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<blockquote>''"The Admiralty - and other powers - disapprove of such innovation. Therefore, we will need to be discreet. I have procured experts, labourers, and a workshop. They are well-paid, and loyal."''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The Admiralty - and other powers - disapprove of such innovation. Therefore, we will need to be discreet. I have procured experts, labourers, and a workshop. They are well-paid, and loyal."''</blockquote> | ||
'''The Fierce Philanthropist''' | '''The Fierce Philanthropist''' is an entrepreneur living in [[Port Carnelian]]. | ||
== A Force To Be Reckoned With == | |||
Otherwise known as Evelyn Lytton,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Verger_in_Coral|Deliver his wife's locket|Sunless Sea|}} ''"You hold the open locket up before him. “Evelyn,” he says, involuntarily, and looks at you."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Ambition:_an_Additional_Sherry_with_the_Fierce_Philanthropist|Ambition: an Additional Sherry with the Fierce Philanthropist|Sunless Sea|}} ''"When you raise the matter of your search for immortality, and the involvement of Lytton, the man who shares her name, she grows thoughtful."''</ref> the Philanthropist comes from a wealthy industrialist family. Her husband is the man known only as [[Lytton]], the financier of the [[Seven Against Nidah]]. Alongside her husband, who was a church administrator with a congregation at his disposal, the Philanthropist raised funds for the campaign of the [[Seven Against Nidah]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_Verger_in_Coral|What was his role in the Seven?|Sunless Sea|}} ''"“I came from modest means. However, my congregation consisted of industrialists, the gentry, bankers... People with an interest in immortality and the willingness to invest. My doctrine was unconventional - eternal life in this life, not the next.”"''</ref> In the event of Lytton's demise or unavailability, the Philanthropist - Evelyn, to him at least - was to replace him as financier of the campaign.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Statues|The Financier|Sunless Sea|}} ''"You remind her that he wants no further part in the endeavour. "Yes. But he has told us who should replace him." She clicks open the locket. The face of the Fierce Philanthropist looks out. "''</ref> | |||
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Prior to the Agreement, [[London]]'s [[Admiralty]] conducted its zubmarine research at [[Station III]]; the [[Khanate]]'s zubmarine research base is unknown, but some scientists associated with the project later took up residence at Khan's Shadow. | Prior to the Agreement, [[London]]'s [[Admiralty]] conducted its zubmarine research at [[Station III]]; the [[Khanate]]'s zubmarine research base is unknown, but some scientists associated with the project later took up residence at Khan's Shadow. | ||
== The New Street Line == | == The New Street Line == | ||
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"The Admiralty - and other powers - disapprove of such innovation. Therefore, we will need to be discreet. I have procured experts, labourers, and a workshop. They are well-paid, and loyal."
The Fierce Philanthropist is an entrepreneur living in Port Carnelian.
A Force To Be Reckoned With
Otherwise known as Evelyn Lytton,[1][2] the Philanthropist comes from a wealthy industrialist family. Her husband is the man known only as Lytton, the financier of the Seven Against Nidah. Alongside her husband, who was a church administrator with a congregation at his disposal, the Philanthropist raised funds for the campaign of the Seven Against Nidah.[3] In the event of Lytton's demise or unavailability, the Philanthropist - Evelyn, to him at least - was to replace him as financier of the campaign.[4]
The Agreement About Nothing of Consequence
"London, the Presbyterate, the Khanate, Khan's Shadow, the New Sequence and even the Iron Republic have all concluded that there’s nothing of any importance under the Zee, and they’ve all agreed to leave it well alone. That means the places below the waves are off limits to you, too."
The Fierce Philanthropist financed the recreation and development of Zubmarines in 1887, which violated the Agreement About Nothing of Consequence - but not that the Admiralty could do anything about it, anyway, with their lack of manpower.
The Agreement About Nothing of Consequence, signed circa 1886 but circumvented by enterprising zailors almost immediately, is a treaty between the various nations of the Unterzee to ban all exploration of the Unterzee's depths as well as research and construction of zubmarines.
Prior to the Agreement, London's Admiralty conducted its zubmarine research at Station III; the Khanate's zubmarine research base is unknown, but some scientists associated with the project later took up residence at Khan's Shadow.
The New Street Line
"There is no line, only the idea of one. We have conductors operating throughout the Empire, reporting to me. I'll point you to one of them and they'll tell you where you need to go. Assuming, of course, you're ready to be responsible for another's freedom."
In 1906, the Philanthropist became a co-owner of the Steam & Sapphire Company, an engine yard in New London. Secretly, however, she runs a secret underground railroad called the New Street Line. The "railroad" smuggles prisoners from several Workworlds, such as the Brabazon Workworld, and her cousin and co-conspirator is the "conductor" of this line.
She still likes sherry.
References
- ↑ Deliver his wife's locket, Sunless Sea "You hold the open locket up before him. “Evelyn,” he says, involuntarily, and looks at you."
- ↑ Ambition: an Additional Sherry with the Fierce Philanthropist, Sunless Sea "When you raise the matter of your search for immortality, and the involvement of Lytton, the man who shares her name, she grows thoughtful."
- ↑ What was his role in the Seven?, Sunless Sea "“I came from modest means. However, my congregation consisted of industrialists, the gentry, bankers... People with an interest in immortality and the willingness to invest. My doctrine was unconventional - eternal life in this life, not the next.”"
- ↑ The Financier, Sunless Sea "You remind her that he wants no further part in the endeavour. "Yes. But he has told us who should replace him." She clicks open the locket. The face of the Fierce Philanthropist looks out. "
