Editing The Masters of the Bazaar

{{Character|title1 = The Masters of the Bazaar|image1 = Master twitter.jpg|caption1 = A Master of the Bazaar.|location = [[London]]|allegiance = [[The Bazaar]]|relationships = [[Curators]] (species)
[[The Orphanage#The Masked Man|Poor Edward]]<br>
[[Sinning Jenny]]<br>
Neddy Men<br>
[[The Relickers]]|notable_members = Mr Hearts/Mr Apples<br>
Mr Iron<br>
Mr Mirrors/Mr Cups<br>
Mr Spices<br>
Mr Wines<br>
Mr Veils<br>
Mr Fires<br>
Mr Pages<br>
Mr Stones<br>|name=|alias=|music=}}
''"The Masters of the Bazaar - Mr Wines, Mr Spices, Mr Veils and the rest - speak in high-pitched whispers, and under their concealing cloaks they seem winged or hunchbacked. Fallen angels, stunted pterodactyls, mobile colonies of fungus? They dismiss all personal questions with an airy wave of their gloved hands."''<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"The Masters apply peculiar customs duties: to fish below a certain size, to green ribbons but not red, to speckled eggs but not plain. Perhaps their strangest tax is a heavy duty on stories of love, but it only applies to stories leaving the Neath..."''<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>

'''The Masters of [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]]''': it's hard to describe these cloaked, slightly creepy ''things'' as anything but, well, <font color="purple"><span style="background-color: purple">alien space bats</span></font>. They call themselves Mr, but they may not really be men. There are eleven titles, but two Masters take up four of them, and the rest have one apiece for a total of nine total Masters. Oh, and there are a few other titles that aren't ''really'' Masters, empirically speaking. Confusing? [[Fallen London]] is generally that way...__forcetoc__

==An Introduction==
''"Authority is what's left when the money runs out."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Apples/status/6927249405</ref>

The Masters of the Bazaar are in near-complete control of [[London]]'s trade economy. Each Master oversees a certain form of trade; for example, Mr Iron oversees the trade of metals and weapons. The Masters may seem united, but in truth, many of them run independent (and sometimes incompatible and clashing) schemes that occasionally span far beyond the scope of London. 

The Masters generally took on similar jobs and roles in the previous [[The Fallen Cities|Fallen Cities]]; for example, they were called '''Khans''' during the time of the [[The Khanate|Fourth]].<ref name = "khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref> As might be expected of these beings, the Masters are thousands of years old. Don't ''ever'' mention the Second City in their presence, however; they will all react in different but unanimously negative ways.<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==The Masters as a Group==
{{Major spoiler small}}'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''

==Mr Apples/Mr Hearts==
''"'Catch?' There is no 'catch'. All is delight and freedom from care!"''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Apples/status/21990354521</ref>

''"This upstanding citizen governs commerce in food, wood and immortality. They say it's an ally of Mr Veils."''<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:cider.png|thumb|A peddler of life.]]

'''Mr Apples''' is a darkly cheery and overly familiar Master that is in charge of trade in food, wood, and immortality. It loves games and gambling, driving it to create the high-stakes card game known as the Marvellous.<ref name="marvellous">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_him_who_he_is|Ask him who he is|Fallen London|}}</ref> It can be found at [[Mrs. Plenty's Carnival]] occasionally.<ref name = "carnival">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/...an_incognito_Master%3F|...an incognito Master?|Fallen London|}}</ref> As '''Mr Hearts''', it deals in meats, skins, ligaments, bones, bloods, and animals, and runs an emporium at the [[The Labyrinth of Tigers|Labyrinth of Tigers.]]

Apples/Hearts is probably the most innocent Master; the worst atrocity it is known to commit is selling a very mysterious meat from suspicious sources at its storefront.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Hearts%27_Exotic_Meats_Counter_(1_FATE)|Mr Hearts' Exotic Meats Counter (1 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Apples has also been called '''Mr Barley''',<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> the '''Lord of Blood''' in the time of [[the Third City]],<ref name="marvellous">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_him_who_he_is|Ask him who he is|Fallen London|}}</ref> the '''Saint of Flesh''' and the '''Paradisal Saint''' by the Cult of the Sanctified in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline,<ref name="provide feast">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Provide for a Feast|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> and the '''Khan of Roots''' and the '''Khan of Hearts''' during the time of [[the Fourth City]].<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref>

===Sunless Skies===
''"Gone. But I could make more. I was Mr Apples, once. As I was once other things, other names, other people."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/An_Ill-Designed_Shop|An Ill-Designed Shop|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, when London rose to the skies, a few Masters followed. One of them was Mr Apples, now known as the '''Chiropterous Hoarder'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Chiropterous_Hoarder|Ask about the other Masters?|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> It used to sell [[Food_in_the_Neath#.C2.A0Hesperidean_Cider|Hesperidean Cider]] for a high price, but it has run out of its precious golden apples, so it now seeks a new and better means of immortality.<ref name = "hoarder">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Chiropterous_Hoarder|Investigate the Hoarder's work|Sunless Skies|}}''"I tried once to hold immortality in a bottle. [...] My customers were convinced, but I knew the truth. You can't just drink eternity. It goes away, you see? But this is different. I got the idea from... an associate of mine? They liked spices."''</ref>

==Mr Cups==
''"Work hard for the enrichment of the Bazaar, and us all. Shun seditionists. Practice courtesy & honesty."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Cups/status/6858682481</ref>

''"'Crockery, pottery, sculpture.'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Cups|Mr Cups|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Coffee.png|thumb|That which is empty.]]

The distant and proper '''Mr Cups''' is in charge of trade in crockery, pottery, and sculpture. It employs a group of rag-and-bone men known as [[The Relickers|Relickers]] who are tasked with salvaging junk and certifiable scraps, which they sometimes pay for with valuable items.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shivering_Relicker_and_Pinnock_are_Trundling_By|The Shivering Relicker and Pinnock are Trundling By|Fallen London|}}</ref> As a result, Mr Cups is notorious for its formidable hoards of various odds-and-ends, such as [[The First City|First City Coins]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Master's_Voice|The Master's Voice|Fallen London|}}</ref> and other knick-knacks.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} "''Mr Cups collects wares from across the Neath, almost indiscriminately. Almost."''</ref>

Mr Cups is also in charge of London's timekeeping systems, and is rather possessive over its monopoly.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_trade_in_clocks|The trade in clocks|Fallen London|}}</ref> This may be the reason why it and Mr Wines drove the [[Watchmaker's Daughter]], a talented craftswoman whose toys came alive, to suicide.<ref name = "watchmakers">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go_back_to_the_Albino_Rat|Go back to the Albino Rat|Fallen London|}}</ref>

As '''Mr Mirrors''', it is in charge of trade in "the frangible and the fine;"<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors</ref> this includes fine or quality secrets, unlike the more affordable variety proffered by Mr Pages.<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/7413027673</ref> It also runs '''Mr Mirrors' Marquee of Mystification''', a collection of past electoral memorabilia - though this has been shuttered since mayoral elections have been ceased.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_Mr_Mirrors%27_Marquee_of_Mystification_(free)|Visit Mr Mirrors' Marquee of Mystification (free)|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Mirrors sides with Mr Wines in its dispute over dreams with Mr Spices,<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17503960300</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17505262391</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17506280497</ref> and it sometimes acts as an arbiter for certain [[Parabola]]n matters.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Lost_in_Reflections|Lost in Reflections|Fallen London|}} ''"A word in the right ear will soon reach Mr Mirrors. [...] 'Dear Friend: [...] Anarchy is quelled. [...] – MIRRORS."''</ref> According to Mr Cups' noman at Sacksmas, who is in turn pretending to be Sacks-Mirrors, Mr Mirrors wishes to reflect dreams, not rule them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Day_5%3A_Mr_Sacks%2C_purringly|Day 5: Mr Sacks, purringly|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Cups resides in a parlor with a high ceiling, filled to the brim with its collections of crockery, pottery, and sculpture.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The ceilings of Mr Cups' parlour soar high above you. The walls are lined with vast display cabinets, filled with crockery, pottery, and sculpture."''</ref> Mr Mirrors' walls are covered with mirrors, each one with a single shard missing.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The room is covered with a tessellation of mirrors. [...] all have one thing in common [...] a shard of glass has been removed."''</ref>

In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, Mr Cups is called the '''Saint of Chalices''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]].<ref name = "crowning saints">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|The crowning of the saints|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

===An Eye for an Eye===
''"The Bazaar's dream is a folly! Its message will be spurned, and when it is, its heart must not break, but ignite! For vengeance is hot as love! Let it suffer, and let the sun suffer – as I have suffered over the span of five cities!"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Nemesis2.png|thumb|A blade forged in your heart.]]

