Editing Ambition: Bag a Legend (Guide)

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''On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged […] But no-one tells stories about […] the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes.''

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!]] (BaL) is a monster hunt that begins in [[Watchmaker's Hill]] and leads the player across Fallen London... and perhaps beyond. The main Attributes are {{IL|Dangerous}} and {{IL|Watchful}}.

For more information on [[Ambitions]] and choosing between them, consult the [[Ambitions (Guide)|Ambitions guide]].

== Progress ==
This Ambition can be started in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}} with {{IL|Dangerous}} 6. You can check your progress at any time on the Myself tab under Ambition; the number after the Ambition title is the part of the story you're currently on.

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This can be helpful when you're unsure where to go next; just find the corresponding part number below.
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=== Learn about the Vake (0–14) ===
{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: What is the Vake?

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 0|BaL 0]]: If you're ready to take on this hunt, you'll need to find out more about the Vake — {{IL|Dangerous}} 6.
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 1|BaL 1]]: Demand answers about the Vake at the Medusa's Head — {{IL|Dangerous}} 10.
* Head into Bugsby's Marshes to meet with someone who's faced the Vake before.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 2|BaL 2]]: Pay {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|20 x|Appearance = Rostygold}} for a way through the marshes.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 2a|BaL 2a]]: Try to follow the map — {{IL|Watchful}} 15.

* Ask the Scarred Naturalist about the Vake.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 3|BaL 3]]: Bring {{IL|Rat on a String|90 x}} to the Scarred Naturalist and question him about the Vake.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 3a|BaL 3a]]: Go to the conservatory to recapture the sorrow-spider for the Scarred Naturalist — {{IL|Dangerous}} 20.

* The Scarred Naturalist helps you prepare to lure the Vake.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4|BaL 4]]: Bring the Scarred Naturalist {{IL|Primordial Shriek|20 x}} to make you a Deafening Hat.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4b|BaL 4b]]: Get help finding a mandrake in the marshes, with either {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|50 x|Appearance = Rostygold}} or {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|4 x}}.
**[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4c|BaL 4c]]: Catch a mandrake — {{IL|Dangerous}} 25.

* Tame your Wild Mandrake.
** [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 5|BaL 5]]: Bring the Scarred Naturalist {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882|200 x}} to tame the mandrake.
** [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 5a|BaL 5a]]: The Scarred Naturalist informs you that you'll need to teach the mandrake to sing.

Find a singing teacher for your Half-Wild Mandrake
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 6a|BaL 6a]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}: Search Veilgarden for a singing teacher — {{IL|Watchful}} 27.
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 6b|BaL 6b]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Try finding a singing teacher in Spite — {{IL|Watchful}} 27.

{{IL|Spite}}: Singing lessons.

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 7|BaL 7]]: Pay the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|400 x}} to teach your mandrake to sing
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 8|BaL 8]]: Run off the ruffians who've been lured in by the mandrake's singing — {{IL|Dangerous}} 37.
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 9|BaL 9]]: Figure out what's the matter with your mandrake — {{IL|Watchful}} 37.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 10|BaL 10]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Find some mud in the marshes — {{IL|Dangerous}} 42.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 11|BaL 11]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Deal with your newly reinvigorated mandrake — {{IL|Watchful}} 42.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 12|BaL 12]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Thank the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer for her help.

* Spend {{IL|Modish Bonnet|1 x}}, '''OR'''
* {{IL|Persuasive}} 40

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 13|BaL 13]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Return to the Scarred Naturalist with your singing mandrake — {{IL|Watchful}} 47.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 14|BaL 14]]: Save the Scarred Naturalist from the sorrow-spider and marsh wolf — {{IL|Dangerous}} 47.
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=== A weapon to kill the Vake (15–20) ===
{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: A Vake-killing club

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 15|BaL 15]]: Obtain a Sandalwood Club
** Spend {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|40 x|Appearance = Rostygold}}, '''OR''' 
** Spend {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|8 x|Appearance = Incendiary Gossip}}, '''OR'''
** {{IL|Dangerous}} 52
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 16|BaL 16]]: You'll need to add a tooth to your club — {{IL|Watchful}} 52.

{{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}: A Vake tooth

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 17|BaL 17]]: Find the Junior Minister — {{IL|Dangerous}} 52.
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 18|BaL 18]]: Give the Junior Minister {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|500 x|Appearance = Deep Amber}} for information about obtaining a Vake-tooth.

