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The nearest inhabited structure in the vicinity is a ruined encampment from Hell's most recent expedition.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Travel_to_the_encampment_(Foxfire_Candle_Stubs)|Travel to the encampment (Foxfire Candle Stubs)|Fallen London|}} ''"You arrive [...] Only ramshackle walls provide any shelter. Years ago, when certain infernal archaeologists established a base here [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Provide_funding_for_the_Disembarked_Deviless|Provide funding for the Disembarked Deviless|Fallen London|}} ''"Do you know where the last expedition established a base? That's where we'll camp too. [...]"''</ref> It is inhabited by the '''Caprine Vagabond,''' an exceptionally large goat-demon.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Around_the_Embers|Around the Embers|Fallen London|}} ''"Shattered bricks enclose a shallow fire-pit, [...] an enormous goat-demon rakes the ashes with a cloven hoof."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Caprine_Vagabond|The Caprine Vagabond|Fallen London|}} ''"Even the goatiest goat-demons aren't this gargantuan. It's as if the Caprine Vagabond has grown as mountains grow [...]"''</ref> The Vagabond claims to have "no reason" to reside here,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_encampment|Discuss the encampment|Fallen London|}} ''"There must be a reason that the Vagabond is camped alone out here. [...] "No reason," it finally says. "Nothing has a reason in this place. [...]"''</ref> and insists it is not a spy.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_the_Caprine_Vagabond_in_the_herd_4|Find the Caprine Vagabond in the herd 4|Fallen London|}} ''""You didn't hear that from me. Besides, it's not like I'm at the Hurlers to inform anyone about anything. I'm not a spy. [...]"''</ref> It directs anyone seeking knowledge of the [[Discordance]] toward a nearby ruin.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Stewards_of_the_Discordance|Discuss the Stewards of the Discordance|Fallen London|}} ''""Pilgrims seek the Stewards of the Discordance for knowledge, for power, to change what can never be changed. I tell them the way: [...] toward the ruins.""''</ref><ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Adulterine_Castle|Discuss the Adulterine Castle|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] there are ruins. There," [...] Around the lake.""''</ref>
The nearest inhabited structure in the vicinity is a ruined encampment from Hell's most recent expedition.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Travel_to_the_encampment_(Foxfire_Candle_Stubs)|Travel to the encampment (Foxfire Candle Stubs)|Fallen London|}} ''"You arrive [...] Only ramshackle walls provide any shelter. Years ago, when certain infernal archaeologists established a base here [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Provide_funding_for_the_Disembarked_Deviless|Provide funding for the Disembarked Deviless|Fallen London|}} ''"Do you know where the last expedition established a base? That's where we'll camp too. [...]"''</ref> It is inhabited by the '''Caprine Vagabond,''' an exceptionally large goat-demon.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Around_the_Embers|Around the Embers|Fallen London|}} ''"Shattered bricks enclose a shallow fire-pit, [...] an enormous goat-demon rakes the ashes with a cloven hoof."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Caprine_Vagabond|The Caprine Vagabond|Fallen London|}} ''"Even the goatiest goat-demons aren't this gargantuan. It's as if the Caprine Vagabond has grown as mountains grow [...]"''</ref> The Vagabond claims to have "no reason" to reside here,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_encampment|Discuss the encampment|Fallen London|}} ''"There must be a reason that the Vagabond is camped alone out here. [...] "No reason," it finally says. "Nothing has a reason in this place. [...]"''</ref> and insists it is not a spy.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_the_Caprine_Vagabond_in_the_herd_4|Find the Caprine Vagabond in the herd 4|Fallen London|}} ''""You didn't hear that from me. Besides, it's not like I'm at the Hurlers to inform anyone about anything. I'm not a spy. [...]"''</ref> It directs anyone seeking knowledge of the [[Discordance]] toward a nearby ruin.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Stewards_of_the_Discordance|Discuss the Stewards of the Discordance|Fallen London|}} ''""Pilgrims seek the Stewards of the Discordance for knowledge, for power, to change what can never be changed. I tell them the way: [...] toward the ruins.""''</ref><ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Adulterine_Castle|Discuss the Adulterine Castle|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] there are ruins. There," [...] Around the lake.""''</ref>


