Whitsun

>     *"Welcome to Whitsun! That's my name for the phenomenon. No, no, it's nothing to do with the church – as far as I know. But, it's the right time of the year."*
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**Whitsun** is a festival celebrated yearly during the month of May, marked by the sudden appearance of bizarre eggs scattered throughout Fallen London.

## Eggs for Everyone

The day of Whitsun was always a commonly celebrated holiday in London. However, not until recently has the day been accompanied by eggs appearing in inconvenient locations throughout the city. These eggs tend to appear in places as high as chimneys, and as low as the holds of docked ships. Many of them are quite large, approximately the size of a beer barrel. Many individuals in London have elected to take advantage of the phenomenon. One man, the **Effervescent Charcutier**, and his son, the **Reliable Eggmonger**, have made a fortune selling eggs to Londoners; unfortunately, their business must remain discreet, as the Special Constables also seek to confiscate eggs left and right.

During the festival itself, many Londoners tend to go, for lack of a better term, egg-mad. The festivities are often marked by egg-smuggling attempts, terrible egg puns resulting in violence, and unpopular egg-themed restaurants. Mysteriously, several urchins have fervently attempted to acquire eggs as well, for purposes that remain unclear.

## The Eggs of Whitsun

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> *"A speaker near Hangman's Arch has drawn the ire of a crowd. They are using chicken's eggs to express their opinion of his thoughts on larger eggs."*
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Whitsun's phenomenon spawns several different varieties of egg. They come in a variety of different colors (perhaps bright red or deep blue\_, appearances, and sizes, and many citizens eagerly try to hatch them. To influence the creatures gestating within the eggs, some Londoners subject their eggs to strange "augmentations", which may consist of "invigorating" the egg with secrets, "enlightening" them with truths, or other, more esoteric methods.

The most notable varieties of egg seen during Whitsun include:

**Scarlet Eggs** are large eggs with a striking red color, the color of something that seeks to be noticed, and to be seen. These eggs were modified by a mysterious power to move them from their place in the chain of being, by using amber to strengthen their shells, expand their size, and modify the creatures gestating within.

**Aged Eggs** are large eggs with a cracked, fossilized appearance, which yield creatures who apparently originate from an older era. These eggs were modified by a mysterious power, leaving almost no trace of tampering, and when left near other living things such as plants, they may cause the object to wither and devolve into a more primitive form.

**Percipient Eggs** are large eggs with a furry texture, and they hatch creatures known for their extreme curiosity. Unlike many other eggs seen during Whitsun, these eggs are apparently completely unmodified.

## The Creatures of Whitsun

> *"Good god! Is that girl's hair on fire? Quick! Get some wat— Ah, no. It's just the pet perched upon her shoulder. Although – the pet is on fire! Quick, get some—"*
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The festival of Whitsun is also notable for the creatures that hatch from its mysterious eggs. These creatures are influenced by the augmentations applied to their eggs before they hatched, undergoing significant changes, and gaining strengths and potentially supernatural powers in the process. Several of these creatures actually make fine pets, if one is particularly daring of course.

These creatures include:

**Aurochs** are ancient, bull-like creatures with a typically vegetarian diet, known for their large sizes and appetites.
**Carnivorous Aurochs** are aurochs with a uniquely meat-based diet. When in Parabola, they're apparently capable of conveying sigils of the mysterious Discordance.
**Dream-Dwelling Carnivorous Aurochs** are carnivorous aurochs that largely reside within Parabola. Their appetites, and activities, are as mysterious as their choice in habitat.
The **Reflected Minotaur** is a mysterious, humanoid aurochs that resides entirely within Parabola. Its appetites and the extent of its powers are unknown.
When the old bones of an aurochs are scattered in Parabola, they may grow into **Flourishing Aurochs**, powerful beasts of war with bodies composed of newly-grown plant life.

**Suspicious Iguanas** are known for their careful and observant nature. This makes them surprisingly skilled investigators, even in hectic places like the Flit.
**Amber Iguanas** are iguanas with translucent skin, an orange coloration, and a fondness for open flames. They also enjoy eating lit candles. Due to their exposure to the Shapeling Arts, their skeletons have several strange features, such as spike-covered spinal columns or strangely textured skulls.
**Warm-Hearted Amber Iguanas** are gold-colored iguanas with a high body temperature and a fondness for warming the laps or feet of their owners. These iguanas generate heat from the center of their bodies, and they grow hotter when their heart rate increases.
The **Rubbery Dragon** is a powerful creature capable of emitting large amounts of steam or even fire when excited. Its body is luminescent and quite flexible, and it is also highly omnivorous.

