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The Tower of Chimes (1905)|allegiance = Independent}}<blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">''"On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged - the Cantigaster, the Eater-of-Chains, the Spider Council, Jack-of-Smiles in his many bodies. But no-one tells stories about the Vake: the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes. Four ''million.''"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend!_0|Ambition: Bag a Legend! 0|Fallen London}}</ref>''</p></blockquote><blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">''"What is the Vake? They say it's not a monster at all. They say it's a man who dresses up as a bat. To, ah, prowl the city by night. But that would just be stupid."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London}}</ref>''</p></blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">'''The Vake''' is a fearsome batlike monster that has an astronomical bounty on its head.</p>__FORCETOC__ | The Tower of Chimes (1905)|allegiance = Independent}}<blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">''"On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged - the Cantigaster, the Eater-of-Chains, the Spider Council, Jack-of-Smiles in his many bodies. But no-one tells stories about the Vake: the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes. Four ''million.''"<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend!_0|Ambition: Bag a Legend! 0|Fallen London}}</ref>''</p></blockquote><blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">''"What is the Vake? They say it's not a monster at all. They say it's a man who dresses up as a bat. To, ah, prowl the city by night. But that would just be stupid."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London}}</ref>''</p></blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">'''The Vake''' is a fearsome batlike monster that has an astronomical bounty on its head.</p>__FORCETOC__ | ||
==Death from Above== | ==Death from Above== | ||
<blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">"''When the Vake is mentioned, everyone goes quiet. No-one has any boastful stories. Why?"''</p></blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">No one in the | <blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">"''When the Vake is mentioned, everyone goes quiet. No-one has any boastful stories. Why?"''</p></blockquote><p style="font-weight:normal;">No one in the Neath dares confront this beast head-on, not even the most daring monster-hunters. After all, the Vake's primary prey is the people who hunt it.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Into_The_Wastes|Requiem for a moustache|Fallen London}}</ref></p> | ||
Some of the stranger newspapers of the Neath | Some of the stranger newspapers of the Neath claim to run interviews with it, but these are, for the most part, with persons under the influence of Black Wings Absinthe.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/This_really_can%27t_be_good_for_you|This really can't be good for you|Fallen London}}</ref> Probably. | ||
==What is it? == | ==What is it? == | ||
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More wild and irrepressible than the other Masters, [[Mr Veils]] suffered greatly from being trapped inside a dark and musty cavern, surrounded by creatures it would not even consider worthy prey in its prime.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Embattled_with_Curator_Mr_Veils|It sees you. It simply doesn't take a great deal of interest.|Fallen London}}</ref> And then it came up with an idea. One day, the [[Department of Menace Eradication]] received a staggering new commission: ''four million'' echoes for the head of "the Vake," a giant winged creature that threatened the carefree lives of [[London]]'s citizens.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend!_0|A standing reward of four million Echoes|Fallen London}}</ref> The reward was so immense that some thought it a joke, but its authenticity was backed up by Veils itself. The Department even received a considerable sum in advance,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Put_your_trophy_on_the_clerk%27s_desk|To be paid by the Bazaar and backed by Mr Veils|Fallen London}}</ref> so the word about the mysterious creature and a bounty on its head spread quickly. | More wild and irrepressible than the other Masters, [[Mr Veils]] suffered greatly from being trapped inside a dark and musty cavern, surrounded by creatures it would not even consider worthy prey in its prime.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Embattled_with_Curator_Mr_Veils|It sees you. It simply doesn't take a great deal of interest.|Fallen London}}</ref> And then it came up with an idea. One day, the [[Department of Menace Eradication]] received a staggering new commission: ''four million'' echoes for the head of "the Vake," a giant winged creature that threatened the carefree lives of [[London]]'s citizens.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend!_0|A standing reward of four million Echoes|Fallen London}}</ref> The reward was so immense that some thought it a joke, but its authenticity was backed up by Veils itself. The Department even received a considerable sum in advance,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Put_your_trophy_on_the_clerk%27s_desk|To be paid by the Bazaar and backed by Mr Veils|Fallen London}}</ref> so the word about the mysterious creature and a bounty on its head spread quickly. | ||
Particularly sharp hunters had already figured out that the Vake ''is'' Veils; rather than wanting to die, it began preying upon those who would seek to slay it. It lured the unwary into [[Parabola]] using Black Wings Absinthe | Particularly sharp hunters had already figured out that the Vake ''is'' Veils; rather than wanting to die, it began preying upon those who would seek to slay it. It lured the unwary into [[Parabola]] using Black Wings Absinthe - a brew that grants a feeling of flight, visions of a hunt between stars, and eventually, glimpses of something winged following the drinker in the night.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Something_tapping_at_the_window|Tap tap on the glass.|Fallen London}}</ref> Eyewitnesses of the Vake were mostly wiped out or scattered when the [[Fourth City]] collapsed, hence the fresh and exciting bounty on its head - but far from London, on the little island of [[Abbey Rock]], lies the headquarters of a Sisterhood that has been training and preparing to kill this Curator for millennia.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_about_Sinning_Jenny|Ask her about Sinning Jenny|Fallen London}}</ref> | ||
The Vake is just one of Veils' identities, but it has taken a forefront for the past few decades, and Veils' identity as a [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Master of the Bazaar]] has faded into the background.<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 [[Mr Wines]] might be the only one who notices 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> | The Vake is just one of Veils' identities, but it has taken a forefront for the past few decades, and Veils' identity as a [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Master of the Bazaar]] has faded into the background.<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 [[Mr Wines]] might be the only one who notices 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> | ||
