Vienna

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"The capital of the Dual Monarchy has seen better days. The palaces still glitter, but the mood is uneasy."[1]

"Recall that place of white and black, so cold after its season of heat."[2]

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is on the verge of revolution. Though it is far from the safest place to be, it does love its coffee.[3]

Vienna is home to an ongoing conflict between revolutionaries and the forces of law and order. The Fidgety Agitator conducts business with the Calendar Council, often delivering supplies to progress the Liberation of Night.[4] He is opposed by a mysterious old man from "the Bureau" who works against the anarchists at all costs.[5] The Old Man is a powerful chessmaster, though he too operates in fear of the Great Powers.[6]

There are hints that Vienna may be the location of the mysterious woods in winter, the proving ground for spies of the Great Game.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Vienna, Sunless Sea
  2. ↑ The Name-Which-Burns, Sunless Sea
  3. ↑ Establish a business relationship, Sunless Sea "The proud and glittering Café Ferstel has long been a centre of intellectual life. But its coffee has deteriorated in quality. Offer a sample..."
  4. ↑ "Psst! Friend! Strike a blow for freedom, will you?", Sunless Sea "Our sisters and brothers below are performing experiments in light. For, you know, the Liberation. [...] You'll be advancing our cause by months. Please. For freedom from all tyrants."
  5. ↑ Report the Fidgeting Agitator to the authorities, Sunless Sea "A dinner with a gentleman from the Bureau - A fierce old fellow listens intently to your account, and dispatches agents to arrest the Agitator. [...] No payment? But the dinner conversation is rich with valuable information. Perhaps the old fellow is using you as a pawn in some scheme of his own."
  6. ↑ Ask the Bureau friend whether you had met before, long ago..., Sunless Sea "His eyes are grave. "The Great Powers are always watching," he hisses. "Even here. Everything you've done, you chose to do. Remember: there is a sea more sunless.""
  7. ↑ The Waltz That Moved the World, Fallen London ""But he's a man, just as I am. I last saw him in the woods one winter – surrounded by black bark and white snow. It was Vienna, long ago. I proved myself there, and..." He furrows his brow, and his head droops forward. "The woods in winter. It happened before me. It happened after. I passed my trial, and came to London.""
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