The Adulterine Ruins are located near a frozen lake.<ref name=":1" /> The only living being here is a single Steward of the Discordance;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Adulterine_Ruins|The Adulterine Ruins|Fallen London|}} ''"The Adulterine Ruins [...] someone lives here amongst the rubble. In a room less collapsed than the rest, [...] you find a single woman in monastic robes."''</ref> she tries to direct wanderers away from the dangers of the Hurlers,<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Approach_the_Steward|Approach the Steward|Fallen London|}} ''"A Steward of the Discordance [...] This area is dangerous. It's my job to keep people away. [...] tell me everything. It's been so long since I've heard any news! Then I'll have to drive you out, [...] Unless you'd care to play cards?"''</ref> but she is also chatty and fond of card games and gossip.<ref name=":2" /> One foolhardy enough to stay a while may be ordained as a new Steward in her presence, though the price to pay is high.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Disembarked_Deviless%27_research|Discuss the Disembarked Deviless' research|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] you're not a Steward of the Discordance." [...] "You wouldn't like to be one, I suppose?" [...] "It might be possible, although the cost would be steep.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Swear_the_oath|Swear the oath|Fallen London|}} ''""Repeat these words," says the Steward [...] You cannot think. [...] Welcome to the Stewardship.""''</ref>
The Adulterine Ruins are located near a frozen lake.<ref name=":1" /> The only living being here is a single Steward of the [[Discordance]];<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Adulterine_Ruins|The Adulterine Ruins|Fallen London|}} ''"The Adulterine Ruins [...] someone lives here amongst the rubble. In a room less collapsed than the rest, [...] you find a single woman in monastic robes."''</ref> she tries to direct wanderers away from the dangers of the Hurlers,<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Approach_the_Steward|Approach the Steward|Fallen London|}} ''"A Steward of the Discordance [...] This area is dangerous. It's my job to keep people away. [...] tell me everything. It's been so long since I've heard any news! Then I'll have to drive you out, [...] Unless you'd care to play cards?"''</ref> but she is also chatty and fond of card games and gossip.<ref name=":2" /> One foolhardy enough to stay a while may be ordained as a new Steward in her presence, though the price to pay is high.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Disembarked_Deviless%27_research|Discuss the Disembarked Deviless' research|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] you're not a Steward of the Discordance." [...] "You wouldn't like to be one, I suppose?" [...] "It might be possible, although the cost would be steep.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Swear_the_oath|Swear the oath|Fallen London|}} ''""Repeat these words," says the Steward [...] You cannot think. [...] Welcome to the Stewardship.""''</ref>


[[The Adulterine Castle]] does not exist beneath a frozen lake,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Step_onto_the_frozen_lake|Step onto the frozen lake|Fallen London|}} ''"Beneath your feet, the lake's frozen surface is as solid as marble."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Adulterine_Castle_(The_Steward) |Discuss the Adulterine Castle (The Steward) |Fallen London|}} ''"[...] some people do claim there's a castle in the lake, under the ice. [...] When something doesn't exist, it's difficult to comprehend. [...]"''</ref> and the lake's surface does not act as a gateway.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Open_your_eyes|Open your eyes|Fallen London|}} ''"Stare into the lake's frozen surface. [...] You don't pass through the ice, and the ice doesn't lock overhead. [...] You haven't opened a doorway that cannot be closed. You haven't entered a castle that hasn't been built."''</ref>
[[The Adulterine Castle]] does not exist beneath a frozen lake,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Step_onto_the_frozen_lake|Step onto the frozen lake|Fallen London|}} ''"Beneath your feet, the lake's frozen surface is as solid as marble."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Adulterine_Castle_(The_Steward) |Discuss the Adulterine Castle (The Steward) |Fallen London|}} ''"[...] some people do claim there's a castle in the lake, under the ice. [...] When something doesn't exist, it's difficult to comprehend. [...]"''</ref> and the lake's surface does not act as a gateway.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Open_your_eyes|Open your eyes|Fallen London|}} ''"Stare into the lake's frozen surface. [...] You don't pass through the ice, and the ice doesn't lock overhead. [...] You haven't opened a doorway that cannot be closed. You haven't entered a castle that hasn't been built."''</ref>


