Carillon (カリオン, Karion) is a location in Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. It is a district located some ways away from Reveil. Its landscape seems for the most part rural and forestland, with only one settlement ever named and mentioned. Within the district dwells the descendent of one of the magicians who had guarded one of the Stone Seals that protected against Glen Baskerville's return, and his servant devoted to protecting him—Rytas and Marie. Wishing to learn of the Seals and the mysteries they connect to, Oz Vessalius and his friends travel to meet the descendent.
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Description[]
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Notable Locations[]
Rytas's Mansion[]
Rytas's Mansion is a manor in the dense forest of Carillon which belongs to Rytas, and is served by his valet Marie. It is an average sized estate significantly smaller than those seen in Reveil, but it is clearly old and historic, its location hidden away deep in the region's nature. Inside the manor, dark hallways lead to a room which all visitors are guided towards. The room has no furniture, no decoration, no signs of life; it is constantly kept in the dark, it is surrounded by curtains, and all the walls are made of mirrors. This room is used by Marie as a trap to kill and dispose of trespassers on Rytas's orders. Immediately below the mirror room is a basement, treated as an underground sanctuary holding the Stone Seal.
The mansion was passed down onto Rytas by his late mother, who was one of the original magicians tasked by Jack Vessalius and his friend Arthur Barma to create and protect the Stone Seal. Rytas lived a secluded in that mansion, purposefully avoiding all outsiders, until he picked up a young Marie who had been abandoned in the woods. They lived together alone in that manor, Rytas wanting no interlopers coming into their peaceful life and Marie eliminating any interference from outside for her master. This remains true until Oz Vessalius and his companions came, whom Rytas gladly welcomes and helps due to Jack's legacy carried within Oz. Immediately after the group leaves, the Headhunter comes and kills all within the mansion.
Toll[]
Toll (トール, Tōru) is a village, the only settlement ever named and seen within the region of Carillon. It is a small village, seeming impoverished from its humble architecture, and much more rural in nature compared to a city like Reveil. Toll is the hometown of Marie, who had been abandoned in the woods by the villagers when she was only a girl. Rytas who owned the mansion hidden deep in the woods she was abandoned in found her and took her in. Thus the people populating Toll are very insular and implied to be superstitious. The village is only ever seen and mentioned in passing as Oz Vessalius and his friends travel to meet Rytas to find the Stone Seal.
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History[]
Arthur Barma and the Mages prepare to create the Seals
After Arthur Barma and Jack Vessalius had tricked four mages whom Arthur had gathered into using Oswald's dismembered body as a medium to forge the Sealing Stones rather than Jack's, and thereby preventing Oswald's soul from returning to Earth after 100 years as part of the Hundred Cycles, one mage went into hiding in Carillon in order to protect the Seal.
She lived in a mansion hidden in Carillon's dense forests, vowing to never allow anyone approach the Sealing Stone unless they could overcome the Seal's ability to render Abyssal power useless, thereby indicating that said person wielded the power of the B-Rabbit. The mage eventually gave birth to a child, whom she named Rytas. Rytas grew up learning from his mother of the importance of protecting the Seal, sorcery, as well as his mother's own interactions with Jack prior to the Sealing Stones' creation, taking it upon himself to act as his mother's successor when she died, becoming the guardian of the second Sealing Stone.
After many years of living in solitude within his mansion, Rytas came across a baby whom had been abandoned in Carillon's forests by unknown villagers from Toll. Rytas adopted the child as his own, allowing her to become his valet once she matured, naming her Marie and teaching Marie of the Sealing Stone's importance as his own mother had done with him. With Rytas' age becoming a constant obstacle for him, binding him to a wheelchair because his legs could not support his own body and rendering him tired and senile, Marie took Rytas' word to heart and succeeded him as the Seal's guardian whilst also taking care of Rytas.
Plot[]
The Feast Arc[]
Marie kills the "Two Birds"
Close to thirty years after Rytas took Marie in as his own, two members of Pandora arrived at the mansion, after one of the Four Great Dukes (Rufus Barma) had located the second Sealing Stone. Marie allowed the Pandora members to enter the mansion, eventually confronting them and drawing her hacksaw to engage them in battle. The Pandora members tried to defend themselves with their Chains, finding themselves in a bewilderment when their Chains never came and leaving them their firearms as their only forms of defense. Using manipulation of mirrors that had been strategically placed throughout the main hall of the mansion, Marie soon slayed both Pandora members.
