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<blockquote>''In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell.''<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy|Fallen London|}} ''"The Celestial Embassy was once a grand pagoda, looming above the rooftops of the Fourth City. When London fell, the Embassy was buried deep below the earth. Its many levels now descend far underground. The ruined chambers display battered mosaics and brass-work imitations of Fourth City decor. Every room is clogged with the detritus of diplomacy: papers and journals, brass-bound tomes and broken scrolls. In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell. Which way will you go?"''</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>''In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell.''<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy|Fallen London|}} ''"The Celestial Embassy was once a grand pagoda, looming above the rooftops of the Fourth City. When London fell, the Embassy was buried deep below the earth. Its many levels now descend far underground. The ruined chambers display battered mosaics and brass-work imitations of Fourth City decor. Every room is clogged with the detritus of diplomacy: papers and journals, brass-bound tomes and broken scrolls. In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell. Which way will you go?"''</ref></blockquote>


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To the East of the ruins lies the remains of the Embassy's Reception chambers, in which citizens and notables of the Fourth City could enter. While to the West of the ruins lies the interior of the Embassy, in which the correspondence between the Embassy and old Hell was secured.
 
== East - Embassy Reception ==
[[File:Ruins.png|thumb|Ruins of the Embassy Reception]]
Old Hell liked to make its statements, when the Celestial Embassy still stood it would have been one of the tallest buildings in the city, soaring over the parapets and pagodas of the Fourth City.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Deep, dark|Fallen London|}} ''"The Sunken Embassy is very deep; when it stood, before its fall, it must have soared over the parapets and pagodas of the Fourth City. Antique Hell liked to make its statements. You find yourself navigating a chasm that extends miles deep – until, of course, you fall.  The thought that you are plummeting down several storeys of one of the tallest buildings in that bygone city is of some comfort before your fall is broken by a sturdy pillar. You land on solid ground in a catacomb extending into the chasm, but some of your recovered documents spiral on, down into the yawning dark."''</ref> However, it is now in ruins with lacquered walls bulging inwards, buried miles deep underground, filled with traps, forgotten secrets, and deadly chasms.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Broken History|Fallen London|}} ''"Lacquered walls bulge inwards; scroll cases crack like beetle shells beneath your feet. Broken lanterns hang from yawning door frames, illuminating nothing. Guided only by your candlelight, you creep through the sinking darkness of the Embassy, heading ever downward."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Break open sealed chambers|Fallen London|}} ''"The Embassy was crushed between the bed of the Neath and the city that fell down on top. Many of its halls are hazardous. Some are entirely trapped."''</ref><blockquote>Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Spelunking in the Sunken Embassy|Fallen London|}} ''"Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls."''</ref></blockquote>The entrance to the Embassy is covered in a brass mosaic which mocks the Fourth city and the Khanate of old.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Spelunking in the Sunken Embassy|Fallen London|}} ''"Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls."''</ref> From the entrance the Embassy spreads across a cacophony of maze like halls, passages, and chambers. Individual departments were established for various dissenting groups in the Fourth City, with these groups being classified as being either roses, black spiders, or swords.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Hell's relicts|Fallen London|}} ''"The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders.  Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."''</ref>
 
Categories and there meaning:
 
* '''Roses''' denotes those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Hell's relicts|Fallen London|}} ''"The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders.  Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."''</ref>
* '''Black spiders''' denotes those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. <ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Hell's relicts|Fallen London|}} ''"The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders.  Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."''</ref>
* '''Swords''' denotes those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.fallenlondon.com/|Hell's relicts |Fallen London|}} ''" The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders.  Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."''</ref>
 
The Celestial Embassy was a particularly treacherous space riddled with spies, hidden spaces, and two way mirrors. Devils and the Fourth City spied on each other,  and the Devils upon themselves.
 


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 20:22, 30 December 2023

"The Celestial Embassy was once a grand pagoda, looming above the rooftops of the Fourth City. When London fell, the Embassy was buried deep below the earth. Its many levels now descend far underground.

The ruined chambers display battered mosaics and brass-work imitations of Fourth City decor. Every room is clogged with the detritus of diplomacy: papers and journals, brass-bound tomes and broken scrolls. [1]

The Sunken Embassy is an abandoned embassy in London, found below Moloch Street. When London fell the Celestial Embassy was crushed like most of the Fourth City. On it's place, the Brass Embassy was constructed, however, the embassy was later rediscovered during the Grand Clearing-Out.[2] Both the Devils of Hell and of Mount Palmerston have a keen interest in the documents found within the embassy and will pay well for there recovery.

East or West?

