The Calendar Council

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## The Calendar Council

### Location

London
Pan *(Sunless Skies timeline)*

### Notable Members

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

The **Calendar Council** is the primary revolutionary organization in London. Its members, named after the months of the year, are for the most part plotting and planning for their end goal, the **Liberation of Night**. The philosophy behind it is spreading across the Unterzee and up to the Surface, and predates the Council itself.

## Members

* The current **January** is **the Masked Curator**. She is the founder of **the Museum of Injustice**, which exhibits many forms and acts of oppression.
* **February** is searching for the Cave of the Nadir in the Forgotten Quarter, as it is of great interest to her cause. She's also involved in Knife-and-Candle, and is a sworn rival of Mr Iron.
* The previous March was **John Cassell**, publisher of the *Working Man's Friend* and *The Echo*. He was a coffee-seller and self-proclaimed sworn enemy of Mr Wines. He was killed by the Haunted Doctor, who had been hired to do it by the rest of the Council. The position is currently empty, though there's talk that it may be offered to Furnace Ancona.
* **April** is a deaf explosives expert, **Emelia Hathersage**, who is presumed dead by most of London.
* **May** is a frequent visitor of the nightmare-plagued.
* **June** was the original architect of the Dawn Machine. She is distrusted by the rest of the Council.
* **July** was once a cultured society lady and violinist, but she lost her mind to a powerful Fingerking. She trades her memories for dreams of the future.
* **August** is none other than the Jovial Contrarian, who knows quite a bit about various revolutionary causes despite not always being involved in them.
* **September** stirs unrest in Balmoral, a Scottish holding of London that fell to the Neath with the city.
* **October** dabbles in dreams and mirrors. She won the Marvellous and wished for her dreams to come true; as a consequence, she was trapped in Parabola, but managed to imprison Mr Mirrors in the process.
* **November** has been missing for quite a while. Her lost cell and comrades have been trying to enact her plan in her stead, and maybe hasten her return.
* The leader of the Calendar Council is **December**, the Boatman’s sibling, although nobody except The Bishop of St Fiacre's seems to know much about this ambiguously gendered individual. they seem adamant about either destroying or sharing the Mountain of Light's vitality.

## Historical and Cultural Inspirations

The idea of having leaders named after months may have come from G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday*, about a bunch of anarchists (or so we are supposed to think) with leaders named after days of the week.

## Gallery

JanuaryFebruaryAprilMayJulyAugustSeptemberOctober's maskNovemberDecember
## References

1. ↑ Under Sunless Skies, *Sunless Sea* *""The Liberation of Night began long ago," the veiled creature pipes. "Tell whoever you choose, or do not. You are the message. Those who must know, will know.""*
2. ↑ Invite January to the Board, *Fallen London*
3. ↑ The Cave of the Nadir, *Fallen London*
4. ↑ February of the Calendar Council, *Fallen London*
5. ↑ The patronage of February, *Fallen London*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Mysteries Revealed, Again, *Failbetter Games*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Drink with the Doctor, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ --Two action refreshes for the price of one!--, *Fallen London*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bury the Council's Secrets, *Fallen London* March needs assistance containing an escape of secrets (it is perhaps not entirely his fault; he inherited a compromised network). June cannot be trusted. (After what she *made*? It's all the more difficult to make the lights go out, now.) August is being recalcitrant. Again. April's latest business ventures need burying, before it's discovered she still lives.
10. ↑ Supervise a visit from the Castellan of Balmoral, *Fallen London*
11. ↑ Ambition: Bag a Legend! 115 - April's Attention, *Fallen London*
12. ↑ Lost in Reflections, *Fallen London*
13. ↑ Help plant an agent in the Ministry for Public Decency, *Fallen London*
14. ↑ The Kirk of the Septemberists, *Fallen London*
15. ↑ Piece your clues together (1), *Fallen London*
16. ↑ Ask about her heart's desire, *Fallen London*
17. ↑ A Little Pandemonium, *Fallen London*
18. ↑ Speak with the Bishop of St Fiacre, *Fallen London*
19. ↑ "...give it to the world.", *Fallen London*
20. ↑ "..end it, as I swore I would.", *Fallen London*