"You lead the Dauntless Knight through the Lamentation of Violets, where the pilgrim road is strewn with unreal blossoms. You pass the shattered palace, frozen in the last moments of a Saint's demise: an eternity caged in a moment. She follows you along the rose-strewn trenches of the battlefields, where mortars and edicts committed sacrilege against the earth. You return to the old chapel of bone – once mighty, brought low."[1]
The Chandler is a Saint of Hell worshipped by the Brazen Brigade, the palace guard of the Grand Devils. The Brigade's ruined chapel[2] is both his corpse and his tomb; it is constructed from his hollowed-out bones and contains his Parabolan prison.[3] The Brigade are trying to spread the Chandler’s word through London, disguising his nature as that of a true saint of the Church, martyred on the walls of Hell for his devotion.[4]
There is a grain of truth to that story of sainthood. The Chandler was killed for love - love for his old master, a Judgement. His prison allows him to see his love through the glass, but never talk to or return to it.[5]
The monarchists at the Brimstone Convention of Mount Palmerston have an alliance with the Chandler, though they do not know that any of the other Grand Devils are alive or reachable.[6]
References[]
- ↑ Call in favours (Null and Void), Fallen London
- ↑ The Chandler's Chapel, Fallen London "Inside, the chapel is half-ruined. Two vast stone arches form the remnant of the roof. The nave narrows at the back, before expanding again into a hollow oval."
- ↑ For All The Saints, Fallen London "This is the Chandler's Ossuary – made of his own bones."
- ↑ For All The Saints, Fallen London "Well, well. A new saint. Or a very old one. A good Christian, slain for love of Christ."
- ↑ For All The Saints, Fallen London "The Chandler commanded us to return to the Mandate of Heaven; to once more serve his beloved. ... Now he may always look upon his love, through glass."
- ↑ Ask about her mission, Fallen London