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{{Neath_Location|image1=Roseyellow.png|caption1=A splash of vivid orange in a desolate landscape. Art from Fallen London.|location=[[The Hinterlands]]|allegiance=[[Devils]]|notable_inhabitants=Gnarled Stationmaster<br>
<blockquote>''"Marigold Station sits in the very shadow of Hell. The white walls of that city loom on the horizon, like stormclouds before the first crash of thunder. The station is a small splash of orange in the harsh and broken moorland before Hell."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Horizons_of_Hell|The Horizons of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>{{Neath_Location|image1=Roseyellow.png|caption1=A splash of vivid orange in a desolate landscape. Art from Fallen London.|location=[[The Hinterlands]]|allegiance=[[Devils]]|notable_inhabitants=The Gnarled Stationmaster<br>
The Dauntless Knight<br>
[[The Mandolinist]]<br>
[[Grand Devils|The Mandolinist]]|image2=}}Marigold Station is the last stop on the [[Great Hellbound Railway]], near the walls of [[Hell]] itself.
[[The Chandler]]|image2=}}Marigold Station is the last stop on the [[Great Hellbound Railway]], near the walls of [[Hell]] itself.
 
== End of the Line? ==
Marigold Station itself isn't much to talk about; it is small, with a single bench and walls grown from marigold flowers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Marigold_Station|The Marigold Station|Fallen London|}}</ref> But it exists for a reason; it is both the last stop before reaching Hell on the Moloch Line,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/For_All_the_Saints_Who_From_Their_Labours_Rest|For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest|Fallen London|}}’"Well, well. I'll arrange for the train to make a brief stop at Marigold Station. It'll be the only stop we make before Hell."’</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Horizons_of_Hell|The Horizons of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the terminus of the [[The Great Hellbound Railway|Great Hellbound Railway]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Returning_East|Returning East|Fallen London|}}</ref>


== Those Who Bear the Marigold ==
== Those Who Bear the Marigold ==
Marigold Station itself isn't much to talk about; it is small, with a single bench and walls grown from marigold flowers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Marigold_Station|The Marigold Station|Fallen London|}}</ref> But it exists for a reason; it is both the last stop before reaching Hell on the Moloch Line,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/For_All_the_Saints_Who_From_Their_Labours_Rest|For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest|Fallen London|}}’"Well, well. I'll arrange for the train to make a brief stop at Marigold Station. It'll be the only stop we make before Hell."’</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Horizons_of_Hell|The Horizons of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref> and the terminus of the (finished) [[The Great Hellbound Railway|Great Hellbound Railway]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Returning_East|Returning East|Fallen London|}}</ref>
Thanks to the signing of the Treaty of the Marigold, toward the end of Hell's Season of Revolutions, dissenters among the [[devils]] are offered a choice: they must either recant their views and accept the majority opinion, or they are exiled. Those who have chosen exile wear marigold badges, and can only be welcomed back if they succeed at a typically impossible task decided upon by Hell.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> The '''Gnarled Stationmaster''' is tasked with keeping an eye on the progress of these '''Knights of the Marigold'''.<ref name=":0" />
 
Since the signing of the Treaty of the Marigold toward the end of the Season of Revolutions, dissenters among the devils are offered a choice: they will either recant their views and accept the majority opinion, or they are exiled. Those who have chosen exile wear marigold badges; they can only be welcomed back if they succeed at a typically impossible task decided upon by Hell.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> Marigold's Stationmaster is tasked with keeping an eye on the progress of these Knights of the Marigold.<ref name=":0" />


== A Tourist's Guide to Hell's Surroundings ==
== A Tourist's Guide to Hell's Surroundings ==
Marigold Station stands in the vicinity of several landmarks of the [[Hinterlands]].
Marigold Station stands in the vicinity of several landmarks of the [[Hinterlands]].


* A road paved with white stone leads to the entrance to Hell.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Approach_Hell%27s_Walls|Approach Hell's Walls|Fallen London|}}</ref>
=== The Road to Hell ===
*'''The Lilymire''' served as Hell's graveyard<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Brave_the_Lilymire|Brave the Lilymire|Fallen London|}}</ref> until it was flooded by the city's waste.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_for_a_Hellish_artefact|Search for a Hellish artefact|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is now a marsh, filled with candles that grow out of rotting lilies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lilymire|The Lilymire|Fallen London|}}</ref> The hallucinatory waters pose an additional hazard for anyone foolish enough to plunge into the bog.<ref name=":1" />
<blockquote>''"The drone is as insistent as toothache and its pull begins in the bottom of your stomach. The stones ahead form a path now. The way to Hell is clear. How could you have ever missed it?"<ref name=":4" />''</blockquote>A road paved with white stone leads to the entrance to Hell.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Approach_Hell%27s_Walls|Approach Hell's Walls|Fallen London|}}</ref> The great city calls...
* South of Hell lies '''The Edict of Towers''':<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Walk_the_Edict_of_Towers|Walk the Edict of Towers|Fallen London|}}</ref> an old defensive array of walls and towers (only one-fifth of which, or even fewer, are real)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Edict_of_Towers|The Edict of Towers|Fallen London|}}</ref> and many, many mirrors.<ref name=":2" />
 
