Moulin

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### Notable Figures

The Wayward Historian
The Exiled Antiquarian

> *"The Great Hellbound Railway has crossed the threshold into Hell’s hinterlands. To get here, the tracks cut through a muddy and desolate heath, the landscape pitted with craters."*
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**Moulin** is a town near a wasteland in the Hinterlands. It is the seventh station of the Great Hellbound Railway.

## History for Sale

> *"On the window, a sign proclaims the sale of Souvenirs & Mementos of the Campaign of '68."*
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Moulin is a remote settlement surrounded by sprawling badlands whose jurisdiction is disputed. The town's primary attractions are a pub called the **Forked Tongue**, and an antique shop selling relics from the Campaign of '68. The shop is managed by the **Exiled Antiquarian**, a deviless, and her partner, the **Wayward Historian**.

When the Great Hellbound Railway arrived, Moulin was barricaded by the Ministry of Public Decency to prevent exploration of the nearby wastes. The antique shop's owners rely on the waste's artifacts to make a living and protect themselves, so they would prefer that the barrier be removed as soon as possible.

## The Moulin Waste

> *"The terrain in Moulin is muddy and treacherous; every square yard of ground has been ploughed under a dozen times by explosives and trampling boots."*
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> *"Water flows oddly in the Moulin Waste, sometimes bubbling up through the surface of the muddy soil and streaking across the landscape in streams. The water's surface glows Viric; it sounds like murmured voices and out-of-tune violins."*
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The **Moulin Waste** is said to have been a battlefield of the Campaign of '68. Accordingly, it is marred with craters and material from the war. Harsh terrain, sorrow-spiders, and the aftermath of Hell's weapons all endanger prospective spelunkers.

Strangely, objects with *no* ties to '68 appear in the Waste, such as curios from the Fallen Cities, Parabola, or from across the Unterzee. It also has a dream-like quality to it, and streams of viric-tinged water flow throughout.

## The Wellspring of Moulin

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> *"The waters of the Moulin Waste, a diverted rivulet of the river through the Waswood, flow out of a mirror, into the cave, and up: Suffusing the soil with things that were nearly forgotten."*
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> *"So yes, London fought Hell here. But 'here' has had additions."*
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The Moulin Waste's anomalies are caused by the **Wellspring of Moulin**, an enormous mirror linked to a river in Parabola that flows through the Waswood. The Waswood is a place of things past and forgotten, and since part of its river now flows into Moulin, the area is no longer solely a battlefield from '68; rather, it is saturated with many other traces of history and relocated relics. It is unclear if it originally was a battlefield before the mirror was installed.

The Wellspring was the design of the owners of Moulin's antique shop; the Historian sought material to work with, and the Antiquarian sought protection for both herself and her partner. The couple struck a deal with the Fingerkings, and so the massive mirror was put in place, benefiting all parties involved. Since what Was is in a sense a form of Is-Not, the Fingerkings believed that if the Was flooded the Is, it would aid in the dream-serpents' conquest of the Is. Confusing? Parabola is generally that way.