In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell.[3]

To the East of the ruins lies the remains of the Embassy's Reception chambers, in which citizens and notables of the Fourth City could enter. While to the West of the ruins lies the interior of the Embassy, in which the correspondence between the Embassy and old Hell was secured.

East - Embassy Reception

Ruins of the Embassy Reception

Old Hell liked to make its statements, when the Celestial Embassy still stood it would have been one of the tallest buildings in the city, soaring over the parapets and pagodas of the Fourth City.[4] However, it is now in ruins with lacquered walls bulging inwards, buried miles deep underground, filled with traps, forgotten secrets, and deadly chasms.[5][6]

Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls.[7]

The entrance to the Embassy is covered in a brass mosaic which mocks the Fourth city and the Khanate of old.[8] From the entrance the Embassy spreads across a cacophony of maze like halls, passages, and chambers. Individual departments were established for various dissenting groups in the Fourth City, with these groups being classified as being either roses, black spiders, or swords.[9]

Categories and there meaning:

  • Roses denotes those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass.[10]
  • Black spiders denotes those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. [11]
  • Swords denotes those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar.[12]

The Celestial Embassy was a particularly treacherous space riddled with spies, hidden spaces, and two way mirrors. Devils and the Fourth City spied on each other, and the Devils upon themselves.


References

  1. ↑ Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy, Fallen London "The Celestial Embassy was once a grand pagoda, looming above the rooftops of the Fourth City. When London fell, the Embassy was buried deep below the earth. Its many levels now descend far underground. The ruined chambers display battered mosaics and brass-work imitations of Fourth City decor. Every room is clogged with the detritus of diplomacy: papers and journals, brass-bound tomes and broken scrolls. In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell. Which way will you go?"
  2. ↑ Beneath Moloch Street, Fallen London " A shaft of light shines down from above – gas lamps and false-stars. But the tunnels leading off in all directions are dark. A few concerned Devils direct Londoners away from digging in directions likely to hit the foundations of the Brass Embassy."
  3. ↑ Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy, Fallen London "The Celestial Embassy was once a grand pagoda, looming above the rooftops of the Fourth City. When London fell, the Embassy was buried deep below the earth. Its many levels now descend far underground. The ruined chambers display battered mosaics and brass-work imitations of Fourth City decor. Every room is clogged with the detritus of diplomacy: papers and journals, brass-bound tomes and broken scrolls. In the eastern halls of the broken Embassy, one finds documents concerning external affairs. In the western halls, correspondence with Old Hell. Which way will you go?"
  4. ↑ Deep, dark, Fallen London "The Sunken Embassy is very deep; when it stood, before its fall, it must have soared over the parapets and pagodas of the Fourth City. Antique Hell liked to make its statements. You find yourself navigating a chasm that extends miles deep – until, of course, you fall. The thought that you are plummeting down several storeys of one of the tallest buildings in that bygone city is of some comfort before your fall is broken by a sturdy pillar. You land on solid ground in a catacomb extending into the chasm, but some of your recovered documents spiral on, down into the yawning dark."
  5. ↑ Broken History, Fallen London "Lacquered walls bulge inwards; scroll cases crack like beetle shells beneath your feet. Broken lanterns hang from yawning door frames, illuminating nothing. Guided only by your candlelight, you creep through the sinking darkness of the Embassy, heading ever downward."
  6. ↑ Break open sealed chambers, Fallen London "The Embassy was crushed between the bed of the Neath and the city that fell down on top. Many of its halls are hazardous. Some are entirely trapped."
  7. ↑ Spelunking in the Sunken Embassy, Fallen London "Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls."
  8. ↑ Spelunking in the Sunken Embassy, Fallen London "Brasswork features mock the Fourth City; mosaics depict myths and khans of legend, with key figures replaced with grinning devils. Ceilings are painted with stars and skies in lush and lurid azures and cobalt, a permanent reminder of that which the Fourth has lost, and which can now only be glimpsed within the Embassy's friendly walls."
  9. ↑ Hell's relicts, Fallen London "The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."
  10. ↑ Hell's relicts, Fallen London "The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."
  11. ↑ Hell's relicts, Fallen London "The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."
  12. ↑ Hell's relicts , Fallen London " The Embassy appears to have devoted individual departments to various dissenting groups in the Fourth City. Papers are printed with symbols to help categorise them. Roses denote those who fell sway to the whispers behind the glass. Black spiders for those who sought solace with the Sorrow-Spiders. Swords denote those who clung to an old rite and an antique calendar. Following this system through the morass, you're able to recover a sheaf of related Embassy notes."
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