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Mr Iron actively discourages individuals from gaining notoriety and forging their own stories, as it seems to have a degree of animosity with the [[Bazaar]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_the_invitation_3|Accept the invitation 3|Fallen London|}}''"THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GREAT GAME. LET NONE OF US BE CHESSMEN. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ARE. DO NOT TRUST THE BAZAAR. I HAVE NOT WRITTEN THIS NOTE."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_cowled_and_silent_figure|A cowled and silent figure|Fallen London|}}''"BEWARE COMEDY. BEWARE TRAGEDY. BEWARE THE STORIES. MOST OF ALL, BEWARE HAPPY ENDINGS."''</ref> Rumor has it that it is also secretly in charge of the game of [[Knife-and-Candle]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Knife-and-Candle:_The_Gamekeeper%27s_Cottage|Knife-and-Candle: The Gamekeeper's Cottage|Fallen London|}}''"Is it true the Game of Knife-and-Candle has begun again? In secret, unsanctioned by Mr Iron?"''</ref> | Mr Iron actively discourages individuals from gaining notoriety and forging their own stories, as it seems to have a degree of animosity with the [[Bazaar]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_the_invitation_3|Accept the invitation 3|Fallen London|}}''"THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GREAT GAME. LET NONE OF US BE CHESSMEN. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ARE. DO NOT TRUST THE BAZAAR. I HAVE NOT WRITTEN THIS NOTE."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_cowled_and_silent_figure|A cowled and silent figure|Fallen London|}}''"BEWARE COMEDY. BEWARE TRAGEDY. BEWARE THE STORIES. MOST OF ALL, BEWARE HAPPY ENDINGS."''</ref> Rumor has it that it is also secretly in charge of the game of [[Knife-and-Candle]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Knife-and-Candle:_The_Gamekeeper%27s_Cottage|Knife-and-Candle: The Gamekeeper's Cottage|Fallen London|}}''"Is it true the Game of Knife-and-Candle has begun again? In secret, unsanctioned by Mr Iron?"''</ref> | ||
Mr Iron has also been known as '''Mr Bronze''',<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}''"It's hard to be certain, but some have traded under more than one name. ... Certainly Mr Iron used to trade as Mr Bronze."''</ref> was known as the '''Khan of Swords''' during the time of the [[Fourth City]]<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref>, and is called the '''Saint of Blades''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Give an Offering|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The Jolly Anchorite [...] implores one of your stokers to lie with [...] his feet between a tallow candle and a rusty blade. [...] "And there we have the Saint of Blades [...]""''</ref> | Mr Iron has also been known as '''Mr Bronze''',<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}''"It's hard to be certain, but some have traded under more than one name. ... Certainly Mr Iron used to trade as Mr Bronze."''</ref> was known as the '''Khan of Swords''' during the time of the [[Fourth City]]<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref>, and is called the '''Saint of Blades''' by the [[Cult of the Sanctified]] at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Give an Offering|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The Jolly Anchorite [...] implores one of your stokers to lie with [...] his feet between a tallow candle and a rusty blade. [...] "And there we have the Saint of Blades [...]""''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 01:40, 22 October 2024
"Tools, printing-presses, guns, steam-engines: taxes from trade in these are payable to Mr Iron. They say it never speaks, but can write with both hands simultaneously."[1]
Mr Iron is in charge of trade in tools, engines, weapons, and printing presses.[2] Silent and humorless, it is best known for communicating only through written means, often writing with both hands at once. It also heads the Iron and Misery Company, and supervises its Funging Station in Demeaux Island, one of the most abhorrent places in the Neath.[3]
Mr Iron actively discourages individuals from gaining notoriety and forging their own stories, as it seems to have a degree of animosity with the Bazaar.[4][5] Rumor has it that it is also secretly in charge of the game of Knife-and-Candle.[6]
Mr Iron has also been known as Mr Bronze,[7] was known as the Khan of Swords during the time of the Fourth City[8], and is called the Saint of Blades by the Cult of the Sanctified at Avid Horizon in the Sunless Skies timeline.[9]
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