* '''Saint Trezigor's Folly''' was a communal living place for a group of [[Goat-Demons|goat-demons]] long ago;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Saint_Trezigor%27s_Folly|Saint Trezigor's Folly|Fallen London|}}</ref> now, it only contains their bones.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Explore_the_Folly|Explore the Folly|Fallen London|}}</ref> The walls of the place move and shift when spoken to, and it might even speak back.<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beseech_Saint_Trezigor|Beseech Saint Trezigor|Fallen London|}}</ref> A goat head carved in stone serves as it face.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Recover_an_artefact_of_Hell_(St_Trezigor%27s)|Recover an artefact of Hell (St Trezigor's)|Fallen London|}}</ref>
=== The Lilymire ===
*On a hill near the station lies the ruins of an '''Amphitheater'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Empty_Amphitheatre|The Empty Amphitheatre|Fallen London|}}</ref> that serves as the prison of a Grand Devil, [[Grand Devils|the Mandolinist]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_open_the_gate|Break open the gate|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<blockquote>''"This is a place Hell has refused to conquer: only its dead and its exiled linger here."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lilymire|The Lilymire|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>'''The Lilymire''' served as Hell's graveyard<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Brave_the_Lilymire|Brave the Lilymire|Fallen London|}}</ref> until it was flooded by the city's waste.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Search_for_a_Hellish_artefact|Search for a Hellish artefact|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is now a marsh, filled with candles that grow out of rotting lilies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lilymire|The Lilymire|Fallen London|}}</ref> The hallucinatory waters pose an additional hazard for anyone foolish enough to plunge into the bog.<ref name=":1" />
 
=== The Edict of Towers ===
<blockquote>''Hell has abandoned this place. No devil comes here – at least, not of their own free will.''</blockquote>South of Hell lies '''The Edict of Towers''':<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Walk_the_Edict_of_Towers|Walk the Edict of Towers|Fallen London|}}</ref> an old defensive array of walls and towers, only one-fifth of which, or even fewer, are real.<ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Edict_of_Towers|The Edict of Towers|Fallen London|}}</ref> This mirror-strewn labyrinth<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Recover_the_Dauntless_Knight|Recover the Dauntless Knight|Fallen London|}}</ref> was constructed while Hell still resided in [[Parabola]].<ref name=":5" />
 
=== Saint Trezigor's Folly ===
<blockquote>''"There is a laughter buried deep in the stones of Saint Trezigor's. You hear it in the walls, a sibilant mix of litany and mockery. The tongue hisses, as though cloven."''<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Recover_an_artefact_of_Hell_(St_Trezigor%27s)|Recover an artefact of Hell (St Trezigor's)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Saint Trezigor's Folly''' was a communal living place for a group of [[Goat-Demons|goat-demons]] long ago;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Saint_Trezigor%27s_Folly|Saint Trezigor's Folly|Fallen London|}}</ref> now, it only contains their bones.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Explore_the_Folly|Explore the Folly|Fallen London|}}</ref> The walls of the place move and shift when spoken to, and it might even speak back.<ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beseech_Saint_Trezigor|Beseech Saint Trezigor|Fallen London|}}</ref> A goat head carved in stone serves as its face.<ref name=":6" />
 
=== The Ancient Amphitheatre ===
<blockquote>''"An ancient arena stands high upon a hill. Colossal basalt stones lean against each other to form a colosseum. Each stone bears a sigil, larger than a London townhouse. The stone seats are gargantuan and grooved in ways incompatible with human physiology."<ref name=":7" />''</blockquote>On a hill near the station lies the ruins of an '''Amphitheatre.'''<ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Empty_Amphitheatre|The Empty Amphitheatre|Fallen London|}}</ref> Beneath it is a chasm that serves as the prison of a [[Grand Devils|Grand Devil]], [[the Mandolinist]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_open_the_gate|Break open the gate|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
=== The Chapel of the Brazen Brigade ===
<blockquote>''"Light, carmine and full of loathing, blazes at the edge of the gloomy chapel."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bear_witness_(Chandler)|Bear witness (Chandler)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>Through the Lamentation of Violets, past the old battlefields of Hell, lies the chapel of another Grand Devil, [[the Chandler]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Call_in_favours_2|Call in favours 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> This chapel is the meeting place of the '''Brazen Brigade''', a group that seeks to free Marigold Knights of their duties.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Return_to_the_Chandler's_chapel|Return to the Chandler's chapel|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_to_the_Dauntless_Knight_(Seal)|Speak to the Dauntless Knight (Seal)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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"Marigold Station sits in the very shadow of Hell. The white walls of that city loom on the horizon, like stormclouds before the first crash of thunder. The station is a small splash of orange in the harsh and broken moorland before Hell."[1]

Marigold Station is the last stop on the Great Hellbound Railway, near the walls of Hell itself.