As part of a grand, mysterious scheme, Mr Cups hired an assassin named '''Scathewick''' to murder seven particular people on [[the Surface]] in a bid to lure their vengeful loved ones to the Neath. These Surface-dwellers would then either give up on their vengeance or die trying,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}} ''""You were one of seven. You were to take your vengeance on Scathewick and be satisfied. But you weren't! You didn't stop! You never stopped!""''</ref> and their tragic tales would be etched into the spire of the Bazaar alongside its other stories by [[the Lady in Lilac]], who was coerced into doing so by Mr Cups.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_Mr_Cups_about_Lilac|Ask Mr Cups about Lilac|Fallen London|}}''"I commissioned her to ink seven stories upon the Bazaar. Of love; of vengeance. She resisted at first. I was forced to be persuasive."''</ref>

Ironically, Cups' own motivation for this complicated scheme ''also'' happens to be revenge. It has grown tired of serving [[the Bazaar]] over the course of five [[The Fallen Cities|Fallen Cities]], and it now thinks that the Courier's mission of saving [[the Sun]] with its Message will fail. By tainting the Bazaar's collection of love stories with stories of vengeance, Mr Cups hopes that when the Bazaar's Message is inevitably spurned, its heart will "ignite" instead of break, causing both it and the Sun to suffer as Cups itself has suffered during its time in the Neath.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}} ''"The Bazaar's dream is a folly! Its message will be spurned, and when it is, its heart must not break, but ignite! For vengeance is hot as love! Let it suffer, and let the sun suffer – as I have suffered over the span of five cities!"''</ref> Mr Cups does not feel remorse or regret for what it has done, and it will certainly not apologize,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Does_it_feel_remorse%3F|Does it feel remorse?|Fallen London|}}</ref> but its seventh story of vengeance ''still remains unfinished''...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_Mr_Cups_about_Lilac|Ask Mr Cups about Lilac|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Mirrors==
''"For years she stalked one Master, Mr Mirrors. It's gone. It's been gone for years. She lured it into dreams. And dreams – nightmares – are her weapons."''<ref name = "shallows">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"The frangible and the fine!"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Mirrors|Mr Mirrors|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Mirror.png|thumb|That which needs to be filled.]]

The "Mr Mirrors" that many Londoners know of is actually a persona put on by its former colleague, Mr Cups. The original '''Mr Mirrors''' actually disappeared from the Neath before the events of ''Fallen London'', and Mr Cups took over its identity in its absence.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Hand_over_a_multitude_of_scraps_for_a_Rumourmonger%27s_Network|Hand over a multitude of scraps for a Rumourmonger's Network|Fallen London|}}</ref>

In an age when the Masters still scoured [[The High Wilderness|the skies]], Mr Mirrors was hunted down and captured for '''glass-whispering''', a mysterious ritual that involved quietly speaking to a shard of a mirror in a hidden cave in an asteroid in deep space.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Court_of_Honey_and_Spice|The Court of Honey and Spice|Fallen London|}}</ref> Glass-whispering is considered a sin to [[Curator]]-kind, so Mirrors was likely exiled following its capture.<ref name = "secret">{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/a-secret-about-the-masters/|A secret about the Masters|Failbetter Games|}}</ref> Some time after this, an ostracized and heavily scarred Mr Mirrors chose to follow the other Masters beyond the [[Avid Horizon]] to join [[the Echo Bazaar]] on its mysterious mission. It brought a box containing '''the Claiming Wind''', a tempestuous entity that Mirrors treated as some sort of pet.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Approach_the_Convocation|Approach the Convocation|Fallen London|}} ''"Ahead, a group of hooded, hulking creatures huddles in a circle.[...] One stands before the rest. Its monstrous face is scarred [...] It clutches a heavy box, [...] From inside it, you can hear a howling, like the wind on the moor. "Take me with you," the creature whispers. [...] "We have found a way: through a wound in the sky. You could even bring your pet," [...] something massive looms in the dark of this high wilderness. [...] Spires hang in the gloom. Sigils flare on its skin."''</ref>

Unfortunately for Mirrors, around the time of the Fifth City, it was imprisoned by a woman with an affinity for the [[Parabola|Parabolan:]] October of [[Revolutionaries|the Calendar Council]]. October disguised her identity and won the Marvellous, the Masters' high-stakes card game that grants the winner their Heart's Desire. As an avid revolutionary and opponent of the Masters, she used her newfound power to ensure that Mr Mirrors would be chained in [[Parabola]] in a "prison of its own failures," effectively destroying its presence in reality.<ref name = "shallows">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shallows|The Shallows|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_her_heart%27s_desire|Ask about her heart's desire|Fallen London|}}</ref>

In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, Mr Mirrors is called the '''Saint in the Glass''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Recite the litany of the dead|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

===The Dreams Within a Dream===
''""To be reduced to this," it bemoans. "Undone by a perfidious revolutionary, given to my own pet as a toy—" here, it shoots a wounded look across the moor, to where the Claiming Wind harries the heathers, "—and now at the mercy of some anonymous Parabolan vagrant." It turns its fractured eyes on you. "Miserable.""''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_the_Grave_of_Mirrors|Find the Grave of Mirrors|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Parabola_medium.png|thumb|100px|Every dream imprisons its dreamer.]]

Presently, Mr Mirrors is chained to a fence-post in the center of a crossroads on a hill deep in Parabola, serving as a fortification guarding the mysterious '''Grave of Mirrors'''. This crossroads is known as the '''Beggar's Wake''',<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_A_Guardian_(2)|Ambition Nemesis - A Guardian (2)|Fallen London|}} ''"A sudden noise draws your attention. A battered fence-post stands at the centre of a crossroads atop of the hill. Chained to it is an emaciated winged creature, clad in tattered robes."''</ref> and very little remains of Mirrors itself.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dreamer's_End|Dreamer's End|Fallen London|}}''"I am only a splinter of myself, now. A dream, dreaming. A reflection, cast by nothing."''</ref> Meanwhile, its former pet, the Claiming Wind, has been set free, and it will do anything in its power to ensure Mr Mirrors stays chained, just like it was once chained itself.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_its_name,_and_unchain_it|Speak its name, and unchain it|Fallen London|}} ''"The Claiming Wind is not pleased that you have freed it's toy. It is black and fearsome and full of vengeance."''</ref>

