The Calendar Council
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"The Calendar Council: a shadowy organisation of revolutionaries, the enemies of the Masters."[1]
The Calendar Council is the primary revolutionary organization in London. Its members, named after the months of the year, are for the most part plotting and planning for their end goal, the Liberation of Night. The philosophy behind it is spreading across the Unterzee and up to the Surface, and predates the Council itself.[2]
It is stated that each member of the Council stands in opposition to a specific Master of the Bazaar.[3] However, the numbers do not match up (twelve members of the Council, eleven Masters including the one thrown down a well), and we only know the rivals of a few members.
The Council's records are kept in a library that they have named the Agendums of Ascent.[4]
Members
n Knife-and-Candle, and is a sworn rival of Mr Iron.[5][6]
- The previous March was John Cassell, publisher of the Working Man's Friend and The Echo.[7] He was a coffee-seller[8] and self-proclaimed sworn enemy of Mr Wines.[9] He was killed by the Haunted Doctor, who had been hired to do it by the rest of the Council.[8][10] While there was consideration of offering the position to Furnace Ancona,[11] it appears to have been filled by an unknown man.[12]
- April is a deaf explosives expert, Emilia Hathersage, who is presumed dead by most of London.[13]
- May is a frequent visitor of the nightmare-plagued.[7]
- June was the original architect of the Dawn Machine.[7] She is distrusted by the rest of the Council.[10]
- July was once a cultured society lady and violinist, but she lost her mind to a powerful Fingerking. She trades her memories for dreams of the future.[14]
- August is none other than the Jovial Contrarian, who knows quite a bit about various revolutionary causes despite not always being involved in them.[15]
- September stirs unrest in Balmoral, a Scottish holding of London that fell to the Neath with the city.[16]
- October dabbles in dreams and mirrors. She won the Marvellous and wished for her dreams to come true; as a consequence, she was trapped in Parabola, but managed to imprison Mr Mirrors in the process.[17][18]
- November has been missing for quite a while. Her lost cell and comrades have been trying to enact her plan in her stead, and maybe hasten her return.[19]
- The leader of the Calendar Council is December, the Boatman’s sibling,[20] although nobody except The Bishop of St Fiacre's seems to know much about this ambiguously gendered individual. they seem adamant about either destroying or sharing the Mountain of Light's vitality.[21][22]
Historical and Cultural Inspirations
The idea of having leaders named after months may have come from G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, about a bunch of anarchists (or so we are supposed to think) with leaders named after days of the week.
Gallery
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September -
October's mask -
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February
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April
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May
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July
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August
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September
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October's mask
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November -
December
References
- ↑ --Two action refreshes for the price of one!--, Fallen London
- ↑ Under Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea ""The Liberation of Night began long ago," the veiled creature pipes. "Tell whoever you choose, or do not. You are the message. Those who must know, will know.""
- ↑ Piece your clues together (1), Fallen London "The Calendar Council is composed of twelve members: each opposes the purview of one of the Masters."
- ↑ The Calendar Code, Fallen London "That's not just any library you're talking about. It's something special. Put together by upmarket anarchist types. Twelve of them in total. Not that they go there much. But between you and me, I reckon they're up to something big."
- ↑ February of the Calendar Council, Fallen London
- ↑ The patronage of February, Fallen London
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Mysteries Revealed, Again, Failbetter Games
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Drink with the Doctor, Fallen London
- ↑ --Two action refreshes for the price of one!--, Fallen London
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bury the Council's Secrets, Fallen London March needs assistance containing an escape of secrets (it is perhaps not entirely his fault; he inherited a compromised network). June cannot be trusted. (After what she made? It's all the more difficult to make the lights go out, now.) August is being recalcitrant. Again. April's latest business ventures need burying, before it's discovered she still lives.
- ↑ Supervise a visit from the Castellan of Balmoral, Fallen London
- ↑ Bury the Council's Secrets, Fallen London ""March needs assistance containing an escape of secrets (it is perhaps not entirely his fault; he inherited a compromised network).""
- ↑ Ambition: Bag a Legend! 115 - April's Attention, Fallen London
- ↑ Lost in Reflections, Fallen London
- ↑ Help plant an agent in the Ministry for Public Decency, Fallen London
- ↑ The Kirk of the Septemberists, Fallen London
- ↑ Piece your clues together (1), Fallen London
- ↑ Ask about her heart's desire, Fallen London
- ↑ A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London
- ↑ Speak with the Bishop of St Fiacre, Fallen London
- ↑ "...give it to the world.", Fallen London
- ↑ "..end it, as I swore I would.", Fallen London
Historical and Cultural Inspirations
The idea of having leaders named after months may have come from G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, about a bunch of anarchists (or so we are supposed to think) with leaders named after days of the week.
Gallery
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February
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April
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January
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July
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May
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August
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September
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October's mask
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November
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December