**Untrained Lyrebirds** are dull-feathered birds that are capable of imitating sounds in their environment. However, they lack the ability to sing without proper training.
**Operatic Lyrebirds** are strikingly-colored birds with extremely loud voices. They're extremely capable as singers, and even possess a keen understanding of musical nuances.
**Lyrebirds Educated in Three Schools** are *even louder* than their Operatic counterparts, and have brighter feathers to boot. These birds are educated in the popular schools of the Bazaarines, Celestials, and... Mycologenes? Fittingly for that last school, these birds also enjoy duets with Blemmigans.
The **Unquenchable Firebird** is a bird that emits tremendous amounts of fiery light, but inexplicably does not burn its surroundings. Even *one feather* from its body can light up an entire room.

**Spindlewolves** are lovable, fox-like creatures with unusually long and slightly chitinous legs. As endearing as they are, they're also capable eavesdroppers when given the right disguise.
**Elongated Spindlewolves** have a canine appearance, but have more than four legs. They also possess much longer limbs and noses than their unaugmented counterparts, gifting them with tremendous amounts of speed. Not that this affects their amiable personalities, however.
**Surveilling Spindlewolves** are canine creatures with chitinous legs that resemble that of a scorpion, and an armored tail, several extra eyes, and the ability to climb walls. They also move extremely quietly, and are skilled observers. Despite their appearences, however, they retain the friendly behavior of all other Spindlewolves.
The **Brachiating Spindlewolf** is a canine creature with an uncountable number of armored legs, many pairs of eyes, and a fondness for hanging upside down. They're just as nice as other Spindlewolves, of course.

**Quizzical Squirrels** are unique squirrels with venomous stingers in their tails. These creatures are fortunately immune to their own poison, and possess excellent jumping ability. When fed attar, the mysterious currency of Arbor, the sting of these squirrels may convey extremely bizarre dreams and visions. However, they cannot produce attar of their own.
**Acute Squirrels** are squirrels with needle-sharp ears, shell-covered fingers, and a articulated, venomous stinger for a tail. The potency and type of venom these creatures produce is dependent on their diet, which is surprisingly varied.
**Acicular Squirrels** are squirrels with razor-sharp, venomous tails, multiple eyes, and clawed paws. Their sharp claws give them an unparalleled climbing ability, and they rely on their sense of smell to locate food easily.
The **Transfixing Squirrel** is a squirrel-like creature with soft fur, a venomous tail, chitinous skin, multiple pairs of eyes, and an almost hypnotic gaze. Notably, it has a fondness for eating candles, and its tail glows greenish-purple when it consumes one.

**Terror Birds** are ancient, flightless birds with a fondness for chewing on anything they can reach. Chicks have fuzzy down and fluffy tails, and enjoy being given head scratches; adults stand as tall as an adult human, and possess a strong curiosity. Unfortunately, Terror Birds are unpopular as pets in Fallen London, despite their friendly demeanor, and rejected Terror Birds often inhabit the suburbs of the city, continuing their usual habits of biting everything in sight.
**Iron-Toothed Terror Birds** are terror birds that even taller than their unaugmented counterparts, and possess extremely sharp beaks, capable of ripping apart even metal. Their beaks are so sharp that their teeth appear to be a redundancy, not that this helps any poor home appliances within chewing distance, of course.
The **Double-Headed Terror Bird** is a Iron-Toothed Terror Bird with two independent heads. These heads have a tendency to argue and even attack one another, but this impediment may be for the best given this beast's ferocious power.

## Fashion Trends

> *"An old crone shuffles past. Her hat whistles jauntily in your direction. She makes eye contact with you – and maintains a mischievously neutral expression."*
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Whitsun is also notable for its unique fashion trends and articles of clothing that rose in popularity during the festival. It's quite telling that these are harvested from the creatures that hatch from the season's eggs.

* The **Aurochs-Fur Coat**, a soft and comfortable fur coat; useful for sleepless nights.

* **Birdskin Gloves**, gloves coated in feathery fuzz that are impervious to sharp objects and severe heat, making them useful tools for handling Terror Birds.

* **Honed Ushanka**, a piece of headwear with a venomous stinger nestled within itself. An unpopular item.

* **Iguana-Skin Boots**, good for cold feet, but poor for slippery floors.

* **Tuneful Hat**, a hat that refuses to stop singing. Charming at dawn, a menace at dusk.

* **Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots**, warm boots that may or may not stare at onlookers.

