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{{Neath_Location|title1 = The Echo Bazaar|image1 = sidestreets.png|caption1 = The Bazaar Side-streets. Art from FL.|image2 = SS_bazaaremporiumgaz.png|caption2 = A Spire-Emporium at the Bazaar. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[London]]|allegiance = [[The Masters]] (publicly)|notable_inhabitants = [[The Masters]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/crowds-of-spite Crowds of Spite]}}
{{Neath_Location|title1 = The Echo Bazaar|image1 = sidestreets.png|caption1 = The Bazaar Side-streets. Art from FL.|image2 = SS_bazaaremporiumgaz.png|caption2 = A Spire-Emporium at the Bazaar. Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[London]]|allegiance = [[The Masters]] (publicly)|notable_inhabitants = [[The Masters]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/crowds-of-spite Crowds of Spite]}}''"The Bazaar is traditionally spoken of as if it's a single living thing. Women call it 'he'; men call it 'she'. The Masters of the Bazaar style themselves 'Mr', but no-one seems to think they're actually men."''<ref name = "snippets">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<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>


<blockquote>''"The Bazaar stole London three decades ago. Of course only anarchists and [[revolutionaries]] say "stole" any more. Everyone who matters has grown to know and love the status quo. It's quiet down here. All those jewels and mushrooms and all that black water. What could be better?"''<ref name = "snippets"/></blockquote>
''"The Bazaar is located at the heart of Fallen London, in the Neath, a cavern of impossible size, by the Unterzee, a tremendous saltwater lake. They say it's the skull of some defunct pagan god. That doesn't sound very likely. Although it would explain the dreams."''<ref name = "snippets"/>


'''The Echo Bazaar''' is the center of commerce in [[London|Fallen London]].
'''The Echo Bazaar''' is the center of commerce in [[Fallen London]].


==Let the Echoes Flow==
==Let the Echoes Flow==
<blockquote>''"Welcome to the Bazaar. We are looking forward to meeting your money. Echoes are the currency of the Bazaar. One hundred pennies are one Echo. Get Echoes by selling the treasures you acquire."''<ref name = "player">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Echo_Bazaar!|The Echo Bazaar!|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"Welcome to the Bazaar. We are looking forward to meeting your money. Echoes are the currency of the Bazaar. One hundred pennies are one Echo. Get Echoes by selling the treasures you acquire."''<ref name = "player">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Echo_Bazaar!|The Echo Bazaar!|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Fanghat.png|thumb|The Seal of the Bazaar.]]
[[File:Fanghat.png|thumb|The Seal of the Bazaar.]]
Almost all legal commerce takes place beneath the auspices of the Bazaar's spires. People from almost all walks of life are free to buy and sell their wares here, including people straight out of [[New Newgate]]. The Bazaar sells and buys many things, from more common items like clothing or pets to the more intangible such as secrets and souls. Stories of love seem to be of particular interest. The Bazaar trades in '''pennies''' and '''echoes''' (100 pennies = 1 echo),<ref name = "player"/> and echoes are ‘echoes’ of the Bazaar's first-ever currency.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_lovely_place_for_a_lecture|A lovely place for a lecture|Fallen London|}}</ref>
Almost all legal commerce takes place beneath the auspices of the Bazaar's spires. People from almost all walks of life are free to buy and sell their wares here, including people straight out of [[New Newgate]]. The Bazaar sells and buys many things, from more common items like clothing or pets to the more intangible such as secrets and souls. Stories of love seem to be of particular interest. The Bazaar trades in '''pennies''' and '''echoes''' (100 pennies = 1 echo),<ref name = "player"/> and echoes are reflections of the Bazaar's first-ever currency.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_lovely_place_for_a_lecture|A lovely place for a lecture|Fallen London|}}</ref>


