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{{Neath Location|location=[[Ealing Gardens]]|notable_inhabitants=[[Hillchanger Tower]]|image1= | <blockquote>{{Neath Location|location=[[Ealing Gardens]]|notable_inhabitants=[[Hillchanger Tower]]|image1=Hillchanger.png|caption1=Hillchanger Tower}} | ||
'''Aescwine Hill''' is a landmark near the outskirts of [[Ealing Gardens]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Constellations|Constellations|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] it's easier to make out the silhouettes on the horizon: the outline of Aescwine Hill [...]"''</ref> The summit is a popular painting spot for landscape artists,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Upper_River_Artistry|Upper River Artistry|Fallen London|}} ''"The more Nocturnalist Bohemians have taken a liking to Ealing Gardens. [...] some simply paint landscapes of the vista from Aescwine Hill.''</ref> if they can brave the enormous scorpions that infest the slopes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Offer_your_defensive_escort|Offer your defensive escort|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] a little trouble, [...] a troupe of [...] scorpions the size of house-cats [...] Your party does not get even halfway up the hill before you are swarmed by [...] scorpions?"''</ref> It is also one of the resting points for [[Hillchanger Tower]], which travels across the [[Hinterlands]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Build_the_station_at_Moulin|Build the station at Moulin|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the Hillchanger Tower. The one that appears on Aescwine Hill and then travels other places," [...] It has taken up a place in Moulin now [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Promise_to_retrieve_the_Honey-Mazed_Bear_again|Promise to retrieve the Honey-Mazed Bear again|Fallen London|}} ''"They wanted to put the stash in 'illchanger Tower, [...] see 'em climb up one morning and find the 'ole lot gone off to Burrow-Infra-Mump [...]"''</ref> but returns atop Aescwine every midnight.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Time_the_appearances_of_Hillchanger_Tower|Time the appearances of Hillchanger Tower|Fallen London|}} ''"Whenever and wherever it goes, it is always back by midnight."''</ref | ''"It's the Hillchanger Tower. The one that appears on Aescwine Hill and then travels other places. I've thought for some time that represented another power."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Build_the_station_at_Moulin|Build the station at Moulin|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
'''Aescwine Hill''' is a landmark near the outskirts of [[Ealing Gardens]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Constellations|Constellations|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] it's easier to make out the silhouettes on the horizon: the outline of Aescwine Hill [...]"''</ref> The summit is a popular painting spot for landscape artists,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Upper_River_Artistry|Upper River Artistry|Fallen London|}} ''"The more Nocturnalist Bohemians have taken a liking to Ealing Gardens. [...] some simply paint landscapes of the vista from Aescwine Hill.''</ref> if they can brave the enormous scorpions that infest the slopes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Offer_your_defensive_escort|Offer your defensive escort|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] a little trouble, [...] a troupe of [...] scorpions the size of house-cats [...] Your party does not get even halfway up the hill before you are swarmed by [...] scorpions?"''</ref> It is also one of the resting points for [[Hillchanger Tower]], which travels across the [[Hinterlands]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Build_the_station_at_Moulin|Build the station at Moulin|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the Hillchanger Tower. The one that appears on Aescwine Hill and then travels other places," [...] It has taken up a place in Moulin now [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Promise_to_retrieve_the_Honey-Mazed_Bear_again|Promise to retrieve the Honey-Mazed Bear again|Fallen London|}} ''"They wanted to put the stash in 'illchanger Tower, [...] see 'em climb up one morning and find the 'ole lot gone off to Burrow-Infra-Mump [...]"''</ref> but returns atop Aescwine every midnight.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Time_the_appearances_of_Hillchanger_Tower|Time the appearances of Hillchanger Tower|Fallen London|}} ''"Whenever and wherever it goes, it is always back by midnight."''</ref> | |||
The aforementioned scorpions | The aforementioned scorpions are the size of cats and unusually "well-trained."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Offer_your_defensive_escort|Offer your defensive escort|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] a troupe of perhaps two dozen scorpions the size of house-cats, [...] are those scorpions? How are they so large? And so well-trained?"''</ref> Their venom can only be extracted when Hillchanger Tower is at Aescwine; otherwise they produce only smoke.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Develop_into_an_Envenomed_Pickle_of_Vinegar,_Vengeance,_and_Hillchanger_Scorpion|Develop into an Envenomed Pickle of Vinegar, Vengeance, and Hillchanger Scorpion|Fallen London|}} ''"To milk the venom from a scorpion stinger, [...] because these are Hillchanger scorpions – [...] perform the extraction during the time when the Hillchanger Tower is in Ealing. Otherwise, all one gets [...] is a curl of clove smoke."''</ref> | ||
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