Editing Mr Wines

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|alias =Khan of Dreams<br>

|relationships =[[Mr Spices]] (rival) |allegiance=[[The Masters of the Bazaar]]<br>[[The Echo Bazaar]]}}<blockquote>''"To the wicked and the wise! To the hungry and the sharp!"''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Wines/status/548162607094706176</ref></blockquote><blockquote>''"Trade in anything drinkable comes under the jurisdiction of Mr Wines. Though it can't be bothered with water. Entertainment, music and the business of the ladies of the evening are also its domain. There's supposed to be some sort of dispute about dreams."''<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Mr Wines''' is an extravagant and indulgent [[Curator]] who serves as a [[Master of the Bazaar]].

Known for entertaining guests at huge revels, this Master in charge of the trade in all things drinkable, including medicine and excluding water.<ref name="sidebar" /> As one of the more accessible Masters, it is out and about in London relatively frequently.<ref name="carnival">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/...an_incognito_Master%3F|...an incognito Master?|Fallen London|}}</ref> Most of the time, though, it conducts business through its favored servant, [[Jervaise]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Wines_is_holding_a_sale!|Mr Wines is holding a sale!|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is in charge of a group of dancing beauties who are often misattributed by zailors to [[Mr Veils]].

Though Mr Wines is not known for its misdeeds, it and [[Mr Cups]] drove the [[Watchmaker's Daughter]], a talented craftswoman whose toys came alive, to suicide.<ref name="watchmakers">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go_back_to_the_Albino_Rat|Go back to the Albino Rat|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Wines is also London's most notorious cheque-skipper, and has a reputation for leaving others holding the bill for parties here and there.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Supply_the_revel_with_the_necessaries|Supply the revel with the necessaries|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extracting_the_payment|Extracting the payment|Fallen London|}}</ref> It also sells harmful substances under the label of "absinthe", including one that aids "[[The Vake|a friend and colleague]]."<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tell_her_everything ''Fallen London,'' Tell her everything]</ref><ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_exposé_on_the_dangers_of_Absinthe ''Fallen London,'' An exposé on the dangers of Absinthe]</ref>

Mr Wines appeared as the '''Cloaked Emissary''' in [[Surface]] Karakorum in ''The Silver Tree,''<ref>{{Citation|http://silvertree.storynexus.com/|The Emissary's Secrets: Ambush|Silver Tree|}}''"'My cohorts and I would buy this city. We want to take it somewhere it would live forever. The story of the Princess, the Sculptor, and their love is delicious.'"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|http://silvertree.storynexus.com/|The Fate of the City: I threw my lot in with the Emissary|The Silver Tree|}} ''"In fact, you may call me by my name from now on. Address me as Mr Wines, if you please." [Editor's note: "Mr" is anachronistic and used for the reader's convenience, but I cannot confirm whether William of Rubruck (''The Silver Tree''<nowiki/>'s player character) would have used the Old French'' Sire ''or'' Seignur'', or the Middle Dutch'' Mijnhere''.]''</ref>, was known as the '''Khan of Dreams''' during the time of the [[Fourth City]],<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_long-ago_burglar%3F|A long-ago burglar?|Fallen London|}}''"That, there, looks like the Bazaar, and that's Mr Wines' spire. The label reads 'THE KHAN OF DREAMS'. A route is marked in the tunnels."''</ref> and is called '''M. Mourvèdre''' in visions of a possible future Paris.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Lost_in_Reflections|Lost in Reflections|Fallen London|}} ''"In the Neath, [M. Mourvèdre] was called Mr. Wines."''</ref> In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, to the [[Cult of the Sanctified]] at [[Avid Horizon]], it is the '''Crowned Saint''', or alternatively the Crowned and Crimson: the King of Saints''.''<ref name="give an offering">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Give an Offering|Sunless Skies|}}''"Too much of the Crowned Saint's vintage!"''</ref><ref name="crowning saints">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|The crowning of the saints|Sunless Skies|}}''""To learn the names of our final three, you must indulge!" You gulp your way through the swirling scarlet depths of the chalice. [...] "There now. All shall be well. You have met the last of them: the Saint of the Silk Road and the Saint of Chalices, and the Crowned and Crimson: the King of Saints!""''</ref>

<blockquote>''"WE SAT AMONGST THE STARS. WE ENTERTAINED TRADERS FROM DISTANT SUNS. WE OPENED GATES. WE BROKERED FATES. WE COUNTED CITIES IN OUR PALM LIKE COINS."''<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cricket,_Anyone%3F_(Story) Cricket, Anyone?, ''Fallen London'']</ref></blockquote>

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