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<blockquote>''"This station is the final stop before Hell on both the Moloch St Line and, now, your own – yet, there are no facilities, not even a waiting room. There is only a single bench, at which an elderly devil sits, chewing cloves."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"This station is the final stop before Hell on both the Moloch St Line and, now, your own – yet, there are no facilities, not even a waiting room. There is only a single bench, at which an elderly devil sits, chewing cloves."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Railway.png|alt=A locomotive.|thumb|[[The Great Hellbound Railway]]]] | |||
Built by [[Hell]] as the penultimate station of the [[Moloch Street|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|}}''"[...] the train to make a [...] stop at Marigold Station. [...] the only stop [...] before Hell."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Horizons_of_Hell|The Horizons of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref> and also the last stop of the [[Great Hellbound Railway]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Head_to_Marigold_Station,_the_end_of_the_line|Head to Marigold Station, the end of the line|Fallen London|}} ''"Where the Great Hellbound Railway meets the Devils' own lines."''</ref> Marigold Station is little more than a building with walls grown from marigold flowers, containing a single bench.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Marigold_Station|The Marigold Station|Fallen London|}} ''"The station [...] the walls are formed from living marigolds forced to grow in a tight lattice [...] the final stop before Hell on both the Moloch St Line and, [...] your own [...] there are no facilities, [...] only a single bench, [...]"''</ref> An ancient Hellish amphitheater rests near the station;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Empty_Amphitheatre|The Empty Amphitheatre|Fallen London|}} ''"An ancient arena stands high upon a hill. Colossal basalt stones lean against each other to form a colosseum. [...] A gate yawns in the ground above a vast pit, [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Chorus_of_Hell|The Chorus of Hell|Fallen London|}} ''"The amphitheatre is just one of many outposts of Old Hell. [...] Once, Hell's arm was long."''</ref> within it is a gate leading to an enormous chasm containing the [[The Mandolinist|Mandolinist]], a deposed [[Grand Devil]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_open_the_gate|Break open the gate|Fallen London|}} ''"The stairs below wait. [...] A mandolin sounds in the depths."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Mandolinist|The Mandolinist|Fallen London|}} ''"The chasm below Marigold is the size of the Vatican. No light disturbs its depths: [...] At the heart of the abyss there is a great pillar. Something stands against it, perhaps pinned or impaled. [...] Its breath is sweet as roses, perfuming the rotting of its body."''</ref> | Built by [[Hell]] as the penultimate station of the [[Moloch Street|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|}}''"[...] the train to make a [...] stop at Marigold Station. [...] the only stop [...] before Hell."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Horizons_of_Hell|The Horizons of Hell|Fallen London|}}</ref> and also the last stop of the [[Great Hellbound Railway]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Head_to_Marigold_Station,_the_end_of_the_line|Head to Marigold Station, the end of the line|Fallen London|}} ''"Where the Great Hellbound Railway meets the Devils' own lines."''</ref> Marigold Station is little more than a building with walls grown from marigold flowers, containing a single bench.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Marigold_Station|The Marigold Station|Fallen London|}} ''"The station [...] the walls are formed from living marigolds forced to grow in a tight lattice [...] the final stop before Hell on both the Moloch St Line and, [...] your own [...] there are no facilities, [...] only a single bench, [...]"''</ref> An ancient Hellish amphitheater rests near the station;<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Empty_Amphitheatre|The Empty Amphitheatre|Fallen London|}} ''"An ancient arena stands high upon a hill. Colossal basalt stones lean against each other to form a colosseum. [...] A gate yawns in the ground above a vast pit, [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Chorus_of_Hell|The Chorus of Hell|Fallen London|}} ''"The amphitheatre is just one of many outposts of Old Hell. [...] Once, Hell's arm was long."''</ref> within it is a gate leading to an enormous chasm containing the [[The Mandolinist|Mandolinist]], a deposed [[Grand Devil]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Break_open_the_gate|Break open the gate|Fallen London|}} ''"The stairs below wait. [...] A mandolin sounds in the depths."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Mandolinist|The Mandolinist|Fallen London|}} ''"The chasm below Marigold is the size of the Vatican. No light disturbs its depths: [...] At the heart of the abyss there is a great pillar. Something stands against it, perhaps pinned or impaled. [...] Its breath is sweet as roses, perfuming the rotting of its body."''</ref> | ||
