Notes

Apprehension before the dive

Things had been calm since the last incident but we definitely weren’t. We anticipated a new crisis a any time,…

The stone mouth mystery

On the windswept plateaus overseeing the bright Amarina sea, where the rubble from the monumental walls piles up, one can…

Amarina dive report 0-400m

The drone’s camera has been equipped with a retractable dark filter in the hope to prevent overexposure from the bioluminescence.…

The plumber coral

It is quite confusing at first, stumbling upon a modest cavity that is filled with what looks like a jumbled…

A statue on the starry plateaus

Exploring the abyss alone is dangerous. Irresponsible and suicidal some would say. While being true the prospect that any accident,…

Subeden day 34, the stone mouth incident

I was surveying the wind directions and rates over the lands that suround the main camp when I was drawn…

The nature of the drums

It would have been 5 am on the surface. The timid sunshine surely crawled gently on the humid carpet of…

Stranded in Agowl

I was left in the middle of nothing, on my side, against an irregular spire of black rock. I could…

The acceptance of emptiness

I find myself in the storm drains again. Almost unwillingly, I succumb to the usual urge of the converging lines…

Of bark and foliage

I’ve told the tale of peculiar blossoms and outlandish fungi whose appearance diverges so much from the green normality that…

Meeting the eternal

It can understand what I’m saying. Maybe? It surely has heard my language before. If I have identified it correctly…

The eternal ocean that vanished

Although retraced through sparse documents and even rarer artefacts the ancients’ culture clearly appears as alien to us as the…

Testificate legacy

At first glance, the Testificate might seem helpless and vegetative yet its peculiar lifestyle is a testament to a biology…

Subeden, planning and sustained survival.

The camp has been moved to the eastern side of the cavern. There, the coast is vast and much more…

The cage mines

These mines are unnamed and of their origin, little to nothing is known. Absent from all archives, hidden from view,…

Puppet to the other world

The drums sounded again. I did not hear them starting, as if they were never gone. Deep and frenetic like…

Subeden, Day 5: Dead waters

Day 5 Note on the physiological effects of life in the Subeden:Despite being rich in discoveries my stay in the…

Wait for me outside

Most days resemble each other, a peaceful routine of exploring nearby cavities, sketching maps, and maintaining the hydraulic power generator.…

Three cascades and two thoughts

Out of the three consecutive cascades of the southern Sliin, where the waters fork and merge again, two are particularly…

The sinister grand halls of Agowl

No place is more unnatural than the treacherous geological scars they call Agowl. A series of vast elongated crevasses that…

The esoteric museum of curiosity

The dome. A place of modern underground culture and art buried overtop the Groïvern. Lost amongst other tragedies of the…

The swallowed metal beast

October the 3rd, By the time I took these notes, I had been walking for approximately two hours since my…

Deep dark encounter

I encountered someone. An unthinkable event in the lands below. From almost a mile away we could distinguish each other’s…

The living dead of Seïnn

The sandy landscapes of Seïnn must have existed for just as long as the Sliin itself. Despite not laying on…

I met noone and he said:

For sure it is a weird wayYou know the styx has much to sayTo be strolling through the linesAbout the…

Crazyman’s mines of Cokala

The mines of Cokala are truly a sight to behold and an unforgettable experience in the higher layers of the…

Subeden, Day 4

Day 4 They are usually seen in groups of five to ten individuals though there seems to be a complete…

Subeden, Day 1

Here it is, the starry dark blue slopes surrounding this immense fiery surface. The sunny sea nested in bouquets of…

Mysterious passage to new lands

I was walking down the weak flow of rainwater in the underbelly of the city, having one-sided conversations with imaginary…

Subeden, Day 0

Tomorrow I will see with my own eyes the subject of many tales and fantasies. A location first encountered by…

We extrapolate but never create

As I tirelessly shuffle over the snaking concretions – careful not to fall prey to the boiling waters underneath -…

Ostracized from light

I had just emerged from a lengthy study of my transcripts and as the daylight started to fade away so…

Prominent tale in the Dome

As one sinks deeper into the meanders and limbo of the infrastructure below the city, water, concrete, and darkness become…

Accident 2; Vraenk main pit

As I tightened the linkages around my waste a deep instinct flooded my brain as if released from a crashing…

Tragedy of Vraenk

One of the boldest attempts at breaking through the realm of reality by digging beyond its bounds was the ill-fated…

To Jeremy

Jeremy was quite young when he got lost. A sudden flood of unprecedented proportions had forced him and his close…

Vagabond in time

Eons, days, years, and lunations. Humans have shaped their conception of time to best fit their ephemeral existence. Bathing in…

The city’s backstage

Cities are inherently complex weavings, sponges for swarms of energetic routines. Ticking, sparking in the reassuring dissonance of mechanic rhythm.…

Songs of the Groïvern

There are many hidden passages throughout the world’s superficial crust that lead to the Groïvern. I can still remember to…

Immortality and degeneration

I have long blabbered of strange creatures in my past records but out of these beasts, none is more influential…

Peace in the drains

Every now and then, before breaching to the surface like a sailor placidly landing on a coast he never missed,…

Sailing amongst columns of light

In addition to being more expansive than anything conceivable by the average surface dweller, the undergrounds also push the limits…

Nicholas of Cusa (1453)

“I do not know what I see, because I see nothing visible. I know this alone that I know that…

Quest for a new seed

See, ideas can only be constructed, evolved upon preceding thought and observation. It is impossible to us mortals to conceptualize…

The cosmic garden of thought

There is no shade to be thrown upon the extent of human imagination other than that it is inherently limited…

Prologue to the quest

Throughout my fantastical wanders in-between worlds, at every step of my strolls, in my imaginative exploration, doubtful I remain. Why…

Light through the layers

Not much different from the humble refuge of a shepherd’s shed among the storm-beaten highlands. So does the beaming glow…

The spectral flower tides

One would think there’s not much to the flora of the depths. Inexistent light is an obstacle to most plant…

The Hollows

“Effundensque Tenebris” is the name of one of the most incomprehensible wonders of the underground. Qualifying it as a monster…

Dripping companion

We are so used to water as a commodity, a drink, a mere result of an open faucet. But as…

The Long Silver

Time for another legend from the depths. Light is mostly absent under the urban jungle. Only rarely does the sun…

Curse of the battalion

The forgotten medieval sewers are guarded by a battalion of rats that have been cursed for as long as their…