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"Fallen London: once capital of the British Empire, now home of the Bazaar. Deep. Dark. Expensive. Marvellous. Here you can find everything from immortality to unnervingly good mushroom wine.[1]"
"The Bazaar stole London three decades ago. Of course only anarchists and revolutionaries say 'stole' any more. Everyone who matters has grown to know and love the status quo. It's quiet down here. All those jewels and mushrooms and all that black water. What could be better?"[2]
Now known as Fallen London or the Fifth City, London was formerly the capital of the British Empire... until it was kidnapped by the Bazaar and its Masters and placed in the lawless cavern called the Neath, in exchange for the life of the ailing Prince Albert, whom Victoria loved dearly.
"The streets of London were bent into a labyrinth with the Bazaar at the labyrinth's heart. Finding your way around can be troublesome"[3]
Things have changed since the Fall, and names have been replaced - but more strangely, as the years pass, Londoners have begun to notice that new maps contradict their predecessors (let alone the illegal ones from before the fall).[3] Perhaps there are just no worthy cartographers in this city; but seasoned zailors and geography professors have reported similar observations all over the Neath. For someone standing just under the spires of the Bazaar, the directions to any other point of interest would be the same, but the route would be different each time. There are rumors about a map of London so precise that it can even track the smallest deviations of each road.[4] But if something like this existed, it would be locked away from the public - the Masters don't like it when people dig too deep.
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A map of Fallen London
Events After London Fell[edit]
- The Cumaean Canal may have been built shortly after the Fall.
- The Captivating Princess, the last of the Empress's children, was born in 1862.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7] It remains to be seen how long this will continue.
The Seven Labyrinths[edit]
It is said that London has seven labyrinths.[8][9][10] No definitive list of these mazes is known. The Streets of London are considered one of them due to their tendency to shift unpredictably,[10][11] the Law is said to be to be the Fifth Labyrinth[12][13] and there is speculation that the human heart is the Seventh Labyrinth.[14] Other mazes such as the Labyrinth of Tigers or the maze surrounding the Orphanage[8] may be among the Seven Labyrinths, but this is unconfirmed.
