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}}<blockquote>''"This peaceful, carmine institution was founded by devils from London and dedicated to the betterment of the soul. Botheridge's 'A Tour of Heaven' describes it as 'a cross between a spa, a sanatorium and purgatory.' She commends its bracing airs.''"<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon|Carillon Centre|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>'''Carillon''' is a [[soul]] refinery located in the [[Reach]].__FORCETOC__ | }}<blockquote>''"This peaceful, carmine institution was founded by devils from London and dedicated to the betterment of the soul. Botheridge's 'A Tour of Heaven' describes it as 'a cross between a spa, a sanatorium and purgatory.' She commends its bracing airs.''"<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon|Carillon Centre|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>'''Carillon''' is a [[soul]] refinery located in the [[Reach]].__FORCETOC__ | ||
==Hell's Kitchen == | ==Hell's Kitchen == | ||
<blockquote>''"Greetings. How may we stretch, strain, purify and strengthen you, now you've come to Carillon?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Go and speak to the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>Founded and staffed by [[devils]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon|Enter Carillon's Foyer|Sunless Skies}} ''"Grey stone, the colour of a monastery. Attending | <blockquote>''"Greetings. How may we stretch, strain, purify and strengthen you, now you've come to Carillon?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Go and speak to the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>Founded and staffed by [[devils]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon|Enter Carillon's Foyer|Sunless Skies}} ''"Grey stone, the colour of a monastery. Attending Devils and Devilesses, dressed in uniform. And an incoming parade of the sick, the friendless, the dying, and those who think their lives would be better if only they were something else."''</ref> who came to the skies from [[London]],<ref name=":1" /> Carillon is an institution for the purification and refinement of [[souls]].<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon|Carillon Centre|Sunless Skies}} ''"This peaceful, carmine institution was founded by devils from London and dedicated to the betterment of the soul."''</ref> It is funded by donations, as well as the slim profits from patients who decide to give up their souls instead.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|And after a stay at Carillon? What then?|Sunless Skies}} ''"Most people go home again [...] some find that they are weary of their souls, and pass them on to us. We operate on that slender profit, and on what we can get from donations, or from sales of penance and forgiveness."''</ref> The sale of penances as a way out of treatment<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Purchase an Indulgence|Sunless Skies}} ''""It's not quite the same as Penance served yourself," she admits. "But it may be used in many of the same situations.""''</ref> provides some extra revenue,<ref name=":0" /> and contributes towards the institution's understandably massive operating and marketing costs.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Buy indulgences in bulk|Sunless Skies}} ''"Carillon is not inexpensive to maintain. We have the food and provisions for the Devils and the patients. Then there's the upkeep on the building, the labour for the bells, the effort to advertise Carillon's services to those abroad. And you would not believe what we spend on devising the penances themselves! I spend half the day on requisitions. Pitchforks, tongs, ice, soap by the hundredweight."''</ref> Most of Carillon's clients are humans; the majority arrive voluntarily, although some are committed by their families or employers.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Ask her about Carillon|Sunless Skies}} ''"We do whatever is necessary to reclaim unsatisfactory souls [...] For humans, primarily, though we do attend to a few other creatures, elsewhere on the Great Chain. [...] Most of those who come to us are volunteers. The rest are beyond the position of being able to volunteer, consigned to Carillon by their families or employers."''</ref> | ||
Patient intake involves an interview with the '''Presiding Deviless'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Go and speak to the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Presiding Deviless works in an office shaped like a beehive [...] She conducts intake interviews with new patients, one by one. After a long time in line, you reach her at last. "Greetings [...] How may we stretch, strain, purify and strengthen you, now you've come to Carillon?""''</ref> in Carillon's central office.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Write a Port Report|Sunless Skies}} ''"The first port of call is the beehive-shaped office in the centre; or, more accurately, the long queue leading into it."''</ref> She is something of a soul-psychiatrist, with a stack of color-coded patient files<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Discussion with the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}} ''"Her apron is starched, her dress pinstriped. There is a stack of patient files on her desk, colour-coded. The corners of her mouth say she knows something to your disadvantage. "''</ref> that contain notes on every patient's aversions and vulnerabilities.