Around the Beggar's Wake, other dreams of Mr Mirrors have manifested as physical locations in Parabola: the '''Court of Honey and Spices''', representing its dream of glass-whispering; the '''Convocation of Runts''', representing its dream of the Avid Horizon; and the '''Pedlar King''', representing its ultimate ambition of becoming a great and terrible king.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Entreat_the_Pedlar_King_to_forgo_its_demands|Entreat the Pedlar King to forgo its demands|Fallen London|}}</ref> Within all these dreams, the aspects of Mirrors have one trait in common: strange, mirrored eyes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_A_Guardian_(2)|Ambition Nemesis - A Guardian (2)|Fallen London|}} ''"Eyes glint within the hood – eyes of mirrored glass, each missing a chip."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sneak_past_the_serpents|Sneak past the serpents|Fallen London|}}''"The creature opens its eyes, and its eyes are mirrors, too.[...] "No. Don't want to dream of this again," it whispers. "Take this secret, and go: every dream imprisons its dreamer. Find the prisoner.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Convocation_of_Runts|The Convocation of Runts|Fallen London|}} ''"The lone, scarred, whispering one with the box glares at you. Its eyes are mirrors. "What are you doing in my dreams?" it hisses. Its tone is possessive, wheedling, pleading."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Pedlar_King|The Pedlar King|Fallen London|}} ''"...the King declares, straining at its chains. [...] The shine of your gifts reflects in the kings' eyes, for its eyes are mirrors."''</ref>

==Mr Fires==
''"'Coal, gas, candles. Warm yourself.'"''<ref name = "mr fires">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Fires|Mr Fires|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"Not bad, my little one. I’ll be keeping an eye on you."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fight_for_the_neddies|Fight for the neddies|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Flames.png|thumb|Warm yourself.]]

'''Mr Fires''', ember-eyed and honey-voiced,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Day_7:_Mr_Sacks,_in_embered_red|Day 7: Mr Sacks, in embered red|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name = "silk and spiders">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend!_%E2%80%93_A_Road_of_Silk_and_Spiders_(2)|Ambition: Bag a Legend! - A Road of Silk and Spiders (2)|Fallen London|}}</ref> governs trade in coal, gas, and candles,<ref name = "mr fires"/> along with the Neath's unique form of railway steel.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fire_at_the_proper_temperature|Fire at the proper temperature|Fallen London|}}</ref> As a Master, it presides over several of the factories in [[Fallen London]] and many of the workers at [[Wolfstack Docks]], and it does so with an unwavering grip. It can usually be found near its office in [[Wolfstack Docks]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Wolfstack_Docks|Wolfstack Docks|Fallen London|}}</ref> and it is also in command of London's dirigible system, a position that apparently required quite a lot of effort on its part to acquire.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Steer_the_conversation_to_Mr_Fires|Steer the conversation to Mr Fires|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Fires is known to deny its laborers many basic necessities, like safe working conditions and fair pay. It often uses the Masters' enforcers, the '''neddy men''', to quell and dissipate any protests, unions, or [[Revolutionaries|revolutionary]] activity it deems troublesome.<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> Furthermore, its factories are heavy polluters, spewing several pounds of noxious waste into the air and waters of London and beyond.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Call_Mr_Fires_a_scourge_on_London's_working_class|Call Mr Fires a scourge on London's working class|Fallen London|}} ''"Its factories work people to death. It fills the river with filth, the air with filth, children's lungs with filth."''</ref> All these factors make Mr Fires notorious, especially among those of a revolutionary bent, as one of the most antipathetic and poor-tempered Masters in modern-day Fallen London.

Every seven years, Mr Fires is obligated to write a letter to [[the Bazaar]]; this letter is usually a love story, as to be expected, but sometimes Fires likes to vary it up a little and submit an editorial on Fallen London based on the opinion of one of London's intrepid citizens.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Season_of_Embers|The Season of Embers|Fallen London|}} ''"If you don't mind taking a little time out of your fascinating life," [...] "My employer needs help with a letter. Every seven years it has to send one. It usually finds a love story, but this time it wants to try something else."''</ref> By writing the letter in this manner, Mr Fires wishes to change the course of London's fate by influencing the Bazaar's opinion on some unspecified issue. Does this place Fires in the same boat as the [[revolutionaries]] it seeks to destroy? Probably not.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Season_of_Embers|The Season of Embers|Fallen London|}} ''"We must write a letter. This time, it shall be about London. The fate of the city may well be changed, if we are successful. [...] "We shall await the outcome of our little enterprise with interest. Perhaps our efforts shall be rejected. Perhaps it will make a difference. Perhaps this time it will change its mind."''</ref>

Oh, and it considers London escaping to [[The High Wilderness|the skies]] a [[New London|''spectacularly'' bad idea]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Season_of_Embers|The Season of Embers|Fallen London|}} ''"You'd take it to the stars; Away from its prison below the earth. [...] "No!" Mr Fires moves abruptly towards you, rocking the gondola alarmingly. "That is a terrible idea!""''</ref>

Mr Fires resides in several apartments that blaze in various hues of light so bright they recall [[the Surface]]: gas, candles, dazzling stones, and strange light bulbs.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The apartments of Mr Fires blaze with light: gas, candle, scintillant stone, peculiar incandescent arc-bulbs of glass. You blink. It's like the Surface in here."''</ref>

Mr Fires was known as the '''Khan of Fire''' in the time of [[the Fourth City]],<ref name = "khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref> and is called the '''Saint on the Pyre''' by the Cult of the Sanctified in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref name = "provide feast">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Provide for a Feast|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

===A Payment in False Coin===
''"ONE DAY YOU WILL FORGIVE is stamped on the back. It is a commandment as much as a promise."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Justificande_Coin|Justificande Coin|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"It looks much like a real Justificande, but it doesn't have the same effect on nearby clocks."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Forged_Justificande_Coin|Forged Justificande Coin|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Currency1_copper.png|thumb|Forged Justificande Coins]]

Mr Fires is known to conduct several independent schemes that often come into conflict with its colleagues, like [[Mr Wines]], [[Mr Spices]], and [[Mr Stones]]. It commissioned the '''Dean of Supernumerary Fellows''' at [[the University]] to investigate the [[The Masters of the Bazaar#Mr Spices' Private Stash|private stash]] of mysterious sedatives that Mr Spices (possibly) consumes but doesn't sell,<ref name = "take the appointment">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Take_the_appointment|Take the appointment|Fallen London|}}</ref> and it paid the Dean in several forged '''Justificande Coins''', the mysterious currency of [[Irem]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_to_know_what_is_going_on|Demand to know what is going on|Fallen London|}}</ref> 

To produce these coins, Mr Fires made an arrangement of sorts with [[Mr Veils]] to take over one of its neglected workshops from [[the Fourth City]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enter_as_though_you_had_a_key|Enter as though you had a key|Fallen London|}}</ref> Fires converted this workshop into a coin fabrication factory, while Veils retained ownership but would not visit.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Forget_April|Forget April|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Steal_one_of_the_coins|Steal one of the coins|Fallen London|}}</ref> Within this workshop lies an automaton imitation of Mr Veils (yes, seriously) to fill in its position in its silk shops should the real Mr Veils ever meet its end or go missing.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stop_and_look_through_a_distracting_mirror_1|Stop and look through a distracting mirror 1|Fallen London|}}</ref> Given its [[The Vake|activities]], Veils' demise seems fairly likely to occur soon...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_for_the_replica_Mr_Veils|Demand an explanation for the replica Mr Veils|Fallen London|}}</ref>
===A Moon of Misery===
''""Once a suitable love story is found, it’ll be the end of London. Can you imagine?" The lamp trembles in its hand. Its voice rises an octave. "The end of London! I couldn't bear it! I love this city. It's my sole comfort, the greatest joy I have discovered in all my centuries. I'd do anything to preserve it.""''<ref name = "ultimatum">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Light_Fingers%3A_Mr_Fires'_Ultimatum_2|Light Fingers - Mr Fires' Ultimatum 2|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"Since the very beginning, I have had the best interests of London at heart. In the longer term, the Hybrid's milk is the only thing that can save the city. Once seeded across the populace, all love stories will be rendered suspect. Any love, no matter how pure or moving, could simply be the symptoms of an aberration's venom. Love will be robbed of its allure. The Bazaar will not know which stories it can truly believe in."''<ref name = "scourge">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Call_Mr_Fires_a_scourge_on_London's_working_class|Call Mr Fires a scourge on London's working class|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:shard.png|thumb|A shard of glim, sheddings from a moon-miser.]]