The Bazaar has seven doors, each of which is made of a different material:<ref name = "snippets"/>
The Bazaar has seven doors, each of which is made of a different material:<ref name = "snippets"/>
*'''Copper''', for those who should ''never'' be crossed.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22Will_you_feature_in_a_tale_of_peril%3F%22|"Will you feature in a tale of peril?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Copper''', for those who should ''never'' be crossed.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_feature_in_a_tale_of_peril%3F%22|"Will you feature in a tale of peril?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Ormolu''', for the truest of romantics.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22Will_you_grace_a_romance%3F%22|"Will you grace a romance?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Ormolu''', for the truest of romantics.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_grace_a_romance%3F%22|"Will you grace a romance?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Ivory''', for the finest of thieves.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22Will_you_titillate_listeners_with_the_stories_of_your_misdeeds%3F%22|"Will you titillate listeners with the stories of your misdeeds?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Ivory''', for the finest of thieves.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_titillate_listeners_with_the_stories_of_your_misdeeds%3F%22|"Will you titillate listeners with the stories of your misdeeds?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Glass''', for those who can see the subtlest of details.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22Will_you_execute_our_denouement%3F%22|"Will you execute our denouement?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Glass''', for those who can see the subtlest of details.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_execute_our_denouement%3F%22|"Will you execute our denouement?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Paper''', used for postal purposes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Insist_on_Favourable_Circumstances|Insist on Favourable Circumstances|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Paper''', used for postal purposes.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Insist_on_Favourable_Circumstances|Insist on Favourable Circumstances|Fallen London|}}</ref>
*'''Steel''', <font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">the door which leads to the Masters' apartments.</span></font><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The Steel Door swings open to reveal a black-cushioned lift."''</ref>
*'''Steel''', <font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">the door which leads to the Masters' apartments.</span></font><ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The Steel Door swings open to reveal a black-cushioned lift."''</ref>
*'''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>
*'''Teeth''', reserved for the greatest of Londoners.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_restore_yourself_to_greatness%22|"Will you restore yourself to greatness"|Fallen London|}}</ref>
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Bazaardoor_copper.png|The Copper Door
Bazaardoor_copper.png|The Copper Door
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Bazaardoor_teeth.png|The Door of Teeth
Bazaardoor_teeth.png|The Door of Teeth
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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" />
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>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/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>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/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>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%22Will_you_restore_yourself_to_greatness%22|"Will you restore yourself to greatness"|Fallen London|}}</ref>


It’s tempting to ask why all this is how it is, but good luck trying to find answers. There are powerful people who’d like to keep it secret.
It’s tempting to ask why all this is how it is, but good luck trying to find answers. There are powerful people who’d like to keep it secret.


===The Side-streets===
===The Side-streets===
''"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>
''"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">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Bazaar_Side-streets|Category:Bazaar Side-streets|Fallen London|}}</ref>


'''The Bazaar Side-streets''' are only accessible to those of some Importance, but these alleyways have many lucrative business opportunities for these well-known figures. They can be accessed using a document called a '''Shaper's Pass'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_document_of_some_sort|A document of some sort|Fallen London|}}</ref>
'''The Bazaar Side-streets''' are only accessible to those of some Importance, but these alleyways have many lucrative business opportunities for these well-known figures. They can be accessed using a document called a '''Sharper's Pass'''.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_document_of_some_sort|A document of some sort|Fallen London|}}</ref>


