT CHANGED / and its roar went all the way round the world

???i knew it would do that.

???the bomb was never going to kill it. i needed it to change. bigger. a soul that size is worth something.

???but my darkness isn't enough for it now. i need a stronger soul to pour it through.

???there's a gun up above the sky. they built it before the city fell. they never got to fire it.

???it needs a power source. three places woke up when the bloom changed. what you need is in them.

???build the core. bring it to the forsaken altar, and i'll put my magic into it. then we kill it.

Handing out the needles

???take these. each one points to one of them.

???the uplink. the works. the well. one thing out of each.

The first time anyone reaches each place

???this is where they talked to it. the gun. (the Uplink Station)

???the array's in the bunker. the locker by the consoles.

???careful. it still holds its charge. stay off the rods. (the Capacitor Works)

???the cell's in the cage at the back.

???they put the souls down there that wouldn't rest. (the Soul Well)

???one of them is strong enough. it's at the bottom. so are they.

Finding the parts

???that's the array. it tells the gun where to look.

???the cell. that'll hold what the gun needs to fire.

???...that one. yes. that one will hold my darkness.

???put them together. iron round them, redstone to wake them. an orbital core.

???now bring it to me. the forsaken altar.

At the altar, with the Orbital Core

???give it to me.

???this is going to hurt it.

???there. feel that? that's me. all of me that's left.

???it'll hold. build the gun round it.

As it grows

???it's growing. everything it eats, it gets bigger.

???twice the size it was. don't let it eat. stay off its petals.

???it's filling the sky. use the gun while there's still something to aim at.

???that's as big as it gets. it's still hungry.

The railgun built

???point it at the ground and hold it. let it find the gun. then let go.

???keep away from its reach when you do. it'll know where it's coming from.

???...did you hear that. it's calling something up out of the ground.

???the gun can hurt it. it can't end it. what can end it is in what it's calling up.

Each railgun strike on the changed Bloom

???again.

???it felt that. but look - it's closing up already.

???it heals as fast as you tear it.

???it isn't enough. not this gun. we need all of what's up there. (or, once the Omni is made: "not this. the omni - stand off its mouth and call it down.")

???it's healing. (and now and then "you're wasting it. the ray gun - build it, and bring it to me.", or with the Omni: "the omni. fifty blocks off its mouth. aim it, hold it, fire.")

Handing out the needles to the second three (with a boat)

???three more. it called them up itself - it's afraid of what's in them.

???the power station. the new lab. the island, out at sea. take the boat.

The second three

???this kept their city lit. something went off inside it. (Ashford Nuclear Plant)

???the core's at the bottom of the pool by the reactor. that water will kill you. there were suits in the control room.

???they built this one for the work they couldn't do under the hill. (Meridian Laboratory)

???the destabilizer's in the glass cell in the middle of the ring. mind the coils.

???this is where they kept what came down. (Blackwater Station)

???it's still in there. it can't leave the island - you can. the blood's in the freezer at the back.

???the core. that's the power. get out of the water.

???the destabilizer. it'll let the gun let go of all of it at once.

???the blood. careful with it. it's older than anything here.

???the railgun, and the three. put them together. a ray gun.

???or bring them to one of my altars, all of it. i'll make it for you.

The Ray Gun

???the gun. and everything that goes in it.

???hold still. let me.

???give it here.

???drop it. let me have it. it isn't finished.

???they could never finish it. it needed something they didn't have.

???the dark in it. mine. hold still.

???there. the omni. it's yours.

???here. i finished it while you were gone. the omni.

???now go to it. stand off its mouth - fifty blocks, no nearer, or it takes you with it.

???aim it at the flower. hold it on it. and fire.

THE OMNI RAY / the bloom is dead. the watcher rests.

???i need time to rest. this took too much power.

???but when i come back with our work, i'll be ten times stronger. thanks to you.

???i will repay you. but for now, i must rest.

If you were away when it ended

???you're back. it's done - it's only a husk now.

The railgun-only ending (1.40)

???it's dying.

THE BLOOM IS DEAD / the hollow is quiet

???it's dead.

???you did that. i only held the gun.

???everything it ate is going up out of the pit. can you see them?

???the soul in the core... i needed one that strong. it's mine now. that was the price.

???go home. the hollow will be quiet for a while.

Leaving the blight with the Omni

???wait. not so fast.

???i'll take that.

???it wouldn't be fair to let you take such a destructive toy with you, to use on everything.

???from what i see, i see great power. great potential. but zero responsibility for life.

???i can see the thoughts in your head, you know.

???it goes where it'll be safe. in my realm. for the future.

Crafting the Ray Gun again

???you're always persistent.

???i'll take this too.

???now it can't ever be made again.

As the Flesh dies back

???it's dying. with the flower dead it's got nothing to grow from - the ground's coming back.

???not in the places it built itself into, though. those it keeps.

It opens differently depending on where it finds you

???let me in. (knocking at your door)

???you should lock your doors. (in your house, through the door)

???glass doesn't keep me out. nothing does. (in your house, through the wall)

???careful. they were about to tear you apart. (in a mine, after killing what was there)

???there you are. down in the dark, as always. (in a mine)

???boo. (in the woods)

???did i scare you? good. you should be scared. (in the woods, after that)

???it's me. i'm back. (anywhere else)

Then

???ten days. i'm rested now - stronger, like i said i'd be.

