"The opening gives way to a small town inhabited by structures that appear familiar yet alien..."

me after i jump into the void with 52% of hp remaining and realizing i don't have Ignition hook, bell, and a good mobility mantra

this soundtrack hit so fuckin hard when layer 2 first came out and you entered layer 2 blind

pov: you failed trial of one and try to wipe in the depths

listen to this while walking in the middle of a literal thunderstorm

This one reminds me of the ambiance tracks in the deepwoken volume 1 album. Those are probably some of my favorite chill tracks, so this one scores high for me

eep 2.0

enforcer is fucking BALLIN

this isn't really an old track, nor is this really anything special - i made an elaborate and inspired shitpost on my main account (here: https://soundcloud.com/naktigonis/thresher-jam ), and i thought, 'wonder how this would sound with the depths trial theme'.

the end result is surprisingly decent >:)

feels dirty putting this on my main account though - i already did the exact same joke! so on the secondary account it goes

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credit to Plague Doctor#9585 on Discord for the picture used on the cover B)

Order In the Court!

"To reassert my rule, I sought out unscrupulous men skilled in the application of force. Tight-lipped and terrifying, these mercenaries brought with them a war machine of terrible implication."

( - The Ancestor, 'Ancestor's Memoirs: The Brigand Pounder', from the video game "Darkest Dungeon")
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"Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter’d with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds [...]."

( - William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act III, Scene I)

And Let Slip The Hounds Of War

"yet now!
the sun fades out as thousand-voiced
  the lamb does howl back at the wolf,
       unhinging far its maw,
            and lunging for the neck -
the blood-starved beast is eaten,
and the hunter now is prey.

the field-mouse at the falcon ruby-eyed shall leap
and tear apart with claws its feathers and its wings,

the stray gazelle, wild-eyed and fanged,
shall hunt its fear-elected king -
the dread-maned lion, - in a petty feast;

the rabbit now shall turn to beast,
blood-starved, with fire in its eyes,
it stalks the fox, in wait of time to strike."

( - Naktigonis, 'our book of modernity')
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"[...] A humming vibration is all around you, resolving into new tones as you let your perception wander over its octaves. Your eye wanders up towards the snow that covers the peak. Snowflakes float eternally in a stilled wind. Layers of packed snow perch precariously on each other, unsettled by the sound of the vibration. You are staring at the beginning of an avalanche, and you can almost imagine, almost feel all that snow collapsing down the slopes towards you.

But you are safe in a moment that's been stretched, pulled like taffy, soft and warm and enveloping your body."

( - Fallen London, 'A Dream of Stillness: Look' (Upon A Painted Sea) storylet)

INSOMNIA

"Here in the eye of the storm, the winds ease. You are ringed by scudding clouds. A silver radiance illuminates your engine, like resurgent moonlight [...]. The voices on the wind clamour, until a peal of stern thunder stills them."

( - Sunless Skies, 'The Storm That Speaks' interaction)

The Storm That Speaks

"Impatient winds hound your vessel. Beneath their moan, you can hear whispered voices. They call to you, inviting you to leave your engine and join their revels in the vaults of the sky [...]."

( - Sunless Skies, 'The Whisperwinds' interaction)
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"A simple rite. Open windows; shivered words; a wind, welcomed in. Is it a comfort, to know you are not alone? To be watched by one of the capricious gods of the turning sky? Their attention can draw other, unwelcome things."

( - Sunless Skies, 'The Thing in the Mist' interaction)

Whisperwind

"While the statue is the raw material of nightmares, there is something soothing about the idea that even a beast like this might be harnessed; that there is the chance of such an ally, for those who crack the code of offerings and prayer. Whether it is actually listening, it is impossible to tell. The thought that it even might, however, is something to hold onto in the dark."

( - Sunless Skies, 'Carillon - An Overgrown Shrine' storylet)
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"The man who is traveling and does not yet know the city awaiting him along his route wonders what the palace will be like, the barracks, the mill, the theater, the bazaar. In every city of the empire every building is different and set in a different order: but as soon as the stranger arrives at the unknown city [...], he immediately distinguishes which are the princes’ palaces, the high priests’ temples, the tavern, the prison, the slum. This – some say – confirms the hypothesis that each man bears in his mind a city made only of differences, a city without figures and without form, and the individual cities fill it up.