An Aurochs-Fur Coat.A pair of Birdskin Gloves.A Honed Ushanka.A pair of Iguana-Skin Boots.A Tuneful Hat.A pair of Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots.
## The Secrets of Whitsun

> *"A shiver. The egg contains you. Your house. The egg holds London, the Neath, the — No. The egg is just an egg. But, for a moment, what was growing on the inside was entirely outside, was everything beyond this world."*
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It goes without saying that there's much more to Whitsun than meets the eye. After all, aren't all mysteries just really tough eggs to crack? Not really; they're usually nuts.

### Amber Ha'pennies

> *"Tiny, sticky, and stamped with the image of a breaking chain."*
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A unique currency is discreetly exchanged during the festivities of Whitsun: coins known as **Amber Ha'pennies**, which are small, sticky to the touch, and are stamped with an imprint of a breaking chain on one side and a chain being reforged on the other. These coins are notably hard to come by; they are actually one of the "great currencies," and are used to buy a moment's inattention from a great shame or transgression. According to rumor, the creation of the Neath actually cost a "roll" of them.

### Eggfall

> *"An urchin – you know, the bright one, with the thing on his face – he said they are from the Bazaar itself. And nothing to do with the Masters. Can you imagine? The Bazaar, broody? And these its children? No, that must be wrong. It's too horrific to contemplate."*
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There are several rumors and gossip surrounding the mystery of **eggfall**, the formal term for the egg-related occurrences that happen during Whitsun. In fact, this phenomenon is important enough that it has a page dedicated to it in the Tragedy Procedures, although the contents of the passage remain unclear. Some say the eggs are manmade, or perhaps devil-made. Others say that it's a grand marketing scheme for all the egg-related clothes seen during Whitsun. The most likely rumor, however, seems to suggest that the eggs were laid by the Echo Bazaar itself, as some kind of scheme to replace the Masters of the Bazaar, who have become untrustworthy and unreliable in its eyes.