Deep within Mr Fires' soot-blackened heart lies a surprisingly genuine love for [[London]] as a city; this puts it at odds with its colleagues, many of whom seek to end their service to [[the Bazaar]] as soon as possible. As a result, Mr Fires regularly sabotages the love stories procured by Mr Wines and Mr Spices, and it is responsible for interfering in Mr Stones' plan to sell [[Moon-Misers|moon-milk]] to an exiled captain from [[Hell]]; this would have persuaded the captain to destroy London in an apocalyptic war.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fires%27_next_move|Fires' next move|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_tiny_gift|A tiny gift|Fallen London|}}</ref>

But Mr Stones isn't the only Master interested in using moon-milk for its own ends; Mr Fires itself has conducted several experiments on moon-misers and their milk within the walls of [[the Orphanage]], a laboratory that uses political prisoners and other unfortunate victims as guinea pigs. Its inhumane investigations revealed that unaltered moon-milk caused only shallow obsession, not true love - so it was worthless for forging love-stories, and the obsession faded after a few years anyway, to say nothing of the awful side effects it had on its imbibers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Draw_out_as_many_answers_as_you_can|Draw out as many answers as you can|Fallen London|}} ''""You visited my Orphanage, you saw my moon-milk research." [...] "I was hoping to use the milk to bankrupt London of love stories. [...] It is not a convincing forgery; it creates only a shallow obsession that fades after a few years.""''</ref>

Fires always has a backup plan, however, and this one is ghastly: what if it crossbred a moon-miser ''with a human?'' The resultant hybrid might secrete a special strain of moon-milk that induces true love, or at least a form of love that [[The Echo Bazaar|the Bazaar]] cannot distinguish from true love. Fires theorizes that adding this new moon-milk to London's water supply would render all future love stories worthless, frustrating the Bazaar's mission to collect them.<ref name = "scourge">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Call_Mr_Fires_a_scourge_on_London's_working_class|Call Mr Fires a scourge on London's working class|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Iron==
''"Tools, printing-presses, guns, steam-engines: taxes from trade in these are payable to Mr Iron. They say it never speaks, but can write with both hands simultaneously."''<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Knifeting.png|thumb|Some dexterity required.]]

'''Mr Iron''' is in charge of trade in tools, engines, weapons, and printing presses.<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> Silent and humorless, it is best known for communicating only through written means, often writing with both hands at once. It also heads the Iron and Misery Company, and supervises its Funging Station in [[Demeaux Island]], one of the most abhorrent places in the Neath.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Demeaux_Island|Demeaux Island|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

Mr Iron actively discourages individuals from gaining notoriety and forging their own stories, as it seems to have a degree of animosity with the Bazaar.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_the_invitation_3|Accept the invitation 3|Fallen London|}}''"THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GREAT GAME. LET NONE OF US BE CHESSMEN. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ARE. DO NOT TRUST THE BAZAAR. I HAVE NOT WRITTEN THIS NOTE."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_cowled_and_silent_figure|A cowled and silent figure|Fallen London|}}''"BEWARE COMEDY. BEWARE TRAGEDY. BEWARE THE STORIES. MOST OF ALL, BEWARE HAPPY ENDINGS."''</ref> Rumor has it that it is also secretly in charge of the game of [[Knife-and-Candle]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Knife-and-Candle:_The_Gamekeeper%27s_Cottage|Knife-and-Candle: The Gamekeeper's Cottage|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Iron can be occasionally encountered at [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival|Mrs&nbsp;Plenty's Carnival]], but one probably does not want to meet him there.<ref name = "carnival">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/...an_incognito_Master%3F|...an incognito Master?|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Iron has also been known as '''Mr Bronze''',<ref name = "sidebar"/> was known as the '''Khan of Swords''' during the time of [[the Fourth City]]<ref name = "khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref>, and is called the '''Saint of Blades''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref name = "give an offering">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|Give an Offering|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

==Mr Pages==
''"It is my business to keep secrets, your Grace. Mine and the Ministry’s. We desire only to preserve London from maleficitude."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Pages/status/18017306932150272</ref>

''"'Literomantic purveyor of the written and the read!'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Pages|Mr Pages|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Mrpages.png|thumb|Mr Pages]]
Known for its bountifacious proclivity towards verboserlous sayitudes, the excitable and personable '''Mr Pages''' is in charge of trade in anything and everything written, read, or both.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Pages|Mr Pages|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Pages employs the [[The Constables|Ministry of Public Decency]] to <strike>collect cool books</strike> protect the public from "pestilent and obstacudent" literature.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_shadows_of_the_ring|The shadows of the ring|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name = "libraryette">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_libraryette_for_Mr_Pages|A libraryette for Mr Pages|Fallen London|}}</ref> The literature the Ministry is known to suppress can range from somewhat ''fungal'' trends in romantic poetry to various threats to public civility, such as rogue [[Correspondence]] on abandoned streets.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Blemmigan_Affair_(Story)|The Blemmigan Affair (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"We have censored. We have banned! [...] How does carnality flourish within this mycoloidal doggerel?"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_answer_to_Nightmares%3F|The answer to Nightmares?|Fallen London|}}</ref>

As one of the more amiable Masters, Mr Pages can often be encountered via its campaigns to collect rare literature, either for destruction or for its own private library.<ref name = "libraryette"/>

Mr Pages also manages the coiling indices of London's Notability system, using a collection of adding machines to manage the cutthroat bureaucracy.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Insist_on_Favourable_Circumstances|Insist on Favourable Circumstances|Fallen London|}}</ref> It may occasionally send '''Unsigned Letters''' to those deemed Persons of Some Importance, and it may even go as far as to send gifts to the truly extraordinary<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_gift%3F|A gift?|Fallen London|}}</ref> or offer them inspirations of sorts for advancement in their respective Professions.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_Unsigned_Message|An Unsigned Message|Fallen London|}}</ref> 

Mr Pages also seeks to publish the <b>'Dictionopedia'</b>, a mere draft of which apparently took decades to complete.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Enlist_the_protection_of_another_Master|Enlist the protection of another Master|Fallen London|}} ''"The rough draft of its 'Dictionopedia', on which it has laboured for decades, has gone missing."''</ref>

Mr Pages was known as '''Mr Granite''' during the time of [[The Fallen Cities#The First City, date unknown|the First City]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_her_journeys|Ask about her journeys|Fallen London|}}</ref> and is called the '''Saint of Inks''' by the Cult of the Sanctified in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/A_Conversation_with_a_Jolly_Anchorite|Accept and be anointed in the Cult of the Sanctified|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Mr Pages has also published several works under the pseudonym <b><nowiki/>'Mrs Frontispiece'</b>, and its works are notorious for provoking outpourings of tears.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Send_a_Tear-Drowned_Collection_of_Incomprehensible_Love-Poems_(30_FATE)|Send a Tear-Drowned Collection of Incomprehensible Love-Poems (30 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref> These, however, are not too popular anymore in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Bargains|A Selection of Fine Books|Sunless Skies|}}</ref><b><nowiki/></b>

===Revision and Editing===
''"The book celebrates us. He gave it to me right before—" His voice catches. "Before that monster..." Mr Pages? The Dandy nods. "My love spoke a truth. And he stood by it."''<ref name="parties">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Make_both_parties_happy_(5_FATE)|Make both parties happy (5 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"These are the deeds and annals of your kind – records of accords and journeys, of victories and defeats in bloody primacy contests, the inventories of great troves accumulated by legendary Curators. They are the myths of your ilk, hoarded from firelit councils in the recesses of the sky.''

