Editing The Shuttered Palace

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{{Neath_Location|title1 = The Shuttered Palace|image1 = Shutteredpalace.png|caption1 = Pindrop silence. Art from FL.|location = [[Fallen London]]|alias = Kensington Palace|allegiance = [[The Traitor Empress]]|notable_inhabitants = The Royal Family<br>
[[The Duchess]]<br>
[[The Cantigaster]]<br>
His Amused Lordship|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/empress-at-the-window Empress at the Window]}}
''"The Traitor Empress and her consort live safely in the Shuttered Palace, in the protective custody of the Bazaar. No-one is permitted to use her name anymore."''

''"Why is the Empress' Palace shuttered? Apparently the Empress doesn't like light. Or sudden movements, loud noises, foreigners, treason, peaches. When you're Empress, you can do this kind of thing."''

'''The Shuttered Palace''', at the very west end of [[London]], likely used to be called Kensington Palace but was renamed after the Fall. [[The Traitor Empress|The Empress]] and her family, with the scandalous exception of the ahistorical [[The Captivating Princess|Captivating Princess]], are confined to the palace.

It is a magnet for London's up-and-coming entertainers... though they have to stay quiet.__forcetoc__
==The Empress' Court==
[[File:Empresscourt.png|thumb|center|400px|Art from FL]]

'''The Empress' Court''' is the inner sanctum of the Shuttered Palace; it is where the Empress and most of her family (the Consort, and eight of their ten children) live and the most famed artists in London work. It is most interesting to London's more Persuasive types, who can get a little, ah, ''bold'' in their writings, compositions, and deeds. (Something something <font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">threesome on the Empress' throne</span></font> something something.)

==What Lies Below==
While solving a murder mystery at the University, one learns that [[The Duchess|the Duchess]]'s husband ([[The Cantigaster]]) resides in the palace cellars, along with huge collections of objects - living, dead, and inanimate alike.
==Not Quite Blood==
{{major spoiler small}}After an unfortunate episode involving either gaoler's honey or badly crossbred prisoner's honey, all of the Empress' children have been transformed into monsters, save for [[The Captivating Princess|the Captivating Princess]], who managed to reverse the effects (plus, she was born in the Neath and already is said to have fiery red eyes). One may see the siblings as they were before, but only in a mirror. Some intrepid players decided to link each epithet mentioned in the story to one of the Empress/Queen Victoria's real-life children:
*Empress's Shadow - Victoria, Princess Royal, who stayed on the Surface since she was married to a Surface prince
*Redundant Heir - Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII, who stayed on the Surface to rule Britain, but attended the dinner with his monster siblings
*Dutiful Daughter - Princess Alice, "the Serpentine Coils"
*Brooding Captain - Prince Alfred Ernest, formerly captain of the Galatea, who is now "the Shadow with Teeth"
*Heartbroken Bibliophile - Princess Helena, "an abhorrence of rusting quills"
*Recalcitrant Sculptress - Princess Louise, "the gaunt thing with a coat of glass feathers"
*Bellicose Prince - Prince Arthur, "the weeping horse-sized grub"
*Delicate Duke - Prince Leopold, "a puce, veiny blob"
*Playful Prodigy - Princess Beatrice,  "the spider-thing with face-hands and needle-fingers"
Despite their horrid appearances, the Children are still pretty sane all things considered. Just don't look too close.
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