## References

2. ↑ A Hamlet, *Fallen London* *"[...] the tracks cut through a [...] desolate heath, [...] pitted with craters. [...] first stop [...] a [...] hamlet of [...] ramshackle houses."*
3. ↑ What does he need, exactly?, *Fallen London* *"It is unclear who has jurisdiction over the Moulin Waste."*
4. ↑ What does he need, exactly?, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Ministry [...] asserting [...] the population of Moulin are Londoners [...]"*
5. ↑ Set off to find the Wayward Historian, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Forked Tongue, the town's [...] pub [...]"*
6. ↑ A Hamlet, *Fallen London* *"[...] no business of note, [...] other than a [...] shop selling antiques. [...] Souvenirs [...] the Campaign of ‘68."*
7. ↑ The Exiled Antiquarian, *Fallen London* *"The Exiled Antiquarian [...] proprietress is a Deviless."*
8. ↑ A Meeting with the Wayward Historian, *Fallen London*
9. ↑ Sit down for a Conversation, *Fallen London* *"He pours [...] Moulin was built on history. Its retrieval. [...] Sale. [...]"*
10. ↑ The Exiled Antiquarian, *Fallen London* *"Ahead of your construction [...] the Ministry of Public Decency erected a barrier around our town."*
11. ↑ Who built it?, *Fallen London* *"[...] By Order of the Ministry of Public Decency, no Travel [...] Outside This Cordon. [...] Beyond it lies the Moulin Waste [...]"*
12. ↑ The Exiled Antiquarian, *Fallen London* *"This 'cordon' threatens our livelihood. [...] digging up the remains of the Campaign of '68 and delivering mementos [...] trade has afforded us [...] protection and [...] means to keep ourselves. [...]"*
13. ↑ Sit down for a Conversation, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Ministry keeps us out of the Waste [...] We need to regain access."*
14. ↑ Go around, *Fallen London*
15. ↑ A Viric River, *Fallen London*
16. ↑ Ask about the nature of the Waste, *Fallen London* *"[...] spinning [...] war stories. [...] London's forces marched [...] here, where they clashed with Hell's armies."*
17. ↑ Go around, *Fallen London* *"The terrain in Moulin [...] every square yard [...] ploughed [...] by explosives [...]"*
18. ↑ A Clatterwaul, *Fallen London* *Piles of discarded military paraphernalia accumulate [...]"*
19. ↑ Go around, *Fallen London* *"The terrain in Moulin is muddy and treacherous [...]"*
20. ↑ Sorrow-Spiders, of course, *Fallen London*
21. ↑ A Snap-Gap, *Fallen London* *"The detonation of Hellish ordnance [...] left a crater [...] Inside [...] space is having a difficult time holding itself together."*
22. ↑ The Deep Layer, *Fallen London* *"Dig up remnants of past Fallen Cities."*
23. ↑ Account for what remains 300, *Fallen London* *"Trinkets [...] drawn from dreams, [...] evidence of the War in Parabola."*
24. ↑ Across the Zee, *Fallen London* *"Things from across the Unterzee show up in the Moulin Waste [...]"*
25. ↑ Ask about Moulin's relationship to Parabola, *Fallen London* *"Why does the Waste resemble a landscape of dreams?"*
26. ↑ A Viric River, *Fallen London* *"Water [...] sometimes bubbling up through the surface [...] across the landscape in streams [...] The water's surface glows Viric; [...]"*
27. ↑ The Waters of the Wellspring, *Fallen London*
28. ↑ Catch up with the Wayward Historian, *Fallen London*
29. ↑ The Wellspring of the Waste, *Fallen London* *"All this has an origin point, [...] you have traced it."*
30. ↑ What is the source of the water?, *Fallen London* *"[...] source of the water flow is a mirror large enough for an elephant [...] waters [...] were diverted through this mirror. Across: the Waswood, the place in Parabola where present becomes past and past is forgotten."*
31. ↑ The Waters of the Wellspring, *Fallen London* *"The waters of the Moulin Waste, a [...] rivulet of the river through the Waswood, flow out of a mirror, [...] Suffusing the soil with things that were nearly forgotten."*
32. ↑ Catch up with the Wayward Historian, *Fallen London* *"The artefacts are [...] legitimate, [...] [...] Did London [...] fight Hell in this place? [...] "Of course. [...] much of 'this place' was carried in from the Waswood. [...] London fought Hell here. But 'here' has had additions."*
33. ↑ The Wellspring of the Waste, *Fallen London* *"The Waste is not the site of history; it is where history ends up, like flotsam on a beach."*
34. ↑ Look for the fingerking, *Fallen London* *"[...] a Historian [...] A Deviless cast out [...] one needing raw material for his work, the other seeking protection for them both. A bargain struck with the kings of Dream, and a large mirror brought to [...] the hinterlands."*
35. ↑ Speak to a Fingerking, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Moulin Waste is [...] a point where the Was drains out into the Is. An intentional creation. [...] A bargain struck [...] the snake concludes: "What is history if not a [...] dream? If the past rules the present, the Is-Not rules the Is.""*