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''"The excited shriek of train-whistles. The hiss of steam. The clamour of countless voices. London."''
''"The excited shriek of train-whistles. The hiss of steam. The clamour of countless voices. London."''


''"You near London, where Her Renewed Majesty reigns from the Throne of Hours."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Log_Entries|London|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>'''New London''' is the capital of the British Empire, located in [[Albion]].
''"You near London, where Her Renewed Majesty reigns from the Throne of Hours."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Log_Entries|Log Entries|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
'''New London''' is the capital of the British Empire located in [[Albion]].


== The Ultimate Achievement of Victorian Ambition ==
== The Ultimate Achievement of Victorian Ambition ==
<blockquote>''"Keen-eyed Ministry Auditors patrol the thoroughfares, while urchins and spies sneak between smokey back-alleys and slums. London thrums with activity, like a great engine in perpetual motion."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Airs_of_London#Wander|Airs of London|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>The city is in fact the original [[London]], disassembled and rebuilt in the High Wilderness.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Explore_London|Explore London|Sunless Skies}}"''Liberated from her prison below the earth and elevated to the heavens. [...] Here are old, proud buildings, transported block by pale block to the sky. Here are new edifices of soaring steel and stone and gleaming glass! The ultimate achievement of Victorian ambition, unhampered by terrestrial concerns."''</ref> Parliament used to be part of the city, until [[The Traitor Empress|Her Renewed Majesty]] decided to separate it from the empire, both metaphorically and [[The Floating Parliament|physically]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Palace_of_Highminster|Palace of Highminster|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
''"Keen-eyed Minsitry Auditors patrol the thoroughfares, while urchins and spies sneak between smokey back-alleys and slums. London thrums with activity, like a great engine in perpetual motion."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Airs_of_London#Wander|Airs of London|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
The city is in fact the original [[:Category:London]], disassembled and rebuilt in the High Wilderness.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Explore_London|Explore London|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> The parliament used to be part of the city until [[The Traitor Empress|Her Renewed Majesty]] decide to separated them from the empire, both metaphorically and [[The Floating Parliament|physically]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Palace_of_Highminster|Palace of Highminster|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>


