The Lamentation of Violets

From The Fifth City Wiki

"Are you quite sure you want to know this?"

This page contains spoilers for the following Exceptional Stories: For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest. Proceed at your own risk.

You can find out more about our spoiler policy here.

"The Scarlet Condottiere leads you towards a gorge carved into the fields. Smoke rises up from it in lazy plumes. Violet flowers speckle the rock, like the start of a rash."[1]

The Lamentations of the Violet is a location near Marigold Station in the Hinterlands.[2] It is a massive, smoking gorge, littered with strange violet flowers.[3] These flowers are actually glass, and are a "failed embassy" to the Fingerkings; inspecting one reveals a coiling being within.[4]

Near the end of the gorge is a river of burning oil: detritus from the Campaign of '68.[5] During the war, Hell lured London's soldiers into the gorge, ensuring their destruction.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London
  2. ↑ 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."
  3. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London "[...] a gorge carved into the fields. Smoke rises up [...] Violet flowers speckle the rock [...]"
  4. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London "[...] a patch of [...] violets. You pluck one. It shatters [...] Glass! "They're all like that," [...] if you look close – you can see something [...] Something coils behind the purple glass. "A failed embassy. [...]"
  5. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London "A river wends its way through the bottom of the gorge. [...] The river is [...] burning oil. [...] "Run off from the last war. [...]"
  6. ↑ For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest, Fallen London ""This gorge is one of Hell's [...] defences. [...] In the war, Hell funnelled London's forces through the gorge, where they could be disposed of [...]"
Retrieved from "https://thefifthcity.wiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lamentation_of_Violets&oldid=21683"