This is not true of Zoe. [...] The traveler roams all around and has nothing but doubts: he is unable to distinguish the features of the city, the features he keeps distinct in his mind also mingle. He infers this: if existence in all its moments is all of itself, Zoe is the place of indivisible existence. But why, then, does the city exist? What line separates the inside from the outside, the rumble of wheels from the howl of wolves?"

( - Italo Calvino, 'Invisible Cities')

Kyrie

Hail to the Tide!
Honoured by the sea,
Journey to the fathoms in bravery!

Us you will guide,
Bravest of the brave!
Even should the ocean become your grave!

May you return,
Victory in hand,
May you once again tread on steady land!

Glory you'll earn,
Echo shall your name
In the books of history, crowned in fame!

Onward, to the darkest chasms!
May you never falter,
And may your way be led by Song!

Onward, to the deepest fathoms!
May the light protect you,
May you return triumphant, strong!

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"The Song of Fathoms", colloquially also known as "Oscillation", is a popular tune well-known around Lumen. Despite this, it remains a musical piece surrounded by discussion and dispute. In spite of the fact that we know exactly how old the piece is, and who the original author is, certain events and clauses of history mean that we cannot reliably verify its true arrangement and original text.

[...] [F]ollowing the formalities, as the observers cheered on, the first expeditionary [Diver] force - 'The Pioneers', with Akarad at the fore -  descended the cave system and dived into its waters, following the path until they disappeared from sight. At their descent, a musical piece, then called "The Song of Fathoms", was performed by the Scholars' Orchestra of the Scholars of Markor. The piece itself was commissioned for the ceremony collectively by the High Convocation, and the performance was conducted by the Chambermaster of the orchestra, Ingrid Jura.
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The Song Of Fathoms (Band Version)

Not much is known about First Lieutenant August Gideshu, the author of the song, himself. Supposedly an Adretian in origin, his unusual surname seems to indicate an older lineage, likely one reaching back to the Pre-Tidal epochs, when the Adretian peoples were contained within their mountain homelands, squabbling as scattered tribes. The Gideshu family name appears several times in various historical Authority records, though never in a rank higher than First Lieutenant.

Authority records indicate that August Gideshu served aboard the Central Authority Sailing-Ship (or CASS) 'Zephyr', under Captain Hector Corbet. Little else is known about this ship's crew or specifications, aside from the fact that it served in the Eastern Luminant, and experienced several clashes involving the Etrean Navy, in which they emerged victorious. Gideshu himself is noted as having distinguished himself in one battle by bolstering crew morale during an Etrean boarding - possibly by starting to sing the eponymous march, suggesting his fellow crew were familiar with his penmanship.
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The Gideshu March (Band Version)

Between Two Worlds (Let's Lament) - Mili

the creator 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygA_AbjyPRE

[Limbus Company] Mili - Compass (chair Mix) (not mine)

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

( - Sun Tzu, 'The Art Of War')
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"The better part of valor is discretion [...]."

( - William Shakespeare, 'Henry IV', Part I, Act V, Scene IV)
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The Windsinger's Dance

"LACHESISM - longing for the clarity of disaster

[...] And yet, somewhere deep down, you find yourself rooting for the storm, hoping for the worst. As if a part of you is tired of waiting, wondering when the world will fall apart - by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods.

[...] The apocalypse is one of the oldest fantasies we have. But it's not about skipping to the end of the story. It's a longing for revelation, a revealing of what we already know but cannot see - that none of this is guaranteed, and there's no such thing as "ordinary life". That our civilization is just an agreement, one that could be revoked at any time."

( - John Koenig, 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows')
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A God, Manufactured

Deepwoken - Diluvian Mechanism remix

Epimetheus

i make music and suck at videogames 

currently working on the OST for Deepwoken, a Monad Studios game! B)

commissions currently closed! but i am happy to pass along any offers to fellow musicians.

any inquiries? contact me here, on Bluesky (@naktigonis.bsky.social), or via my business email, tenebrousgravelord@gmail.com

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