THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Station 72

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 21

Confirmed as the source of the Blister Ghoul horde: a constant stream pours off its platform and up the Vermillion track, most sticking to the tunnel's right side, with a pile of ghoul corpses along the third rail where some of them burned themselves out. The party's train doesn't stop, only plows straight through at speed.

Rail StopGenerator AssaultFree Descent

Connections

Lucia Mar:

Per Hekla, even she couldn't hold the line here against the horde; no further detail given on when or howB3C21

Blister Ghoul:

The source of the horde is a constant stream that pours off the platform and is mowed through at speed by the party's hijacked train without stoppingB3C22

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 21
  • TAG Rail Stop: The closest stairwell to station 101 down the Vermillion line, about 150 kilometers south; per Hekla, its own ghoul generator is similar to the one at station 12
  • RELATIONSHIP Lucia Mar: Per Hekla, even she couldn't hold the line here against the horde; no further detail given on when or how
Chapter 22
  • RELATIONSHIP Blister Ghoul: The source of the horde is a constant stream that pours off the platform and is mowed through at speed by the party's hijacked train without stopping
Chapter 27
  • TAG Generator Assault: A different, roughly 300-400 person team attacks one of this station's many colored-line instances trying to remove or disable its ghoul generator; a massive explosion follows, killing at least four crawlers Carl knew personally and felt as far away as station 75
Chapter 28
  • TAG Free Descent: The caved-in ceiling at this instance of the station gets cleared of rubble by crawlers who found their way there after the generator team's explosion; its surviving ring of stairwells becomes a way down that doesn't require a fight, and word spreads once Elle's away team, guided by Tizquick, arrives and confirms it