#facetiae

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Word of the Day

Facetiae, n. /fə’sē-shē/ - Humorous sayings or writings, pleasantries, witticisms.

       Source: The Oxford Universal Dictionary, 1933

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That awkward feeling when you're the only one at the party who hasn't been redrawn in the new style.

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Fallen London's mayoral elections saw candidates of all heights and widths.

The Bishop of Southwark was large. The Implacable Detective was small. The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle was both large and small!

But Madame Shoshana? She was medium-sized.

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Two of the rarest and most inaccessible treasures of Fallen London are a firkin of cider and a wheel of cheese, which suggests that Fallen Bath would be a city of such plenty and excess as to put El Dorado to shame.

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Hell is (MISSING), and all the devils are (MISSING)

- The Tempest. Act (Echinacea), Scene (NOT FOUND)

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Theory: the Roof locations unlocked by Firmament will form a spectrum equivalent to the colours of the Neathbow.

For instance:

The Midnight Moon, with its obvious association with the creatures of the deep zee, is Peligin.

Queeneater's Castle, with its themes of excision and devouring, is Gant.

Finally, Burgundy is Violant, because they're both reddish-purple.