Editing Fruits of the Zee Festival (historical)

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This is how the Fruits of the Zee Festival has developed over the years. It lasts for two weeks at the end of August. If you have anything to fill in, please do =)

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2014 (1892)==
This was the year in which this festival was first held. The festival is one of only 3 seasonal events which let one choose a [[Destiny]] (along with Hallowmas and Christmas)

The festival takes place on [[Mutton Island]]. You can zail there normally using your own ship, but a cheap and fast ferry service is available [[Catch a ferry to the Fruits of the Zee festival|from]] / [[Catch the ferry back to London|to]] London to ease travel during the festival.

Activities during the festival included lots of random encounters with partying individuals and groups. The most significant mechanic involved setting out on a fishing boat to try and hunt for a {{IL|Strange Catch}}. This involved various Quirk challenges to raise {{IL|Running Battle...}}, and spending map items. Eventually you can end up with a {{IL|Strange Catch}} based on your {{IL|Running Battle...}} level.

Once you have a {{IL|Strange Catch}}, you can either:
*Trade it for map items and menace reductions (can help in your next fishing attempt)
*Trade it for a Destiny (for {{FontFate}}, if you already have one).
*Trade it for all sort of items, depending on your exact level of your {{IL|Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove}} (which was determined randomly based on your {{IL|Strange Catch}} level). Unique items were:
**{{IL|Mutersalt}}
**{{IL|Consignment of Scintillack Snuff}}
**{{IL|Bloodstained Eolith}}
**{{IL|'For Your Own Good' Compass}}
**{{IL|Pre-Emptive Guinea-Pig}}

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2015 (1893)==
No changes to the festival this year.

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2016 (1894)==
Following the Mayoral Election held shortly before the festival, you could meet Sinning Jenny (the new Mayor) during the festival. You could learn more about her plans and dilemmas and either help or impede her activities (without much mechanical impact either way). You could also find (and keep as a souvenir) {{IL|Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple}}, and learn a bit more about her past.

New items to be found when trading in a {{IL|Strange Catch}} were:
*{{IL|Scrimshander Carving Knife}}
*{{IL|A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia}}
*{{IL|Wrecking Boots}}
*{{IL|A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak}}
*{{IL|A Submerged Rector}}
*{{IL|Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple}}

Items from previous years could be purchased with {{FontFate}}.

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2017 (1895)==
No major mechanics changes and no new items this year. The option to reroll your {{IL|Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove|Appearance=Picking}} in the Wreckers' Cove for {{FontFate}} has been retired.

Options relating to Sinning Jenny as the Mayor (from last year) were removed. Following this year's Election, it was possible to briefly meet [[Take tea with the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner|the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner]], [[Attend the Implacable Detective's dinner|the Implacable Detective]], or listen to [[Gossip about the Mayor|gossip about Feducci]].

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2018 (1896)==
Again, no mechanics changes and no new items this year.

The option relating the mayoral candidates from  the previous year have been replaced by two new options: one concerning [[The Mayor is at the Festival!|the Contrarian visiting the Festival]] in his capacity as mayor of London and one about [[The Empty Chair|Feducci's empty chair]] from last year.

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2019 (1897)==
The newly elected Lord Mayor Virginia visited during the festival. You could help her find [[Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy|a mask]] that previously belonged to her election opponent Mrs Plenty. If you opted to give her the mask, you were able to find it again. She also [[Jenny's Lighthouse 2|asked for comments on Sinning Jenny's term as mayor]], and left the island after [[Virginia versus Mary|an encounter with the Mary Lloyd]].

New items to be found when trading in a {{IL|Strange Catch}} were:
*{{IL|Nuncian Pocket Watch}}
*{{IL|Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd}}
*{{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}}

The items added in 2016 remained available for free.

The mechanics of {{IL|Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove}} changed slightly, to avoid the previous bias against certain items due to [[Rounding|how Rounding functions in FL]]. Instead of getting a "Picking" level randomly between half your Strange Catch level and your full Strange Catch level, the new formula provides a much wider range. Now your Picking level is a random even number between (2 x Catch level + 2) and (4 x Catch level). All items' requirements (including old items) have been changed to reflect the new range, so the possible results are the same but without the bias.

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2020 (1898)==
The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle, newly elected Lord Mayor, needed help to cross to Mutton Island and get into the festive spirit. She is, after all, a cat. Mutton Island is an island. This implies water. If you helped her, this led to a short story of following her to Parabola to find out what happened to her long lost husband. The story awarded one of the following items on completion:

*{{IL|Viscount's Bejewelled Collar}}
*{{IL|Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar}}

Players also could swap the collars for each other in the Wreckers' Cove, in case they wish to have a different collar from what they received.

In addition, new items to be found when trading in a {{IL|Strange Catch}} were:

*{{IL|The Forsaken Crown of a Grand Devil}}
*{{IL|Sun-Seared Silken Gloves}}

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2021 (1899)==
Following the events of [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (historical)|Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out]], Mr Wines sent its personal butler Jervaise to collect love stories from Mutton Island – particularly stories of tempests and tragedy. To facilitate that, [[The Parlour of Virtue, On Holiday|an outpost of the Parlour of Virtue]] was set up for the duration of the festival.

