Editing The Echo Bazaar

<blockquote>''"Some call the Bazaar a 'he', others a 'she'. Either way, the Bazaar is spoken of as a single, living thing. The Masters of the Bazaar style themselves as 'Mr' – but no one seems to think they are actually men."''<ref name = "snippets">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>

*'''Teeth''', reserved for the greatest of Londoners.<ref name="restoregreatness">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22Will_you_restore_yourself_to_greatness%22|"Will you restore yourself to greatness"|Fallen London|}}</ref>

The Bazaar deals in commerce on a far greater scale than these goods; for what it's worth, its vaults are far too extensive and secretive to contain only the mundane.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_lovely_place_for_a_lecture|A lovely place for a lecture|Fallen London|}} ''"The actual coins are no more than thirty years old. But they represent something ancient. Fragments of a primal power, locked away in the Masters' vaults since the deal that bought the First City."''</ref> The Bazaar also closely monitors the people it deems Notable, and it may bestow rewards and specialized roles to those who gain its attention.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22And_why_would_I_care_how_Notable_I_am%3F%22|"And why would I care how Notable I am?"|Fallen London|}}</ref> People of exceptional skill and fame may bargain for esoteric knowledge to push their training even further.<ref name="restoregreatness" />

''"What can you find in the Bazaar Sidestreets? Respectable firms crammed into ramshackle workshops and poky offices. The rent here is astronomical. But the quick and the hungry turn profits in the shadows of the spires. Just keep your eyes off the carvings up high. And whatever you do, don't fall in love."''<ref name="sidestreets">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Category:Bazaar_Side-streets|Category:Bazaar Side-streets|Fallen London|}}</ref>

== Notable Businesses and Locations ==

 

=== Main Shops ===

These are main shops of the Bazaar, accessible to almost anyone.<ref name="player" />

=== The Sidestreets ===

These services are only available to those who have proven their Importance.<ref name="sidestreets" />

*'''Green Salon,''' club for people with exceptional demands for clothing, where they can buy curious and exotic garments from its host - '''Clay Tailor.''' <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_the_Clay_Tailor|Visit the Clay Tailor|Fallen London|}}''"The Clay Tailor gathers London's most sartorially daring citizens at the Green Salon."''</ref>

== The Courier ==

{{Character|title1 = The Bazaar|image1 = chillyfutureheader.png|caption1 = A chilly future. Art from Fallen London.|image2 = SS_bazaarsungaz.png|caption2 = The Bazaar and [[the Sun]]. A match made in [[The High Wilderness|heaven]]. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = The Neath. [[The Fallen Cities|Five cities so far]].|allegiance = [[Judgements|The Sun]]|alias = The Courier|relationships = [[Judgements|The Sun]] (love interest)<br>

[[Mt Nomad]] (granddaughter)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/a-sundered-sea A Sundered Sea]}}

Before it came to the Neath, the Bazaar, also known as '''the Courier''', was a messenger of the stars.<ref name="seventh">''[[The Seventh Letter]]''</ref> Its true form is that of a giant space-crab, covered in spires inscribed with the maddening [[Correspondence]],<ref name="bazaar visit">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Visit_to_the_Bazaar|A Visit to the Bazaar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> symbols of power and meaning that it etches itself.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Chimney_Pot_Wars The Chimney Pot Wars, ''Fallen London''] ''"High above, where the Fisher-Kings huddle, a new sigil traces itself across the Bazaar's skin. It's not one you've seen before, but as close as the Guttersnipe Princeling can decipher, it means 'to eternally circle the object of your affection'. The Bazaar has extended its welcome."''</ref> It is still very much alive, and in a procedure performed by the [[Surgeon's Child]], it underwent a sort of lobotomy to remove its urge to wander.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cladery_Heir|Explore her Surgery|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Nowadays, it stays in [[London]], seeking solace in the sphinxstone of the [[the Salt Lions]]; the substance acts as a drug that induces nostalgia for better days.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bright-Eyed_Sequencer#Penstock's_Plea|The Bright-Eyed Sequencer|Sunless Sea|}}''“The Bazaar has been feasting on old memories from the Salt Lions. It only makes her more melancholy, and that's worse for all of us... but especially those who love her."''</ref> Despite its best efforts, the Bazaar quite literally sits in a puddle of tears - there is a sea of '''[[lacre]]''' beneath it,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Sundered_Sea|A Sundered Sea|Fallen London|}}''"Sigils beat […] takes the red light and returns it, somehow, as purest white […] a second sea […] lacre foams in cells and pits like a horizontal honeycomb […]. It is unlikely that it would particularly benefit you to fall in."''</ref> and its tears are a distilled form of lacre.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_potent_possibility|A potent possibility|Fallen London|}}''"Do you know what lacre is? Well, I don't. But the rumour is, this bottle contains a particularly potent distillation […] you probably shouldn't feed it to anyone you like. But it will command an extremely high price, for the rash few who desire it..."''

