The Royal Bethlehem Hotel

"The manager of the Hotel offers free rooms to guests of particular note or interest. He irritably denies the suggestion that he might be 'collecting' them."

The Royal Bethlehem Hotel, formerly the hospital of the same name, is an elite hotel run by a very mysterious manager.

A Hotel for the Mad

It is located across the Stolen River from Ladybones Road. Fallen Londoners may purchase a room there for a quite exorbitant price (no, this is NOT a free room like in the quote, unless you're "interesting", see below), then upgrade it for one that is simply ridiculous for all but the most famous among them.

A room at the Royal Beth. Art from FL.

The manager likes to collect "guests of particular note", and by that he means the mentally ill/nightmare-plagued. If anyone starts showing symptoms of insanity, he will be by their side, ready to take them in when they finally snap. It is unknown what he gets out of this. The higher the room he provides them with, the more interesting he finds their malady.

The Manager

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He also chucks you under the chin, which is a little over-familar, but, well. His buttons are so very shiny. It's difficult to quarrel with a man of such shiny buttons. 'Thank you,' he says. 'I do hope you'll continue to enjoy your stay.'

The Manager of the Royal Beth is the Priest-King of the First City; his lover is the King with a Hundred Hearts. He is probably Gilgamesh (Enkidu, then, is the King with a Hundred Hearts), though this has been cast into doubt.  He is responsible for its Fall, as he sacrificed his city in return for the King with a Hundred Heart's good health (the King was dying of "fits"). As of now, he also acts as May of the Calendar Council. He is also certainly a player of the Marvellous, and his heart's desire is to share his lover's fate by becoming a second living city.

In Parabola, he keeps the Garden of Nightmares.

His uncle is the Capering Relicker, the man who brewed the first Hesperidean Cider.