== Notable Businesses and Locations ==
==Notable Businesses and Locations==
 
===Main Shops===
=== Main Shops ===
[[File:Banknotes.png|thumb|The Bazaar's legal tender.]]
[[File:Banknotes.png|thumb|The Bazaar's legal tender.]]
These are main shops of the Bazaar, accessible to almost anyone.<ref name="player" />
These are main shops of the Bazaar, accessible to almost anyone.<ref name = "player"/>
*'''Carrow's Steel''': ''"Self-defence for the discerning gentleperson."''
*'''Carrow's Steel''': ''"Self-defence for the discerning gentleperson."''
*'''Maywell's Hattery''': ''"Your crowning glory."''
*'''Maywell's Hattery''':'' "Your crowning glory."''
*'''Dark & Savage''': ''"Grace your hands with the finest and most attentive gloves in London."''
*'''Dark & Savage''': ''"Grace your hands with the finest and most attentive gloves in London."''
*'''Gottery the Outfitter''': ''"We are always sufficient."''
*'''Gottery the Outfitter''': ''"We are always sufficient."''
*'''Nassos Zoologicals''': ''"Pets for all! Be brave."''
*'''Nassos Zoologicals''': ''"Pets for all! Be brave."''
*'''MERCURY''': ''"Boots out of legend!"''
*'''MERCURY''': ''"Boots out of legend!"''
*'''Nikolas Pawnbrokers''': ''"Best wares. Best prices. No spiders."''
*'''Merrigans Exchange''':'' "Wholesale Agents to the Bazaar. Celebrating Twenty Years Without An Apostrophe."''
*'''Redemptions''':'' "A labour exchange. Of sorts."''
*'''Dauncey's''': ''"For Gentlemen."''
*'''Dauncey's''': ''"For Gentlemen."''
*'''Fadgett & Daughters''': ''"By Appointment to the Shuttered Palace."''
*'''Fadgett & Daughters''': ''"By Appointment to the Shuttered Palace."''
*'''Trompowsky et Fils:''' ''"Purveyors of the frangible and fine."''
*'''Crawcase Cryptics''':'' "Secrets, Papers, Truths, Mistruths, Rumours, Lies, Prayers. Books."''
*'''Nikolas Pawnbrokers''': ''"Best wares. Best prices. No spiders."''
*'''Penstock's Land Agency''':'' "Exceptional Dwellings for Exceptional People!"''
*'''Merrigans Exchange''': ''"Wholesale Agents to the Bazaar. Celebrating Twenty Years Without An Apostrophe."''
*'''Harbour Provisioners''': Business restricted to'' ''[[the Iron Republic]] - long story.
*'''Redemptions''': ''"A labour exchange. Of sorts."''
===The Sidestreets===
*'''Crawcase Cryptics''': ''"Secrets, Papers, Truths, Mistruths, Rumours, Lies, Prayers. Books."''
[[File:Bazaar.png|thumb|100px|Premises at the Bazaar, a very expensive place to live.]]
*'''Penstock's Land Agency''': ''"Exceptional Dwellings for Exceptional People!"''
These services are only available to those who have proven their Importance.<ref name = "sidestreets"/>
*'''[[Mr Chimes]]' Lost and Found''': ''"Only those most Exceptional Londoners can persuade the Master to part with these goods."''
 
=== The Sidestreets ===
[[File:Bazaarpremises.png|thumb|100px|Premises at the Bazaar, a very expensive place to live.]]
These services are only available to those who have proven their Importance.<ref name="sidestreets" />
*'''Empire Adornments''', a jewelry dealer.
*'''Empire Adornments''', a jewelry dealer.
*'''Blackfinger Street''', where publishers and writers do business.
*'''Blackfinger Street''', where publishers and writers do business.
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*'''The Great Downward Engineering Company''', hawking interesting contraptions and cheap labor.
*'''The Great Downward Engineering Company''', hawking interesting contraptions and cheap labor.
*'''The Bridge Without''', another tavern of some note.
*'''The Bridge Without''', another tavern of some note.
*'''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 ==
==The Courier==
{{Major spoiler small}}
{{Major spoiler small}}
{{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>
{{Character|title1 = The Bazaar|image1 = chillyfutureheader.png|caption1 = A chilly future. Art from FL.|image2 = SS_bazaarsungaz.png|caption2 = The Bazaar and [[the Sun]]. A match made in [[The High Wilderness|heaven]]. Art from FL.|location = The Neath. [[The Fallen Cities|Five cities so far]].|allegiance = [[Judgements|The Sun]]|alias = The Courier|relationships = [[Judgements|The Sun]] (love interest)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/a-sundered-sea A Sundered Sea]}}
[[The Mountain of Light]] (daughter)<br>
''"In the deepest matters of the Bazaar, always look to love. Always."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%27...look_forward_so_very_much_to_your_next_visit...%27|'...look forward so very much to your next visit...'|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[Mt Nomad]] (granddaughter)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/a-sundered-sea A Sundered Sea]}}
 
<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 seven spires inscribed with the maddening [[Correspondence]].<ref name = "bazaar visit">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Visit_to_the_Bazaar|A Visit to the Bazaar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It's still very much alive, and it underwent a sort of lobotomy to remove its urges to deliver messages.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cladery_Heir|Explore her Surgery|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Nowadays, it stays in [[London]], often getting high on the sphinxstones from the [[the Salt Lions]], a drug that induces nostalgia for better days.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_Bright-Eyed_Sequencer#Story_description|The Bright-Eyed Sequencer|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>
 
===The Bazaar's Backstory===
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy that's most likely our own, the Bazaar and [[the Sun]] got together and had some really weird rock offspring (including [[the Mountain of Light|Stone]]). The Sun then fell in love with a different [[Judgements|star]], and to add insult to injury, sent the Bazaar (who's the Sun's messenger by the way) to give the other star a love letter. This other star, unfortunately, rejected the Sun in her reply. The Bazaar begged for extra time to deliver the rejection notice. So it has seven cities' time - ordered by the space dragons (like [[Storm]]) - to find seven cities' worth of love stories to boil down into the Ultimate Love and prevent the Sun from drowning in its own tears.
 