== The Standing Stones ==
== The Standing Stones ==
The Hurlers ''themselves,'' located on the hilltop overlooking most of it, are a set of giant standing stones arranged in two circles. They are covered in letters of the Discordance, which emanate powerful frost all around them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Amongst_the_Standing_Stones|Amongst the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Locate_a_spot_to_dig_around_the_hill|Locate a spot to dig around the hill|Fallen London|}}</ref> Properly counting the number of stones that form each circle isn't possible, as the Hurlers are actually two teams of goat-demons that constantly move while they don't play numerous games of Hurly-Burly. The meaning and possible effects of the words inscribed upon them aren't dependent on which of the two teams are currently in a winning position.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Hurlers_again_2|Discuss the Hurlers again 2|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beneath_the_Standing_Stones|Beneath the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}}</ref>
The Hurlers themselves are a set of giant standing stones atop a hill, arranged in two circles.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Amongst_the_Standing_Stones|Amongst the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}} ''"Amongst the Standing Stones [...] Two stone circles crowd the hilltop."''</ref> They were not part of the Masters' deal to buy London, but for some reason, they are in the Neath anyway... sort of.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Hurlers|Discuss the Hurlers|Fallen London|}} ''"When the Masters bought London, the Hurlers weren't part of the deal. That's why the Hurlers are here. If they are. What is and is not here isn't so easy to confirm."''</ref> The number of stones cannot be counted accurately,<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Hurlers_again_2|Discuss the Hurlers again 2|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] "it's impossible to count those standing stones. From one perspective, they're always moving. But they never move at all."''</ref> and their arrangement changes even if they do not actually move.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Count_the_stones_in_the_First_Circle|Count the stones in the First Circle|Fallen London|}} ''"Whenever you look at them, their arrangement feels slightly different."''</ref> The sigils etched upon the stones entice travelers to read them,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Read_the_language_on_the_stones_(Neither_Circle)|Read the language on the stones (Neither Circle)|Fallen London|}} ''"Sigils pull your attention closer."''</ref> like whispering, mischievous specters.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Read_the_language_on_the_stones_(Active_Discordant_Law)|Read the language on the stones (Active Discordant Law)|Fallen London|}} ''"Now that you have read the stones, you understand why they can never move. Their shadows seem to whisper in your ear [...] Fear no smile behind that whisper. These stones wouldn't lie to their sovereign."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Steward|Speak with the Steward|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the stones will keep calling, even if they're not making a peep. They think it's funny."''</ref> These sigils are letters of the [[Discordance]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Amongst_the_Standing_Stones|Amongst the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}} ''"Two stone circles crowd the hilltop. [...] It should be easier to [...] read the language carved into their faces, etched [...]"''</ref> which are also the source of the powerful frost that has frozen the landscape around the Hurlers;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Locate_a_spot_to_dig_around_the_hill|Locate a spot to dig around the hill|Fallen London|}} ''"Frost emanates from the stones. It spreads [...] down the hill and through the wastes. [...] More ice will always encroach. "''</ref> however, the stones were recently scrambled, so whatever is written upon them is currently unreadable.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Read_the_language_on_the_stones_(Neither_Circle)|Read the language on the stones (Neither Circle)|Fallen London|}} ''"Sigils pull your attention closer. [...] How can you read a sentence when the words have been scrambled? [...] Arrange us, the stones [...] plead [...] Rearrange us."''</ref>
 
