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"There are some things we were not meant to know, they say. But you wouldn't be down here if you took that seriously."
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"'It is always only the beginning of the work,' she says. 'A hand up, a word in an ear, a few pages written in a forbidden book. We do not have to complete the work, but we may not set it aside.'"[1]
January, also known as the Masked Curator, is the founder and guardian of the Museum of Injustices, an institution that exists to document and record oppression.[2] She wears a Janus mask,[3] and her true appearance is left undescribed beyond her artwork.
January is one of the more senior members of the Calendar Council. She is an ardent supporter of the Liberation of Night,[4] believing it to be the surest and greatest way of dismantling injustice.[5] She knows August well, though they aren't exactly friends,[6] and she values April's work highly.[7]
January has studied the Discordance and believes she can use it to further the Liberation of Night.[8]
In the Sunless Skies timeline, as of 1906, she has left the Neath with December and February. The three revolutionaries reside in Pan in Eleutheria.[9]
Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue
January was the Dean of Benthic College at some point in the past.[10][11] Her disdain for the University as an institution suggests that she may not have left her position willingly.[11]
While January's cultural background is never directly mentioned in dialogue, it is made quite clear that she is Jewish. She inherited a shofar from her family[12] and references[13]Pirkei Avot,[14] a compilation of rabbinical teachings on ethics and morals. Given this context, it's reasonable to assume that her observation of rising anti-Semitic sentiments and violence (e.g. pogroms) throughout the latter half of the 19th century has shaped her desire to end oppression.
↑Invite January to the Board, Fallen London"Her attention is now turned to curating the Museum of Injustices, a collection for which she is always finding new prospective exhibits."
↑Ask her about the Liberationists (January), Fallen London"At once, the lamplight goes black. [...] No: it isn't enough to say that the light is gone. You must say the darkness is present [...] Your breath slows. Your thoughts clarify. Obligations feel less pressing.Only after a long, sacramental pause does January say, "This is the Liberation." Her voice is deeper and more resonant than when she speaks in the light."
↑Arrange for January to lead the Tracklayers instead of (Current Leader), Fallen London"She tells how every aspect of the universe is built on coercion and theft. "Nothing will change [...] until we have dismantled the light and the stars entirely. You ask what the world will look like afterward? I don't know! I cannot begin to imagine! Anything that I might imagine now would be tainted by the ideologies in which we were raised. We will not even be able to imagine something beyond this hierarchy until we have brought it down.""
↑Persuade the Jovial Contrarian, Fallen London"What? […] January is an old and dear friend– well, no. January is a–. January will be difficult if you offend her. […] I've done it many times […] It's such a bother making one's apologies and I really recommend that you avoid the necessity."
↑Persuade January, Fallen LondonUpon failure to convince her to remove April from the board, January notes that she considers April a valuable ally.
↑Ask about what she found at Hurlers (January), Fallen London"Nothing," says January. "I did not find an old ally; I did not learn anything of its history, nor observe the nature of its solitude. I did not learn to dine on shadows, or find sustenance in the dark. I did not experience a miracle of providence. And so the Liberationists to come will not benefit from what I have not learned."
↑Winter's Reside, Sunless Skies"Three of the revolutionaries' governing Calendar Council live here: February, January, and ineffable December."
↑ 11.011.1Invite January to the Board, Fallen London"January was once the Dean of Benthic. Now she has a great deal to say about the ivory tower, most of it bitter, but she remains unmistakably professorial."
↑Grant January the right, Fallen London"The ram's horn is longer than her arm. "It has been in my family a long time[…]" She lifts the horn and blows, a blast that goes on and on, more and more loudly, until it seems impossible for anyone to keep blowing; but she continues anyway." (T'kiah gedolah!)
↑Ask about her goals (January), Fallen London""It is always only the beginning of the work," she says. "A hand up, a word in an ear, a few pages written in a forbidden book. We do not have to complete the work, but we may not set it aside.""
↑Pirkei Avot:"It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it."
