The Fall of London
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
"Forty years ago, London was stolen by bats."
Forty years ago - give or take - London found itself in a terrible predicament. The Prince Consort of Britain was gravely ill, and his Queen was terribly distraught. So great was her love for her husband that she sought the assistance of a higher power - though what came to her aid was perhaps not what she had in mind.
So it was that in autumn 1862, the Masters of the Bazaar came to London. The Queen - who we now know as the Empress, of course - sold the city to the cadre of cloaked figures, and London was carried downward into an enormous cavern called the Neath. They say that when a city is sold, there is a price which is known, and a price which is not; the known price the Masters paid for the city was the restoration of the Consort's life, and the rest remains to be seen. Despite this, the Consort is not exactly in the best of spirits...
What Happened Afterward
The Cumaean Canal may have been built shortly after the Fall.
The Captivating Princess was born in 1862.[1] The last of the Empress's issue, she possesses strange and eldritch powers as the product of a bargain with the Bazaar.
Some of the Empress's children remained in the Neath, residing with their parents in the Shuttered Palace, while others remained on the Surface. The Brooding Captain brought his ship, the Galatea, to the Neath in 1867.[2]
In 1868, London attempted, and failed miserably, to invade Hell.
It is not known precisely when London colonized Port Carnelian, but this may have occurred shortly before the invasion.
Sometime before ~1890, the Empress's children took a bad batch of red honey and were turned into monsters.
The first election for Mayor of London occurred in 1894. Mayoral elections were ceased in 1899, after the disappearance of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle.
At the end of 1899, the Empress decreed a second year of 1899 rather than the dawning of a new century.[3] It remains to be seen how long this will continue.
References
- ↑ Share a little honey with the Captivating Princess, Fallen London
- ↑ Adam's Way - Deliver the snuffer to the Avuncular Broker - "Inside is a chart, its folds stiff with zee-salt. The corner is stamped with the seal of the Empress herself. It is labelled 'First voyage of the Galatea, 1867' and shows a tenuous, roving course across the Unterzee."
- ↑ The Calendrical Confusion of 1899, Fallen London