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|And after a stay at Carillon? What then?|Sunless Skies}} ''"But what about you? You look sturdy enough to make full use of our services. Are you afraid of needles? What is your view of worms? Which do you fear more, venoms or poisons?" She takes down a page or two on all your least favourite things."''</ref> Her magnum opus, the ''Carillon Compendium,'' lists seven '''[[Soul Flaws|soul flaws]]''' that may be treated at Carillon.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Your_Soul|Your Soul|Sunless Skies}} All soul flaw descriptions are taken from the Carillon Compendium.</ref> For each flaw, the facility has a "garden" in which it may be cured<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Ask her about Carillon|Sunless Skies}} ''"Seven gardens for seven sins"''</ref> - and Carillon's cures are unconventional, to say the least. | Patient intake involves an interview with the '''Presiding Deviless'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Go and speak to the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Presiding Deviless works in an office shaped like a beehive [...] She conducts intake interviews with new patients, one by one. After a long time in line, you reach her at last. "Greetings [...] How may we stretch, strain, purify and strengthen you, now you've come to Carillon?""''</ref> in Carillon's central office.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Enter_Carillon's_Foyer|Write a Port Report|Sunless Skies}} ''"The first port of call is the beehive-shaped office in the centre; or, more accurately, the long queue leading into it."''</ref> She is something of a soul-psychiatrist, with a stack of color-coded patient files<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Discussion with the Presiding Deviless|Sunless Skies}} ''"Her apron is starched, her dress pinstriped. There is a stack of patient files on her desk, colour-coded. The corners of her mouth say she knows something to your disadvantage. "''</ref> that contain notes on every patient's aversions and vulnerabilities.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|And after a stay at Carillon? What then?|Sunless Skies}} ''"But what about you? You look sturdy enough to make full use of our services. Are you afraid of needles? What is your view of worms? Which do you fear more, venoms or poisons?" She takes down a page or two on all your least favourite things."''</ref> Her magnum opus, the ''Carillon Compendium,'' lists seven '''[[Soul Flaws|soul flaws]]''' that may be treated at Carillon.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Your_Soul|Your Soul|Sunless Skies}} All soul flaw descriptions are taken from the Carillon Compendium.</ref> For each flaw, the facility has a "garden" in which it may be cured<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Discussion_with_the_Presiding_Deviless|Ask her about Carillon|Sunless Skies}} ''"Seven gardens for seven sins"''</ref> - and Carillon's cures are unconventional, to say the least. | ||
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==Soul Flaws== | ==Soul Flaws== | ||
The seven [[Soul Flaws|soul flaws]], as catalogued in the ''Carillon Compendium'', are as follows: | The seven [[Soul Flaws|soul flaws]], as catalogued in the ''Carillon Compendium'', are as follows: | ||
*'''Clear''': ''"Soul is fully transparent. No swirls, no clouding, no personality."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Clear|Clear|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the barren '''Sand Garden'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Sand_Garden|Sand Garden|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Devils call this place a garden in jest. It is barren sand, under the rest of Carillon, not served by any sunlight. The sand is coarse and itchy, the air dry and over-hot. One feels hungry, thirsty, even a bit faint, just standing here."''</ref> through tests of endurance.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#endurance_punishment|Endurance Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''Clear''': ''"Soul is fully transparent. No swirls, no clouding, no personality."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Clear|Clear|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the barren '''Sand Garden'''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Sand_Garden|Sand Garden|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Devils call this place a garden in jest. It is barren sand, under the rest of Carillon, not served by any sunlight. The sand is coarse and itchy, the air dry and over-hot. One feels hungry, thirsty, even a bit faint, just standing here."''</ref> through tests of endurance.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#endurance_punishment|Endurance Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Patients ideally regain awareness of their own mortality.<ref>{{Citation|1=https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Penance:_Endurance#reaction|2=Penance: Endurance Reactions|3=Sunless Skies|4=}}''""Death is inevitable," intones the Supervising Devil. "For your sort, anyhow." [...] "Would you say you are feeling more or less conscious of your mortality than when you began this programme?""''</ref> | ||
