"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."[1]
A color of the Neathbow, viric is the green of shallow sleep. The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin viridis, meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color viridian.
Viric is heavily associated with the Fingerkings;[2] the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,[3][4] and a box of dream-snakes will also glow this shade of green.[5] When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.[6]
Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.[7]
Uses[]
The priests of Varchas use viric Mirror-Charms[8] to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.[9] Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in London during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose.[10] Viric can be used to induce lassitude in others, making them inattentive and absentminded.[11]
Gallery[]
A Phantasmal Encounter, 189-, Captain ------
A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes.
↑Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep, Sunless Sea'The Man's eyes seethe with viric flame! It's struggling against the efforts of the zailors to restrain it. [...] the other manages to snap the box closed. Instantly the Man goes stiff - a lifeless clay statue. The viric glow now pulsates from the box."
↑Dreams of Smoke, Sunless Sea"He gives you a charm of bloodied snakeskin and scraps of paper written in an angular, unfamiliar script, and tells you to hang it upon the nearest mirror before you sleep."
↑Viric Frock, Fallen London"People who look at you always blink afterward. Perhaps the colour is that powerful. Perhaps they find themselves on the edge of a nap. They never remember there was anything odd about the sight."