Someone who is not in the Adulterine Castle may view the Hurlers from below the lake's surface.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beneath_the_Standing_Stones|Beneath the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}} ''"Beneath the Standing Stones [...] When you aren't in the castle, you can gaze upward and study the lake's underside. You can see the Hurlers, [...] they aren't stone circles. Each stone is a goat-demon. [...] their game has been frozen, their two teams locked mid-play beneath the ice."''</ref> From this vantage point, the stones appear to be goat-demons - they are both circles of stones ''and'' teams of goat-demons.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Don%27t_talk_about_the_game|Don't talk about the game|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] these are the Hurlers. Because there is no difference between the standing stones atop the hill, and these goat-demons."''</ref> The goat-demons are not playing the game of Hurly-Burly,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Hurlyburly|Hurlyburly|Fallen London|}} ''"Hurlyburly [...] Fair is foul, and foul is fair."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bet_on_the_First_Circle_to_lose|Bet on the First Circle to lose|Fallen London|}} ''"A horn doesn't blow to announce the next match, [...] A little ball called a sliotar doesn't rise [...] where goat-demons don't bristle with hurling sticks at the ready. [...] When the game doesn't begin, [...]"''</ref> and their games are not spectated by Stewards of the Discordance who place bets on the game's outcome.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beneath_the_Standing_Stones|Beneath the Standing Stones|Fallen London|}} ''"Stewards aren't watching the match from below, placing bets on which team hasn't currently taken the lead."''</ref> The winning team does not determine the arrangement of the Hurlers,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discuss_the_Hurlers_again_2|Discuss the Hurlers again 2|Fallen London|}} ''"It's a game that they're playing with us. Whoever is winning the game, that changes where they're standing, and that changes how an observer might interpret their meaning."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Don%27t_talk_about_the_game|Don't talk about the game|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the manner in which their players are arranged, which depends on whichever team isn't winning, doesn't determine how the Hurlers are also arranged. Because these are the Hurlers."''</ref> which can spell out three distinct Discordant Laws.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discordant_Law|Discordant Law|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
The standing stones of the Hurlers were created when the [[The Black|Black]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Build_the_station_at_The_Hurlers|Build the station at The Hurlers|Fallen London|}} ''"January asks you a number of questions about the Hurlers. [...] she's looking to find out how much you know, rather than filling in her own information. "A light was quenched," [...] "Or the Hurlers wouldn't be out there now. [...]"''</ref> and its court<ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discordant_Studies_(Storylet)|Discordant Studies (Storylet)|Fallen London|}} ''""This court is all departed," says the Anchoress. "It never was a court." [...] Two holes, pricked close together, are a double star. No light twinkles through them. [...] "I saw the absence. Now you see it too.""''</ref> were erased from reality and history.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discordant_Studies_(Storylet)|Discordant Studies (Storylet)|Fallen London|}} ''"no monarch screams [...] two crowns whose laws are void, stricken from life, stricken from death, [...] banished, forgotten [...]"''</ref> The Black's courtiers, who are now known as goat-demons, played Hurly-Burly to entertain the court.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discordant_Studies_(Storylet)|Discordant Studies (Storylet)|Fallen London|}} ''"Shadows trail you down the corridors, [...] they might have horns. They might have hooves. [...] "Not every courtier suffered the same fate," the Anchoress explains. "Some are different now, yet still the same. They entertained the court. They played a game." [...] Their shadows still play on the walls, passing a round silhouette back and forth. They move ahead, leave you behind, chasing the silhouette."''</ref> It is implied that many of these courtiers were transformed into standing stones when the court was erased from existence, but their "shadows" still play the game.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Discordant_Studies_(Storylet)|Discordant Studies (Storylet)|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the Anchoress does come closer, walking toward the standing stones [...] They tower in the courtyard, on the playing field, atop the hill."''</ref>
 
=== Someone Following You ===
 
=== Frozen Thoughts ===
 
=== No Mouth Shall- ===


== Real-Life Inspirations ==
== Real-Life Inspirations ==

Revision as of 21:10, 4 July 2023

"Whatever you think you remember, the first step is to remember that you don't."

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"When the Masters bought London, the Hurlers weren't part of the deal. That's why the Hurlers are here. If they are. What is and is not here isn't so easy to confirm."[1]

The Hurlers are a frozen wasteland deep in the Hinterlands.[2] Against all common sense, they are the eighth station of the Great Hellbound Railway.[3]

Desolation

"Nothing is out here but you, the darkness, and the cold. Close your eyes, and you can imagine you're nowhere at all. Open them, and you can see the crystals within crystals, the fractals within fractals, that radiate across the lake. Their exact delineations, their perfectly formed patterns, express a mathematical precision as frigid as it is flawless."[4]

The plain of the Hurlers is one of the coldest places in the Neath;[2] its frigid conditions can smother flames[5] and will very quickly kill anyone without a dependable source of heat.[6] As such, the region is incredibly hazardous to develop[7] and has minimal infrastructure.[8] However, Mr Stones has an interest in this place,[9] as it seeks "a stone that unmakes boundaries."[10] As a whole, there is very little life present; goat-demons graze on the myriad bones strewn across the land, as well as what little vegetation can survive in these conditions.[11]

