Ladybones Road
"What can you find in Ladybones Road? Moloch Street Underground Station is the first stop on the journey to Hell. Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, haunt of spies, is here. Hangman's Arch can be a good place to hear gossip, and is always a good place for a hanging."[1]
Ladybones Road, or Ladybones, is a major district of London.
Secrets for All to See
"Fallen London is a city of secrets. If you're here to find them, Ladybones Road is the place to start."[2]
Ladybones Road is rife with mysteries and intrigue.[2][3] Hell's embassy in London, the Brass Embassy,[4] is located here[5] and is staffed by devils and goat-demons.[6] The Embassy pays Londoners well for intelligence[7] and for human souls,[8] including those from unlicensed spirifers.[9] To match its infernal influence, the neighborhood is dappled in hellish graffiti - tricky to decipher, but it hints at Hell's internal affairs.[10]
Another popular local establishment, Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, is a meeting place for agents of the Great Game[1] who use tattoos to encode messages and secrets.[11][12] Some of Clathermont's patrons visit nearby pubs afterwards to wind down and chat about their tattoos' meanings.[13]
Tyrant's Gardens is a park in Ladybones,[14][15] perfect for a stroll or discreet meeting.[16][17] Ladybones also houses the entrance to the Clay Quarters,[18] a labyrinth under the city in which Clay Men conduct their business.[19] Moloch Street, London's station on the railway lines to Hell,[20] is located in this neighborhood.[1]
Before the Fall of London, Ladybones was called Marylebone.[21][22]
Detective for Hire
"Ladybones Road: home of detectives and rumourmongers. The best place to pick up the trail."[23]
Thanks to its mystique, Ladybones Road is frequented by detectives and Constables.[3] The Constables' headquarters, Concord Square,[24] is located in this district.[25] Independent detectives receive commissions to solve mysteries,[26][27] and the Constables often look for intelligence on the Brass Embassy and the Great Game.[28][11]
Hangman's Arch is a famous landmark of Ladybones. Public hangings that often draw crowds are conducted here,[29] despite death's unreliability in the Neath.[30] During downtime, elderly women gather beneath the Arch to gossip and sell sugared mushrooms.[31] Hanged prisoners who recover from death are exiled to the Tomb-Colonies,[32] and their discarded garmets are gifted to informants by the Constables as a traditional,[33] but grim,[34] reward.[33]
Hangman's Arch, shown in detail on this postcard, was likely Marble Arch before the Fall of London.
References
Special thanks to NiteBrite
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 What can you find in Ladybones Road?, Fallen London
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Study the secrets of Fallen London, Fallen London
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A walk down Ladybones Road, Fallen London
- ↑ What is the Brass Embassy?, Fallen London
- ↑ Making Your Name: A Raid on the Brass Embassy!, Fallen London
- ↑ Escort the Deviless to the Brass Embassy, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Report to the Brass Embassy, Fallen London
- ↑ Sell a Crate of Human Souls to the Brass Embassy, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Investigate the Embassy warehouses, Fallen London "[...] you [...] come across [...] unlicensed souls, [...] stolen by unscrupulous spirifers."
- ↑ Decipher graffiti, Fallen London
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sketch a tattoo-with-a-secret at Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, Fallen London
- ↑ Study the hidden language of tattoos, Fallen London
- ↑ Frequent the public house across from Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour., Fallen London
- ↑ Suggest a walk in Tyrant's Gardens, Fallen London
- ↑ Search the house, Fallen London "[...] in Tyrant's Gardens, the perfumed heart of Ladybones Road."
- ↑ A stroll in Tyrant's Gardens, Fallen London
- ↑ A Day in the Garden, Fallen London
- ↑ Infiltrate the Clay Quarters, Fallen London
- ↑ Disguise yourself!, Fallen London
- ↑ Disagreements at Moloch Street, Fallen London
- ↑ See the sights, Fallen London
- ↑ ‘What were Ladybones Road, Spite, Veilgarden and Watchmaker’s Hill called before the Fall?’, Failbetter Games
- ↑ Cat and Mouse: an Elusive Target, Fallen London
- ↑ Making Your Name: The Records Office in Concord Square, Fallen London
- ↑ The Velocipede Squad, Fallen London
- ↑ Consulting detective required, Fallen London
- ↑ Well, what is the case?, Fallen London
- ↑ Industrial espionage!, Fallen London
- ↑ Life on Ladybones Road, Fallen London
- ↑ What happens when you die in Fallen London?, Fallen London
- ↑ Listen to gossip at Hangman's Arch, Fallen London
- ↑ Turn them in for the reward, Fallen London
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 There might be a reward..., Fallen London
- ↑ Inform the Constables 2, Fallen London