*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 19|BaL 19]]: Raise your {{IL|Suspicion}} to 8 in order to get sent back to New Newgate Prison. 
**Alternatively, if you have {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} at least 4, you can fail to [[Rob the Brass Embassy]] to go straight to New Newgate without affecting your [[A Criminal Record:|Criminal Record]].

{{IL|New Newgate Prison - again!}}

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 19 - Prison|BaL 19]]: Seek out information about a Vake-tooth.
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 20|BaL 20]]: Spend {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|20 x|Appearance = Foxfire Candle Stub}} to get a Vake-tooth — {{IL|Dangerous}} 57.
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=== Black Wings Absinthe (21–31) ===
[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 21|BaL 21]]: Obtain information about Vake sightings (and a bottle of Black Wings Absinthe) for {{IL|Jade Fragment|200 x}}.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 22|BaL 22]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Assemble your Vake-Killing Club — {{IL|Dangerous}} 62.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 23|BaL 23]]: Find out about Black Wings Absinthe from the Scarred Naturalist.

24–29: [[Procure Black Wings Absinthe]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}. (You only have to do this once for every bottle you want; this storylet doesn't raise your BaL level.) You have two options for obtaining {{IL|Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe|1 x}}:

* Spend {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882|250 x}}, '''OR'''
* {{IL|Shadowy}} 64

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 24|BaL 24]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Consume {{IL|Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe|1 x}} — {{IL|Watchful}} 64.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 25|BaL 25]]: Confront the nun following you — {{IL|Dangerous}} 69.

25–31: Opportunity cards may appear in your deck.

* [[Visions of The Vake]]: Consume a Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe to raise {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} by 1 CP.
* [[Something tapping at the window]]: A red auto-fire card that raises {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} by 1 CP.

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|'''Note: '''At this point in the Ambition, you might find it helpful to raise {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?}} as high as you can to make the challenge in part 31 easier. (A level of 4 is required for [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 29|BaL 29]], and the challenge in [[The voice of the Vake|BaL 31]] is based on level 8; you need 13 to 100% it.)
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[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 26|BaL 26]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Get more answers from the Scarred Naturalist — {{IL|Watchful}} 71.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 27|BaL 27]] in {{IL|Ladybones Road}}: Find the Scarred Naturalist in Tyrant's Gardens — {{IL|Dangerous}} 76.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 28|BaL 28]]: Take {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|100 x}} and head into Prickfinger Wastes — {{IL|Watchful}} 78.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 29|BaL 29]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}: With {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} at 4 or higher, consume the bottle of {{IL|Black Wings Absinthe Nouveau}} to access the Abyssal Depths.

{{IL|The Abyssal Depths}}

* 30: [[Someone is giggling]]: Fight the Scarred Naturalist — {{IL|Dangerous}} 79.
* 31: [[The voice of the Vake]]: The [[Anticipate]] option is your way out of the Abyssal Depths, and it's a Narrow challenge at {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} 9. To raise this quality, use the Opportunity cards that appear:
** [[Listen...]]: {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} 5; raises {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} +1 CP
** [[Scrabble around]]: {{IL|Luck}} 50%; raises {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} + 1 CP
** [[Use your Mandrake]]: Lose your [[Half-Wild Mandrake]] for {{IL|Hearing Things...or are you?|Appearance = Hearing Things...}} +6 CP

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|'''Note: '''You'll notice that the difficulty of the challenges increases fairly rapidly over the next few parts of the Ambition. Therefore, you might find it helpful to take a break from BaL here and work on [[leveling]] and [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|acquiring PoSI status]] if you haven't reached that milestone already. You'll need access to {{IL|the Broad Unterzee}} soon, so [[PoSI Item Crafting#Ship|acquiring a ship]] might be one of your first priorities as a PoSI.
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=== The Sisterhood (32–60) ===
[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 32|BaL 32]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}: Recuperate from your experience in the Abyssal Depths

33: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 33 - the Churches of Spite|The Churches of Spite]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Get information about these mysterious nuns.

* Spend {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|1000 x}}, '''OR''' 
* Spend {{IL|Favours: The Church|3 x}}, plus a {{IL|Watchful}} 83 challenge

34: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 34 - Return to the Medusa's Head|Return to the Medusa's Head]] in {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Spend {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|8 x}} and {{E}}5 to do some eavesdropping.

35: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 35 - Stacks at Midnight|Stacks at Midnight]] in {{IL|The University}}: Bring {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|20 x}} to do some research.

[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 36|BaL 36]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}: Read the book you "borrowed".

