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C.Coq & Cie.   A factory in MYLOS, specialized in the manufacturing of foulographs.   Honoré AUGUY apparently did get his hands on one of their posters (L).

Calvino, Italo. Italian writer, author of Le città invisibili (The Invisible Cities); a book that describes several very strange towns.

Canadian Center of Architecture. A strange building, located in MONTREAL. It houses a vast library on the builder's art, and some of its rooms have angles reminiscent of those seen in the A.DESOMBRES MUSEUM.

Canal Minor. One of the many canals criss-crossing ALAXIS (A).

Canetti, Jacob. A former Comptroller for the Department of Garbage. A great lover of orchids, he was one the main promoters of CALVANI's transformation (A, GC).

Cantorini. An influential family of ALAXIS. Rivals of the BANDOLINI (GC).

Cap des Trépassés [Cape of the Deceased].  A feature located at the North-Western tip of the CONTINENT (PGC).  The name suggests that the sea is not safe in that vicinity.

Carla.  The fiancée of Dr. ABRAHAM (ECDA).

Carla [Morel?]. A resident of SAMARIS, looking very much like CLARA (MS, ACO).

Carnet de voyage [Travel Notes]. Written by Eugen ROBICK when he was touring the cities of the CONTINENT in his youth (A).   A handful of copies made it to our world, and are very actively sought after by collectors.

Cartography. In the Obscure World, this is not an exact science and is rather considered a branch of philosophy. Many regions remain poorly known, and cartographers have a tendency to favour their own city. Furthermore, the very shape of the world is in question, and not everybody believes it to be a globe (GC).   See CENTER FOR CARTOGRAPHY, DE CREMER, GEOGRAPHY, MERCATOR and ORTÉLIUS.

Cartooning. In the Obscure World, this is considered a minor form of art, now obsolete and of interest only to a few old people. However, the MUSÉE DES OMBRES reopened in 719 AT and certain types of cartoons may form PASSAGES between the worlds (ADI, EC). See JACOBS and SCHUITEN.   The French term BANDE DESSINÉE  has a slightly different connotation.

Casavant. A famous family of organ-makers living in the Canadian province of Quebec. They have built some of the largest instruments in the world, including the one in the NOTRE-DAME OF MONTREAL BASILICA. See FROBÉLIUS.

Cassion. [1] An Obscure City located in the eastern part of the CONTINENT, north of ZOR (FU, EC). [2] In our world, a distant eastern city that was said to be the source of much of the spice sold in Europe.  It has never been positively identified, and it would not be surprising to learn that they are both one and the same.

Cataclysm. See GREAT CATACLYSM.

Caudron-Phalène (Mister). A gentleman who, along with Mister FALIU, disappeared in a rather sinister fashion on the road between ALAXIS and PÂHRY (ETPV).

Cavi. A western Obscure City, a bit south of the Equator (GC).

Caylus (Archipelago of). For the people of the CONTINENT, these are far away islands. An INTER-CITY EXHIBIT was once considered for this location, but the idea never took off. The main island was sunk by the tidal wave of 759 AT, leaving only the top of the TEMPLE OF HERMEPOLIS to emerge (EC).

Caylus. County seat of Tarn-et-Garonne, in France; 1520 inhabitants. Ruins of a 14th Century AD castle and church (PLI).

Caylus, Marthe (countess of). Born in Poitou (1673-1729 AD), niece of Madame de Maintenon; author of Souvenirs sur la cour de Louis XIV and la maison de Saint-Cyr (PLI).

Caylus, Anne Claude de Tubières (count of). French engraver and archaeologist, born in Paris (1692-1765 AD), son of Countess Marthe (see above). He also authored a Catalogue of Antiquities, which makes him a choice PASSAGE candidate (PLI).

Central Archives Institute. See INSTITUT CENTRAL DES ARCHIVES.

Central "N". A transfer point between LOCORAIL and ALTIPLAN lines, well outside XHYSTOS (MS).

Centre belge de la bande dessinée (CBBD). [Belgian Center of Cartooning]  Inaugurated in BRUSSELS in 1988 AD, in the former Waucquez Stores building, designed by Victor HORTA. It seems that a perfect copy on the Obscure side is still devoted to commerce. Both buildings include a central hall in the middle of which stands a remarkable streetlight (CBD, RA). This odd item has been reproduced on a large scale for the GREEN LAKE Festival (EC).

Centre des Archives du Monde du Travail.  [Center of Archives of the Working World] A building located in Roubaix, France. A former textile industry facility adapted in 1990 AD by architect Sarfati, this structure presents surprising similarities with the main residence of the VON RATHEN family in MYLOS (EP, INT).

Centre National de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image (CNBDI).   [National Center of Cartooning and Imagery]  Located in Angoûlème, France, in a rather drab building, this center is both a cartoon school and museum. The MUSÉE DES OMBRES has been there, and has been in part scenographed by François SCHUITEN. See also François VIÉ.

Cernovada. A Sodrovno-Voldachian city. It is from its orphanage, located in a former library, that the 57 ORPHANS left for their journey (EC).

Chamisso, Albert. Agent for ASSURANCES GÉNÉRALES in BLOSSFELDTSTAD. Visited by frightening nightmares.  His shadow was - for a while - most strange and the cause of his temporay social downfall.  He became eventually famous under the name of Max NEWMAN (ODH).  Some have noticed that, shaved, he has a strong physical ressemblance with Benoît PEETERS.  See also CHAMISSO DE BONCOURT, MINNA, RICARDO, SOLANGE, STREETS OF BRUSSELS, VINCENT and WAGENBACH.

Chamisso (Hôpital).  An hospital where Ernest DERSENVAL worked as an intern.  It is there that he accidently discovered, in 704 AT, the healing properties of electricity (U).

Chamisso, Sarah. Wife of Albert (see above).   She left him when his strange shadow made him an outcast (ODH).  See AGATHE, HELIOTROPES, MONICA and WILBUR.

Chardonnay. One of the better wines of the Obscure World. The label of the 694 AT batch shows a group of FANELLES (GC).

Charles. Maitre d' on board the VESSEL OF THE DESERT during its maiden voyage (RA).

Charrois. Vehicles / houses used by the inhabitants of OLIVE's HOLLOW EARTH.

Chermoi. One of the eight Cities surrounding SAMARIS (MS).

Children of Armilia (The). An Obscure OPERA (GC).

Chlowsky. A scientist of MOUNT MICHELSON (EP).

Chocart (Pr). A doctor of PÂHRY specialising in the brains of degenerate children. Doctor ABRAHAM was studying under him (INT).

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