Editing The Upstairs

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The Council established the '''Revolutionary Parliament'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"The Revolutionary Parliament is building a new society [...]"''</ref> and reformed the [[Church]] into a new religion of the '''Everyman'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] lead them in prayer. Not to the [...] new cult of the Everyman [...]"''</ref> Public safety is still managed by the [[Constables]], though they wear black hats instead of blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"Black-capped Constables line the moonlit streets."''</ref> The days of the week were renamed, with one such day being '''Pluto's Day'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"Each week on Pluto's Day, the markets stay open until midnight."''</ref> Commerce is managed by ration inspectors,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"Ration inspectors prowl the stalls. [...]"''</ref> who grant allowances to citizens in exchange for mandats, documents resembling currency.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"The mandats will buy you [...] a blind eye from the [...] ration inspectors."''</ref>

=== The Council's Organizations ===

[[File:Watchmakershill2.png|alt=A hill with an observatory.|thumb|[[Watchmaker's Hill]]]]

The '''March Bureau''' bears a seal of a trumpet and a flag.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] stamped with the trumpet-and-flag of the March Bureau [...]"''</ref> They hold parades to celebrate the revolution and its figures, such as the '''York Martyrs''' killed by the Queen's forces.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] latest of the March Bureau's parades [...] this one is to commemorate the York Martyrs, gunned down by her Exiled Majesty's soldiers."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"At Trafalgar Square [...] light seven candles. One for each of the Martyrs [...] executed for daring to speak against the old order."''</ref> They also keep [[Watchmaker's Hill|Greenwich]] safe from canines called '''Pale Dogs''' by rewarding mandats to those who hunt them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"High on its hill jut [...] the observatory. [...] Pale Dogs are hunting. [...] The March Bureau offer a reward for their pelts: crisp mandats [...]"''</ref> An organization known as the '''Marchists''' is known to exist,<ref name = "marchists"/> but its purpose is unknown, as is [[March|March's]] status.

The '''December Office''' employs executioners who wear canine masks,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the executioner's dog mask, the sign of the December Office."''</ref> similar to that of [[December]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Converse_with_a_stranger|Converse with a stranger|Fallen London|}} ''"They wear a [...] mask: not quite a fox, not entirely a wolf. All white."''</ref> They converted [[Ladybones Road#Hangman's Arch|Marble Arch]] of [[Ladybones Road|Marylebone]] into a hangman's arch,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"Moonlight burns on the marble of the arch. It limns the gallows in silver."''</ref> where they execute political prisoners, such as unpopular Lords of the old Parliament.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"The condemned [...] This is justice: he was one of the Lords who opposed the revolution. His vote sent troops into Cheapside."''</ref> [[December]] themself is alive and apparently active, though they are a target of the city's counterrevolutionaries.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"For Balmoral! Death to December!"''</ref>

Despite the Queen's exile, various groups of royalists remain active:<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"Septemberist traitors! Long live the Queen! Her Exiled Majesty!"''</ref> one such faction are the '''Coldstream counter-revolutionaries'''. Their members wear red uniforms with white accents,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"He wears a red uniform, belted with white – the colours of the Coldstream counter-revolutionaries."''</ref> and fly a flag emblazoned with a "red cross inside a blue circle, inside a white star".<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Noises_from_Upstairs|Noises from Upstairs|Fallen London|}} ''"On the wall, a tattered flag shows a red cross inside a blue circle, inside a white star."''</ref> This faction observes the Revolutionary Council's weaknesses,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Noises_from_Upstairs|Noises from Upstairs|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] display boards. One features newspaper reports, covering divisions within the Revolutionary Council. Another is a [...] gallery of faces, with handwritten annotations. Some [...] have been crossed out."''</ref> and stage riots and bombings to disrupt the new government. Unfortunately, their actions are known to cause civilian casualties.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cut_with_Moonlight|Cut with Moonlight|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the crowd. The attackers are Coldstream counter-revolutionaries. [...] one of them [...] throwing something into a post office. Fire blooms from its shattered windows."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Noises_from_Upstairs|Noises from Upstairs|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] Coldstream counter-revolutionaries, [...] stories of civilians maimed in explosions or trampled in riots."''</ref>

The Septemberists laid siege to Balmoral<ref name = "compel ghillie">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Compel_the_Ghillie_to_extend_your_visit|Compel the Ghillie to extend your visit|Fallen London|}} ''"Her Majesty sieged. [...] Be brave fir our lads in scarlet."''</ref> and even constructed a guillotine nearby.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leave_the_woods_3|Leave the woods 3|Fallen London|}} ''"Balmoral stands [...] its walls blackened [...] its windows broken. [...] Someone has erected a guillotine on the lawn [...]"''</ref> However, loyalists held them back from their objective,<ref name = "flatter ghillie"/> and the woods nearby became a bloody battleground.<ref name = "wander the woods">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Wander_the_woods|Wander the woods|Fallen London|}} ''"The bloody bodies of Septemberists hang in the woods [...] There has been an ambush [...]"''</ref> Other landmarks, such as the River Forth, were also theaters of the conflict.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Leave_the_woods|Leave the woods|Fallen London|}} ''"When the balladeers held the Forth till the water ran crimson [...]"''</ref> The Septemberists suffered heavy losses due to loyalist ambushes,<ref name = "wander the woods"/> but their cause drew the attention of the Third Republic of France, the March Bureau, other allies within the Union,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accompany_September|Accompany September|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] individual components of the force [...] the Third Republic, [...] the Union, [...] the March Bureau."''</ref> and the '''Celtic Republics'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Wander_the_glades|Wander the glades|Fallen London|}} ''" "For September," [...] The flags of the Celtic Republics hang [...]"''</ref> Whatever the conclusion of this tale of intrigue and revolution may be, it remains unknown.