*'''Cold''': ''"The soul is icy to the touch. Dispassionate, clinical, removed."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Cold|Cold|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Stunted Grove''' through grueling ordeals of pain and isolation...<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies. | *'''Cold''': ''"The soul is icy to the touch. Dispassionate, clinical, removed."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Cold|Cold|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Stunted Grove''' through grueling ordeals of pain and isolation... or, perhaps, kittens?<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#ordeal_punishment|Ordeal Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|1=https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Penance:_Ordeal|2=Penance: Ordeal|3=Sunless Skies|4=}}''"Penance is gained by suffering."''</ref> Patients ideally develop compassion and regain emotional expression.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Ordeal#reaction|Penance: Ordeal Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''""If you were to see a dying bird," asks the Supervising Deviless, "would you rescue it?" [...] "Try to allow yourself to feel some emotion [...]""''</ref> | ||
*'''Curdled''': ''"Overly willing to please, envious, obsequious... are those chunks? ...in the soul."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Curdled|Curdled|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Chequerboard Garden''' through humiliating tasks and trials,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#conversion_punishment|Conversion Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''Curdled''': ''"Overly willing to please, envious, obsequious... are those chunks? ...in the soul."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Curdled|Curdled|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Chequerboard Garden''' through humiliating tasks and trials,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#conversion_punishment|Conversion Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> amidst an ongoing game of human chess.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Chequerboard_Garden|Chequerboard Garden|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Devils are playing tri-colour chess with some of the Penitents [...] Around the edges of the board sit the patients who have already been captured, or who were never part of the game to begin with."''</ref> Patients ideally are reminded of their proper place.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Changes_at_Carillon#deprivation_crime|Penance: Shift of Perspective Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''""Let that be a lesson to you," says the Supervising Devil. [...] "Everything in its proper place" [...] "If I could just ask a few questions," says the Supervising Devil finally. "How are you feeling about the Great Chain of Existence? Positive, negative, or neutral?""''</ref> | ||
*'''Fermented''': ''"Soul appears faintly bubbling in its bottle. It is pungent of odour and indifferent to taboo."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Fermented|Fermented|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Bell Garden''' through enforced austerity, precision, and generally ascetic tasks,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#deprivation_punishment|Deprivation Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''Fermented''': ''"Soul appears faintly bubbling in its bottle. It is pungent of odour and indifferent to taboo."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Fermented|Fermented|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Bell Garden''' through enforced austerity, precision, and generally ascetic tasks,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#deprivation_punishment|Deprivation Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> amidst the constant ringing of bells.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Bell_Garden|Bell Garden|Sunless Skies}} ''"In a tower over the Bell Garden, twelve Devils ring a change of twelve bells. The full peal will take eleven thousand days to complete, without intermission. [...] This mathematical music can be heard everywhere in Carillon, but it is loudest here. Impurity and imprecision are not welcome."''</ref> A randomly assigned purification ritual is required before entry, and even this task may prove vexing.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Travel_Around_Carillon|Perform a Ritual of Purification to enable entrance to the Bell Garden|Sunless Skies}} ''"Purification according to the devils is a matter assigned by lot and daily changed. Some patients must wash in salt water, some in fresh. Some must burn their old clothing, or shave their heads, or sustain a high note of song for a full minute by the clock. And some are made to sit in a chair and be lowered into a den of snakes."''</ref> Patients ideally develop self-restraint and cleanliness.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Deprivation#reaction|Penance: Deprivation Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''""I trust you see," remarks the Supervising Deviless, "why self-restraint is needed." [...] "Cleanliness," says the Supervising Deviless, "is next to... well. It appeals to the Judgements, anyhow!""''</ref> | ||