End of the Line?

Marigold Station itself isn't much to talk about; it is small, with a single bench and walls grown from marigold flowers.[2] But it exists for a reason; it is both the last stop before reaching Hell on the Moloch Line,[3][4] and the terminus of the Great Hellbound Railway.[5]

Those Who Bear the Marigold

Thanks to the signing of the Treaty of the Marigold, toward the end of Hell's Season of Revolutions, dissenters among the devils are offered a choice: they must either recant their views and accept the majority opinion, or they are exiled. Those who have chosen exile wear marigold badges, and can only be welcomed back if they succeed at a typically impossible task decided upon by Hell.[6] The Gnarled Stationmaster is tasked with keeping an eye on the progress of these Knights of the Marigold.[6]

A Tourist's Guide to Hell's Surroundings

Marigold Station stands in the vicinity of several landmarks of the Hinterlands.

The Road to Hell

"The drone is as insistent as toothache and its pull begins in the bottom of your stomach. The stones ahead form a path now. The way to Hell is clear. How could you have ever missed it?"[7]

A road paved with white stone leads to the entrance to Hell.[7] The great city calls...

The Lilymire

"This is a place Hell has refused to conquer: only its dead and its exiled linger here."[8]

The Lilymire served as Hell's graveyard[9] until it was flooded by the city's waste.[10] It is now a marsh, filled with candles that grow out of rotting lilies.[11] The hallucinatory waters pose an additional hazard for anyone foolish enough to plunge into the bog.[10]

The Edict of Towers

Hell has abandoned this place. No devil comes here – at least, not of their own free will.

South of Hell lies The Edict of Towers:[12] an old defensive array of walls and towers, only one-fifth of which, or even fewer, are real.[13] This mirror-strewn labyrinth[12][14] was constructed while Hell still resided in Parabola.[13]

Saint Trezigor's Folly

"There is a laughter buried deep in the stones of Saint Trezigor's. You hear it in the walls, a sibilant mix of litany and mockery. The tongue hisses, as though cloven."[15]

Saint Trezigor's Folly was a communal living place for a group of goat-demons long ago;[16] now, it only contains their bones.[17] The walls of the place move and shift when spoken to, and it might even speak back.[18] A goat head carved in stone serves as its face.[15]

The Ancient Amphitheatre

"An ancient arena stands high upon a hill. Colossal basalt stones lean against each other to form a colosseum. Each stone bears a sigil, larger than a London townhouse. The stone seats are gargantuan and grooved in ways incompatible with human physiology."[19]

On a hill near the station lies the ruins of an Amphitheatre.[19] Beneath it is a chasm that serves as the prison of a Grand Devil, the Mandolinist.[20]

The Chapel of the Brazen Brigade

"Light, carmine and full of loathing, blazes at the edge of the gloomy chapel."[21]

Through the Lamentation of Violets, past the old battlefields of Hell, lies the chapel of another Grand Devil, the Chandler.[22] This chapel is the meeting place of the Brazen Brigade, a group that seeks to free Marigold Knights of their duties.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ The Horizons of Hell, Fallen London
  2. ↑ The Marigold Station, Fallen London
  3. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London ’"Well, well. I'll arrange for the train to make a brief stop at Marigold Station. It'll be the only stop we make before Hell."’
  4. ↑ The Horizons of Hell, Fallen London
  5. ↑ Returning East, Fallen London
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Accept a commission 2, Fallen London
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Approach Hell's Walls, Fallen London
  8. ↑ The Lilymire, Fallen London
  9. ↑ Brave the Lilymire, Fallen London
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Search for a Hellish artefact, Fallen London
  11. ↑ The Lilymire, Fallen London
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Walk the Edict of Towers, Fallen London
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Edict of Towers, Fallen London
  14. ↑ Recover the Dauntless Knight, Fallen London
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Recover an artefact of Hell (St Trezigor's), Fallen London
  16. ↑ Saint Trezigor's Folly, Fallen London
  17. ↑ Explore the Folly, Fallen London
  18. ↑ Beseech Saint Trezigor, Fallen London
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Empty Amphitheatre, Fallen London
  20. ↑ Break open the gate, Fallen London
  21. ↑ Bear witness (Chandler), Fallen London
  22. ↑ Call in favours 2, Fallen London
  23. ↑ Return to the Chandler's chapel, Fallen London
  24. ↑ Speak to the Dauntless Knight (Seal), Fallen London
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