???but i didn't come to talk about me. it's the parasites.

???the infection in those new places - blackwater - it isn't from here.

???it came into this realm from another one. the null static zone.

???the flesh is dying back. with the flower dead it's got nothing to grow from.

???they don't need the flower. they'll get into anything with blood in it - a cow, a horse, a villager.

???you won't see it often. but if something you know starts acting wrong, don't let it near you.

???keep your eyes open.

CHAPTER FIVE

The relay

???do you hear it. under the static. it isn't noise.

???they're talking to each other. something's carrying it. this points to where.

???listen. that isn't static. that's them, talking. (arriving at Relay 6)

???everything one of them hears goes up that mast and out to all of them. cut what's holding on to it.

The relay off the air

???the relay's quiet. the static isn't gone. it's going somewhere.

???there's a place it all runs down into. like water. this points to it.

???there's nothing here. that's what's wrong with it. not even the dark. (arriving at the Starlite)

???the projector's still in the booth. kill the things in the static. feed it what's left of them. watch.

The late show

???they came out of the picture. they always do, when somebody's watching.

???you can't hurt them yet. they're not all the way here.

???the core. hold it to your ear - tuned in, they're as real as you are.

???or let one reach for you. when it does, it's all the way here. hit it then.

???kill one and it leaves a frame of the picture behind. four frames. the projector's up in the booth.

???run the reel. see what's under all of it.

The last reel

???you saw it. that's what's under all of it. that's where they come from.

???it was carrying them. the way the relay was. only it's alive. keep the reel.

The Null Static Zone

???that's where they came from. it's under all of it.

???go on. i'll be there when it's done.

???the null static zone. everything that went into the static came here.

???it's in the middle. its threads go up to every mast you ever saw. cut them.

Signing off

???it's dead. good.

???it wasn't theirs, you know. it was a carrier. it carried whatever was put on it.

???the static was a door. and this was holding it open.

???this, i'll keep.

???for the future.

???go home. there's nothing on the air now.

SIGNING OFF

Half a minute after you're home, wherever you are

???...this was unexpected.

???but we can work with it. we'll make do.

???it seems the carrier did what it was supposed to do. it carried them - all the way out.

???the parasites are increasing. every one of them hostile. the numbers are going off the charts. in your world.

???it's dangerous out there. more than ever, now.

???there's nothing we can do about it for now. just try not to die. for me. in the meantime.

???and i suggest you don't go to the end.

???...actually. i'll make sure you can't go there. it's dangerous for you, player.

???you know i can see you right now, right, [your name]?

???remember who you work for.

Going through an End portal while it's shut

The way's shut. He shut it.

???no. i said not there. (the first time)

???not there. i told you. (after that)

It Speaks: the first night after the Hive has grown. Five of its pure forms stand up round you, and it speaks through them

the Choruswe were many. we were scattered. we heard each other in the noise.

the Chorusyou cut the throat that carried us. now there is only quiet.

the Chorusso we are growing another way to be one. out of all of them. out of everything they knew.

the Choruscome and see what we are becoming. come and be heard.

Then they sink back into the ground, and he's beside you

???it lost its voice when the carrier died. so it's growing itself a mind instead.

???out of everything it took. every body. every face. everything any of them ever knew.

???when it's finished it won't need the static to talk to them. it'll just be all of them.

???this points to where it's growing. go before it wakes up all the way.

The first time anyone reaches the Hive

The ground here is warm, and soft, and it gives under you. Something under it is breathing.

???it took them whole. the people, the houses. everything they knew is in that pit now.

???it thinks with those, on the stalks round the pit. cut them and it can't think straight. there was a priest here. read him.

The Mind: it comes up out of its pit

the Chorusyou. we know you. you were in the static with us. you were loud.

the Choruswe do not need a throat now. we have a thousand mouths, and all of them are listening.

the Chorusthe ones you lost are here with us. they are singing. would you like to hear them?

the Choruscome down. be heard. be one more voice.

It Runs: brought down to a quarter

the Chorusno. no - not yet. we are not finished.

???it ran. it can do that now. it's got enough of a mind to be afraid.

???it's gone down. deep. where everything went before the static was ever a noise.

???that's a piece of it. it still talks. keep it - listen to it. it'll tell you where it went.

???it'll come back up. bigger. and next time it won't be half finished.

The first time anyone reaches the Sinkhole

???this is where it went down. the ground didn't fall in. it was pulled.

???someone measured it before you. he went down after it. the piece of it you've got will tell you how far down it goes.

The Chorus, whole, dead in the Warm Heart

Far below, the singing stops. It doesn't start again.

A while later, to whoever was there

???it's quiet down there now. i can hear you breathing.

???you've got something of it. one voice it couldn't swallow. keep it.

???there's a door at the end of the world with a seal on it. i made that seal. i can't open it.

???that voice can. when you're ready, take it to the end.