''"There are parts that may be factually correct, but nevertheless weaken the whole. Your claws twitch. There is a hard flint in your grasp – you itch to amend. To correct and improve. To edit. You set to work."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Train_with_Mr_Pages|Train with Mr Pages|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:book.png|thumb|Something to burn? Or something else entirely?]]
As one of the busiest Masters, Mr Pages employs a group of individuals known as '''Reliables''' to perform certain tasks,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Pages_is_a_Master_of_the_Bazaar,_dealing_with_the_printed_word|Mr Pages is a Master of the Bazaar, dealing with the printed word|Fallen London|}}</ref> such as retrieving stolen books from its library or serving as pawns in its heated rivalry with [[Mr Iron]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Confront_them!|Confront them!|Fallen London|}}</ref> 

Mr Pages has a ruthless side, especially when it has a chance to procure works of truly extraordinary value. One of these works belonged to the '''Epigrammatic Irishman''' - speculated to be Oscar Wilde. The Irishman's book celebrated his love and intimacies with the '''Wilting Dandy''', but according to the Dandy, the Irishman also spoke a truth and stood by it. This resulted in the Irishman being permanently killed, and the book sitting safe in Mr Pages' library.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Make_both_parties_happy_(5_FATE)|Make both parties happy (5 FATE)|Fallen London|}} ''"The book celebrates us. He gave it to me right before—" His voice catches. "Before that monster..." Mr Pages? The Dandy nods. "My love spoke a truth. And he stood by it."''</ref> The Dandy would later go on to steal the book back as a sort of remembrance for the Irishman, but Pages sent its most reliable Reliable to retrieve the book at any cost, even if meant another death.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_down_the_door|Break down the door|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Meteors red.png|thumb|A dream of truth-strangling?]]
Mr Pages' sordid history as a revisionist goes back much further than one would expect. During its time in [[the High Wilderness]], Mr Pages encountered a hallowed, sacred cave. Written in words that burned were the histories and achievements, the defeats and victories, and the details of the hoards of the [[Curators]], the species the Masters belong to. But Mr Pages was incensed by this record; in its opinion, some parts left out the full context of events, were based on assumptions, or were... unflattering to the piece as a whole. So Mr Pages got to work revising and editing. Unfortunately for it, tampering with this record was a crime amongst its kind known as '''truth-strangling''', and Pages was promptly captured for its transgression and forced into the situation it is in now.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Train_with_Mr_Pages|Train with Mr Pages|Fallen London|}} ''"The writing on the cave wall flares [...] records of accords and journeys, of victories and defeats [...], the inventories of great troves accumulated by legendary Curators. [...] But the text is old. Wrong in cases. [...] There are baseless assumptions and gross omissions. There are parts that may be factually correct, but nevertheless weaken the whole. [...] You set to work. [...] they find you – their claws are upon you, their wings raised in threat..."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Dream_of_Truth-Strangling|A Dream of Truth-Strangling|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Pages hopes to return to the skies again to continue its work,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Train_with_Mr_Pages|Train with Mr Pages|Fallen London|}} ''"The amendments took a long time, even before I was interrupted. But one day I shall resume my work. Until then, I have the Marvellous."''</ref> and to accomplish this, it aims to win the Marvellous - its companion Mr Apples' own card game - for its Heart's Desire.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Inquire_after_Mr_Pages%27_own_heart%27s_desire|Inquire after Mr Pages' own heart's desire|Fallen London|}}</ref> During its time as a player, it has developed a searing hatred for apes;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Attend_a_Sermon|Attend a Sermon|Fallen London|}}</ref> a past winner, Gregory Beechwood, wished to reject humanity and return to monkey (so to speak), but lost none of his skills in the transformation and is now playing the game again!<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Inquire_after_a_delicate_subject|Inquire after a delicate subject|Fallen London|}}</ref> Pages is incensed by this, and will do ''almost anything'' to defeat Beechwood and leave the Neath once and for all.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accompany_the_Monkey|Accompany the Monkey|Fallen London|}} ''""I offer a Chance of my own!" it screeches, in panic. The Monkey shakes its head, but Pages persists. "Name a price! A flask of Hesperidean Cider! A vial of my own blood! The very robe from my back!""''</ref>

==Mr Spices==
''"I do not play games! I am a Master of the Bazaar! It is not a matter for games!"''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Spices/status/8077953296502784</ref>

''"'Purveyor of spices and sweet smokes. The only reliable source for dreams. Do not accept imitations.'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Spices|Mr Spices|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Spices.png|thumb|Mr Spices]]

The irritable and peevish '''Mr Spices''' is in charge of trade in spices, sweet smokes, and [[Prisoner's Honey|prisoner's honey]].<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Spices</ref> As a Master, it appears very infrequently throughout [[London]], and much of its scheming occurs behind the scenes.

[[Mr Wines]] and Mr Spices were once close allies, but they now fight fiercely over the domain of [[Parabola|dreams]] following the death of one of their colleagues during the fall of [[the Third City]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Uncle_Archibald%27s_Legacy|Uncle Archibald's Legacy|Fallen London|}}''"Back before that vile business with the Third City Priest-Kings, the pair were the closest of colleagues. But now they claw and hiss like cats in a sack."''</ref> Wines covets the honeyed roads into Parabola that Spices presides over,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Wines|Mr Wines|Fallen London|}}</ref> and their warring often manifests as a destructive dance of fire and ice known as the '''Fire Sermon.'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tell_him_about_your_dreams_of_ice_and_fire|Tell him about your dreams of ice and fire|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Spices resides in a den filled to the brim with spices: turmeric, basil, lavender, cinnamon; enough to overwhelm even the most tasteless of palates.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"Mr Spices' den is a fragrant, colourful desert of seasonings. Your eye wanders over ridges of turmeric and basil; over dunes of lavender. Escarpments of cinnamon rise shoulder high. Scents press onto your tongue. The olfactory bombardment is exquisite; unbearable."''</ref>

Mr Spices was known as the '''Honey-Lord''' during the time of [[the Third City]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_to_the_woman_on_the_right|Speak to the woman on the right|Fallen London|}}</ref> and is called the '''Saint of the Silk Road''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref name="crowning saints" />

===The Ironmonger's Knives===
''"The Bazaar has... appetites. And it is one of our many duties, along with that sodden villain Wines, to fulfil those needs. You understand that Jack-of-Smiles was something of an experiment. Using the unnatural vitality of the first customer's lover, we created Jack. For what inspires love more than the threat of death?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Defeat_Jack_completely_(10_FATE)|Defeat Jack completely (10 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Jack.png|thumb|100px|[[Jack-of-Smiles]]]]
Like many of its colleagues, Mr Spices wishes to return to [[the High Wilderness]] by fulfilling its contract; furthermore, it and Mr Wines are the primary Masters responsible for the collection of love stories for [[the Bazaar]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Light_Fingers%3A_Mr_Fires'_Ultimatum_2|Light Fingers%3A Mr Fires' Ultimatum 2|Fallen London|}} ''"You know, of course, that Wines and Spices are engaged in the collection of love stories."''</ref>

