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|caption2 = Zailors dawdle at the rail, watching for the lights of London. Art from Sunless Sea|location = [[The Unterzee]] | |||
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<blockquote>''"The Bazaar [[The Fall of London|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?"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets#Places|What's so bad about Fallen London?|Fallen London|}}</ref>'' </blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The Bazaar [[The Fall of London|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?"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets#Places|What's so bad about Fallen London?|Fallen London|}}</ref>'' </blockquote> | ||
Now known as Fallen London or the Fifth City, '''London''' was formerly the capital of the British Empire... until it was kidnapped by the [[The Echo Bazaar|Bazaar]] and its [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Masters]] and placed in the lawless cavern called the | Now known as Fallen London or the Fifth City, '''London''' was formerly the capital of the British Empire... until it was kidnapped by the [[The Echo Bazaar|Bazaar]] and its [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Masters]] and placed in the lawless cavern called the Neath, in exchange for the life of the ailing Prince Albert, whom [[The Empress|Victoria]] loved dearly. | ||
<blockquote>''"The streets of London were bent into a labyrinth with the Bazaar at the labyrinth's heart. Finding your way around can be troublesome"<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Why is it so easy to get lost in Fallen London?|Fallen London|}}</ref>''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The streets of London were bent into a labyrinth with the Bazaar at the labyrinth's heart. Finding your way around can be troublesome"<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Why is it so easy to get lost in Fallen London?|Fallen London|}}</ref>''</blockquote> | ||
Things have changed since [[The Fall of London|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).<ref name=":0" /> 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 [[The Echo Bazaar|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.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Complete_your_Hoard|Complete your Hoard|Fallen London|}}</ref> But if something like this existed, it would be locked away from the public - the Masters don | Things have changed since [[The Fall of London|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).<ref name=":0" /> 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 [[The Echo Bazaar|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.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Complete_your_Hoard|Complete your Hoard|Fallen London|}}</ref> 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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Londonmap.jpg|A map of Fallen London | Londonmap.jpg|A map of Fallen London | ||
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==Events After London Fell== | ==Events After London Fell== | ||
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.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Share_a_little_honey_with_the_Captivating_Princess|Share a little honey with the Captivating Princess|Fallen London}}</ref> | |||
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.<ref>[https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Way Adam's Way] - ''Deliver the snuffer to the Avuncular Broker'' - "Inside is a chart, its folds stiff with zee-salt. The corner is stamped with the seal of the Empress herself. It is labelled 'First voyage of the ''Galatea'', 1867' and shows a tenuous, roving course across the Unterzee."</ref> | |||
In 1868, [[The Campaign of '68|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 [[Prisoner's Honey|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.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Calendrical_Confusion_of_1899|The Calendrical Confusion of 1899|Fallen London}}</ref> It remains to be seen how long this will continue. | |||
== The Seven Labyrinths == | == The Seven Labyrinths == | ||
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[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:The Neath]] | [[Category:The Neath]] | ||
[[Category:London]] | [[Category:London]] | ||
