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Zailors may encounter a certain Wistful Deviless here. | Zailors may encounter a certain Wistful Deviless here. | ||
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== Historical Sources/Origins == | |||
Many Palmerstons exist, as many mountains and Islands are named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859-1865 as well as having a long and famous career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era, and no doubt was in London when the city fell. Due to his famous diplomacy and political activity many explorers named many sites after him. | |||
One such site in particular are the Palmerston Atolls in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano, the island of Palmerston being the only one populated. [[Category:Places]] | |||
[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 8 March 2016
"Brimstone. Always brimstone."
"Sullen lights glow green at the jetty's edge. Far above, the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."
A large volcanic island in the Unterzee, just southeast of Avid Horizon. The devils on the wrong side of revolution have taken shelter here, under the name "The Brimstone Convention." The humans on the island do not seem to mind the devils, but the soul trade thrives.
Zailors may encounter a certain Wistful Deviless here.
Historical Sources/Origins
Many Palmerstons exist, as many mountains and Islands are named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859-1865 as well as having a long and famous career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era, and no doubt was in London when the city fell. Due to his famous diplomacy and political activity many explorers named many sites after him.
One such site in particular are the Palmerston Atolls in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano, the island of Palmerston being the only one populated.