Marie began her next day by waking Rytas and bringing him flowers, greeting him while informing him of the pleasantness of the weather. Marie then set off to work, hauling the corpses of the fallen Pandora members through the forest and eventually burying them once she had found a suitable place. Upon return, Marie noted that yet another group of Pandora members were trecking through the forest, and so she allowed them to enter before confronting them again. Marie confronted the group composed of Oz Vessalius, Alice, Gilbert Nightray, Sharon Rainsworth and Gruner, questioning if they were companions to the two 'birds' who had lost their way in the mansion. Grüner confirmed this and asked Marie if she knew what had happened to them. Marie explained that she had already returned them to the forest, before she began to ponder the group's purpose. Marie finally came to the conclusion that the group must have been the 'pack of wolves' chasing the 'birds', asking how to cook a wolf after drawing her hacksaw.
As the fight ensued, Gilbert told Oz to stay behind him, but Marie used her mirror manipulation to throw Gilbert off and allow herself to corner Gil and run her blade across his left arm. Gil attempted to retaliate, but Marie once again used the mirrors to create her illusion, explaining that she had been ordered to slay everyone who approached the mansion with one exception, in the process. Marie rushed Sharon, and Sharon called for Equus to defend her, however Equus never came. Grüner dove infront of Sharon to protect her, Marie slicing through his shoulder and explaining that Sharon was just like the Pandora members before her, relying on the power of her Chain and boasting that it was her own power, despite Sharon not being more than a powerless little girl.
Oz's eyes settled to the darkness finally, allowing him to see the reflection from the mirrors and tell the rest of the group about them. Marie was not concerned that they had realized her trick so quickly, once again diving for Gilbert as he pushed off of Marie with his guns. As Marie flew throughout the room, Alice demanded that Gil release her powers so that she could finish Marie, suddenly noticing that Oz is on the floor and feeling great strain brought on by the Sealing Stone. While on the floor, Oz focused on Marie's location as she dove to attack him while there was great ringing in his ears. Marie's hacksaw is turned to dust upon impact as Oz summons B-Rabbit's power to his body, knocking Marie to the ground. Oz summoned B-Rabbit's scythe and questioned whether the ringing in his ears would stop if he killed Marie, however as he went to decapitate Marie, Gilbert and Jack both screamed for Oz to stop despite only Alice being able to get through to Oz by wrapping her arms around him. Alice told Oz that Marie was her prey and so Oz couldn't kill her without her say-so. Oz agreed, allowing the scythe to fade into light.
Suddenly, Rytas emerged and apologized for Marie's actions, leading the group to the Sealing Stone in the mansion's basement temple. Upon seeing the Seal, Oz was put through more strain, prompting Rytas to ask if he was in pain because of B-Rabbit's power. After Rytas explained the Seal's creation to the group, Oz touched the Seal and Rytas noted the similarity with Jack that he had heard from his mother decades before. Oz corrected Rytas, explaining that he was not Jack, but in fact Oz. Rytas apologized for the confusion before the group decided to return to Toll to contact Rufus and have him send reinforcements to retrieve the Seal. Grüner, volunteered to stay with Rytas and Marie as added protection whilst the rest of the group returned to Toll, with Rytas giving Oz a box with clues to the whereabouts of the third Sealing Stone. Oz asked Rytas what he would do now that his life's purpose had been completed, with Rytas explaining that he'd just live out the rest of his days in peace. Rytas did add however, that he wanted Marie to get out and explore the world rather than remain in Carillon with him, where she had seen only dusty skies.
Demios kills Rytas
Upon entering the mansion once again after seeing Oz, Gil, Alice and Sharon off, Marie offered to make Rytas some tea, turning around to see her master's decapitated head fall to the floor. Marie clung to Rytas's severed head whilst Grüner drew his gun, searching for Rytas' assailant. Grüner then came face-to-face with Vincent Nightray and his Chain, Demios the Executioner, who had followed Oz and company to Carillon and infiltrated the mansion. Grüner was shocked to find that Vincent was The Head Hunter, but the feeling was short lived as Vincent had Demios decapitate Grüner and Marie. Vincent and his Chain then proceded to the basement temple of the mansion, finding no more heads to cut before destroying the second Sealing Stone and leaving Carillon.
The destruction of the Seal sent an earthquake through Carillon and surrounding areas, drawing the attention of Oz, Alice, Gil and Sharon. The group knew well what had happened, returning to the mansion with expectations of finding the Sealing Stone destroyed, drawing surprise when they discovered the corpses of Rytas, Marie and Grüner as well. The group then returned to Reveil to report to Pandora and the Four Great Dukes what had happened in Carillon.
Appearances[]
- Retrace XLIII: Crown of Clown
- Retrace XLIV: Dusty Sky
- Retrace XLV: Queen of Hurts
- Retrace XLVI: Persona
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
Trivia[]
- "Carillon" is the French word for "Chime"
- "Toll" is the German word for "Great".
- However, the meaning has changed from its origin. Originally "Toll" meant "Mad".