To achieve its goals quickly, Mr Spices gave a honey-sipping man who lived in [[Polythreme]] a rather distressing dream, telling him that his wife was unfaithful. The man burnt down the town he lived in out of rage, but he was severely honey-mazed, and he destroyed said town in reality as well. This killed the town's vitality, leaving only a single building standing: the '''Ironmonger's Workshop'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_out_its_history|Find out its history|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Within this workshop, Spices enlisted the help of several iron workers to produce many, many Polythremic knives.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Found_it|Found it|Fallen London|}} ''"He's only been here a month. He doesn't know any of the previous occupants of the workshop."''</ref> Unbeknownst to them, each knife carried with it a sinister vitality, crueler than any other found in the Neath. These knives soon possessed their wielders in [[London]], and these unfortunate souls became known as the various iterations of [[Jack-of-Smiles]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Jack%27s_Origin|Jack's Origin|Fallen London|}}</ref> Much to Spices' chagrin, the love stories produced by the tension and drama of Jack's sprees were rejected by the Bazaar for being overly synthetic, so Spices shrugged its winged shoulders and left the mess for someone else to clean up; other matters required its attention.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Defeat_Jack_completely_(10_FATE)|Defeat Jack completely (10 FATE)|Fallen London|}} ''""So, yes, we constructed [...] Jack-of-Smiles. Dreams and our agent and honey and so forth. [...] Most regrettable. [...] the Bazaar is pleased with stories of love. [...] And it is one of our many duties [...] to fulfil those needs. For what inspires love more than the threat of death? [...] The Bazaar does not accept stories of such synthetically created romance. It was all for naught.""''</ref>

=== Mr Spices' Private Stash===
''"A quantity of a drug you haven't encountered before. You have only the rumours of where it comes from and what it might be."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Spices%27_Private_Stash|Mr Spices' Private Stash|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:honeyjar.png|thumb|A mysterious substance]]

Mr Spices is in possession of a mysterious substance, a '''Private Stash''' that it does not sell.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Take_the_appointment|Take the appointment|Fallen London|}} ''"I'm told that is a substance that was stolen from Mr Spices, a new drug that he has developed but does not sell."''</ref> The drug has a soporific or calming effect on its consumers, and is known to be more effective on winged animals, including chiropterans, or bat-like creatures.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Complete_your_chemical_analysis_of_Mr_Spices%27_new_intoxicant|Complete your chemical analysis of Mr Spices' new intoxicant|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Work_with_your_Visionary_Student|Work with your Visionary Student|Fallen London|}} ''"They are able to show [...] that the drug has a stronger effect on bats [...] than on any of the other beasts in the laboratory. Moreover, it appears to differentially affect pregnant bats [...]"''</ref> However, the precise effect may vary based on the subject species; the Storm-bird in particular seems to experience a stimulating effect instead of sedation, possibly due to its Parabolan origin.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Interference|}} ''"It is hard to tell whether the Storm-bird is hungry or angry or sad. It comes away with some of the drug on the tip of its beak, but it doesn't seem as though its senses are dulled. If anything, it's invigorated."''</ref> The drug contains several exotic ingredients, at least one of which is only known to be available across the Unterzee; furthermore, its composition bears distinctive hallmarks of FF Gebrandt, and it is speculated that she or one of her disciples contributed research to its creation. FF Gebrandt herself, however, says nothing on the issue when presented with the drug. Perhaps it was indeed one of her disciples acting without her knowledge; otherwise, it can be inferred that she cannot or will not openly admit knowledge of it.

But perhaps the most intriguing note on this substance is its effect on pregnant creatures; pregnant animals who consume this drug find their offspring stronger and healthier, and the runts of their litter are more likely to survive. Furthermore, their offspring also become quieter, calmer, and closer to their parent, leading to longer and more robust dreams.

All of this raises the question of why Mr Spices itself is a habitual consumer...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Finish_your_experiment_with_Mr_Spices%27_Drug_and_reveal_the_truth_to_the_Dean|Finish your experiment with Mr Spices' Drug and reveal the truth to the Dean|Fallen London|}} ''"Pregnant animals find the drug soothing. It makes their offspring quieter, soothes the differences between parent and child. Runts of the litter survive longer after the birth. Both the born and the unborn dream longer and more deeply."''</ref>

==An Infant Curator, Provisionally Known As Mr Transport==
''"If Mr Transport understands any of this conversation, it doesn't show it – it simply continues to headbutt the back of your shoulder, as it's been doing continuously for the past thirty-six minutes."''

''"I don't know," said Spices, "why Mr Cards needed a railway. You might have left it for a future Mr Transport."''<ref>https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/You_promised_nothing</ref>

'''Mr Transport''' is an infant curator, the child of Mr Spices and the Solicitor-Baroness, a [[devil]]ess. It was born of Mr Spices aboard an unusual locomotive, designed by either of its parents, as it raced through the Hinterlands at an impudently fast pace.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Racing_through_the_Hinterlands_(Storylet)|Racing through the Hinterlands (Storylet)|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Stones==
''"Mine."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Stones/status/14447994489282560</ref>

''"'Jewels. Quarrystone. Salt. Blasting Powder. Enough.'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Stones|Mr Stones|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Diamond.png|thumb|Like a star in the palm of your hand.]]

The terse and materialistic '''Mr Stones''' is in charge of trade in all manner of stones and minerals, including jewels, quarrystone, salt, blasting powder, and numerous corrosive mineral compounds.<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Stones</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Paisley_(Story)|Paisley|Fallen London|}}''"Mr Stones is looming at your side. Mr Stones is hissing in your ear. [...] It reminds you that it governs more than jewels. Blasting powder, hydrochloric acid, and numerous other corrosive mineral compounds fall under its purview too."''</ref> It also trades in less valuable jewels and currencies, such as moon-pearls and glim-shards.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_spot_of_footpadry|A spot of footpadry|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Smuggle_glim_across_town|Smuggle glim across town|Fallen London|}}</ref>

As a Master, it is not particularly interested in anything at all apart from growing its hoard of precious jewels. As a result, purchasing gems from [[the Echo Bazaar]] is next to impossible, and prices for them in [[the Bazaar Sidestreets]] and its stall in [[the Labyrinth of Tigers]] are far, far higher than what should be considered reasonable.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Stones%27_Exquisite_Gifts_and_Luxuries|Mr Stones' Exquisite Gifts and Luxuries|Fallen London|}}</ref> In fact, taxes on jewels are so high in London that gems are considered ''contraband'',<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Avoid_an_unfair_tax_on_jewels|Avoid an unfair tax on jewels|Fallen London|}}</ref> so trading these must often be done under Stones' nose.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Magnificent_Diamond|Magnificent Diamond|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Stones resides in a lodgings "as bejewelled as a rainbow's colon", as to be expected, with each centimeter of its workshop encrusted in enough jewels to buy ten kingdoms.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"Mr Stones' workshop is as bejewelled as a rainbow's colon. [...] The floor, a mosaic of malachite and moonstone. The benches, bristling with lapidarists' tools."''</ref>

Before becoming Mr Stones, this Master was known as '''Mr Marble''', until "that trouble with [[the Tomb-Colonies]]".<ref name="sidebar" /> Said trouble presumably involved the construction of the '''Grand Sanatoria''', massive palaces for the dead made of marble.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_construction_of_the_%27Grand_Sanatoria%27|The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria'|Fallen London|}}</ref> During the time of [[The Fallen Cities#The Fourth City, 1254 CE|the Fourth City,]] Mr Stones was known by multiple different names, including the '''Khan of Gifts''' and the '''Khan of Shackles'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Return_the_Hideous_Promissory_Note|Return the Hideous Promissory Note|Fallen London|}}</ref>

===The Affair of the Box===
''"This thing has seven locks, each more difficult than the last. You haven't yet found a way to open it."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Heavy_Iron_Box|A Heavy Iron Box|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"So. Box is opened. Our box. No more. Disappointed. Didn't need glim. Needed moon-milk. Devils interested. Valuable trade opportunity lost."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Fires%27_next_move|Fires' next move|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Box2.png|thumb|A Heavy Iron Box.]]

