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"To the wicked and the wise! To the hungry and the sharp!"[1]
"Trade in anything drinkable comes under the jurisdiction of Mr Wines. Though it can't be bothered with water. Entertainment, music and the business of the ladies of the evening are also its domain. There's supposed to be some sort of dispute about dreams."[2]
Mr Wines is an extravagant and indulgent Master of the Bazaar.
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Known for entertaining guests at huge revels, this Master in charge of the trade in all things drinkable, including medicine and excluding water.[2] As one of the more accessible Masters, it is out and about in London relatively frequently.[3] Most of the time, though, it conducts business through its favored servant, Jervaise.[4] It is in charge of a group of dancing beauties who are often misassigned by zailors to Mr Veils.
Though Mr Wines is not known for its misdeeds, it and Mr Cups drove the Watchmaker's Daughter, a talented craftswoman whose toys came alive, to suicide.[5] Mr Wines is also London's most notorious cheque-skipper, and has a reputation for leaving others holding the bill for parties here and there.[6][7] It also sells harmful substances under the label of "absinthe", including one that aids "a friend and colleague."[8][9]
Mr Wines appeared as the Cloaked Emissary in Surface Karakorum in The Silver Tree,[10], was known as the Khan of Dreams during the time of the Fourth City,[11] and is called M. Mourvèdre in visions of a possible future Paris.[12] In the Sunless Skies timeline, to the Cult of the Sanctified at Avid Horizon, he is the Crowned Saint, or alternatively the Crowned and Crimson: the King of Saints.[13][14]
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