Respectable firms crammed into ramshackle workshops and poky offices. The rent here is astronomical. But the quick and the hungry turn profits in the shadows of the spires. Just keep your eyes off the carvings up high. And whatever you do, don't fall in love.
Access to the Bazaar Sidestreets is done by obtaining a Shaper's Pass from the Ambitious Barrister as part of the A Person of Some Little Consequence story. (Having the quality Route: Bazaar Sidestreets.)
What can you find in the Bazaar Sidestreets?
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Shops in the Bazaar Sidestreets
See if Empire Adornments is Open
This jewellery shop keeps irregular hours. Its patrons are chiefly desperate gentleman seeking an engagement ring before dawn, and the occasional unfortunate whose aunt's dog has eaten her favourite earrings.
Pick out a diamond
Mr Stones permits a tiny trickle of these to be sold to persons of good character.
Requires: 75 x Cryptic CluePick out a sapphire
Freshly imported by moral and entirely hygienic zailors.
Requires: 75 x Cryptic CluePick out a Venom-Ruby
These are kept on open display. Anyone shopping here is surely a person of prudence and wisdom. Or at least knows when to wear gloves.
Requires: 75 x Cryptic Clue
Gain: 1 x Diamond
Lose: 75 x 
Gain: 1 x Sapphire
Melancholy increase, if below 3
Gain: 1 x Venom-ruby
Walk down Blackfinger Street
Bookshops, publishers, printers and bookbinders. If it's printed on paper, parchment or even skin, you can purchase it here.
Collate some Research
It's time you had all this extraordinary information published! Or at least gathered into a single volume for the coffee table. And if some of your material isn't original, who is going to know?
previously unlocked with 1000 x Cryptic Clue, 250 x Proscribed Material, 1000 x Whispered Secret; from late January 2012:
unlocked with 15 x Tale of Terror!!, 70 x Appalling SecretCompile a Book of Hidden Bodies
You know where they've hidden the bodies. better still, you've written it all down.
previously unlocked with 1500 x Cryptic Clue, 3000 x Whispered Secret; from late January 2012:
unlocked with 20 x Incendiary Gossip, 150 x Inkling of IdentityAssemble a Portfolio of Souls
A carefully indexed collection of souls and contracts will attract the favour of certain sulphurous individuals.
previously unlocked with: 200 x An Infernal Contract, 2000 x Soul; from late January 2012:
unlocked with 25 x Brilliant Soul, 200 x Amanita Sherry
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 15 x 
70 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 20 x 
Lose: 150 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 25 x 
Lose: 200 x 
Stop in at the Horse-Steak Club
The club can afford spacious premises. The membership fees would pauper a pope, but guests are assured of absolute discretion.
Create a Comprehensive Bribe
The people here know a few things about temptation. You could consult them on the finer points of financial persuasion.
unlocked with 25 x Vision of the Surface, 200 x Romantic NotionAssemble a Collection of Curiosities
The members pride themselves on collecting only the most fashionable knick-knacks. You should be able to pick up last month's must-have gewgaws.
unlocked with 20 x Mystery of the Elder Continent, 150 x Relic of the Third CitySolicit Favours in High Places
A friendly nod, a a twist of bribery, a soupçon of blackmail. Who knows where it might lead?
unlocked with 35 x Incendiary Gossip, 250 x Inkling of Identity
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 25 x 
Lose: 200 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 150 x 
Lose: 20 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Call at the offices of Baseborn and Fowlingpiece, solicitors at law
Representing the accused and smoothing over life's little wrinkles since 1649.
Have a Legal Document drawn up
Mr Huffam tells his readers that the law is an ass. Not so. It is a maze, the fifth great labyrinth of Fallen London. These kindly gentlemen will guide you through the convolutions, for only a small fortune.
previously unlocked with 1000 x Cryptic Clue, 100 x An Infernal Contract, 500 x Proscribed Material, 2000 x Whispered Secret; from late January 2012:
unlocked with 25 x Correspondence Plaque, 200 x Maniac's PrayerArrange for a Personal Recommendation
Bona fides must be properly scrivened if they are to be accepted. The more bona, the more lucre.
unlocked with 20 x Compromising Document, 75 x Intriguing GossipObtain a Permit from the Bazaar
The acquisition of these permits is a process to make even veteran solicitors tremble. Let's hope you have deep pockets.
previously unlocked with 10000 x Deep Amber; from late January 2012:
unlocked with: 35 x Vision of the Surface, 250 x Romantic Notion
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 25 x 
Lose: 200 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 20 x 
Visit the workshops of the Great Downward Engineering Company
The crucible of technology and progress. The future lies behind these iron gates.