== Notable Locations ==
== Notable Locations ==
*'''The Throne of Hours''', once the seat of the [[Judgements#The King of Hours|King of Hours]], now belongs to Empress Victoria.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Throne_of_Hours|The Throne of Hours|Sunless Skies}}''"Her Renewed Majesty looks on with unseeing eyes. Timeless, deathless, enduring. Time is her dominion and this its cost."''</ref>
*'''The Throne of Hours''', once the seat of the [[Judgements#The King of Hours|King of Hours]], now belongs to Empress Victoria.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Throne_of_Hours|The Throne of Hours|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''St Dominic's Station''', London's chief train station.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#St_Dominic.27s_Station|St Dominic's Station|Sunless Skies}}''"London's chief station, draped in union jacks and studded with bronze busts of Her Enduring Majesty. The platforms crowd with people. If the Throne of Hours is London's heart, this is its carotid artery."''</ref>
*'''St Dominic's Station''', London's chief train station.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#St_Dominic.27s_Station|St Dominic's Station|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''Steam & Sapphire Yards''', where business regarding locomotives can be arranged.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Steam_.26_Sapphire_Yards|Steam & Sapphire Yards|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Most certainly not a front for an underground railroad for [[Brabazon Workworld|Workworld]] escapees.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Investigate_Rumours_of_an_Underground_Railway|Investigate Rumours of an Underground Railway|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Visit_the_Stalwart_Bookkeeper|Trade Gratitude to win the Bookkeeper's trust|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''Steam & Sapphire Yards''', where business regarding locomotives can be arranged.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London#Steam_.26_Sapphire_Yards|Steam & Sapphire Yards|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Most certainly not a front for an underground railroad for [[Brabazon Workworld|Workworld]] escapees.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Investigate_Rumours_of_an_Underground_Railway|Investigate Rumours of an Underground Railway|Sunless Skies|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Visit_the_Stalwart_Bookkeeper|Trade Gratitude to win the Bookkeeper's trust|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''[[The Blind Bruiser#Wit & Vinegar|Wit &amp; Vinegar]] Lumber Company''', head office of a lumber company operating in [[the Reach]]. Most certainly not a front for a smuggling operation.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Wit_%26_Vinegar_Lumber_Company|Wit & Vinegar Lumber Company|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''[[The_Blind_Bruiser#Wit & Vinegar|Wit &amp; Vinegar]] Lumber Company''', head office of a lumber company operating in [[the Reach]]. Most certainly not a front for a smuggling operation.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Wit_%26_Vinegar_Lumber_Company|Wit & Vinegar Lumber Company|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''Crown & Misery Co. Yards''', formerly [[Mr Iron|Iron]] & Misery.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Crown_%26_Misery_Co._Yards|Crown & Misery Co. Yards|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''Crown & Misery Co. Yards''', formerly [[The_Masters_of_the_Bazaar#.C2.A0Mr_Iron|Iron]] & Misery.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Crown_%26_Misery_Co._Yards|Crown & Misery Co. Yards|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''The Silken Salon''', an establishment owned by the Generous Princess.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Silken_Salon|The Silken Salon|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''The Silken Salon''', an establishment owned by the Generous Princess.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Silken_Salon|The Silken Salon|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''The House of Jude''', a [[The Clockwork Sun|New Sequence]] church that also functions as a hospital for the victims of a certain fire.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Mr_Menagerie%27s_Permanent_Stall_for_Delicious_Scouts|Mr Menagerie's Permanent Stall for Delicious Scouts|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Ambition:_The_House_of_Jude|Ambition: The House of Jude|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''The House of Jude''', a [[The Clockwork Sun|New Sequence]] church that also function as a hospital for the victim of a certain fire.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Mr_Menagerie%27s_Permanent_Stall_for_Delicious_Scouts|Mr Menagerie's Permanent Stall for Delicious Scouts|Sunless Skies|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Ambition:_The_House_of_Jude|Ambition: The House of Jude|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''[[Spite|Spitalfields]] Market'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Spitalfields_Market|Spitalfields Market|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Now with 75% less pickpocketing [[urchins]], and a modern makeover as the new trading hub.
*'''[[Spite|Spitalfields]] Market'''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Spitalfields_Market|Spitalfields Market|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*'''Hallidge's Bank Central Office'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Hallidge%27s_Vaults|Hallidge's Vaults|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*'''Hallidge's Bank Central Office'''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Hallidge%27s_Vaults|Hallidge's Vaults|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
*What used to be the [[Brass Embassy]] is now a smoldering ruin occupied only by a Baroness of Hell and her children(?).<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Brass_Embassy|The Brass Embassy|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
*What used to be '''[[the Brass Embassy]]''' is now a smoldering ruin occupied only by a Baroness of Hell and her children(?).<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Brass_Embassy|The Brass Embassy|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>
 
==The Ministries==
New London's many different different ministries and offices are a key portion of the city;<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Ministries|The Ministries|Sunless Skies}}</ref> these are the most important:
 
* '''The Ministry of Public Decency''', led by the '''Genial Auditor,''' has managed to survive London's journey into the skies. Over the years their duties have expanded from simple censorship, and now involve assuring the empire's proper level of "Britishness"- as dictated by themselves.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Ministries|The Ministry of Public Decency|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Genial_Auditor|The Genial Auditor|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
* '''The Royal Horological Office''', led by the '''Chief Horologist,''' manages the impossible task of making all of the empire run on a single standard time.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Ministries|The Royal Horological Office|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
* '''The Office of Works''', whose actual "Works" remain shrouded in mystery, although they have a great need for a variety of items in very specific conditions.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Ministries|The Office of Works|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
* '''Her Renewed Majesty's Customs Service''', which regulates the trade of sensitive goods and combats smuggling.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Ministries|Her Renewed Majesty's Customs Service|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
[[File:Genialauditor.png|thumb|The Face of true Britishness. Art from Sunless Skies.|alt=|left]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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