Village of Fowl Devotees
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The Village Of Fowl Devotees is the setting in book the Seventh: The Vile Village, located just outside an unnamed city. It is often called "V.F.D." instead of its full name, when written or spoken. The Baudelaires mistook this V.F.D. for the V.F.D. the organisation and decided to pick this village, resting in the middle of a wide expanse of flat, dry land, to adopt them.
The government of V.F.D. is a council of elders, who all wear goofy looking crow hats on their heads. The council has made made thousands of rules, which are described as "insane" throughout the book, and many of which are "contradictory" according to Klaus Baudelaire, who stays up all night studying them. For example:
- No mechanical devices
- The only pens that may be used are pens made of crow feathers
- Residents may not make things out of crows
All the rules have numbers (Rule #201: No murdering). Anyone who breaks rules in V.F.D. is burned at the stake.
The city is called "Village of Fowl Devotees" because the entire village is devoted to crows. There are crows all over V.F.D., which roost downtown in the morning, uptown in the afternoon, and then all fly to a gigantic tree on the outskirts of town known as Nevermore Tree at night.
Features of the uptown include Town Hall and the nearby Fowl Fountain (just outside the jail), which was built by Count Olaf to trap the Quagmires. Unknown to many, the fountain has a hidden mechanism in its eye, allowing the beak to open so at least two human-sized objects can be placed inside. Another feature is the Uptown Jail. The Deluxe Cell is the filthiest cell out of many smaller ones. Hector's barn is located on the outskirts of town, near Nevermore Tree.
The Village of Fowl Devotees was founded 306 years ago by a group of explorers who were fascinated by the migratory patterns of the crows, and formed a settlement to admire the birds. The sight of the crows migrating is a magnificent sight, but visitors to V.F.D. must be wary of the village's strict and numerous rules.
