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<blockquote>''"In the deepest matters of the Bazaar, always look to love. Always."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...look_forward_so_very_much_to_your_next_visit...%27|'...look forward so very much to your next visit...'|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>''"In the deepest matters of the Bazaar, always look to love. Always."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...look_forward_so_very_much_to_your_next_visit...%27|'...look forward so very much to your next visit...'|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


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..."''
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> It is still very much alive, and it underwent a sort of lobotomy to remove its urges to deliver messages; the procedure was performed by the [[Surgeon's Child]].<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.gamepedia.com/The_Bright-Eyed_Sequencer#Story_description|The Bright-Eyed Sequencer|Sunless Sea|}}</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|}}</ref> and its tears are a distilled form of lacre.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_potent_possibility|A potent possibility|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
''You've gained 1 x Vial of Tears of the Bazaar''</ref>


=== The Tale of the Bazaar ===
=== The Tale of the Bazaar ===
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