Editing Venderbight

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|caption1 = A disgraced exile. Art from FL.
|image2 = venderbight.png
|caption2 = Venderbight, the largest tomb-colony. Art from Sunless Sea.
|location = [[The Unterzee]]
|allegiance = Independent
|notable_inhabitants =  [[Doctor Carrywell]]
The Last Constable, possibly (Sunless Sea)<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Last_Constable|The Last Constable|Sunless Sea}}</ref> 
The Once-Dashing Smuggler<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_an_old_friend|Visit an Old Friend|Fallen London}}</ref>
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''<blockquote>Venderbight is not a pleasant place. But there is peace here, among the shuffling colonists and glistening stone. Sometimes, in a quiet room with a glass of imported Greyfields in your hand and your landlady playing the piano – surprisingly well – you could almost feel happy here.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Far_from_home|Far from home|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>''

Verderbight is the most well known port of [[The Tomb-Colonies]] and a frequent destination for travelling Tomb-Colonists and individuals hiding from their scandalous deeds in London.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Map|Map|Sunless Sea}} ''"Venderbight is the only port in the Tomb-Colonies"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Disgraced_exile_in_the_Tomb-Colonies|Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies|Fallen London}}</ref> '''[[The Grand Sanatorium]]''', which houses the most decrepit and near-death of Tomb-Colonists, is located near the colony.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Flowstone_Forest|Ambition: Nemesis %E2%80%93 the Flowstone Forest|Fallen London}} ''"The Grand Sanatorium! Your information has it deep in the Flowstone Forest to the south of Venderbight, nestled like a fungus in a rotting log. Like a beehive in an old stone wall."''</ref><ref name="fallenlondon.wiki">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_construction_of_the_%27Grand_Sanatoria%27|The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria'|Fallen London}}</ref>

== The Living among the Dead ==
The Tomb-Colonists of Venderbight take a certain pride in their status as almost-dead. They refer to healthier individuals as "Softskins" or "Silkskins."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_vigilant_colonist|A vigilant colonist|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight|Explore Venderbight|Sunless Sea}} ''"The other colonists spot you, and close ranks around him. “Stay back, silkskin,” one hisses."''</ref> Indeed, to be granted permanent stay as a Tomb-Colonist, one must pass the Skin-Check and the Confirmation of Consolation.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight#The_Trouble_with_Tomb-Colonists|Help out an immigrant|Sunless Sea}}</ref> Impostor Tomb-Colonists are treated harshly by the community.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight#The_Trouble_with_Tomb-Colonists|Make no promise of discretion|Sunless Sea}} ''"Her possesions are forfeited [...] She yells as the tomb-colonists drag her away."''</ref> Exiles from London, however, are a welcome diversion, as they bring gossip<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_an_old_friend|Visit an old friend|Fallen London}}</ref> and other amenities from the City - like hats and weasels.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_improbable_fashion|An improbable fashion|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_limping_fellow|A limping fellow|Fallen London}}</ref>  

== Public Perception ==
The Unexpurgated London Gazette once wrote a series of articles on the Tomb-Colony, calling it 'dark' and "miserable," and using terms like "doomed" and "reeking and bandaged." [[Doctor Carrywell]], a senior staff member at the Grand Sanatorium, fought hard to have this disrespectful article redacted; apparently, she was successful.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_10:_to_the_tomb-colonies%3F|Ambition: Nemesis 10: to the tomb-colonies?|Fallen London}} ''"A sub-editor at the Unexpurgated London Gazette knows her only too well. She writes enraged letters to the Gazette, complaining about a series of articles they published on her home colony of Venderbight. She rejects the 'dark': they have gas-light! She rejects the 'miserable': they have piano-recitals! She rejects the 'doomed': they are optimists! The 'reeking and bandaged' drove her into an ungovernable rage that left the remainder of her last letter unreadable."''</ref>  