The following personages could be persuaded to participate in a Mutton Island Courtship:
*{{IL|Suitor: Jervaise|Appearance=}} Jervaise ([[The Parlour of Virtue, On Holiday]])
*{{IL|Courted: Dashing Drownie|Appearance=}} The Dashing Drownie ([[The Fruits of the Zee Festival!]], {{IL|Sights at the Festival|Appearance=Sights}} 0-33)
*{{IL|Courted: Roaming Replete|Appearance=}} The Roaming Replete ([[The Fruits of the Zee Festival!]], {{IL|Sights at the Festival|Appearance=Sights}} 34-66)
*{{IL|Suitor: Melancholy Curate|Appearance=}} The Melancholy Curate ([[The Fruits of the Zee Festival!]], {{IL|Sights at the Festival|Appearance=Sights}} 67-100)
*{{IL|Suitor: Custodial Chef|Appearance=}} The Custodial Chef ([[The Fruits of the Zee Festival!]], {{IL|Sights at the Festival|Appearance=Sights}} 67-100)
*{{IL|Courted: Hooded Lady|Appearance=}} The Hooded Lady ([[The Wreckers' Cove]])

All relationships could become more cordial or more acrimonious. Three love stories could be turned in to Mr Wines in London, individually rewarded according to their qualities:
*Catastrophic: {{IL|Night-Whisper}} (62.50 {{e}}), {{IL|Favour in High Places}} (12.50 {{e}})
*Indifferent/Fine: {{IL|Searing Enigma}} (62.50 {{e}})
*Star-Spun: {{IL|Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures}} (62.50 {{e}}), {{IL|Bazaar Permit}} (12.50 {{e}})

No new items were introduced, but the following mayoral items were re-added to the Wreckers' Cove:
*{{IL|Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple}} ({{IL|Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove|Appearance=Picking}} 10-12)
*{{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}} (15 {{FontFate}})
*{{IL|Viscount's Bejewelled Collar}} (10 {{FontFate}})
*{{IL|Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar}} (10 {{FontFate}})

Notably, this made it possible to legitimately own both {{IL|Viscount's Bejewelled Collar}} and {{IL|Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar}}, as previously only one of the two could be owned at a time.
==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2022 (1899)==
Three new rewards were added to the Wrecker's Cove when trading in a {{IL|Strange Catch}}:
*{{IL|Inquisitive Lamp-cat}} 
*{{IL|Corpulent Carriage}} 
*{{IL|Keelgraspers}}
Following the events of [[F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition (historical)|F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition]], F.F. Gebrandt set up an [[F.F. Gebrandt's Travelling Exhibition|outpost of her museum]] on Mutton Island to investigate the process by which the well-water makes the island's rubbery lumps both edible and delicious. The player followed the Custodial Chef out to the well, and [[The Water and the Well|watched as he invoked]] the [[The scar and the smirch|Drowned Man]] whilst ritualistically cutting open a {{IL|Strange Catch}}. Afterwards, the player could bring Gebrandt a {{IL|Strange Catch}} and either [[Perform the ritual erroneously|deliberately perform the ritual incorrectly]], [[Perform the ritual perfectly|perform the ritual correctly]] or [[Attempt to neutralise the rite's troublesome aspect|adapt the rite to avoid reference to the Drowned Man]]. Then Gebrandt [[Test your sample of water|analysed the resulting water]] (alternatively, Seekers who performed the rite correctly could [[Drink the treated water|consume the water]]) and the player received their reward - 6250 {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}, worth 62.50{{e}}.

==Fruits of the Zee Festival 2023 (1899)==
The festival began on the 9th of September, and ran until the 21st. This year saw a significant overhaul of the festival, with the previous RNG-based fishing replaced by a diving activity in the first week, and trading in the second.

The Fathomking was [[Listen to the Drownies' message|angry]] that for so many years the islanders had taken the bounty of the zee without giving in return, and demanded that they [[Supplication on the Shore|perform supplication unto him]] before he would return it to them. The Peligin-Eyed Lobsterman (formerly the Twinkle-Eyed Lobsterman) also revealed that His Complexity was doing this for the benefit of a [[Sneak a closer look at the Peligin-Eyed Lobsterman|mysterious]] [[Speak to the Peligin-Eyed Lobsterman|"her"]].

Once they had engaged in enough of the islanders' rituals, players were granted leave to [[Set to zee|dive]] for zee-treasures, [[The Precipice of a Fathomless Depth|with a violant candle to temporarily suspend the need for breath]]. Under the zee, players could choose treasures from one of three cards drawn and [[The Candle Burns Down|return to the surface]], or [[Dive deeper|dive deeper]] to clear their hand - although diving deeper carried the risk of being abruptly and painfully returned to the surface. It was revealed that the purpose of the diving treasures was mostly to be traded for festival rewards in the second week of the festival.

