London
cityRegency London, 1814. The Season is underway.
The capital of the British Empire and setting for Chapter 1 of the campaign.
Description
The capital of the British Empire and setting for Chapter 1 of the campaign. The investigators begin their journey here, recruited by Lord Percival Harcourt into the Order of St Aelfric. The London cell of the Aeternum Choir — the Orphean Society — is disrupted during Chapter 1.
Notable Features
- Regency-era London during the Season of 1814
- Home base of the Order of St Aelfric
- Site of the first Aeternum Choir cell disruption
Relationships
- Setting for Chapter 1 Overview — London is the setting for Chapter 1 of the campaign
- Contains Orphean Society Building — The Orphean Society is located in London
- Contains British Museum Montagu House — The British Museum (Montagu House) is in London
- Contains Society of Antiquaries — The Society of Antiquaries is in London
- Contains Royal Academy of Music — The Royal Academy of Music is in London
Places Within
British Museum Montagu House
The British Museum's Reading Room at Great Russell Street serves as a primary research location for investigators seeking information about the Orphean Society, harmonic theory, and the history of occult music practices.
Drury Lane Theatre
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane — one of London's grandest playhouses, and the site of the investigators' first true brush with the Aeternum Choir's theology in December 1813.
Gough Square No7
A tall, narrow, ivy-clad townhouse off Fleet Street, near the old printing district.
Greaves and Sons
Greaves & Sons is a modest pawnshop on Poland Street, just west of Soho proper.
Grosvenor Works
Grosvenor Works is a factory in Southwark that may be connected to the Orphean Society's operations.
Hartwell House
Hartwell House is a stately three-story residence in Mayfair, maintained by the Order of St Aelfric as a recovery and convalescent facility, safe house, and residence for Order operatives and recruits.
Kensington Coach Stables
The Kensington Coach Stables operate as a respectable, high-end coach hire and horse boarding service in West London, well-known among the wealthier class for providing discreet and luxurious transport.
Marchbank Terrace
Bellamy rents the second floor of a modest but respectable terrace house on Marchbank Terrace, a narrow but genteel row near the British Museum in Bloomsbury.
Orphean Society Building
The Orphean Society headquarters occupies 43 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair—a five-storey Georgian townhouse of impeccable external appearance.
Ravenwood House
Ravenwood House is the primary headquarters and operational base of the Order of St Aelfric in London.
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music at Fitzrovia (near Tottenham Court Road) serves as the source of student recruitment for the Orphean Society.
Silver Quay Tavern
The Silver Quay is a rough riverside tavern on Narrow Street in Limehouse, frequented by river workers, sailors, and working-class Londoners.
Society of Antiquaries
The Society of Antiquaries at Somerset House maintains extensive archives of scholarly work, architectural records, and correspondence.
The Laughing Fox
The Laughing Fox is a worn, bohemian coffeehouse in Soho, tucked among narrow lanes just off Dean Street.
Thistle Lane
Rooke rented a single room at the top of a tilting tenement on Thistle Lane, a crooked street winding toward the Thames in Limehouse.