News of the Tomb-Colonies seldom reaches London's newspapers. They apparently consider it bad practice to report on someone after their obituary has already been published.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_society_pages%3F|The society pages?|Fallen London}}</ref>  

==Locations in and around Venderbight==

===Establishments of the Port Proper===
*The Vengeance of Jonah, a seafood-restaurant run by the [[Bandaged Poissonnier]]. It's comparatively comfortable and known for its extraordinary cuisine.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_of_Jonah|The Vengeance of Jonah|Sunless Sea}} ''"It's a cramped little place, but much better-lit than most places in the tomb-colonies. The scents of the dishes are multitudinous and extraordinary."''</ref>
*The Hungarian Cafe: the food leaves a bit to be desired, but the music is good.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight|Explore Venderbight|Sunless Sea}} ''"You pause for refreshment at the Hungarian Café. The coffee is dusty, and the pastries a little stale, but the gaggle of decaying violin-players are skilled and surprisingly sprightly."''</ref>
*The Lamplighters' Arcade, sellers of copper jewelry. Apparently a tradition from the time before London.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight|Explore Venderbight|Sunless Sea}} ''"Here they sell copper jewellery: grimacing little faces and squat rectilinear figures. A tradition from before London, they claim."''</ref>
*The Last Tour Operator, who organizes pleasure cruises for the Tomb-Colonists.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight|The Last Tour Operator|Sunless Sea}} ''"I have one dozen sad and bandaged souls here. They're choosing their final fate. Will you take them on one last diversionary tour? It may be a longish trip."''</ref>
*The Stalagmite Arcade. Little is known about this place, but it is the occasional haunt of well-connected chess players.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Game_of_Chess_-_Venderbight|A Game of Chess - Venderbight|Fallen London}}</ref>

===The Outskirts of Venderbight===

*The Flowstone Forest, a confusing maze of stone that obfuscates the way to the Grand Sanatorium.<ref name=":0" />
*[[The Grand Sanatorium]], a place where the weakest of the Tomb-Colonists go to die - or so we assume.<ref name="fallenlondon.wiki"/>
*Unnamed ruins which date back to the Third City and are known to invoke visions of lush jungles and snakes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Remnants|Remnants|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu|Déjà vu|Sunless Sea}} ''""By this victory," you say - you hardly know why - "I claim the rights to the sight of this place." Your crew mutter and disperse, slinking into serpent-shape to wriggle across the clearing. The tree where you found the image is one of many: you stand in a jungle beneath an orange sun..."''</ref>

==Trivia==
*Dustwine is considered a delicacy in Venderbight.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bandages_and_Dust:_The_Tomb-Colonies|Bandages and Dust: The Tomb-Colonies|Fallen London}} ''"The bottle is three-quarters full of burgundy dust. "In Venderbight they call it a delicacy," he sobs. "A delicacy! Why is it trying to murder my brain?""''</ref>
*The Tomb-Colony is home to the Blind Cave-Fish.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Honey_Tales|Honey Tales|Fallen London}}</ref>
*Venderbight exports cave-herring.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_weighty_decision|A weighty decision|Fallen London}} ''"A palace cat bribed with secrets and Venderbight cave-herring brings you one tidbit."''</ref>
*Venderbight also sells a very particular kind of soap and candles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Unorthodox_technologies|Unorthodox technologies|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Venderbight|Exploring Venderbight|Sunless Sea}} ''"Sweeter scents draw you into a shop which sells candles - lilac, lavender, honey. You fall into a discussion of their manufacture with the shop-keeper. "Yes," she says, proudly displaying her missing arm, "we render ourselves to good end."''</ref>
*Venderbight lent its name to a special [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavane pavane] <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Lost_in_Reflections|Lost in Reflections|Fallen London}} ''"She holds the audience entranced with Viennese folk music, a Piatti caprice, a thrumming Venderbight pavane—"''</ref> - a slow, processional dance from the 1500s. Very befitting for the lamentable state of a Tomb-Colonist's body, as well as its age.

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