"There are some things we were not meant to know, they say. But you wouldn't be down here if you took that seriously."
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"Before we proceed with any matter regarding the Anomalous Block, there are several indicationments – ah, indicators – of a breach of cartographical elasticity, which would require an intervention from the Commission. First: have the False-stars disappeared from the region immediately above the site?"[1]
The Efficient Commissioner is an official who works for the Tragedy Commission,[2] an organization that prevents disasters that may befall the Bazaar.[3] She was also placed on the Board of the Great Hellbound Railway to watch over the project and curb any mishaps.[4] Her knowledge of the Tragedy Procedures is comprehensive,[5] and she relies on them extensively.[6] She has lived in London since the Fall;[7] back then, she was known as Griz.[8]
The Commissioner is loyal to the Bazaar[9] and the Masters.[10] Accordingly, she dislikes revolutionaries,[11] and espouses beliefs in line with the Bazaar's philosophy.[12] She works closely with Mr Pages,[13][14] who seems fond of her in turn.[15] Unfortunately, her job leaves her stressed and worried for the future,[16] and the antics of her fellow board members do not help.[17] She actually has a litany of experience dealing with predicaments quickly;[18][19] her unease appears to be a recent development.[20]
The Commissioner's true mission is to monitor the Creditor, the entity who rules the Hinterlands, and prevent the GHR from rousing it.[21] A long time ago, the Bazaar incurred an enormous debt to the Creditor, which the Commissioner seeks to quash.[22] She has been researching the Creditor extensively,[23] but the pressure of the situation gives her horrible nightmares.[24] These manifest in the Viric Jungle, where she is a multi-armed being, burning the pages of the Tragedy Procedures against her will.[25]
↑Ambition: Bag a Legend! - The Back Room, Fallen London"She is reading [...] the Tragedy Procedures: in the event of insolvency on the part of the Bazaar itself. They call for the "liquidification" of the present city, [...]"
↑Meet your fellow board members, Fallen London"The second board member is the Efficient Commissioner. [...] "The Bazaar wouldn't let us lay as much as a mile of track [...] Westward [...] without her. Something about a bad incident a few centuries ago. Not To Be Repeated. [...] The Commissioner carries a complete copy of the Tragedy Procedures [...] She will scrutinise the Board's [...] to make sure it is unlikely to cause any further mishaps."
↑Persuade the Efficient Commissioner/Tables, Fallen London"[...] "'In the Event of a Contretemps with an Infernal Power,'" [...] "There are sixteen chapters devoted to variations of this Tragedy. Let us not give ourselves occasion to use them.”"
↑Vote extra funds to build around the anomalous block, Fallen London"The Efficient Commissioner [...] "Before we proceed [...] there are several [...] indicators [...] which would require an intervention from the Commission. First: [...] She [...] continues asking – all twenty-seven of them – before concluding that the block does not qualify as a Tragedy in need of intervention, and the work [...] allowed to go forward."
↑Mask of the Rose, Failbetter Games"[...] Griz, your assertive housemate for whom the Fall was a chance to break free of Victorian societal norms, [...]"
↑The Seed, Fallen London"[...] "Revolutionaries, and con artists, and those that would like to steal the future for themselves. Don't be gulled by that type.""
↑Persuade the Wry Functionary/Tables, Fallen London""The Commissioner. [...] a full appraisal of the Commissioner's personality [...] She is (according to the Wry Functionary) an admirable and devoted public servant, with an exact memory and a long experience in dealing with the Masters."
↑Persuade the Wry Functionary/Tables, Fallen London""In recent times, [...] one observes a certain monomania in her concerns," [...] "One feels she is unable to consider any proposal except through the lens of a very particular concern.""
↑The Way West, Fallen London"What does the Bazaar fear, and why was she sent to watch over the Board? [...] "A payment was offered long ago, in the Bazaar's name. The Creditor [...] It must not be reminded, the terms of its patience must not be strained. [...] no new promises can be made.""
↑Ask how she learned about the Creditor, Fallen London""Once the Creditor presided over judgements at the Evenlode. [...] I made a little progress with University histories. [...] I searched every archive [...] I took endless teas with professors of history. [...] And then came its intervention at Moulin.""
↑The Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare, Fallen London"[...] she stands before a [...] bonfire. She has [...] pages of the Tragedy Procedures, which she is feeding to the flames, though she is [...] trying to stop herself. She clenches her fists and holds them [...] two new arms sprout from her body [...] then another two [...] all of them throwing in fistfuls of documents."
