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thegreatyin · 3 days ago

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im very new to fl so i might be missing some lore things, but why is the vake yearner so desperate to obtain hearts? from my understanding, when you die, the psychopomp there is chill to let you go so long as you show him your sick chess skills. is there something else im missing?

there's one thing you're missing, yes- the vake yearner is a noman!!

in-game/in fallen london canon, nomen are a christmas-exclusive companion with a special decaying mechanic. they're always made in the image of your FLPC (essentially being a clone of them) and they will almost always die, no matter what, come the end of winter.

when your "noman's friend" quality hits zero, the noman melts, and is removed from your inventory forever. there is no way to save it. there is no way to keep it. you can only watch and wait.

there are special challenges to keep the noman alive for an unusually long time (the longest and most difficult of these being the memories of a doubled spring achievement, which requires keeping it alive until early may) but beyond easter, sustaining the noman is pretty much mathematically impossible. it requires an absurd amount of expensive items that will take multiple years of grinding to accumulate, and overall it's just not worth it in the long run.

all nomen die. that's just what they do.

...............except, well, the vake yearner is a special case. she can sustain herself- for the most part- completely independently, with no assistance required from her original self (the scoundrel) nor her makers (the scientist and the academic). additionally, and probably far more importantly, she does not melt. unlike all other nomen, she can last forever provided she has a steady supply of sorrow and blood. she was even created in the middle of summer!

...but she can last forever only if she has a steady supply of sorrow and blood. because if she does melt, well...

that's it. she's done. she's a noman. she's never going to come back. once she dies, she dies for good.

it's just how nomen are.

#tldr; she's desperate to obtain hearts because they are the very literal Fuel For Her Existence. the vake yearner is kind of fucked up #greylu is somewhat similar but he's closer to a clay man in terms of structure/self-sustaining capabilities #he runs off a mountain-shred encased in his heart. the yearner has no such luxury.#ask #fallen london #dw i always love answering oc lore questions this is enrichment for my enclosure #the yearner isnt very fond of christmas. it's the only time of year she doesn't have to pretend she's not a snowwoman #(because she's the neath's sole fucked up undying noman and if more people knew about her that would be Bad)#but. also. yknow. being surrounded by people Just Like You except they're going to 100% irreparably die #while you won't #it's. uncomfortable. to say the least. she just doesn't like it. she doesn't like it one bit.#or so batter has told me #yearner my beloved. fucked up evil snowwoman <3 <3 <3 i hope the scoundrel and her kiss and both of them get soooooo much worse #who said that #scoundrelventures #also to clarify: the yearner is very much canon bending for the sake of more interesting rp #immortal nomen are not actually possible in real fallen london the video game #nor are they possible in real fallen london the video game lore #she's a work of fanon. but she's a dearly beloved work of fanon and im kissing her on her frosty little cheek (she would stab me if i tried)

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