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<blockquote>''"You been to Marigold Station. I remember the stink of it."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_for_help_in_the_matter_of_a_Grand_Devil%27s_request|Ask her for help in the matter of a Grand Devil's request|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"You been to Marigold Station. I remember the stink of it."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_for_help_in_the_matter_of_a_Grand_Devil%27s_request|Ask her for help in the matter of a Grand Devil's request|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Marigoldkeeper.png|thumb|[[The Marigold Menagerie Keeper]]]] | [[File:Marigoldkeeper.png|alt=A woman with golden eyes and a yellow hat.|thumb|[[The Marigold Menagerie Keeper]]]] | ||
Near the end of [[Hell]]'s Season of Revolutions, the warring factions signed the '''Treaty of the Marigold'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}} ''"The Season of Revolutions [...] At its end, the Treaty of the Marigold was a critical component of the peace that followed."''</ref> Per this treaty, dissenters among the [[devils]] are offered a choice: either recant their views and accept the majority, or "take up the Marigold."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"The Treaty established a provision for dissenters, [...] who oppose a decision of the collective body of Hell. Such devils must acquiesce with the majority, or [...] take up the Marigold."''</ref> The latter group are given marigold badges and exiled, and may only return upon completing a typically impossible task.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"A Marigold-bearer is given a badge [...] burdened with an often impossible task. [...] they must leave Hell, exiled. [...] to return, they must complete their task."''</ref> The '''Gnarled Stationmaster''' monitors these '''Knights of the Marigold''', and tracks them down after some time to check their status.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"After a suitable interlude, the Stationmaster goes after them, to discover their fate"''</ref> | Near the end of [[Hell]]'s Season of Revolutions, the warring factions signed the '''Treaty of the Marigold'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}} ''"The Season of Revolutions [...] At its end, the Treaty of the Marigold was a critical component of the peace that followed."''</ref> Per this treaty, dissenters among the [[devils]] are offered a choice: either recant their views and accept the majority, or "take up the Marigold."<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"The Treaty established a provision for dissenters, [...] who oppose a decision of the collective body of Hell. Such devils must acquiesce with the majority, or [...] take up the Marigold."''</ref> The latter group are given marigold badges and exiled, and may only return upon completing a typically impossible task.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"A Marigold-bearer is given a badge [...] burdened with an often impossible task. [...] they must leave Hell, exiled. [...] to return, they must complete their task."''</ref> The '''Gnarled Stationmaster''' monitors these '''Knights of the Marigold''', and tracks them down after some time to check their status.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Accept_a_commission_2|Accept a commission 2|Fallen London|}}''"After a suitable interlude, the Stationmaster goes after them, to discover their fate"''</ref> | ||
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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?
"This station is the final stop before Hell on both the Moloch St Line and, now, your own – yet, there are no facilities, not even a waiting room. There is only a single bench, at which an elderly devil sits, chewing cloves."[2]
Built by Hell as the penultimate station of the Moloch Line,[3][4] and also the last stop of the Great Hellbound Railway,[5] Marigold Station is little more than a building with walls grown from marigold flowers, containing a single bench.[2] An ancient Hellish amphitheater rests near the station;[6][7] within it is a gate leading to an enormous chasm containing the Mandolinist, a deposed Grand Devil.[8][9]
Other landmarks of the Hinterlands can be reached from here,[10] including:
The Knights of the Marigold
"This Knight of the Marigold earned the enmity of Hell through their evasions. Hell rewrites its doctrine regularly: the revolution moves ever forward. This Knight, however, was once a historian. They attempted to create a comprehensive analysis of the revolution. They were given to the Marigold for their trouble and commanded to return only when they had found Truth."[11]
"You been to Marigold Station. I remember the stink of it."[12]
Near the end of Hell's Season of Revolutions, the warring factions signed the Treaty of the Marigold.[13] Per this treaty, dissenters among the devils are offered a choice: either recant their views and accept the majority, or "take up the Marigold."[14] The latter group are given marigold badges and exiled, and may only return upon completing a typically impossible task.[15] The Gnarled Stationmaster monitors these Knights of the Marigold, and tracks them down after some time to check their status.[16]
Some examples of these Knights include a historian who tried to document the revolution when Hell demanded mutable history,[17] and the Marigold Menagerie Keeper, who proposed easing the tortures of the Grand Devils.[18] Many of these Knights meet bitter ends,[19] and it is implied Hell does not want them to succeed, instead cultivating false hope so they may run themselves into the ground.[20][21]
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