"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."[3]
Ladybones Road is a major district of London, rife with mysteries and intrigue.[4][5]Hell's embassy in London, the Brass Embassy, is located here,[6] and is staffed by devils and goat-demons.[7] To match its infernal influence, the neighborhood is dappled in hellish graffiti - tricky to decipher, but hints at Hell's internal affairs.[8] A popular local establishment, Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, is a meeting place for agents of the Great Game[9] who use tattoos to encode messages and secrets.[10][11] Some of Clathermont's patrons visit nearby pubs afterwards to wind down and chat about their tattoos' meanings.[12]
Ladybones is also home to many neighborhoods and communities. Tyrant's Gardens is a park in Ladybones blooming with exotic fungi,[13][14] perfect for a stroll or discreet meeting.[15][16] Ladybones also houses the entrance to the Clay Quarters,[17] a labyrinth under the city in which Clay Men conduct their business.[18]Moloch Street, London's station on the railway lines to Hell, is also located in Ladybones.[19] Thanks to its mystique, Ladybones is frequented by detectives and Constables;[5][20] the Constables' headquarters, Concord Square,[21] is located in this district.[22]
Hangman's Arch
Hangman's Arch is a famous landmark of Ladybones. Public hangings that often draw crowds are conducted here,[23] despite death's unreliability in the Neath. During downtime, elderly women gather beneath the Arch to gossip and sell sugared mushrooms.[24] Hanged prisoners who recover from death are exiled to the Tomb-Colonies,[25] and their discarded garmets are gifted to informants by the Constables as a traditional, and grim, reward.[26][27]
↑ 1.01.1See the sights, Fallen London"All these places had names on the surface. [...] the names changed when the city fell, just as M________e became Ladybones."
↑Escort the Deviless to the Brass Embassy, Sunless Sea"Two [...] goat-demons shamble up: one takes each of the Deviless' arms. [...] The goat-demons guide her down a flight of iron steps, [...] The Urbane Devil lounges by [...]"
↑Decipher graffiti, Fallen London"Visitors from Hell come through here. Some of the scrawlings are bizarre, [...] Some hold valuable secrets. [...] You glean some intriguing tidbits about recent promotions and demotions in the hierarchies of Hell."
↑Life on Ladybones Road, Fallen London"The soft creak of rope strung from Hangman's Arch, and the cheerful chatter of the crowd as it disperses after the hanging."
