A shabby sort of place

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From: Ambition: Light Fingers! 26


You can't help feeling a little nervous carrying this much red gold near the Spite markets, which are crawling with pickpockets. You find the address easily enough.

Unlocked with 200 x Piece of Rostygold


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 72

  • 50 - very chancy (41%)
  • 62 - chancy (51%)
  • 74 - modest (61%)
  • 86 - very modest (71%)
  • 98 - low-risk (81%)
  • 110 - straightforward (91%)
  • 120 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Waiting for you

[…]the Star-gazing Roustabout isn't there. Poor Edward is, with […] neddy men[…]

[…]You […] dive […] through a window.[…] Poor Edward […] behind his mask: the expression […] is […] Pleading? […] He takes […] the Fading Music-Hall Singer's locket![…]

Description summary:
Poor Edward (who is masked) waits for you with a few neddy men. You manage to make an escape, but not before Poor Edward catches up to you and manages to take the Fading Music-Hall Singer's locket.

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Failure

It's a trap!

[…]the Star-gazing Roustabout isn't there. Poor Edward is, with four burly […] neddy men - the Masters' enforcers […]

One […] reads out a warrant. […] Poor Edward […] removing the locket depicting the Fading Music-Hall Singer and her sister[…]

Description summary:
Poor Edward (who is masked) waits for you with a few neddy men. They have a warrant for your arrest. They take what money you have on you and bundle you off to New Newgate (again). When you get out, you should track down the Star-gazing Roustabout back at the Carnival to get some answers!

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Wiki note: This outcome sends you directly to prison but does not increase Criminal Record.