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Well of Souls

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At a glance · Well of Souls
Name
Well of Souls[1]
Dutchman (Other name)[1]
Status
[Reveal]
Exist
Novel
Chapter 2672 Cursed Wanderer
Article contents
  1. Twisted Truth
  2. References


The Well of Souls was a mythical treasure that turned out to be cursed and sealed, and when the mortal captain (Cursed Wanderer) tried to claim it, it claimed him instead; the captain became bound to the Well of Souls and then subjugated it, so that the Well of Souls became a ship (Dutchman) with the captain as its helmsman, and although they never reached the Eternal City they were cursed to wander the Stormsea forever. The Dutchman was described as a kind of well of souls and a nesting doll of horror: the ship consumes souls and enslaves them, sends them out to slaughter the living and conquer more souls, and when its wraiths were slain they were not destroyed but sent back into the holds of the smaller ships, while destroying the ships simply returned them to the Dutchman — once it gets you, there is no escape.[1]

Twisted Truth

Reveal

The Well of Souls is revealed to be the Soul of Kanakht. This revelation came from Cassie, who identified the true nature of the Dutchman, the cursed ship commanded by a wraith captain who was once one of the Nine. According to legend, the Well of Souls was associated with a lovesick sea captain who spent a lifetime searching for the Eternal City out of one-sided love for the Demon of Repose, only to be damned instead. However, Sunny suspects that the truth of this tale was distorted — the captain's pursuit of the Soul of Kanakht may have been driven not by love, but by a mission tied to the Nine's greater schemes involving the daemons.[2]

The Soul of Kanakht appeared to have been subjugated by the captain of the Dutchman, who may have sacrificed himself to it in order to gain immense power. This act allowed both the captain and the ship to survive the Doom War, though they ultimately fell into corruption. The Well of Souls is a remnant of Kanakht, a Supreme being cursed to immortality by the Shadow God. Having already claimed the Soul of Kanakht, the captain's continued obsession with the Eternal City seems linked to his desire to obtain the remaining parts of Kanakht — the Flesh and possibly the Heart, both of which are present in the city.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 2672 Cursed Wanderer
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 2686 Twisted Truth

Sources & history

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