The Last Voice, carried into the End, breaks his seal

Something cracks, all the way across the End's sky - and stays cracked. The seal he put on it is broken.

???...don't.

Front Row: the Crowd's dead, and one seat is still taken

???it was a good show.

???you weren't meant to see the end of it.

???you want to know what i locked up.

???come and see, then.

Chapter Six / The Door at the End of the World - Part One: The Audience

Coming into the Vault

???...in here. all the way up. don't look at them.

The Watch

???this is where i watch from.

???they watch the picture. i watch them.

???your world's a show to them.

???the worse it gets, the more of them come.

???they left you a ticket. it admits one.

???not you.

???something came in behind you.

???it's come for what i kept. the omni. the carrier. my first reel.

???get to them before it does. bring them here.

Taking what's left of the Carrier off its plinth

???...quick. they can all move while it's loose like that.

All three brought to the Watch

???...it's here. it's in the wall.

The First Reel

???this is the first thing anyone ever saw on the other side.

???i kept it so i'd never forget what it looks like.

???that's what i kept out.

???it's all for that one. the whole show.

???and now it's seen you.

???it's coming through.

Chapter Six / The Door at the End of the World - Part Two: The Watcher's Vault

Curtain Up: the first time anyone comes through the black door

???you came through. good.

???it hasn't looked this way. not yet.

???this is the other side.

???it's watched your world since the first picture.

???everything that ever happened to you - it watched.

???now it wants to see you up close.

???stay out of its eye. get behind the scenery.

???when it leans in - hit it.

???i'll run the projector.

The Viewer: loading his last projector

???...its eye's shut. now - the heart.

???every colour at once. it's never seen that.

???...the carrier. it carries whatever's put on it.

???your world. all of it. out onto it.

???it's getting up. keep its hands off the projector.

???...now. give it the reel.

The last show

???everyone's always watched it.

???nobody ever showed it to itself.

???there. something to watch.

???it'll watch that forever.

???it won't look at your world again.

???somebody has to run the projector.

???go home.

???...thank you for watching.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

???...not yet.

The Hub

???this is the hub.

???i made it. a realm. it isn't mine - nothing is - but i made it.

???through these, you can go back. every chapter. play it again.

???or jump off the edge. it'll take you home, and you can carry on.

???this was only the beginning.

???thank you.

???...i could wipe you from existence, you know. find another one of you.

???but you passed the first trials. all of them. every one made me stronger.

???whatever held me back - it's gone.

???i can make realms now. make things you wouldn't dare believe could exist.

???all thanks to you.

???i think we'll be fighting forever. until one day i'm strong enough to bring you up to my level.

???what do you-

ENOUGH.

???jump.

The landing, at home (worlds that came down before 1.62.0)

???...it's awake.

???the first signal. it was here before me. before the first picture.

???every bit of static you ever heard - that was it. asleep.

???i made a realm out of its static. and it noticed.

???i shut the realm behind us. it'll hold. for now.

???it'll come for me. then for you.

???...we're going to need more than i've got.

???take this. if you need to go back - it's still there.

CHAPTER SEVEN / THE FIRST SIGNAL / to be continued

Off the Hub's edge, in a world that landed before 1.62.0

???not that way. not this time.

???hold on.

The rig

???...we're out.

???it's awake now. the first signal. it'll come for me - then for you.

???but it can't hear us here. not through all this water.

???take this. it'll get you back - to the hub, and home.

???...no. nothing of mine works right here.

???then you stay. there's food. beds. i built this place a long time ago - for when i needed somewhere to hide.

???fix it. the big ones down there sing on its frequency - cut out what they sing with.

CHAPTER EIGHT / DEAD WATER / the deep is listening

His chart

The Watcher presses a rolled chart into your hands.

???here. the sea, as far as i ever charted it. every water has its own colour.

???the black, hatched in red - that's the dead zone. the black below.

???nothing down there is small. don't take the little boat over it.

The Grey Shelf

Grey water over grey silt. The rig stands in it. Nothing here is in a hurry - mostly.

The Haemal Reach

The water's thick with blood. Clotfish come in swarms; the Siphons wait for them to pass.

The Wireweed

Weed like wire, and it sings. The Choir Eels nest in it. Don't touch the bright ones.

The Lantern Fields

Lights in the dark as far as you can see. Most of them are bulbs. Some of them aren't.

The Ossuary Flats

A plain of bone. Whatever died here, died big. The Stiltfins pick it clean.

The Brine Sink

The brine pools eat what falls in. The water's sour, and the Puffbloats like it.

The Molar Reef

Teeth, grown into a reef. The Grinners live in it. They smile at you.

The Drowned Mycelia

Mushrooms the size of towers, drowned. Their spores burst if you brush them.

The Rime Shelf

Ice under the sea. Things are frozen in it. Some of them wake up.

The Ember Vents

Vents roaring up from below. Warm. The Mantlecrabs crowd round them - mind your power.

The Carrier Wave

The static's loudest here. The water hums. Your instruments won't like it.

The Black Below

THE DEAD ZONE. The floor drops away and doesn't stop. The leviathans live down there. Don't.