The White Binder's Den

The White Binder's Den is the base for The Seven Seals. It is owned by Jaxon Hall and is located in Seven Dials.

Description
The den is a three-story maisonette on Monmouth Street. Across the street from the den is an oxygen bar. Behind the den is a beautiful courtyard with a wrought-iron gate. It's covered in bone-pale paving stones. Inside it's cluttered and dusty, but feels snug and lived in. The den smells like tobacco, paint, lignin, rosin, and cutting oil. Paige Mahoney, Jaxon Hall, and Eliza Renton live there permanently, while Nick Nygård has his own apartment but often stays at the den. When Nadine Arnett and Ezekiel Sáenz join the gang, they also move into the den.

Ground Floor
The ground floor of the den doesn't contain much. There's just a dusty, wall-sized mirror, Zeke's bike, and a locked back door which leads out to the courtyard. A narrow space under the stairs contains the bolthole of Seven Dials. Jaxon had it built after an unexpected raid on I-4. A panel at the back of the bolthole leads to a tunnel that runs from the den to Soho Square. The space is about six feet deep and nine feet wide.

First Floor
On the first floor are many tables, frequently used for conducting research. There's also a small TV in the corner. Zeke is forced to essentially sleep in a cupboard on this level. Jaxon calls it a "box-bed." He keeps photos and posters glued to the top of his box.

Jaxon's Office
Jaxon's study is on the second floor. He often calls his office his "boudoir." He has the best room. It has large sash windows with chenille curtains falling past the windows that block out all the natural light, an antique desk, a record player, a stained-glass lamp, bottles of absinthe, and shelf upon shelf of black-market books and ornaments. A chaise longue with splayed legs in the room. Behind it is the tall cabinet where the absinth is usually locked. Next to it is a bookshelf full of Grub Street titles, except for Didion Waite's of course. The room smells of tobacco smoke and rose oil. An antique lampshade throws tiny fragments of color across the floor. He has a bergère chair behind his desk.

Paige's Room
Paige's room is on the second floor. She painted her walls wine-red and the ceiling is painted with a thousand stars. The window is next to the bed and looks down on the courtyard behind the den. A translucent curtain divides the bed from the rest of the room. The tools she needs for dreamwalking, a white noise machine and a portable, leather-bound record player, stand in a large cabinet. Opposite the door is a bookshelf cluttered with stolen bits of memorabilia, things from the black market, and cases of Nightcaps, painkillers, and adrenaline, which she also uses for dreamwalking. There's also an armchair and a wardrobe in the room. She has a forbidden Waterhouse painting on a wall, depicting two half-brothers, Sleep and Death.

Eliza's Painting Room
Eliza's painting room is on the third floor. It smells of linseed. Tubes of oil paint litter the floor, spilling colors on to the dust sheet. There's a fold-down bed and a lamp.

Notable Locations

 * Ground Floor
 * I-4 Bolthole
 * First Floor
 * Zeke's box-bed
 * Second Floor
 * Jaxon's Office
 * Paige's Room
 * Third Floor
 * Eliza's Painting Room
 * Kitchen
 * Garret
 * Courtyard

Notable Inhabitants

 * Jaxon Hall
 * Eliza Renton
 * Paige Mahoney
 * Nadine Arnett
 * Ezekiel Sáenz