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The Book of Hours itself  is an encyclopedia that consists of an unknown number of books. The books are structured by chapters and verses, but the order in which they are in is not necessary consistent - chapters may have verses that should only come up in later chapters and vice versa.
The Book of Hours itself  is an encyclopedia that consists of an unknown number of books. The books are structured by chapters and verses, but the order in which they are in is not necessary consistent - chapters may have verses that should only come up in later chapters and vice versa.


As the concept of time is malleable to Hell, the Book Of Hour often contains overlapping or opposed timelines. Errata and Appendices try to clarify which is the correct entry.  
As the concept of time is malleable to Hell, the Book Of Hour often contains overlapping or opposed timelines. Errata and Appendixes try to clarify which is the correct entry.  


==Contents==
==Contents==
The '''Book of Roses''' tells the devils' exit from the High Wilderness, guided by the [[The Piper|Egaltine Regent]]. It describes their time in Parabola, their exit to the Neath via [[Irem]] and how they built their city, inside what is now known as Hell. It ends with the Egaltine Regent being overturned by her people.
The '''Book of Roses''' holds differing accounts of a far future.  


'''Cydnidae''', more specifically its Volume IX retells the tale of a traveller who helps in a dig. It references the [[The Grand Clearing-Out|the Grand Clearing Out]] in London of 1899. The name is borrowed from the family of burrowing bugs.<ref>{{Citation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydnidae|Cydnidae|Wikipedia|}}</ref>
'''Cydnidae''', more specifically its Volume IX retells the tale of a traveller who helps in a dig. It references the [[The Grand Clearing-Out|the Grand Clearing Out]] in London of 1899. The name is borrowed from the family of burrowing bugs.<ref>{{Citation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydnidae|Cydnidae|Wikipedia|}}</ref>
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<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 1:3:''' AND THUS SPAKE THE KING OF HOURS: “For those who wear crowns, let their kingdoms be counted; and for those who wear ashes, let their miseries be counted; and for those who keep this tally, let their debts be counted.” Upon hearing this, the people struck him down.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Brilliant_Future|Discovered: A Brilliant Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 1:3:''' AND THUS SPAKE THE KING OF HOURS: “For those who wear crowns, let their kingdoms be counted; and for those who wear ashes, let their miseries be counted; and for those who keep this tally, let their debts be counted.” Upon hearing this, the people struck him down.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Brilliant_Future|Discovered: A Brilliant Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 2:1-3:''' AND AMONG THE PEOPLE AROSE a great and fearful clamour, for they did not know what fate awaited them. And from this clamour arose a few great voices to lead them. And among these great voices arose the Eglantine Regent, she who bargains with serpents.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Chilly_Future|Discovered: A Chilly Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 3:7:''' AND THE EGLANTINE REGENT SAID unto the people: “I have signed a bargain with serpents; and I have given us a road to walk; and the mirrors shall open to us; and there we shall make new law; and there we shall draft the plans of a city that is already ours.” And upon hearing this, the people rejoiced.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Dark_Future|Discovered: A Dark Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 4:6-7:''' AND THE PEOPLE SHED THEIR SKINS to squeeze through mirrors. And the people wandered a wasted sky beyond the glass. It was a time of famine and bitter cold, and the people faltered and regretted their flight. And the Eglantine Regent said unto them: "This place Is Not; and what Is Not may not harm us. For we do exist, and we exist more than anything in existence."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Discordant_Future|Discovered: A Discordant Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''The Book of Roses 5:4-5:''' AND IT CAME TO PASS that the people came to the edge of a vast desert. Thus spake the Parlous Knot: "This is the dream of a giant, that we have set aside for you to dwell within." And the people set down their baggage and were still. And said the Eglantine Regent: "Here we shall make camp, but we shall not build our city; for our city has always lain elsewhere."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Jewelled_Future|Discovered: A Jewelled Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 6:5-7:''' AND THE PEOPLE BUILT FURNACES and made maps. They devised new numbers with which to calculate the position of their home. And the Parlous Knot looked upon these works, and saw that they were good. And so said the Eglantine Regent: “Soon we will arrive in Hell.” And the Parlous Knot rejoiced, for it believed that it would accompany them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Nearby_Future|Discovered: A Nearby Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 7:7-9:''' AND WHEN THE TIME CAME for the people to depart the Is-Not, they made their passage through Irem. For the porous border of the Is-Not is the Will-Be. And from the serpents there arose a death rattle, and the Parlous Knot girded itself for war. And so said the Eglantine Regent: “For the future to arrive one must have a present.” And the Parlous Knot cursed the name of the Eglantine Regent. And the Parlous Knot perished.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Neon_Future|Discovered: A Neon Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 8:4-6:''' AND THE PEOPLE FOUND in this place the broken form of a stone serpent. And said the Eglantine Regent: "Let us repair this serpent of the Will-Be, as tribute to the future that shelters us." And the people disagreed on what shape the future should take. And so it came to pass that they remade this serpent with seven heads, as they could not choose which future was right.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Ruinous_Future|Discovered: A Ruinous Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 8:4-6:''' AND THE PEOPLE FOUND in this place the broken form of a stone serpent. And said the Eglantine Regent: "Let us repair this serpent of the Will-Be, as tribute to the future that shelters us." And the people disagreed on what shape the future should take. And so it came to pass that they remade this serpent with seven heads, as they could not choose which future was right.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Ruinous_Future|Discovered: A Ruinous Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 9:4-5:''' AND THE PEOPLE STOPPED before a cold and sunless sea. And they saw that the marvels around them were like those in dreams. And some among the people doubted whether they had left the Is-Not. Upon hearing this, the Eglantine Regent struck down one of the doubters, and made things plain.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Silvered_Future|Discovered: A Silvered Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 9:4-5:''' AND THE PEOPLE STOPPED before a cold and sunless sea. And they saw that the marvels around them were like those in dreams. And some among the people doubted whether they had left the Is-Not. Upon hearing this, the Eglantine Regent struck down one of the doubters, and made things plain.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_A_Silvered_Future|Discovered: A Silvered Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 10:2-3:''' WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME TO THE END of their voyage west, they set down their baggage and began the work of building a new city. And there they made petition to the powers of the Earth, who might set the boundaries of their city. And there the powers of the Earth insisted on sealing this treaty with the planting of a cedar, for a cedar has no blooms.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_An_Abyssal_Future|Discovered: An Abyssal Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Book of Roses 11:5-7:''' AND WHEN THE LAST BRICK WAS LAID on the last wall of Hell, there arose a great and joyful clamour among the people. And there the Eglantine Regent lit the furnaces once again, so that those great voices among the people might devise new laws. And there the Eglantine Regent made a proclamation of her rulership. Upon hearing this, the people struck her down.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discovered:_An_Altered_Future|Discovered: An Altered Future|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


==Cydnidae: Volume IX==
==Cydnidae: Volume IX==
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