Ladybones Road

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"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.

Secrets for All to See[edit | edit source]

"Fallen London is a city of secrets. If you're here to find them, Ladybones Road is the place to start."[4]

A brassy, modern building.
The Brass Embassy

Ladybones is rife with mysteries and intrigue.[5][6] Hell's embassy in London, the Brass Embassy, is located on Moloch Street,[7][8] and is staffed by devils and goat-demons.[9] The eastern endpoint of the railway lines to Hell, Moloch Street Underground Station, is not too far away.[10] To match its infernal influence, Ladybones is dappled in hellish graffiti - tricky to decipher, but hints at Hell's internal affairs.[11]

A popular local establishment, Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, is a meeting place for agents of the Great Game[12] who use tattoos to encode messages and secrets.[13][14] Some of Clathermont's patrons visit nearby pubs afterwards to wind down and chat about their tattoos' meanings.[15] Tyrant's Gardens is a park in Ladybones blooming with exotic fungi,[16][17] perfect for a stroll or discreet meeting.[18][19] Ladybones also houses the entrance to the Clay Quarters,[20] a labyrinth under the city in which Clay Men conduct their business.[21] Thanks to its mystique, Ladybones is frequented by detectives and Constables;[6][22] the Constables' headquarters, Concord Square,[23] is located in this district.[24]

Hangman's Arch[edit | edit source]

"The rattle of a passing hansom. The easy whistle of a constable as he proceeds in the direction of the docks. The soft creak of rope strung from Hangman's Arch, and the cheerful chatter of the crowd as it disperses after the hanging."[25]

A large marble arch.
Hangman's Arch

Hangman's Arch is a famous landmark of Ladybones. Public hangings are conducted here, drawing crowds despite the unreliability of death in the Neath.[26] During downtime, elderly women gather beneath the Arch to gossip and sell sugared mushrooms.[27] Hanged prisoners who recover from death are exiled to the Tomb-Colonies,[28] and their discarded garments are gifted to informants by the Constables as a traditional, and grim, reward.[29][30]

Before the Fall of London, Ladybones was known as Marylebone,[1][2] and Hangman's Arch was called Marble Arch.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See 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."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ‘What were Ladybones Road, Spite, Veilgarden and Watchmaker’s Hill called before the Fall?’, Failbetter Games "'What were Ladybones Road, Spite, Veilgarden and Watchmaker's Hill called before the Fall?' Marylebone, Spitalfields, Covent Garden and Greenwich."
  3. ↑ What can you find in Ladybones Road?, Fallen London
  4. ↑ Study the secrets of Fallen London, Fallen London
  5. ↑ Study the secrets of Fallen London, Fallen London "Fallen London is a city of secrets. If you're here to find them, Ladybones Road is the place to start."
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 A walk down Ladybones Road, Fallen London "Spies, detectives and devils. Liars and rogues."
  7. ↑ Making Your Name: A Raid on the Brass Embassy!, Fallen London "The Constables are planning a midnight raid on one of the Brass Embassy's secret warehouses. This is the perfect opportunity to make your name on Ladybones Road."
  8. ↑ Ask about the dig sites, Fallen London "[...] near the Brass Embassy on Moloch Street [...]"
  9. ↑ 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 [...]"
  10. ↑ What can you find in Ladybones Road?, Fallen London "Moloch Street Underground Station is the first stop on the journey to Hell."
  11. ↑ 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."
  12. ↑ What can you find in Ladybones Road?, Fallen London "Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, haunt of spies, is here."
  13. ↑ Sketch a tattoo-with-a-secret at Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour, Fallen London "You think you can tell, now, when a customer is asking for a tattoo with a hidden message."
  14. ↑ Study the hidden language of tattoos, Fallen London "They say spies, savants and poisoners use them to conceal their most vital secrets."
  15. ↑ Frequent the public house across from Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour., Fallen London "Many of his customers come here to recover. [...] Customers boast of their tattoos and their esoteric meanings."
  16. ↑ Take her for a promenade, Fallen London "Tyrant's Gardens are always beautiful at this time of year. Such an array of variegated fungi!"
  17. ↑ Search the house, Fallen London "[...] in Tyrant's Gardens, the perfumed heart of Ladybones Road."
  18. ↑ A stroll in Tyrant's Gardens, Fallen London "It's pleasantly romantic in the crepuscular gloom."
  19. ↑ A Day in the Garden, Fallen London "Tyrant's Gardens are pretty, and thick with the meetings of spies and other clandestine types."
  20. ↑ Infiltrate the Clay Quarters, Fallen London "[...] the Clay Quarters, far beneath Ladybones Road [...] "
  21. ↑ Enter the Clay Quarters 2, Fallen London "Where do the Clay Men go when they aren't working? Is it true they've dug a city for themselves under Ladybones Road?"
  22. ↑ Life on Ladybones Road, Fallen London "The easy whistle of a constable as he proceeds in the direction of the docks."
  23. ↑ Making Your Name: The Records Office in Concord Square, Fallen London "Yes, that Concord Square: the base of operations for London's Constables."
  24. ↑ The Velocipede Squad, Fallen London "Now get yer arse down to Concord Square. It's off Ladybones Road."
  25. ↑ Life on Ladybones Road, Fallen London
  26. ↑ 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."
  27. ↑ Listen to gossip at Hangman's Arch, Fallen London "Old women sell sugared mushrooms between executions at Hangman's Arch."
  28. ↑ Turn them in for the reward, Fallen London "The reward for the couple is generous, and they are both swiftly hanged and dispatched to the tomb-colonies."
  29. ↑ There might be a reward..., Fallen London "The constables are pleased with your description, and they hand you the traditional reward of the clothing of hanged men."
  30. ↑ Inform the Constables 2, Fallen London "The entire gang is sent to the gallows, [...] a crate arrives containing their clothes."
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