The Hinterlands

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"The line will run west, following the Stolen River to the edge of Hell. Your advisor unrolls a map, showing the stations to be built. Ealing Gardens. Jericho Locks. The Magistracy of the Evenlode. B—. S—— VIII. Burrow-Infra-Mump... The names grow less familiar."[1]

The Hinterlands are a huge, mostly empty swath of land that lies between Fallen London and Hell.


WEST

"...this is bad territory. Ravines, bogs, hills made of bone. Moreover, it is inhabited, and not by gentlefolk."

The Hinterlands are also referred to as the Upper River,[2] as the Stolen River (Thames) flows through this inland plain from Hell to the Unterzee.[3] Two railways run through the Hinterlands between London and Hell: the devil-run Moloch Street Express,[4] and the brand-new Great Hellbound Railway.[1] The region is still largely unfamiliar to London and rife with rumor,[5] as any commercial attempts to expand westward ended before they began;[6] this changed under the tenure of Virginia as Lord Mayor of London,[7] and led to the development of the GHR.[8] Virginia also founded the Ministry of Upper River Development,[7] which issued Hinterland Scrip as a currency for investors.[9] This far west, the Bazaar has limited influence, but commerce is enabled by the Upper River Exchange.[10]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ask a present investor about the benefits, Fallen London
  2. ↑ Rumour of the Upper River, Fallen London "Rumour of the Upper River - There are all sorts of tales about life further up the Stolen River."
  3. ↑ Sidebar Snippets#Places, Fallen London "The Stolen River that flows into the Unterzee [...] passes through Hell."
  4. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London "[...] I'll arrange for the train to make a brief stop at Marigold Station. It'll be the only stop we make before Hell.""
  5. ↑ A travelogue of the Hinterlands, Fallen London "[…] even the nearer parts of the Hinterland might as well be Tartarus to the average Londoner. There are rumours of a highwayman riding an elephant made of iron. Stories of rivers leading to a palace flooded with poison. […]"
  6. ↑ Advertisements of a New Venture, Fallen London "[...] there was a treaty line between London and Hell. Plenty of ambitious people hoped to overstep it, but entrepreneurial blueprints [...] turned to ash."
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Advertisements of a New Venture, Fallen London "Then Virginia became Lord Mayor. [...] she announced [...] a deal brokered with Hell, [...] land opened to London development. She founded the Ministry of Upper River Development, [...] Constables and other worthies started handing out Hinterland scrip [...]"
  8. ↑ Advertisements of a New Venture, Fallen London "Seeing opportunity, His Amused Lordship [...] form the Great Hellbound Railway Company."
  9. ↑ Hinterland Scrip, Fallen London "Issued by the Ministry of Upper River Development. [...] represents the right to develop new buildings on a portion of the land."
  10. ↑ Upper River Exchange, Fallen London "The questionable exchange out beyond the Bazaar's reach."
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