Hell attempted to excavate the Hurlers several times; every attempt failed, and the survivors were left unable to recall the details of each expedition.[12] The only notes that remain describe what the archaeologists "did not find."[13] During their last attempt, Hell also tried to make a deal of unknown terms with Mr Stones.[14]

Landmarks

The nearest inhabited structure in the vicinity is a ruined encampment from Hell's most recent expedition.[15][16] It is inhabited by the Caprine Vagabond, an exceptionally large goat-demon.[17][18] The Vagabond claims to have "no reason" to reside here,[19] and insists it is not a spy.[20] It directs anyone seeking knowledge of the Discordance toward a nearby ruin.[21][22]

The Adulterine Ruins are located near a frozen lake.[22] The only living being here is a single Steward of the Discordance;[23] she tries to direct wanderers away from the dangers of the Hurlers,[24] but she is also chatty and fond of card games and gossip.[24] One foolhardy enough to stay a while may be ordained as a new Steward in her presence, though the price to pay is high.[25][26]

The Adulterine Castle does not exist beneath a frozen lake,[27][28] and the lake's surface does not act as a gateway.[29]

The Standing Stones

The Hurlers themselves are a set of giant standing stones atop a hill, arranged in two circles.[30] They were not part of the Masters' deal to buy London, but for some reason, they are in the Neath anyway... sort of.[31] The number of stones cannot be counted accurately,[32] and their arrangement changes even if they do not actually move.[32][33] The sigils etched upon the stones entice travelers to read them,[34] like whispering, mischievous specters.[35][36] These sigils are letters of the Discordance,[37] which are also the source of the powerful frost that has frozen the landscape around the Hurlers;[38] however, the stones were recently scrambled, so whatever is written upon them is currently unreadable.[39]

Someone who is not in the Adulterine Castle may view the Hurlers from below the lake's surface.[40] From this vantage point, the stones appear to be goat-demons - they are both circles of stones and teams of goat-demons.[40][41] The goat-demons are not playing the game of Hurly-Burly,[42][43] and their games are not spectated by Stewards of the Discordance who place bets on the game's outcome.[44] The winning team does not determine the arrangement of the Hurlers,[45][46] which can spell out three distinct Discordant Laws.[47]

The standing stones of the Hurlers were created when the Black[48] and its court[49] were erased from reality and history.[50] The Black's courtiers, who are now known as goat-demons, played Hurly-Burly to entertain the court.[51] It is implied that many of these courtiers were transformed into standing stones when the court was erased from existence, but their "shadows" still play the game.[49][52]

Someone Following You

Frozen Thoughts

No Mouth Shall-

Real-Life Inspirations

The Hurlers are a group of stone circles located in Cornwall, England.[53] Legend has it that the stones were once men who played the Cornish game of hurling on a Sunday, and were transformed as punishment. Some also say it is impossible to accurately count the number of stones.

Given the location of the real-life Hurlers and lack of connection to the Traitor Empress, it is unclear how or why they (or something like them) would be transported to the Neath.

