Marigold Station
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Marigold Station is the last stop on the Great Hellbound Railway, near the walls of Hell itself.
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.[1] But it exists for a reason; it is both the last stop before reaching Hell on the Moloch Line,[2][3] and the terminus of the (finished) Great Hellbound Railway.[4]
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.[5] Marigold's Stationmaster is tasked with keeping an eye on the progress of these Knights of the Marigold.[5]
A Tourist's Guide to Hell's Surroundings
Marigold Station stands in the vicinity of several landmarks of the Hinterlands.
- A road paved with white stone leads to the entrance to Hell.[6]
- The Lilymire served as Hell's graveyard[7] until it was flooded by the city's waste.[8] It is now a marsh, filled with candles that grow out of rotting lilies.[9] The hallucinatory waters pose an additional hazard for anyone foolish enough to plunge into the bog.[8]
- South of Hell lies The Edict of Towers:[10] an old defensive array of walls and towers (only one-fifth of which, or even fewer, are real)[11] and many, many mirrors.[10]
- Saint Trezigor's Folly was a communal living place for a group of goat-demons long ago;[12] now, it only contains their bones.[13] The walls of the place move and shift when spoken to, and it might even speak back.[14] A goat head carved in stone serves as it face.[15]
- On a hill near the station lies the ruins of an Amphitheater[16] that serves as the prison of a Grand Devil, the Mandolinist.[17]
References
- ↑ The Marigold Station, Fallen London
- ↑ 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."’
- ↑ The Horizons of Hell, Fallen London
- ↑ Returning East, Fallen London
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Accept a commission 2, Fallen London
- ↑ Approach Hell's Walls, Fallen London
- ↑ Brave the Lilymire, Fallen London
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Search for a Hellish artefact, Fallen London
- ↑ The Lilymire, Fallen London
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Walk the Edict of Towers, Fallen London
- ↑ The Edict of Towers, Fallen London
- ↑ Saint Trezigor's Folly, Fallen London
- ↑ Explore the Folly, Fallen London
- ↑ Beseech Saint Trezigor, Fallen London
- ↑ Recover an artefact of Hell (St Trezigor's), Fallen London
- ↑ The Empty Amphitheatre, Fallen London
- ↑ Break open the gate, Fallen London
