A Gallery of Faces
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Shelves upon shelves of books, bound in pink and terrible skin. Upon each cover is a face, stretched and tooled and warped to rectangular regularity. Some of them still speak. Most of them simply scream.
The Apostate nods […] jewelled skull. "Help me out?"[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with 
Exploring with the Apostate exactly 1
Card drawn in 
The Stacks
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Sneak through the gallery
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 210 || 144 - very chancy (41%) || 179 - chancy (51%) || 214 - modest (61%) || 249 - very modest (71%) || 284 - low-risk (81%) || 319 - straightforward (91%) || 350 - straightforward (100%)Success
Watchful volumes
Shadowy is increasing…
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1-2 CP)
You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if 
In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Rare Success
Watchful volumes
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 1 x Acquaintance: The Graven Apostate (up to 3)- You've gained 10 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 10 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
Screaming stories
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 1 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)
Distract the volumes
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 230 || 158 - very chancy (41%) || 196 - chancy (51%) || 234 - modest (61%) || 273 - very modest (71%) || 311 - low-risk (81%) || 349 - straightforward (91%) || 384 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Monstrous Anatomy adds 15 points of Persuasive.Success
Autobiographical
You've gained 1-3 x Route Traced through the Library- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
- You're surviving alongside the Graven Apostate. (Raises
Acquaintance: The Graven Apostate by 1, up to 3)
Failure
Difficult reading
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)
