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|location =[[Parabola]]<br>[[The Viric Jungle]] | |location =[[Parabola]]<br>[[The Viric Jungle]] | ||
|relationships=The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle (roommate) | |relationships = The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle (roommate) | ||
|allegiance=[[The Masters of the Bazaar]]|alias=The Salesperson in Viric | |allegiance = [[The Masters of the Bazaar]] | ||
|alias = The Salesperson in Viric | |||
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'''The Shopkeeper in Viric''', as the epithet suggests, wears a Viric suit—an attire that allows them to blend into any social situation and smooth over any irregularities someone might notice about them<ref name=":0">[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/See_what_gossip_you_can_get_out_of_the_Shopkeeper_in_Viric See what gossip you can get out of the Shopkeeper in Viric, ''Fallen London''] ''"They move easily from one room to the next; every kind of partygoer acts as though they entirely belong here."'' | '''The Shopkeeper in Viric''', as the epithet suggests, wears a Viric suit—an attire that allows them to blend into any social situation and smooth over any irregularities someone might notice about them<ref name=":0">[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/See_what_gossip_you_can_get_out_of_the_Shopkeeper_in_Viric See what gossip you can get out of the Shopkeeper in Viric, ''Fallen London''] ''"They move easily from one room to the next; every kind of partygoer acts as though they entirely belong here."'' | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 4 February 2025
The Shopkeeper in Viric, as the epithet suggests, wears a Viric suit—an attire that allows them to blend into any social situation and smooth over any irregularities someone might notice about them[1]—and is in the business of crafting and selling dreams of marriages.[2]
Every year, during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, they set up shop in Veilgarden, offering bespoke trance-dreams of marriage with a selection of individuals who have consented to their image being used in this way: Mr Wines, Sinning Jenny, The Cheery Man, The Gracious Widow, The Bishop of Southwark. [2]
These dreams construct an illusion of what it would be like to have these figures as spouses. Customers can even specify the nature of their dream-marriage—whether it be harmonious or strained, homelife or business.[3] To partake in these experiences, customers receive three green tablets and a green pendant. To induce the trance, they must place a tablet under their tongue and gaze at the pendant before sleep.[4]
At any other time of year, the Shopkeeper’s business is hidden away in The Viric Jungle,[5] where they gather ingredients[6] and go about doing market research[1] in preparation for the next Feast. They are coy about their financial backers,[1] but signs point toward The Masters of the Bazaar.[7][5]
They live with the Viscountess in London,[8] and the two share a long history. The Shopkeeper managed the Viscountess’ mayoral campaign in 1898[9] and acted as her amanuensis.[10]
Their bond runs deep. When the Viscountess was a kitten, she was captured by the Fingerkings and imprisoned within the Entanglement of Glass, a prison of mirrors. The Shopkeeper found her and won her trust, convincing her that escape was possible. However, there was one obstacle: her captor, the Fingerking that trapped her in the first place, known as The Sliver of Treaties.[11]
To free her, the Shopkeeper devised a daring plan. Using their knowledge of Parabola, they strengthened their own reflection, feeding it until it became independent. The intent was to lure the Fingerking into the glass, tricking it into capturing the reflection instead of the real Shopkeeper. The plan worked—but too well. The Fingerking was drawn in, but the Shopkeeper’s reflection had become too strong. Instead of being trapped, it escaped into the world, while the real Shopkeeper was left behind, imprisoned somewhere in the Neath.[12]
With the real Shopkeeper lost, their reflection took action. It traveled to the Viric Jungle, shattered one of the mirrors that held the Viscountess captive, and helped her escape.[13] Since then, this reflection has remained her ally and friend.
The Shopkeeper was taught the Glasswork arts by the Ophidian Gentleman[12] and further still by the Viscountess after she was rescued.[14]
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