We ''used'' to think that the Bazaar was collecting love stories to prove to the Judgements that love between links of the Great Chain (the Sun is above her on this Chain) is permissible, but upon careful inspection of [[The Seventh Letter|a certain forbidden play]], this is a misconception.<ref name = "seventh"/>
 
Before coming to the Neath, the Bazaar made a deal with a dozen or so [[Curators]]. These Curators were unwelcome amongst their kind, so they joined the Bazaar to escape poverty.<ref>https://www.failbettergames.com/a-secret-about-the-masters/</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>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Mr_Sacks!_Take_my_best_regards!_2|Mr Sacks! Take my best regards! 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> By the time of [[London|the Fifth City]], these Curators took on the name of [[the Masters of the Bazaar]], and a few of them, like Mr Iron, have grown suspicious of the Bazaar's authenticity.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/The_door_of_its_crimson_carriage_swings_open|The door of its crimson carriage swings open|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
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====[[File:Master.png|40px]] A More Relatable Love Story====
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''In case any of this is confusing, here's the high school version written by fellow lore nerd Manfred on the Delicious (Discord) Server.''
 
A shy nerd (the Bazaar) is in love with a popular kid (the Sun) and they have a fling, but then the popular kid turns out to be a jerk and asks the nerd to give a love note to their new crush (another popular kid; the other star) for them. The nerd is devastated but does it anyway. EXCEPT the other popular kid has actual common sense and says "fuck no I'm not going out with that asshole", leading the nerd to become trapped with the dilemmas of both their own broken heart and the soon-to-be-broken heart of their crush. And PLOT TWIST! the nerd got pregnant and the baby's other parent is the jerk crush, but they don't want anything to do with the nerd or the baby so the nerd has to keep it a secret, and if anybody finds out they'll both get expelled or something. Then the nerd enlists the help of a group of shitty freshmen who everyone else hates (the Masters) by offering them money to find out how to tell the popular kid about the situation without them getting super pissed. But they only have until the end of the year, because the nerd and popular kids will graduate then and as we all know nobody talks to anybody they knew in high school after they graduate. The freshmen also have their own relationship drama and at some point one of them gets actually murdered for real.
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===The Taste of Lacre===
''"A tiny flask of utter sorrow. The touch of the corked flask provokes weeping. Consume it, and be fatally consumed by melancholy."''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Vial_of_Tears_of_the_Bazaar|Vial of Tears of the Bazaar|Fallen London|}}</ref>


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..."''
''"Neath-snow - or is it 'lacre'?"''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Putting_the_Pieces_Together:_the_Taste_of_Lacre|Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Tears.png|thumb|The Bazaar's tears.|100px]]
Every Christmas the Bazaar floods London with its unique form of snow, called '''lacre'''.<ref name = "snippets"/> This odd substance has the air of ammonia about it, but there might be more to it than meets the eye.<ref name = "lacre">{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Putting_the_Pieces_Together:_the_Taste_of_Lacre|Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre|Fallen London|}}</ref> Lacre is not safe to consume (we are very serious about this),<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Eat_it|Eat it|Fallen London|}}</ref> and it can transform life forms into miniature copies of the Bazaar - spired crustaceans, basically.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Feed_it_to_a_Malevolent_Monkey|Feed it to a Malevolent Monkey|Fallen London|}}</ref> Lacre also acts as a form of liquid memory, and sampling its aroma can give an imbiber mysterious visions.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Mix_it_with_an_old_wine|Mix it with an old wine|Fallen London|}}</ref>


''You've gained 1 x Vial of Tears of the Bazaar''</ref>
Inspecting lacre under a powerful enough magnifying glass will reveal flakes reminiscent of [[the Correspondence]], as opposed to the hexagonal flakes of [[the Surface]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Examine_it_through_your_Semiotic_Monocle|Examine it through your Semiotic Monocle|Fallen London|}}</ref> Feeding lacre to pigs will cause them to fall asleep, which is more important than you'd think.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Feed_it_to_a_Wild_Boar|Feed it to a Wild Boar|Fallen London|}}</ref> A most enigmatic substance indeed! Quality lacre can be hard to come by, but the [[Urchins]] are known for peddling it,<ref name = "snippets"/> and lacre is a crucial ingredient in the creation of a [[Noman]].<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Noman|The Noman|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Pass_the_Wicket_and_descend|Pass the Wicket and descend|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Sunderedsea.png|thumb|A Sundered Sea. ]]
The Bazaar's tears are a distilled form of lacre,<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_potent_possibility|A potent possibility|Fallen London|}}</ref> and they are liquid sadness: touching the cork of the bottle will induce weeping, and if drunk, the liquid will consume the drinker with melancholy.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Vial_of_Tears_of_the_Bazaar|Vial of Tears of the Bazaar|Fallen London|}}</ref>