*'''Flickering''': ''"Soul-light is unpersistent, incurious, lacking."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Flickering|Flickering|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Terrace of Glass Statues''' by making patients confront themselves (with the help of shapeshifting statues),<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Terrace_of_Glass_Statues|Terrace of Glass Statues|Sunless Skies}} ''"Stand in front of one of the statues and it will melt into your pose. It will look you in the eye. Its face will be your face, minus a few marks of character. It will still be transparent."''</ref> their imperfections and lies, and inescapable truths.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#inescapable_truth_punishment|Inescapable Truth Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''Flickering''': ''"Soul-light is unpersistent, incurious, lacking."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Flickering|Flickering|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Terrace of Glass Statues''' by making patients confront themselves (with the help of shapeshifting statues),<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Terrace_of_Glass_Statues|Terrace of Glass Statues|Sunless Skies}} ''"Stand in front of one of the statues and it will melt into your pose. It will look you in the eye. Its face will be your face, minus a few marks of character. It will still be transparent."''</ref> their imperfections and lies, and inescapable truths.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#inescapable_truth_punishment|Inescapable Truth Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Patients ideally regain awareness of the truth and drop the habit of compulsive lying.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Inescapable_Truth#reaction|Penance: Inescapable Truth Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''""Are you feeling more aware of the truth?" [...] "Still inclined to falsehoods," writes the Supervising Devil."''</ref> | ||
*'''Lightless''': ''"Slothful, viceful, willful abandonment of talent and interest."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Lightless|Lightless|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Gaslight Terrace''' by forcing patients to "put themselves out there" and undertake reckless tasks under constant lamplight,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Gaslight_Terrace|Gaslight Terrace|Sunless Skies}} ''"I've seen something. In this light, it's hard not to see things."''</ref> in addition to the possibility of nonconsensual anatomical modification.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#enlightenment_punishment|Enlightenment Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''Lightless''': ''"Slothful, viceful, willful abandonment of talent and interest."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Lightless|Lightless|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Gaslight Terrace''' by forcing patients to "put themselves out there" and undertake reckless tasks under constant lamplight,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Carillon#Gaslight_Terrace|Gaslight Terrace|Sunless Skies}} ''"I've seen something. In this light, it's hard not to see things."''</ref> in addition to the possibility of nonconsensual anatomical modification.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#enlightenment_punishment|Enlightenment Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Patients ideally become more lively, interesting, and ambitious.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Enlightenment#reaction|Penance: Enlightenment Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''"Periodically, the supervising Devil asks a question such as "Are you feeling more alive?" [...] "Do you feel any more interesting now?" [...] "Is this making you at all more ambitious?"''</ref> | ||
*'''<font color="red">Stained</font>''': ''"Soul appears damaged, scorched. Reckless, dangerous and fatally curious."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Stained|Stained|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Garden of Insatiable Roses''' through excesses of food, drink, secrets, and tedious tasks.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#excess_punishment|Excess Punishments|Sunless Skies}} | *'''<font color="red">Stained</font>''': ''"Soul appears damaged, scorched. Reckless, dangerous and fatally curious."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Stained|Stained|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Treated at the '''Garden of Insatiable Roses''' through excesses of food, drink, secrets, and tedious tasks.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Airs_of_Carillon#excess_punishment|Excess Punishments|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Patients ideally learn the meaning of "too much," and become less fatally curious.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Penance:_Excess#reaction|Penance: Excess Reactions|Sunless Skies}} ''""There is such a thing as too much, wouldn't you say?" [...] "This is what happens when you ask too many questions" [...] "So, would you say your curiosity has been exhausted?""''</ref> | ||
== Historical and Cultural Inspirations == | == Historical and Cultural Inspirations == | ||