Order the grinding of a bejewelled lens
Would not these diamonds and pearls be better employed as adornments to the ears of some society beauty? Must they be sacrificed in the name of a component?
previously unlocked with 2 x Diamond, 2000 x Glim, 4000 x Jade Fragment, 2000 x Moon-pearl; from late January 2012:
unlocked with 30 x Correspondence Plaque, 200 x Maniac's Prayer, 100 x Moon-pearl, 2 x DiamondCommission a Whirring Contraption
The apex of modern engineering! A steaming, hissing confection of brass and steel!
unlocked with 200 x Phosphorescent Scarab, 30 x Memory of LightHire Strong-backed Labour
Men are cheaper than horses in the Neath. You can pick up hard-working hopefuls by the dozen at the workshop gates.
unlocked with 15 x Compromising Document, 50 x Intriguing Gossip
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 100 x Moon-pearl
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 200 x 
Lose: 30 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Have a drink at the Bridge Without
The beer is expensive and watery, and there is barely enough room to sit down. The barman knows everyone, though.
Arrange a Night on the Town
Do you burn to impress that special someone? Or perhaps you want to render a great many people legless in a single evening. Either way, the barman can take care of you. [If this is too expensive, Night on the Town can very occasionally be found elsewhere in London.]
unlocked with 20 x Compromising Document, 50 x Intriguing GossipLay down a Cellar of Wine
Wine must be carefully stored. The mushroom is less fussy than the grape, but old habits die as hard as people down here. And a well-stocked cellar is a boon to any civilised person. [Too expensive? A few powerful individuals will sometimes give you a Cellar of Wine.]
unlocked with 20 x Strangling Willow Absinthe, 200 x Morelways 1872Obtain the Use of Villains
If you can afford their services, the barman can arrange for certain ungentlemanly gentlemen, unladylike ladies and just plain vicious squid-things to assist you with unsavoury tasks. [Too expensive? Very occasionally, a Shadowy Opportunity will give you the Use of Villains.]
unlocked with 30 x A Journal of Infamy, 100 x Appalling Secret
Gain: 1 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 20 x 
Lose: 200 x 
Gain: 1 x 
Lose: 30 x 
Upstairs at the Bridge Without
The crowds are dense and surly today, and you struggle to push your way through against the current. But here are the welcoming smoke-blackened timbers of the pub in question.
Unlocked with Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery 1In you go
The crowd is thicker inside the pub than out. You elbow your way to the stairs, where a strapping groom stands to let you past.
An occurrence! Your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality is now 2 - Preliminary Research at your Lodgings!
Record the Name of your Ship or Companion
The Intense Notary works for Baseborn & Fowlingpiece, but she has a separate office of her own…She is in the business of recording names.
Option 1: Register your ship's name
Playing this storylet will change the name of your ship quality. It can be anything you like, within the bounds of reason and taste. This will be visible to you and anyone looking at your profile.
unlocked with An Explorer of the Unterzee 1
This branch costs 10 Fate to play.Requires 10 Fate
Fate-locked content must not be placed on the wiki, per the developers.Option 2: Record the name of your constant companion
Does your Boneless Consort have a name? Is your Artist's Model coy about her identity? Playing this storylet will allow you to discover and record the name of your companion. It can be anything you like, within the bounds of reason and taste. This will be visible to you and anyone looking at your profile.
unlocked with Committed 1
This branch costs 10 Fate to play.Requires 10 Fate
Fate-locked content must not be placed on the wiki, per the developers.
A Rainbow of Offerings
There are those who would seek your good graces. The question is who these petitioners are, and what they can pay. [Being A Person of Some Importance has its perks: but you can only play this once. Choose wisely. You may either use it immediately or wait until you need something in particular.]
The cold grey men
The auditors and excisemen of the Bazaar shield their eyes as you pass. They won't get in your way. [You will receive a single Bazaar Permit and some Legal Documents.]
Unlock: Bringer of Death 1Going over the spoils
You've been squirrelling some of your best spoils away for a rainy day. But your new-found status demands resources. Let's see what we have here… [You will receive an assortment of items.]
Unlock: Master Thief 1How sweet of him
Dear old Feducci has sent you a present. Wrapped in black ribbon, of course. [You will receive a small number of Cellars of Wine.]
Unlock: Fearsome Duellist 1A scholar returns to the Surface
You think you remember the fellow's name. Didn't he publish a monograph on cryptophilology last year? In any case, he's left you a scribbled letter: "Take it! Take it all! I'm going back to the Surface!" He's also left his research notes and a little something to drink while you read. [You will receive Collated Research and Cellars of Wine.]
Unlock: Scholar of the Correspondence 3A reminder of your Wolfstack days
A few spare neddy men and a little leeway from Mr Fires? Or perhaps the assistance and bloody-minded influence of the unions? [You will receive some Strong-Backed Labour and a single Bazaar Permit.]
Unlock: Veteran of the Battle of Wolfstack Docks 1Your tattooed friends
Even though you're heading up in the world, your mates down the docks won't forget you. [You will receive several Strong-Backed Labour.]
Unlock: Zailor in the making 1, Connected: The Docks 20.Bone fides from your few friends at Court
The business that saw you ejected from the court was shocking and disgraceful. They were shocked; you were disgraced. Still, you have a few friends there willing to vouch for you. [You will receive a handful of Personal Recommendations.]
Unlock: Banished from the Court 1.Your family's faithful retainer
She always cared for you, but she hates darkness and is petrified of Bats. Nonetheless, she braved the Neath to bring you your papers. [You will receive Legal Documents and a Personal Recommendation.]
Unlock: Admitted to the House of Chimes 15
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