=== The Tale of the Bazaar ===
Under the Bazaar lies '''the Sundered Sea''', which serves as its lacre-vats.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_Sundered_Sea|A Sundered Sea|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Sea can be accessed by crossing '''Penstock's Wicket''', via an elevator of sorts.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Pass_the_Wicket_and_descend|Pass the Wicket and descend|Fallen London|}}</ref> Penstock himself is a peculiar individual; according to [[Maybe's Daughter]], he has "understanding" with the Bazaar, and he once let [[the Lady in Lilac]] pass through to make her own bargains.<ref name = "bazaar visit"/>
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>
===The Stone Pigs===
''"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 = "tireless">{{FLCitation|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>
[[File:Pig.png|thumb|Not actually pigs.]]
The Bazaar's thrusters, which it once used to travel through space, are conjecturally known as '''the Stone Pigs'''.<ref name = "tireless"/> The Pigs are responsible for the creation of [[the Cumaean Canal]],<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Cumaean_Canal_Staging_Area|Travel to the Surface|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and they also churn and grind [[the Fallen Cities]] into nothing whenever a new one is about to fall.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/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> Lacre is used to keep them sedated, as the Pigs will awaken without it.<ref name = "lacre"/>


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 are some of the most bizarre and eldritch creatures in the Neath, and describing them is quite taxing. The Pigs are vast and hairy, but they are ''not'' pigs.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Flute_Street|Flute Street|Fallen London|}} ''"The hairy stone wall goes for a hundred yards in each direction. The edges are fast against the stone [...] the hairy stone is pierced and crumbling. Is this a Stone Pig? If it is, what happens here?"''</ref> They do however, consume fungi like pigs (pigs love truffles after all).<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"If something looks like a mushroom, call it a mushroom. If something wants to eat mushrooms, call it a pig."''</ref> The Pigs will never drown in lacre, only slumber in it,<ref name = "lacre"/> and they obey no master when they are hungry (if they are starved, they will seek out food on their own).<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] their hungers must be satisfied again, or they will break away to feed themselves. They will obey no master without food."''</ref> If a creature is fed what the Stone Pigs eat, it may become one itself (Neathy taxonomy is weird).<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"Her pupils are wider than pies, and her whites milky-blue. She isn't stone. Perhaps she's not a pig either. Taxonomy, in the Neath, slips like a snake in your hands: even if you get a grip, you might get bitten too."''</ref>


== The Stone Pigs ==
The Stone Pigs do not have hearts of their own. Their shared heart was once a fungus that was once greater than a city. But this has been butchered and consumed over the course of eons,<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"The Stone Pigs do not have a heart. The heart they do not have is here. It speaks to you. It is a fungus too. Once greater than a city, now butchered and shrunken and small. Only a quivering lump smeared on the altar and skewered."''</ref> and it is more like a fuel core than a fungus.<ref name = "make impeller">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Kingeater%27s_Castle#Interactions|Construct the Fulgent Impeller|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> The Heart is a living thing, and the current Heart is bloated with the memories of the five Fallen Cities.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"What was lost still echoes here. Thoughts that rumble and congeal. Material for me to weave [...] Cataclysms when five cities fell [...] when they were crushed [...] here underground. My memories. They are mine now. Soaked into my mycelium."''</ref> The Heart is dead, but it will live on through its poetry.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}} ''"They will not die. A memory, their poetry, survives."''</ref>
<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 ==
[[The Tireless Mechanic]] managed to cheat a secret of the Stone Pigs from [[the Fingerkings]], and he stored it within [[Frostfound]].<ref name = "tireless"/> Using black ivory, copper, acid, blood, a spark that will burn, sapphires, and a heart (destiny's engine), he created '''the Fulgent Impeller''', an ''extremely'' powerful engine that runs as hot as the forces that drive the Bazaar.<ref name = "make impeller"/>
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:''Special thanks to Midnight Voyager for research and citations.''
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