Diving treasures included:
* Three kinds of coral, each of which could be traded for one of three cosmetic variations of a new item
** {{IL|Grasping Coral}} ({{IL|Shadowy}} Gloves)
** {{IL|Pedestrian Polyp}} ({{IL|Mithridacy}} Boots)
** {{IL|Barnacled Headpiece}} (-{{IL|Troubled Waters}} Hat)
* Various rewards from past Fruits of the Zee, some only available at certain depths
** {{IL|Scrimshander Carving Knife}}
** {{IL|Nuncian Pocket Watch}}
** {{IL|Wrecking Boots}}
** {{IL|Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd}}
** {{IL|A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak}}
** {{IL|A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia}}
* Various other items, which (along with any duplicate old rewards) could be traded in the latter half of the festival for {{IL|Thalassic Favour}}, used to buy the rest of the festival rewards
** {{IL|Witch-Stone}}
** {{IL|Collection of Zee-Glass}}
** {{IL|Long-Lost Zee Trunk}}
** {{IL|Sodden Mass}}
** {{IL|Salt-Smoothed Shiv}}
** {{IL|Skull in Coral}}

It was swiftly realised, based on the values given by [[Consider the treasures of the deep]], that it would be possible to trade in {{IL|Skull in Coral|Appearance=Skulls in Coral}} for 125 favour,<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1149343828667547688 Discord] "YES! 🙂
Hmmm, after my first failed dive, I saw that I have treasure worth 375 favours. But, over the forums, psgarak claims he has a whooping number: 2500 favours.
Buuut! After my second dive, I went from 375 to 550 for a Skull and a Salt shiv
This means one thing: the 375 were from the 3 Coral skulls which means skulls are worth 125 favours
And the Shiv is 50!" - Skinnyman (same IGN), 14:02 UTC</ref> making {{IL|Jericho Locks}} a much better source of Favour for end-game players than actually engaging with the festival.

Diving all the way to the bottom (5 {{IL|Full Fathom Five}}) would allow players to encounter the enigmatic "her", [[Her Fivefold Symmetry]] the Pentamerous Bride, wife of the Fathomking. This gave a vanity quality, {{IL|Discovered: the Pentamerous Bride}}, and a hidden quality {{IL|Audiences with the Bride}} that meant this could only be done 5 times.

In the second week of the festival, players could watch the final offering to the Fathomking; the [[Bear witness to the ritual|drowning of the effigy of the King-in-Coral]]. Then the fruits of the zee returned, the zees choked with fish. The [[Watch the Drownies|drownies came ashore to enjoy the festivities]], and those who looked closely could observe [[Observe the wildlife|the reshaping of beached fish into more palatable forms by implanted fluke-spines]].

After this, the festival began in earnest. Players could gain audience with the Fathomking himself, come ashore in disguise as the King-in-Coral, and (depending on them having enough knowledge on the subject) speak to him on various matters: [[Ask about the mind at the bottom of the trench|the Pentamerous Bride]], and his attempts to restore her ability to love; [[Tell him of the Youthful Naturalist's destiny|the Destiny of the Youthful Naturalist]]; and [[Confront him (King-in-Coral)|his appropriation of the imagery of the Drowned Man]]. Those who saw Her Fivefold Symmetry received a gift from him, a {{IL|Weeping Litter-Cyst}}, and those with coral could trade it in return for one of the corresponding equipments at random:
* {{IL|Grasping Coral}}: {{IL|Gossamer Palms}}, {{IL|Mournclimber's Wraps}} or {{IL|Loomweavers}}
* {{IL|Pedestrian Polyp}}: {{IL|Scrimshaw Sabatons}}, {{IL|Bright-Buckled Boots}} or {{IL|Riddlefisher's Footsteps}}
* {{IL|Barnacled Headpiece}}: {{IL|Aria of Tranquillity}}, {{IL|Crab-Clawed Tricorne}} or {{IL|Peaceable Cowl}}

Players could also attend [[The Fruit Market|the Fruit Market]], trading the various coral equipments [[Seek out the Pirate-Poet|for]] [[Seek out the Itinerant Zubmariner|each]] [[Seek out the Enigmatic Angler|other]], [[Display your treasures to the islanders|trading]] diving treasures for {{IL|Thalassic Favour}}, or trade Favour for [[Peruse the market stands|older Fruits items]] and [[Seek out the Green-Gilled Shipwright|one of the four new ships]]:
* {{IL|Ogedei-class Liner}}
* {{IL|Il-Altun-class Yacht}}
* {{IL|Obstinate-class Cruiser}}
* {{IL|Nyx-class Zubmersible}}

Also attending the festival were [[Fruits for the Starved|the Starved Lithologer]], along with [[Speak with Sinning Jenny (2023)|Sinning Jenny]] and [[Seek out the Overworked Commodore|the Overworked Commodore]].

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