Editing Tanah-Chook

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''"We have sewers now. Sewers! No one's building them in Venderbight."''

'''Tanah-Chook''' is a [[The Tomb-Colonies|tomb-colony]] located on an island near Venderbight<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|The Post Ship for Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}</ref>. Founded by Third City tomb-colonists unhappy with the state of Venderbight<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|The Port of Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}''"It is a small republic, formed after a group of colonists rebelled against Venderbight."''</ref>, this sandstone city is centered around a vast ziggurat that serves as the seat of its leader, but the rest of it is small and really not a tourist attraction. Its only contact with London is via irregular postal exchange, so most on the mainland haven't heard of it at all<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|The Post Ship for Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}''"The current captain is neither postman, nor tomb-colonist. Occasionally, he'll succumb to loneliness and accept passengers."''</ref>.

Tanah-Chook has few landmarks. Its main marketplace is surprisingly tranquil, and any attempts at theft are born from boredom rather than greed<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|The Main Marketplace of Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}''"It is entirely unlike the markets of Spite."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Assist the Defenders of the Republic in their work|Fallen London|}}''"The Defender of the Republic who takes him from your custody does not detain the thief."''</ref>. The local tomb-colonists preserve their physical vigor at the '''House of Exertion''', through activities like dance and dueling - both of which are approached with the same level of competition and rivalry<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Attend a dance|Fallen London|}}''"These colonists treat their partners as opponents."''</ref>. When not such engaged, they can be found keeping their minds busy at the '''Great Library''', a repository of centuries worth of literature. The Library also hosts events like public chess tournaments and concerts, and features a cafe<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|The Great Library of Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}''"The people of Tanah-Chook have had many centuries to accumulate knowledge."''</ref>.

[[File:Undertaker.png|thumb|right|The Ebullient Undertaker]]
As the newborn colony began to require proper management, its founders "disappeared," leaving their position to '''the Ebullient Undertaker.'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask the Undertaker about herself|Fallen London|}}''"'I went from fresh recruit to leader in three days – I had to, as our old leaders just disappeared.'"''</ref> She set up democratic groundwork by allowing three main ways for tomb-colonists to let their weary souls pass on. Either they could ascend to [[the Surface]] to see [[Judgements|the Sun]] one last time, move to the Grand Sanatorium in Venderbight as a hospice of sorts, or follow a practice that Tanah-Chook's founders had invented: '''Emergence,''' in which a tomb-colonist at the end of their elongated lifespan incubates a frost-moth that eventually bursts from their chest. The Undertaker also proclaimed universal voting rights, for both living and dead. This also includes the ''permanent'' dead<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask about the Republic of Tanah-Chook|Fallen London|}}''"'All citizens of Tanah-Chook have a say: the living and the dead.'"''</ref>.

All who have chosen their permanent end find themselves on the [[Death|far shore]], a place of (presumably) no return<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask about voting and the dead|Fallen London|}}''"'It is possible to communicate with the dead. Possible, but slow.'"''</ref>. But even in this state, citizens of Tanah-Chook are still expected to participate in city's political life. This might be accomplished through such means as memorizing pages of reports to update fellow denizens<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask about voting and the dead|Fallen London|}}''"'I send messages with those tomb-colonists who seek the Surface.'"''</ref>, whispering to the dying at the Sanatorium<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask about the moth|Fallen London|}}''"'The wretches are so close to the far country they can hear it.'"''</ref>, or sending a message in writing on a frost-moth's wings, as these regularly migrate between the Neath and the far shore<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/All_Things_Must_End|Ask about voting and the dead|Fallen London|}}''"'Frost-Moths migrate to the far country, although their cycle is unpredictable and can take decades.'"''</ref>.

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