CF-001 The Cotton Library

Classification: Restricted
Access Level: Custodian Approval Required
Status: Active
Location: Ashburnham House, Westminster

The institution known as The Cotton Library predates the foundation of The Capricious Victorium and remains one of the principal repositories under Victorium observation.

Established within Ashburnham House, the Library maintains custody of a significant collection of manuscripts, correspondence, artefacts, journals, maps, and anomalous materials deemed unsuitable for public circulation.

Its holdings are believed to extend beyond the historical Cotton Collection from which it derives its name.

Several inventories remain sealed.

Librarian General

• P.O.I./04/WI - Mr. Washington Irving

Associated Personnel

• P.O.I./01/CD - Mr Charles "Boz" Dickens
• P.O.I./02/EAP - Edgar "Ed" Allan Poe
• P.O.I./03/EB - Miss Emily Bronte
• P.O.I./05/MS - Mrs Mary Shelley
• P.O.I./06/VH - Monsieur Victor Hugo
• P.O.I./07/JP - Dr John Polidori
• P.O.I./09/FN - Miss Florence "Flo" Nightingale
• P.O.I./14/CD - Mrs. Catherine Dickens 
• P.O.I./X/VR - HM Queen Victoria
• P.O.I./01/JL  - Constable James Lea
• P.O.I./07/CC - Miss Claire Clairmont
• P.O.I./08/RVW - Mr. Rip Van Winkle
• P.O.I./12/DL - Mr. David Livingstone
• P.O.I./13/AJ - Mr. Alfred Jingle

• CF-002 - The Gaoler's Quill
• CF-004 - The Stained-Glass Chapel of Gondal
• CF-025 - The Illuminotary

Vault A: ████████████████████

Vault B: Access suspended following Incident ███.

Vault C: Contents disputed by representatives of █████████ and █████████.

Sub-Basement Catalogue: Removed from all public inventories by order of the Custodian.

The public imagines libraries to be places where stories are stored.
This is only partly true.
The Cotton Library exists not merely to preserve stories, but to prevent certain stories from escaping.
Further access denied.