## References

2. ↑ "Welcome to Whitsun!", *Fallen London* *"Eggs have abruptly appeared [...] balanced on chimneys [...] in the holds of docked ships. [...] size of a beer barrel [...] "*
3. ↑ Revisit the Effervescent Charcutier, *Fallen London*
4. ↑ Enquire as to sourcing an egg, *Fallen London*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Airs of Whitsun, *Fallen London*
6. ↑ Bring in the Silk-Clad Expert as a Paid Assistant (30 FATE), *Fallen London* *"[...] Scarlet Egg delights her: the size, the colour, the luminosity [...] "There was an egg [...] But it's blue, and it isn't half this size."*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ask whether he has any egg related advice, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ Invigorate a Scarlet Egg for the first time, *Fallen London*
9. ↑ Enlighten a Scarlet Egg for the first time, *Fallen London*
10. ↑ Acquire a Highly-Illegal Experimental Egg Augmentation Device, *Fallen London*
11. ↑ Buy a scarlet egg (1899), *Fallen London*
12. ↑ Consider your Untreated Scarlet Egg, *Fallen London*
13. ↑ Ask her to help with ordinary research (Numismatrix), *Fallen London*
14. ↑ Finish the study of the Scarlet Egg, *Fallen London* *"[...] make the shell stronger [...] expand its size. [...] certainly have changed the creature within [...]"*
15. ↑ Buy an aged egg, *Fallen London*
16. ↑ Contemplate your Aged Egg, *Fallen London*
17. ↑ Ask her to help with ordinary research (Numismatrix), *Fallen London*
18. ↑ Ask her to help with ordinary research (April) 1, *Fallen London*
19. ↑ Buy a percipient egg, *Fallen London*
20. ↑ Consider your Untreated Percipient Egg, *Fallen London*
21. ↑ Finish the study of the Percipient Egg, *Fallen London*
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Carnivorous Aurochs, *Fallen London*
23. ↑ Aurochs, *Fallen London*
24. ↑ Recapture the Carnivorous Aurochs, *Fallen London*
25. ↑ Welcome the... thing that grows from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
26. ↑ Dream-dwelling Carnivorous Aurochs, *Fallen London*
27. ↑ Reflected Minotaur, *Fallen London*
28. ↑ Sew a crop of Flourishing Aurochs, *Fallen London*
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Amber Iguana, *Fallen London*
30. ↑ Suspicious Iguana, *Fallen London*
31. ↑ Deploy your suspicious Iguana, *Fallen London*
32. ↑ Study your Amber Iguana, *Fallen London*
33. ↑ Nurture the creature that crawls from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
34. ↑ Warm-hearted Amber Iguana, *Fallen London*
35. ↑ Study your Warm-Hearted Amber Iguana, *Fallen London*
36. ↑ Nurture the creature that crawls from your egg (Thrice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
37. ↑ Study a Rubbery Dragon, *Fallen London*
38. ↑ Study the Rubbery Dragon, *Fallen London*
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Operatic Lyrebird, *Fallen London*
40. ↑ Untrained Lyrebird, *Fallen London*
41. ↑ Nurture the creature that hops from your once-augmented egg, *Fallen London* *"[...] excellent singer [...] acute understanding of context [...]"*
42. ↑ Nurture the creature that hops from your twice-augmented egg, *Fallen London*
43. ↑ Your Salon: Present your Lyrebird Educated in Three Schools, *Fallen London* *"[...] it performs a duet with a Blemmigan."*
44. ↑ Unquenchable Firebird, *Fallen London*
45. ↑ Elongated Spindlewolf, *Fallen London*
46. ↑ Spindlewolf, *Fallen London*
47. ↑ Have your Spindlewolf eavesdrop, *Fallen London*
48. ↑ Elongated Spindlewolf, *Fallen London*
49. ↑ Nurture the creature that strolls from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"[...] threatening tail [...] many eyes [...] half way up the wall [...]"*
50. ↑ Surveilling Spindlewolf, *Fallen London*
51. ↑ Incorporate your Surveilling Spindlewolf's surveillance into a cover identity, *Fallen London*
52. ↑ Nurture the creature that strolls from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
53. ↑ Nurture the creature that strolls from your egg (Thrice-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"The lupine creature's tail wags – first tentatively, then vigorously."*
54. ↑ Acute Squirrel, *Fallen London*
55. ↑ Nurture the creature that bounds from your egg (Unaugmented), *Fallen London*
56. ↑ Quizzical Squirrel, *Fallen London*
57. ↑ Feed some of your Attar to your squirrel, *Fallen London*
58. ↑ Nurture the creature that bounds from your egg (Once-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"fur clumps on the end of its ears are needle sharp [...] fingers are covered in a hard shell [...] tail is articulated [...] darkly gleaming."*
59. ↑ Feed your Acute Squirrel a sample, *Fallen London*
60. ↑ Nurture the creature that bounds from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
61. ↑ Acicular Squirrel, *Fallen London*
62. ↑ Allow your Acicular Squirrel to lead you, *Fallen London*
63. ↑ Nurture the creature that bounds from your egg (Thrice-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"soft-furred body [...] chitinous tail is that of an scorpion [...] eye pairs blink [...] you cannot tear your own gaze away [...] first meal [...] living room candle. As it chews [...] flame's gleam [...] reflected in the [...] tail, [...] green-purple glow [...]*
64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 Full-Grown Terror Bird, *Fallen London*
65. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Unaugmented), *Fallen London*
66. ↑ Young Terror Bird, *Fallen London*
67. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Once-Augmented), *Fallen London*
68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 Inbound Success Text, *Fallen London*
69. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Once-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"It must consider you a pleasing companion."*
70. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London*
71. ↑ Iron-Toothed Terror Bird, *Fallen London*
72. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Twice-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"[...] iron fangs are [...] entirely unnecessary [...]"*
73. ↑ Nurture the creature that claws its way from your egg (Thrice-Augmented), *Fallen London* *"They swiftly learn not to bite their own necks [...]"*
74. ↑ Aurochs-Fur Coat, *Fallen London*
75. ↑ Assist out the... thing trapped in your egg (Aged, Invigorated), *Fallen London*
76. ↑ Birdskin Gloves, *Fallen London*
77. ↑ Assist out the... thing trapped in your egg (Percipient, Invigorated), *Fallen London*
78. ↑ Honed Ushanka, *Fallen London*
79. ↑ Iguana-Skin Boots, *Fallen London*
80. ↑ Assist out the... thing trapped in your egg (Scarlet, Invigorated), *Fallen London*
81. ↑ Tuneful Hat, *Fallen London*
82. ↑ Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots, *Fallen London*
83. ↑ Cup the top of the Enlightened egg with the Experimental Device, *Fallen London*
84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 Amber Ha'penny, *Fallen London*
85. ↑ Manage your Amber Ha'pennies, *Fallen London*
86. ↑ Ask her about Amber Ha'Pennies, *Fallen London*
87. ↑ Acquire Five Amber Ha'Pennies, *Fallen London*
88. ↑ Ask her about Amber Ha'Pennies, *Fallen London*
89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 Ask what's going on (2), *Fallen London*
90. ↑ Publish a Whitsun Edition, *Fallen London* *"It is not complete enough to describe what should be done [...]"*
91. ↑ Let the little rascal play with your egg, *Fallen London* *"It's the Bazaar. [...] it can't trust the Masters, so it's laying somefin' it can."*
92. ↑ Feed some of your Attar to your squirrel, *Fallen London*