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| | ''"The ragged old market of Spite is known for its silk-weavers and its pickpockets. Blythenhale is notorious for its feral cats. Flowerdene Street is the heart of the worst rookery in Fallen London."'' |
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| </gallery>|caption1 = More pickpockets than pockets. Art from FL.|image2 = |caption2 = The Pickpocket's Promenade! Art from FL.|location = [[Fallen London]]|alias = Spitalfields|allegiance = [[London]]|notable_inhabitants = [[The Church#The Bishop of St. Fiacre's|The Bishop of St. Fiacre]]<br>[[The Cheesemonger]]<br>[[The Gracious Widow]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/crowds-of-spite Crowds of Spite]}}<blockquote>''"The ragged old market of Spite is known for its silk-weavers and its pickpockets. Blythenhale is notorious for its feral cats. Flowerdene Street is the heart of the worst rookery in Fallen London."''<ref name=":0">Fallen London, in-game description of the Spite map area</ref></blockquote>'''Spite''' is a district straddling Central [[London]] and the East End, encompassing the area known as '''Spitalfields''' before the Fall.<ref>https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-mysteries-answered</ref>
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| | [[File:Spite.jpg|thumb|350px]]Spite is a district straddling Central London and the East End. One of Fallen London's poorest districts, the streets are ruled by the gangs of urchins who live in [[the Flit]] above. Most citizens know better than to get too close, unless they wish to wake up in a gutter without an Echo – or anything else of value – to their name. Those looking to be initiated in the shadowy ways of stealth and legerdemain could learn much from spending time here. |
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| ==Where Poverty and Profit Collide==
| | Rumor has it that a major player in the Great Game (the Cheesemonger) works out of somewhere in Spite. Only fools listen to every rumor, but there may be some truth to this one.... |
| One of Fallen London's poorest districts, the streets are ruled by the gangs of [[urchins]] who live in [[the Flit]] above. Most citizens know better than to get too close, unless they wish to wake up in a gutter without an echo – or anything else of value – to their name. Those looking to be initiated in the shadowy ways of stealth and legerdemain could learn much from spending time here.
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| Rumor has it that [[The Cheesemonger|a major player]] in the [[The Great Game|Great Game]] works out of somewhere in Spite. Only fools listen to every rumor, but there may be some truth to this one....
| | Visitors from the Surface should be advised never to call the district “Spitalfields”. The Masters would be displeased. |
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| ==Notable Locations==
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| [[File:Doubtstreet.png|thumb|centre|400px|Doubt Street. Art from FL]]
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| *'''Doubt Street''', a magnet for the newspaper industry
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| *'''The Tenterhooks''', the location of many of Spite's silk-weaving businesses
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| *'''Smashtile Alley''', where clay bricks and roof tiles are manufactured
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| *'''Blythenhale''', known for its cat problem (née Bethnal Green<ref>https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-mysteries-revealed-again</ref>)
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| *'''Childcake Street'''
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| *'''Flowerdene Street''', home to the poorest of the poor<ref name=":0" />
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| *'''St. Fiacre's Cathedral''' (née St. Paul's)
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| == Historical and Cultural Inspirations ==
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| In Victorian London, the East End was known as a very poor area, rife with orphans, pickpockets, etc.
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| Doubt Street is most likely based on '''Fleet Street''', still a major hub of London's news media even today.
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Places]]
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| [[Category:London]]
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| [[Category:The Neath]]
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