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''"What can you find at Watchmaker's Hill? A sinister fungal wilderness by the river. The Department of | {{Uncited}} | ||
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</gallery>|caption1 = Hope you like mushrooms. Art from FL. |location = [[Fallen London]]|alias = Greenwich|allegiance = [[London]]|notable_inhabitants = [[The Cheery Man]]<br>[[Clay Men|The Clay Coalman]]<br>The Regretful Soldier|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/the-department-of-menace-eradication The Department of Menace Eradication]}}''"What can you find at Watchmaker's Hill? A sinister fungal wilderness by the river. The Department of Menace Eradication subcontracts the adventurous to deal with the things that slither out of Bugsby's Marshes. An observatory atop the hill employs only blind men."''</blockquote>'''Watchmaker's Hill''' is a district in southeastern [[London]], on the south side of the Stolen River (Thames) and just beyond Bugsby's Marshes. | |||
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==Rowdy Times== | |||
As befitting a district in the hinterlands of the city, Watchmaker's Hill is one of the more dangerous places in London, though it makes a great place for a rowdy newcomer to toughen up. | |||
On the south of the hill is '''Bugsby's Marshes'''. The marshes are a popular spot for hunting beasts like fungus columns and marsh-wolves. | |||
==Notable Businesses== | ==Notable Businesses== | ||
[[ | *'''The Department of Menace Eradication''' pays hunters of various pests - up to and including [[snuffers]] - for their work. They send their leftovers to '''the Bone Market.''' But they won't touch creatures that fly; perhaps they might be connected to the Presbyterate or other powers on [[the Elder Continent]]. | ||
The Medusa's Head Tavern | *'''The Medusa's Head Tavern''' is a popular and especially dangerous tavern, even for Watchmaker's Hill. Bar fights are not uncommon. | ||
The Observatory | *The Observatory is inhabited by blind astronomers staring at a non-sky. They were all blinded by [[Saviour's Rocks|sorrow-spiders]], and have dealings with spider-councils. | ||
' | *The Gamekeeper's Cottage is the hub of the game of [[Knife-and-Candle]]. | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:London | [[Category:London]] | ||
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"What can you find at Watchmaker's Hill? A sinister fungal wilderness by the river. The Department of Menace Eradication subcontracts the adventurous to deal with the things that slither out of Bugsby's Marshes. An observatory atop the hill employs only blind men."
Watchmaker's Hill is a district in southeastern London, on the south side of the Stolen River (Thames) and just beyond Bugsby's Marshes.
Rowdy Times[edit]
As befitting a district in the hinterlands of the city, Watchmaker's Hill is one of the more dangerous places in London, though it makes a great place for a rowdy newcomer to toughen up.
On the south of the hill is Bugsby's Marshes. The marshes are a popular spot for hunting beasts like fungus columns and marsh-wolves.
Notable Businesses[edit]
- The Department of Menace Eradication pays hunters of various pests - up to and including snuffers - for their work. They send their leftovers to the Bone Market. But they won't touch creatures that fly; perhaps they might be connected to the Presbyterate or other powers on the Elder Continent.
- The Medusa's Head Tavern is a popular and especially dangerous tavern, even for Watchmaker's Hill. Bar fights are not uncommon.
- The Observatory is inhabited by blind astronomers staring at a non-sky. They were all blinded by sorrow-spiders, and have dealings with spider-councils.
- The Gamekeeper's Cottage is the hub of the game of Knife-and-Candle.