''You've gained 1 x Vial of Tears of the Bazaar''</ref>

A long time ago, perhaps eons ago, the Bazaar fell<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Open_your_mouth|Open your mouth|Fallen London|}} ''"Words rush out of your mouth like horses fleeing a burning barn. Not all of them connect into sentences [...] But what they add up to is a mortifying declaration of love; a desperate overture. [...] surely, they belong to someone else. But the guest's eyes are all fixed on you, and your own eyes are stuck to that mask, that terrible radiant beauty." [Editor's note: From a dream that recalls the Bazaar's memories.]''</ref> into a scandalous and forbidden love affair with [[the Sun]];<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Further_investigations|Further investigations|Fallen London|}} ''"The mounting excitement when one's beloved reaches the closest point of his orbit."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bask_in_the_last_remnants_of_the_light_2|Bask in the last remnants of the light 2|Fallen London|}} ''"This is my promise: all shall be well and all shall be well. Crown me with a knot of flames, my love, my love. Forgive me my trespasses. The fire and the rose are one, are one, are one -"''</ref> the [[Great Chain]]-defying affair between a [[Judgement]] and its messenger produced strange cosmic rock offspring, including the [[the Mountain of Light|Mountain of Light]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_the_play_for_a_little_while_4|Watch the play for a little while 4|Fallen London}} ''"They drag the Messenger screaming, [...] where the Messenger's Daughter wait."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Adam's_Way#Adam.27s_Way|Go ashore with the Adventuress|Sunless Sea}}''"The Bazaar is the Mountain's mother, they say. Or her father. I don't understand how these things work. I wonder if she ever complains about her parents."''</ref> The Sun then fell in love with a different [[Judgements|star]], and to add insult to injury, had Bazaar deliver the other star a love letter.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Order_Ovate,_Ice|Order Ovate, Ice|Fallen London|}} ''"PHOENIX: [...] You are the ragged messenger who carries a troth from the Sun to -  MESSENGER: -name her not! Name her not, the b___h!  PHOENIX: Aren’t we touchy! I had no idea."''</ref> This other star rejected the Sun in her reply,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}} ''"...the Message was No, and that, the Messenger could not bear. If she could not have him, still she would not destroy him. So she hid below with her daughter, and his. She hid below."''</ref> which the Bazaar feared would cause the Sun to die of grief.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Indicate_a_fondness_for_the_Bazaar|Indicate a fondness for the Bazaar|Fallen London|}} ''"You think it doomed. You think its mission folly. [...] Perhaps you are right. Perhaps the Judgement will be overwhelmed by its own despair; in that case the Bazaar will certainly not survive the experience."''</ref> The Bazaar begged [[Storm]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Chelonate#The_Chelonate|Deliver Sphinxstone for Penstock|Sunless Sea}}''"THIS IS THE WORK OF STORM," intones the Bone Man. You blink. "FREEDOM IS HIS GIFT TO THE BAZAAR. AND THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU."''</ref> for extra time to deliver the rejection notice; so it has seven cities' time - ordered by the [[Dragons]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Order_Ovate,_Glory|Order Ovate, Glory|Fallen London|}} ''"MESSENGER: Do not. I beg you, do not. He cannot yet hear what I have to say.  DRAGON: (carelessly) You have a little longer. Should this place fail, two remain. [...] MESSENGER: Not yet enough. Not yet enough!"''</ref> - to find seven cities' worth of love stories,<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bask_in_the_last_remnants_of_the_light_1|Bask in the last remnants of the light 1|Fallen London|}} ''"Please, let him understand. Let this all not be in vain. Give me your tales, your tales, delicious ones. You are all I ever hungered for."''</ref> which it hopes to anthologize into a powerful enough message about the nature of love<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bask_in_the_last_remnants_of_the_light_1|Bask in the last remnants of the light 1|Fallen London}}''"These are my children and this is my light. These are my words in the merciful night. This is the Sun whose commands run below, and the Feast of it all is the way we must go. The One who denied is love's enemy but the enemy, love, is the last we shall see."''</ref> to prevent the Sun from drowning in its own tears.<ref name=":0" /> The Bazaar fled<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Drink_Bottled_Oblivion|Drink Bottled Oblivion|Fallen London|}} ''"When the Bazaar took refuge - the opposite of the Mountain - the grand-daughter's rage - the Sun's oblivion - "''</ref> with its children to the newly formed [[Neath]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dump_it_on_the_fire|Dump it on the fire|Fallen London|}} ''"Yes... this is how the Mountain is remembered. When the Garden first was young, when the Neath was not the Neath, when the Earth had not yet set like candle-wax, when the jewels remained uncovered to casual sight."''</ref> where they could all find refuge from the ire of the stars.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_the_play_for_a_little_while_4|Watch the play for a little while 4|Fallen London}} ''"The Dragons [...] are seven in number. [...] They drag the Messenger screaming, [...] to [...] the Wound in the World, where the Chained Sun and the Messenger's Daughter wait. The Seventh Dragon recites the crimes of the Sun and the Messenger - Betrayal of Messages, Undelivery of Words, Vile Breeding, Conspiracy in Darkness, and Unlicensed Love."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_them_come|Watch them come|Fallen London|}} ''"You render your evidence. The Courier is found instantly guilty."''</ref>