Fancy rocks aren't the only gems Stones is interested in; one must only look up to the gems of the roof, to the false-stars: the [[moon-misers]].

Using a lock that could only be opened with a special song from a [[Drownies|Drownie]], Stones managed to trap a moon-miser within a heavy iron box.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Open_up|Open up|Fallen London|}}</ref> The box also contained several important [[the Fourth City|Fourth City]] love letters from [[Mr Fires]], which led to [[the Gracious Widow]] taking notice.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Take_the_Gracious_Widow_up_on_her_offer|Take the Gracious Widow up on her offer|Fallen London|}}</ref> Stones hid several false keys throughout London, such as within [[Mahogany Hall]], to throw off interlopers. Then it tasked two [[Unfinished Men]], Jasper and Frank, with supervising the box at all costs, adding even more moving parts to this mysterious scheme.<ref name="don't know">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_devil_you_don%27t_know|The devil you don't know|Fallen London|}}</ref> This chaotic game of shadows became known as the '''Affair of the Box'''.

Using the moon-milk produced by the miser, Mr Stones sought to bribe an exiled captain from [[Hell]] to start a war with London and raze it to the ground. All of this, it turns out, played out because Mr Stones tires of life in the Fifth City, and hopes to expedite its destruction. The Box is just one of many means to this end.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Open_up|Open up|Fallen London|}} ''"The script is that of the Fourth City, but you can read a few words. These are love letters."''</ref><ref name="don't know">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_devil_you_don%27t_know|The devil you don't know|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Veils==
''"A scream is just an imperfectly tuned song. And we all have a song in our hearts."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Veils/status/9698098222</ref>

''"Mr Veils deals with clothing and fabric, and takes a close interest in the silk-weavers of [[Spite]]. But not in any of the more dubious activities in the district of Spite! The mere suggestion is slander!"''<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:parabolalinen.png|thumb|Keep your hands clean.]]

Duplicitous and impatient, '''Mr Veils''' is best known for its enjoyment of hunts and songs, and is in charge of trade in clothing and fabrics.<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> Zailors sometimes misattribute Mr Veils as being in charge of Mr Wines' ladies of the evening in their zee-zongs. This Master may (or may not) be responsible for a certain betrayal of which we will not speak.

Mr. Veils assumes [[The Vake|another, more malevolent identity]] as well, which is probably the only known case of a Master actually using its wings.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Untie_the_strings|Untie the strings|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Uncle_Archibald%27s_Legacy|Uncle Archibald's Legacy|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Veils was known as the '''Khan of Silks''' during the time of [[the Fourth City]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Workshop_of_the_Khan_of_Silks|The Workshop of the Khan of Silks|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Throw_April%27s_Wrecker_in_the_mechanism|Throw April's Wrecker in the mechanism|Fallen London|}}</ref> and is called the '''Masquerader Saint''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline.<ref name="give an offering" />

===A Bat of Many Faces===
Like a respectable lady's petticoats and skirts, there are still more layers to this Master. The [[Vake]] is but one of its alter egos, the many different masks it has worn across cities<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/And_then_there_are_three|Huge and monstrous body explodes into many beings|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Consider_the_one_that_looks_like_a_beast|It does not look like a Master, or like a human|Fallen London|}}</ref> - and sometime after the fall of London, this one took over. Veils' identity as a Master... dissolved into the background, really.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/And_then_there_are_three|Most die gasping. So does the one that looks like Mr Veils|Fallen London|}}</ref> This had almost no effect on its reputation in London; after all, it has always been cryptic, and no one will notice that anything has changed beneath its heavy cloak.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Stop_and_look_through_a_distracting_mirror_1|Stop and look through a distracting mirror 1|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Wines did notice, though, and has been forced to reconsider its relationship with Veils.

At its core, despite all these masks, Veils/the Vake has only three selves:

*'''Veils the Curator''' is the most primal and savage form of Mr Veils, desiring only to fly, hunt, and kill, showing itself most easily in the Vake as we know it.
*'''Veils of the Third City''' was a feathered god-priest of blood, who saw a special beauty in violent sacrifices and gory rituals.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Capture_Third_City_Veils|I ALONE SAW ITS BEAUTY|Fallen London|}}</ref> It still lives, and it follows this crimson path to the end, to reckoning.
*'''Veils the Intriguer''' is no less vicious than the other two, but stands as an outlier: it has no claws or wings, nor a hunger for blood... at least not directly. The Intriguer is a grand manipulator, a mastermind behind the chessboard, who makes its pawns do all sorts of nasty things. The reason for its relative pacifism is that the Vake's hunt for those who would seek to slay it has changed both its prey and the Vake itself, to become more like each other. Thus, in a way, the Intriguer is more ''human''. And that has baffling implications indeed.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Consider_sparing_one_form_of_the_Vake_out_of_fellow-feeling_2|It is a monster. So are you|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Wines ==
''"To the wicked and the wise! To the hungry and the sharp!"''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Wines/status/548162607094706176</ref>

''"Trade in anything drinkable comes under the jurisdiction of Mr Wines. Though it can't be bothered with water. Entertainment, music and the business of the ladies of the evening are also its domain. There's supposed to be some sort of dispute about dreams."''<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Wineglass.png|Care for a sip?|thumb]]

'''Mr Wines''', known for entertaining guests at huge revels, is in charge of the trade in all things drinkable, including medicine and excluding water.<ref name="sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref> As one of the more accessible Masters, it can be encountered throughout London; for example, it'll occasionally visit [[Mrs. Plenty's Carnival]].<ref name="carnival">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/...an_incognito_Master%3F|...an incognito Master?|Fallen London|}}</ref> Most of the time, though, it conducts business through its favored servant, '''Jervaise'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Wines_is_holding_a_sale!|Mr Wines is holding a sale!|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is in charge of a group of dancing beauties who are often misassigned by zailors to Mr Veils.

Though Mr Wines is not known for many atrocities, it and Mr Cups/Mr Mirrors drove the [[Watchmaker's Daughter]], a talented craftswoman whose toys came alive, to suicide.<ref name="watchmakers">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go_back_to_the_Albino_Rat|Go back to the Albino Rat|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Wines is also London's most notorious cheque-skipper, and has a reputation for leaving others holding the bill for parties here and there.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Supply_the_revel_with_the_necessaries|Supply the revel with the necessaries|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Extracting_the_payment|Extracting the payment|Fallen London|}}</ref> It also sells harmful substances under the label of "absinthe", including one that aids "[[The Vake|a friend and colleague]]"<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tell_her_everything ''Fallen London,'' Tell her everything]</ref><ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_exposé_on_the_dangers_of_Absinthe ''Fallen London,'' An exposé on the dangers of Absinthe]<br /></ref>.