References

  1. ↑ Discuss the Hurlers, Fallen London
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Plan for an icy route to the Hurlers 2, Fallen London "The land out there is grim and surprisingly cold for a place so close to Hell."
  3. ↑ Build the station at The Hurlers, Fallen London
  4. ↑ On the Ice, Fallen London
  5. ↑ The Hurlers (Storylet), Fallen London "[...] this desolate wasteland. Candles struggle to burn: flames have been known to freeze on their wicks."
  6. ↑ Travel to the encampment (Foxfire Candle Stubs), Fallen London "It isn't too far. If you freeze to death on the way, it should be simple to turn around. "
  7. ↑ Illuminate the road you've built, Fallen London "[...] why do the Tracklayers installing the lanterns suffer so many accidents?"
  8. ↑ The Hurlers (Storylet), Fallen London "Beyond the station's huddled warmth, there is only darkness and ice. Beyond the darkness and ice, there are the standing stones [...]"
  9. ↑ Establish a trading post, Fallen London "There are practically no marketable goods [...] but rocks, crystals, and rocks with crystals [...] the most obscenely wealthy Master of the Bazaar is interested in precisely such commodities."
  10. ↑ Enter the private compartment, Fallen London ""Interesting, these," says Mr Stones, toying with a Crystallised Curio. [...] "What wouldst thou pay, [...] for a stone that unmakes boundaries?" [...] "More," says Mr Stones. "Find more.""
  11. ↑ Grazing Goat-Demons, Fallen London "Beside the tracks, goat-demons are munching on straggling briar patches. And on numerous bones protruding from the ground, which are vastly more pervasive [...] than any plant. "
  12. ↑ Speak with the Disembarking Deviless, Fallen London "[...] At one point, Hell had an interest in excavating this region. But all their expeditions were called back. Those that survived couldn't even remember what they had discovered. [...] "
  13. ↑ Speak with the Disembarked Deviless (Breaking 2), Fallen London ""I've managed to acquire a few notes from previous excavations [...] the Deviless tells [...] "They aren't terribly informative. Rather than writing about what they found, the archaeologists seemed to write more about what they did not find. [...]"
  14. ↑ Find the Caprine Vagabond in the herd 4, Fallen London "It's probably to do with Hell's last excavation. They did more damage than anyone else [...] Whatever deal they tried to cut with Mr Stones, I'm not sure it's worked out to their advantage. [...]"
  15. ↑ Travel to the encampment (Foxfire Candle Stubs), Fallen London "You arrive [...] Only ramshackle walls provide any shelter. Years ago, when certain infernal archaeologists established a base here [...]"
  16. ↑ Provide funding for the Disembarked Deviless, Fallen London "Do you know where the last expedition established a base? That's where we'll camp too. [...]"
  17. ↑ Around the Embers, Fallen London "Shattered bricks enclose a shallow fire-pit, [...] an enormous goat-demon rakes the ashes with a cloven hoof."
  18. ↑ The Caprine Vagabond, Fallen London "Even the goatiest goat-demons aren't this gargantuan. It's as if the Caprine Vagabond has grown as mountains grow [...]"
  19. ↑ Discuss the encampment, Fallen London "There must be a reason that the Vagabond is camped alone out here. [...] "No reason," it finally says. "Nothing has a reason in this place. [...]"
  20. ↑ Find the Caprine Vagabond in the herd 4, Fallen London ""You didn't hear that from me. Besides, it's not like I'm at the Hurlers to inform anyone about anything. I'm not a spy. [...]"
  21. ↑ Discuss the Stewards of the Discordance, Fallen London ""Pilgrims seek the Stewards of the Discordance for knowledge, for power, to change what can never be changed. I tell them the way: [...] toward the ruins.""
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Discuss the Adulterine Castle, Fallen London "[...] there are ruins. There," [...] Around the lake.""
  23. ↑ The Adulterine Ruins, Fallen London "The Adulterine Ruins [...] someone lives here amongst the rubble. In a room less collapsed than the rest, [...] you find a single woman in monastic robes."
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Approach the Steward, Fallen London "A Steward of the Discordance [...] This area is dangerous. It's my job to keep people away. [...] tell me everything. It's been so long since I've heard any news! Then I'll have to drive you out, [...] Unless you'd care to play cards?"
  25. ↑ Discuss the Disembarked Deviless' research, Fallen London "[...] you're not a Steward of the Discordance." [...] "You wouldn't like to be one, I suppose?" [...] "It might be possible, although the cost would be steep.""
  26. ↑ Swear the oath, Fallen London ""Repeat these words," says the Steward [...] You cannot think. [...] Welcome to the Stewardship.""
  27. ↑ Step onto the frozen lake, Fallen London "Beneath your feet, the lake's frozen surface is as solid as marble."
  28. ↑ Discuss the Adulterine Castle (The Steward) , Fallen London "[...] some people do claim there's a castle in the lake, under the ice. [...] When something doesn't exist, it's difficult to comprehend. [...]"