Before coming to the Neath, the Bazaar made a deal with a ragtag group of [[Curators]]. These Curators were unwelcome amongst their kind, so they joined the Bazaar to escape poverty.<ref>{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/news/a-secret-about-the-masters|A secret about the Masters|Failbetter Games|}} ''"Secondly, that the Masters were not Masters in the High Wilderness. Indeed, they accepted the position as emissaries of the Bazaar in order to escape misfortune, failure, and fruitlessness."''</ref> The Bazaar gave them a simple promise: '''''"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."'''''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Sacks!_Take_my_best_regards!_2|Mr Sacks! Take my best regards! 2|Fallen London|}}''"Be well. All shall be well, you know. And all manner of thing. That was the promise. How I do prattle on. Sleep well! As will those below."''</ref> By the time of the [[Fifth City]], these Curators styled themselves the [[Masters of the Bazaar]]; a few of them, like [[Mr Iron]], have by now grown suspicious of the Bazaar's authenticity.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_door_of_its_crimson_carriage_swings_open|The door of its crimson carriage swings open|Fallen London|}}''"THERE IS DIGNITY IN TOIL. I COMMEND YOUR INDEPENDENCE."''</ref>

== The Stone Pigs ==

<blockquote>''"I found myself dreaming of the Stone Pigs. They're, oh, I don't entirely understand, still. But they're how the Bazaar travels between stars. (Did you know they did that?) And they sleep."''<ref name="tireless2">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic#Speak_to_the_Tireless_Mechanic|Ask the Mechanic to explain exactly what the hell is going on|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>The Bazaar's thrusters, which it once used to travel through space, are conjecturally known as the '''[[Stone Pigs]]'''.<ref name="tireless">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Tireless_Mechanic#Speak_to_the_Tireless_Mechanic|Ask the Mechanic to explain exactly what the hell is going on|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The Pigs are responsible for the creation of the [[Cumaean Canal]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Travel to the Surface|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and they also demolish the Bazaar's current city whenever a new one is about to Fall.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"Some people call them Stone Pigs. When the Fifth City fell, they awoke. That's why the Fourth City doesn't exist anymore. They churned it into the ground."''</ref> Fortunately for us all, they have remained asleep for quite a while now. [[The Grand Clearing-Out|Mostly.]]

== References ==