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[[File:Palmerston.png|thumb|250px|Mt. Palmerston. Art from SS.]] | [[File:Palmerston.png|thumb|250px|Mt. Palmerston. Art from SS.]] | ||
A large volcanic island in the Unterzee, just southeast of [[Avid Horizon]]. The devils on the wrong side of revolution have taken shelter here, under the name "The Brimstone Convention." The humans on the island do not seem to mind the devils, but [[The Soul Trade|the soul trade]] thrives. | A large volcanic island in the Unterzee, just southeast of [[Avid Horizon]]. The devils on the wrong side of their revolution have taken shelter here, under the name "The Brimstone Convention." The humans on the island do not seem to mind the devils, but [[The Soul Trade|the soul trade]] thrives. | ||
Zailors may encounter a certain Wistful Deviless here. | Zailors may encounter a certain [[The Wistful Deviless|Wistful Deviless]] here. | ||
== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
Many Palmerstons exist, as many mountains and | Many Palmerstons exist, as many mountains and islands are named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859-1865 and had a long and famed career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era, and in Fallen London's alternate universe, he no doubt would have been in London when it fell. Due to his reputation, diplomacy, and political activity, many explorers named many sites after him. | ||
One such site in particular are the Palmerston Atolls in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano, the island of Palmerston being the only one populated. | One such site in particular are the Palmerston Atolls in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano, the island of Palmerston being the only one populated. | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:The Unterzee]] | [[Category:The Unterzee]] | ||
Revision as of 18:36, 1 February 2017
"Brimstone. Always brimstone."
"Sullen lights glow green at the jetty's edge. Far above, the mountain's top flickers red: just for an instant."
A large volcanic island in the Unterzee, just southeast of Avid Horizon. The devils on the wrong side of their revolution have taken shelter here, under the name "The Brimstone Convention." The humans on the island do not seem to mind the devils, but the soul trade thrives.
Zailors may encounter a certain Wistful Deviless here.
Origins
Many Palmerstons exist, as many mountains and islands are named after the famous Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Temple was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1859-1865 and had a long and famed career as a politician throughout the Victorian Era, and in Fallen London's alternate universe, he no doubt would have been in London when it fell. Due to his reputation, diplomacy, and political activity, many explorers named many sites after him.
One such site in particular are the Palmerston Atolls in the Cook Islands of Polynesia, 15 small islands which are in fact the top of a volcano, the island of Palmerston being the only one populated.