Mr Wines was known as the '''Khan of Dreams''' during the time of [[the Fourth City]],<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref>, '''the Cloaked Emissary''' in Surface Karakorum in ''The Silver Tree,''<ref>{{Citation|http://silvertree.storynexus.com/|The Cloaked Emissary's Secrets|Silver Tree|}}</ref>, is called '''M. Mourvèdre''' in visions of a possible future Paris,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Lost_in_Reflections|Lost in Reflections|Fallen London|}} ''"In the Neath, [M. Mourvèdre] was called Mr. Wines."''</ref> and is called '''the Crowned Saint''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]] in the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline''.''<ref name="give an offering" />

===Ozymandias===
'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''

==Mr Sacks==
''"A knock on your door. A hunched figure. Every year, this Crimson Beast of Winter brings his terrible sack, demanding gifts to fill the void. And now you hear a high-pitched, faintly peevish voice: 'What will you put in my sack?'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Day_1:_A_Peevish_Visit_from_Mr_Sacks%3F|Day 1: A Peevish Visit from Mr Sacks?|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:mistersacks.png|HO HO HO|thumb]]

'''Mr Sacks''' appears during the eponymous '''12 Days of Mr Sacks''', a rather demented version of Christmas. It is also known as '''the Crimson Beast of Winter'''. It is - er, ''they are'' in fact other figures of note: at first Mr Wines, then various [[Noman|Nomen]] (and [[Silas the Showman|one showman]]) emulating the other Masters.

Mr Sacks carries around a huge bag, which it uses to collect gifts from the citizenry over the course of the holiday. It's Christmas, only in reverse. And more ghastly, because sometimes, Mr Sacks will collect people.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27Mr_Sacks!_Take_me!%27|'Mr Sacks! Take me!'|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==Mr Chimes==
''"Who is it? Is it, in fact, one of the Masters of the Bazaar? Is it Mr Iron or Mr Pages trading under another name? Or is it a bold rascal pretending to be an unknown Master?"''
[[File:chimes.png|For the Exceptional only.|thumb]]

We do know that it runs the [[House of Chimes]]. '''Mr Chimes''' was known as '''the Khan of Drums''' during the time of [[The Fallen Cities|the Fourth City]];<ref name="khans">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dubious_attribution|Dubious attribution|Fallen London|}}</ref> it seems to be a role played by many Masters.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_unexpected_volunteer_(30_FATE)|An unexpected volunteer (30 FATE)|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==The Masters' Artifacts ==
Everyone has treasures they'd like to keep under wraps, and the Masters are no exception.
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===[[File:crimsonbook.png|40px]] The Crimson Book===
|-
|"''The most stirring, the most wretched, the most savage tales of love and loss are here entombed. It has passed through fire and flood to rest in your hands. Leave it sealed... for now."''

'''The Crimson Book''' contains the most 'savage tales of love and loss' and has 'passed through fire and flood'. This indicates that the Crimson Book may have been written long before [[the Fifth City]]; perhaps it is still being added to today?<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Sealed_Copy_of_the_Crimson_Book|A Sealed Copy of the Crimson Book|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Masters have allegedly assigned a group of Special Constables to specifically seek out and confiscate any and all copies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_bohemians_about_lost_loves_and_the_Surface|Speak with bohemians about lost loves and the Surface|Fallen London|}}</ref>
|}

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===[[File:blood.png|40px]] Masters' Blood===
|-
|"''The most grandiose trophy an anarchist might aspire to. Was it shed in battle, or given as a gift?"''

'''Masters' Blood''' has many unusual and unique properties that separate it from normal blood. It is a far deeper red, is cold to the touch, and contains a song: 'an unending fading ring like black space struck with a fingernail.' It also emits a constant low vibration, and if left on a shelf, other items will physically move away from it.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Vial_of_Masters'_Blood|Vial of Masters' Blood|Fallen London|}}</ref>
|}

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===[[File:veilsvelvet.png|40px]] Veils-Velvet===
|-
|"''If Mr Veils shed hair - if blind orphans collected, carded and spun it over the years - it might just look like this."''

Little is known about '''Veils-Velvet''' aside from this quote, which would explain why this fabric is so incredibly valuable.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Veils-Velvet_Scrap|Veils-Velvet Scrap|Fallen London|}}</ref>
|}

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===[[File:Riverofblood.png|40px]] The Sceptre of Mr Wines===
|-
|''"Topped with a black ruby miniature of an unknown crown, this bronzewood sceptre represents all the authority of some far-away kingdom and its once and former king."''

A symbol of power that once belonged to a king. '''The Scepter of Mr Wines''' is as heavy as lead, covered in frost and talon-marks, and is topped with a jewel from a [[the High Wilderness|faraway land]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sceptre_of_Mr_Wines|The Sceptre of Mr Wines|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mr Wines doesn't like looking at it much; maybe it's just insecure.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Property_of_Mr_Wines|The Property of Mr Wines|Fallen London|}}</ref>
|}<br />

==What Lies Under the Cloak==
''"The second source is ''A Rhyming Revelry'', a slim book of nonsense rhymes written by a once-celebrated cellist. He was, for a time, a favourite at Mr Wines’ revels. One rhyme concerns eleven pilgrims who travelled from a cold and windy waste. It enumerates each of the reasons the pilgrims were unwelcome in their homeland."''<ref name="secret">{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/a-secret-about-the-masters/|A secret about the Masters|Failbetter Games|}}</ref>
[[File:Chiropteroushoarder.png|thumb|Mr Apples / Mr Hearts. Art from Sunless Skies.]]

Based on two controversial sources, one called ''On the Origins and Descent of the Masters'' and another called ''A Rhyming Revelry'', we may reveal the following information.

The Masters belong to a species native to [[the High Wilderness]] called [[Curators]]. These oversized space-bats hunt in the space between [[Judgements|stars]], often alone. On occasion, a group of Curators may band together to boast of their hoards and trade deals, and may fight amongst themselves for supremacy. Curator chiefs are described as "victorious, merciless pedlar-magnates."

In the grand scheme of things, the Masters of the Bazaar weren't Masters at all. Rather, they were a group of misfit criminals who joined forces with the Bazaar to escape "misfortune, failure, and fruitlessness."

''A Rhyming Revelry'' provides hints about the crimes of the Masters, though which crimes correspond to what bat are based on conjecture and guesswork.<ref name="secret">{{Citation|https://www.failbettergames.com/a-secret-about-the-masters/|A secret about the Masters|Failbetter Games|}}</ref> The circumstances given in ''A Rhyming Revelry'' are:

* hoarding (Stones?)

*light-bringing (Fires?)

* impersonation, and the delivery of false testimony (Cups?)

*perpetration of the crimes of knife and of candle (Iron?)

*idleness, and the dwelling-on of dreams (Spices?)

*runtery, aberration (Eaten)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/No_map_knows_the_place_you_go|No map knows the place you go|Fallen London|}}</ref>

*pursuit of a Treachery (Apples/Hearts?)

*failure and defeat; a fall from king to beggar (Wines?)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cricket,_Anyone%3F|Cricket, Anyone?|Fallen London|}}</ref>

*glass-whispering. And worse: charity (Mirrors?)

*truth-strangling (Pages?)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Train_with_Mr_Pages|Train with Mr Pages|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Dream_of_Truth-Strangling|A Dream of Truth-Strangling|Fallen London|}}</ref>

*violation of the Order of Days, “which determines the hour of the hunt, the feast, the council, the bargain, and the slaughter” (Veils?)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Hunt|The Day of the Hunt|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Embattled_with_Curator_Mr_Veils|Embattled with Curator Mr Veils|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==[[Mr Eaten]]==
{{Small peckish}}''"Who is Mr Eaten? A good question, but not a wise one."''<ref name = "sidebar">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}</ref>

''"The Drowned Man's brothers - aye, and sisters - gave him to the knives and the lacre."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/The_House_of_the_Question|Ask about the Drowned Man|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>

[[File:Appallingsecretnew.png|thumb|There is appetite.]]
Consumed long ago when the Third City fell. Now a reclusive shadow of its former self. The main force behind the nightmarish, incredibly menacing search for its true name. One could pursue this search... but don't. Just don't.

''"A reckoning is not to be postponed indefinitely."''

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