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'''Furnace Ancona''' is the well-respected leader of the [[Tracklayer's Union]].

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== Personality ==

Furnace is bold, charismatic and compassionate. She can deliver fierce speech as much as she can diligently listen to the problems of the workers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Get_her_back_to_work|Get her back to work|Fallen London|}}</ref> As the leader of a broad coalition, she always make sure to be fair toward the view of her constituent she may not agree with.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Try_for_a_further_understanding_of_his_intentions|Try for a further understanding of his intentions|Fallen London|}}</ref>

She is the main representative of the [[The Tracklayer's Union|Emancipationist]] ideology, and advocate their goal of creating a city in the [[The Hinterlands|Hinterland]] where the workers would be the one in power. She claim this an extension of her down-to-earth attitude, yet a little probing reveal that she has an utopian streak, with big plans for the future city.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_him_about_the_Emancipationists_(Cornelius)|Ask him about the Emancipationists (Cornelius)|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Feed_Furnace_a_Hearty_Parabolan_Taper-nut_Cake|Feed Furnace a Hearty Parabolan Taper-nut Cake|Fallen London|}}</ref>

== An Advocate for the People ==

Born '''Beatrice Ancona''', she is of Italian descent, as her surname would indicate.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Inquire_into_the_origins_of_her_name|Inquire into the origins of her name|Fallen London|}}</ref> She comes from a family of worker's rights activists; her grandfather belonged to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_society Friendly Society], and swore never to work for less than ten shillings a week.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_her_goals|Ask about her goals|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Before founding the Tracklayer's Union, Ancona worked in one of [[Mr Fires|Mr Fires']] factories. One day, the Master demanded that workers no longer wear protective helmets, and she started to plan her revenge against such blatant worker cruelty. Mr Fires was warned that something would happen, but it did nothing,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_how_he_came_to_be_in_this_position|Ask how he came to be in this position|Fallen London|}}</ref> and one day Beatrice trapped it in one of the back rooms, where it remained for three days.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_where_Furnace_got_her_name|Ask where Furnace got her name|Fallen London|}}</ref> As a consequence of this incident, all the workers in the factory lost their jobs; however, Ancona gained the nickname "Furnace" (because she could "contain fires") and became something of a legend among [[London|London's]] working population.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Introduce_her_to_your_friend_the_Revolutionary_Firebrand|Introduce her to your friend the Revolutionary Firebrand|Fallen London|}}</ref> After this incident, Ancona was hired to work on the Moloch Line, the railway commissioned by [[Hell]] to join it and London. She used her position to offer jobs to all her past colleagues from the factory.<ref name=":0" />

== Furnace and Cornelius ==

It was around this time that Furnace became involved in the fledgling Tracklayer's Union; at the time, she shared leadership of the group with her colleague [[Cornelius]]. The construction of the line went well until the workers reached the [[The Hurlers|Hurlers]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_those_stones_out_in_the_frozen_patch_of_Neath|Ask about those stones out in the frozen patch of Neath|Fallen London|}}</ref> A [[Devils|deviless]] sought to sabotage Cornelius,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_questions_about_the_history_between_Furnace_and_the_Devils|Ask questions about the history between Furnace and the Devils|Fallen London|}}</ref> teasing him about not being able to read an inscription written in the [[Discordance]], and smuggled him a dictionary. When Cornelius read the inscription, it wounded him grievously enough to send him to the [[Death|Slow Boat]], and granted both Cornelius and Furnace some startling physical consequences. Furnace now has a few extra faces, which she hides beneath her helmet, and which become apparent when she argues for multiple points of view at the same time.

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