Weasels

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> *"Weasels have become fashionable pets in the city of late: small, clean, fierce and very happy underground."*
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**Weasels** are more or less outwardly identical to their Surface counterparts, though they display a limited degree of sapience like many other of the Neath's animals. They're capable of singing popular tunes, playing card and parlor games, and specially trained weasels were once used by agents of the Great Game for an unknown purpose.

Weasels have recently become popular pets in Fallen London, given their natural preference for the underground and their relative cleanliness. **Weasel-sellers** peddle these creatures throughout the streets of Spite, and they may train their weasels to attack anyone who tries to accost them. Weasels are also eaten as delicacies by certain individuals and factions, such as urchins, tigers, and apparently the Boatman himself.

On occasion, Londoners pit weasels against each other in **tournaments of weasels**, played in **weasel-pits**; this sport is often played a bit more seriously than one would expect. These tournaments are reported in the ***Fighting Weasel Digest***, and ravens are known for their apparent oracular abilities in predicting these tournaments' outcomes, though this practice is considered cheating. Certain weasels are even bred for this purpose; **Araby Fighting-Weasels** are a bronze-furred, powerful breed specially trained to fight in weasel-pits, and are known for their cunning and proud disposition. Unfortunately, like all sports, tournaments of weasels suffer from their fair share of cheaters, including an apparent case of *weasel-doping*.

The **Ancient and Honorable Company of Weasel-Fanciers** are a group of renowned weasel enthusiasts who regularly send their weasels out to battle Rattus Faber. They notably hand out prizes to weasels who display amazing skill, elegance, and manners, though they dislike participants who game the playing field using selective breeding.

**Lucky Weasels** are weasels that are renowned for their *exceptional* luck; this unfortunately does not imply that they bring *others* luck. **Salt Weasels** are an extremely rare variety of weasel that originate north of Fallen London in the Pale Wastes; these weasels are known for their relative guilelessness, and are unfortunately hunted for their valuable fur.

The performers of Mahogany Hall frequently use weasels as part of their performances, putting the animals in high demand in the area. But a *particular tune* in Mahogany Hall may cause the poor creatures grievous harm...

A Weasel.A Lucky Weasel.An Araby Fighting-Weasel.A Salt Weasel.A Weasel-Infested Velocipede.Plagued by a Popular Song?
## References

2. ↑ Celebrated Weasel, *Fallen London*
3. ↑ Play with your weasels, *Fallen London* *"[...] you're pretty sure one has worked out how to cheat at cribbage."*
4. ↑ Learn more at the carnival, *Fallen London*
5. ↑ In the shadow of All Christs Spire, *Fallen London*
6. ↑ Offer a bevy of Lucky Weasels, *Fallen London*
7. ↑ Surrender any Lucky Weasels you're carrying, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ City Vices: a tournament of weasels!, *Fallen London*
9. ↑ Chasing the Fence, *Fallen London*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The value of sportsmanship, *Fallen London*
11. ↑ A subtle approach, *Fallen London*
12. ↑ Take your raven to the weasel-fights, *Fallen London*
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Attend with a weasel of quality, *Fallen London*
14. ↑ Waylay a Weasel-Seller, *Fallen London*
15. ↑ Araby Fighting-Weasel, *Fallen London*
16. ↑ The marriage of inconvenience, *Fallen London*
17. ↑ Weasel-fanciers are abroad, *Fallen London*
18. ↑ One (gendertitle) and a weasel, *Fallen London*
19. ↑ One (gendertitle) and a weasel of distinction, *Fallen London*
20. ↑ Lucky Weasel, *Fallen London*
21. ↑ Salt Weasel, *Fallen London*
22. ↑ Hello little fellow, what's your name?, *Fallen London*
23. ↑ Gain entrance to Mahogany Hall, *Fallen London*
24. ↑ Ask her to sing Pop Goes The Weasel, *Fallen London*