  29. ↑ Open your eyes, Fallen London "Stare into the lake's frozen surface. [...] You don't pass through the ice, and the ice doesn't lock overhead. [...] You haven't opened a doorway that cannot be closed. You haven't entered a castle that hasn't been built."
  30. ↑ Amongst the Standing Stones, Fallen London "Amongst the Standing Stones [...] Two stone circles crowd the hilltop."
  31. ↑ Discuss the Hurlers, Fallen London "When the Masters bought London, the Hurlers weren't part of the deal. That's why the Hurlers are here. If they are. What is and is not here isn't so easy to confirm."
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Discuss the Hurlers again 2, Fallen London "[...] "it's impossible to count those standing stones. From one perspective, they're always moving. But they never move at all."
  33. ↑ Count the stones in the First Circle, Fallen London "Whenever you look at them, their arrangement feels slightly different."
  34. ↑ Read the language on the stones (Neither Circle), Fallen London "Sigils pull your attention closer."
  35. ↑ Read the language on the stones (Active Discordant Law), Fallen London "Now that you have read the stones, you understand why they can never move. Their shadows seem to whisper in your ear [...] Fear no smile behind that whisper. These stones wouldn't lie to their sovereign."
  36. ↑ Speak with the Steward, Fallen London "[...] the stones will keep calling, even if they're not making a peep. They think it's funny."
  37. ↑ Amongst the Standing Stones, Fallen London "Two stone circles crowd the hilltop. [...] It should be easier to [...] read the language carved into their faces, etched [...]"
  38. ↑ Locate a spot to dig around the hill, Fallen London "Frost emanates from the stones. It spreads [...] down the hill and through the wastes. [...] More ice will always encroach. "
  39. ↑ Read the language on the stones (Neither Circle), Fallen London "Sigils pull your attention closer. [...] How can you read a sentence when the words have been scrambled? [...] Arrange us, the stones [...] plead [...] Rearrange us."
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Beneath the Standing Stones, Fallen London "Beneath the Standing Stones [...] When you aren't in the castle, you can gaze upward and study the lake's underside. You can see the Hurlers, [...] they aren't stone circles. Each stone is a goat-demon. [...] their game has been frozen, their two teams locked mid-play beneath the ice."
  41. ↑ Don't talk about the game, Fallen London "[...] these are the Hurlers. Because there is no difference between the standing stones atop the hill, and these goat-demons."
  42. ↑ Hurlyburly, Fallen London "Hurlyburly [...] Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
  43. ↑ Bet on the First Circle to lose, Fallen London "A horn doesn't blow to announce the next match, [...] A little ball called a sliotar doesn't rise [...] where goat-demons don't bristle with hurling sticks at the ready. [...] When the game doesn't begin, [...]"
  44. ↑ Beneath the Standing Stones, Fallen London "Stewards aren't watching the match from below, placing bets on which team hasn't currently taken the lead."
  45. ↑ Discuss the Hurlers again 2, Fallen London "It's a game that they're playing with us. Whoever is winning the game, that changes where they're standing, and that changes how an observer might interpret their meaning."
  46. ↑ Don't talk about the game, Fallen London "[...] the manner in which their players are arranged, which depends on whichever team isn't winning, doesn't determine how the Hurlers are also arranged. Because these are the Hurlers."
  47. ↑ Discordant Law, Fallen London
  48. ↑ Build the station at The Hurlers, Fallen London "January asks you a number of questions about the Hurlers. [...] she's looking to find out how much you know, rather than filling in her own information. "A light was quenched," [...] "Or the Hurlers wouldn't be out there now. [...]"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Discordant Studies (Storylet), Fallen London ""This court is all departed," says the Anchoress. "It never was a court." [...] Two holes, pricked close together, are a double star. No light twinkles through them. [...] "I saw the absence. Now you see it too.""
  50. ↑ Discordant Studies (Storylet), Fallen London "no monarch screams [...] two crowns whose laws are void, stricken from life, stricken from death, [...] banished, forgotten [...]"
  51. ↑ Discordant Studies (Storylet), Fallen London "Shadows trail you down the corridors, [...] they might have horns. They might have hooves. [...] "Not every courtier suffered the same fate," the Anchoress explains. "Some are different now, yet still the same. They entertained the court. They played a game." [...] Their shadows still play on the walls, passing a round silhouette back and forth. They move ahead, leave you behind, chasing the silhouette."
  52. ↑ Discordant Studies (Storylet), Fallen London "[...] the Anchoress does come closer, walking toward the standing stones [...] They tower in the courtyard, on the playing field, atop the hill."
  53. ↑ The Hurlers (stone circles), Wikipedia
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