{{IL|Veilgarden}}

* 37: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 37 - a forgotten shrine?|A forgotten shrine?]]: Get access to the Church of St. Vincent of Saragossa
** Spend {{IL|Relic of the Second City|100 x}}, '''OR'''
** {{IL|Dangerous}} 100
* 38: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 38 - What is Mr Wines' involvement?|What is Mr Wines' involvement?]]: Find out what Mr Wines has to do with the Sisterhood.
** Spend {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}, '''OR''' 
** Spend {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}, if you have {{IL|Occasionally Seen at Mr Wines' Revels}} at least 1

39: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 39 - Find out more from Jervaise|Find out more from Jervaise]] in {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}} —{{IL|Watchful}} 127

40: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 40 - Talk to the Gracious Widow|Talk to the Gracious Widow]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Negotiate with the Widow on Jervaise's behalf. You may have different options to pass this part:
* [[Favours past]]: unlocked with {{IL|In Search of a Stiff Drink}} exactly 5
* [[A difficult history]]: unlocked with {{IL|In Search of a Stiff Drink}} exactly 7; costs {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|1 x}}
* [[Be businesslike]]: unlocked with {{IL|Connected: The Widow}} 10; {{IL|Watchful}} 135 challenge
* [[Offer a little sweetener]]: costs {{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase|3 x}}
* [[Complex negotiations]]: unlocked with {{IL|In Search of a Stiff Drink}} exactly 10; costs {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|14 x}}
41: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 41 - Fireworks at the Carnival|Fireworks at the Carnival]] in {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}}: Bring the fireworks samples to Jervaise — {{IL|Dangerous}} 120.

42: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 42 - Back to the Singing Mandrake|Back to the Singing Mandrake]] at {{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}: Spend {{IL|Stolen Kiss|5 x}} to gain access to the Parlour of Virtue.

43: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 43 - Talking to Sinning Jenny|Talking to Sinning Jenny]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}: Ask Jenny about the Sisterhood.

* Spend {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|20 x}}, plus a {{IL|Persuasive}} 140 challenge, if you have {{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10, '''OR''' 
* Spend {{IL|Appalling Secret|20 x}}, plus a {{IL|Watchful}} 141 challenge

44: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 44 - Off to zee|Off to zee]] from {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}: Make plans to sail to the Sisterhood's convent — {{IL|Watchful}} 127.
{| class="article-table"
|'''Note:''' You will need a ship to continue from here. Refer to [[Zailing (Guide)]] for more information on zailing.

Make sure you have everything you will need during your trip before setting out. In particular, you should have the items required for [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|BaL 49]]. {{IL|Collection of Curiosities||Appearance = Collections of Curiosities}} can be obtained by [[Fighting a War of Assassins (Guide)|Fighting a War of Assassins]] with the opponent [[A Former Lover]]; {{IL|Cellar of Wine||Appearance = Cellars of Wine}} can be [[Lay down a Cellar of Wine|created]] in the Bazaar Side-streets.
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45: Zail to the Convent.
*Select Abbey Rock as your destination, east of London, Hunter's Keep and Mutton Island. You have to complete two Zee-Legs, one with Zailing Progress 160, one with 80. '''You cannot change your equipment once you make landfall''', so pick something that suits {{IL|Dangerous}} and {{IL|Watchful}} challenges as you approach the port.
*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 44 - Landfall at the Convent|Landfall]] at {{IL|The Convent}}: Reach the shores of the convent — {{IL|Dangerous}} 127.

{{IL|The Convent}}

* 46: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 46 - Outside the Convent|Outside the Convent]]: Wait to be greeted by the Sisters — {{IL|Watchful}} 127.
* 47: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 47 - Weighed and Measured|Weighed and Measured]]: Mother Superior greets you — {{IL|Dangerous}} 130.
* 48: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 48 - Vigilance|Vigilance]]: Pass Mother Superior's challenge — {{IL|Watchful}} 130.
* 49: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|The Sisterhood]]: Buy secrets for {{IL|Collection of Curiosities|2 x}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine|2 x}}, {{IL|Silk Scrap|1000 x}}, {{IL|Rat on a String|2000 x}}
* 50: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 50 - Beginning Your Training|Beginning Your Training]]: Start training with the Sisterhood — {{IL|Dangerous}} 140.
* 51–56: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 51 - Your Training|Your Training]]: Continue your training; Saturday is a {{IL|Watchful}} 140 challenge.
* 60: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 60 - The Examination|The Examination]]: Learn about the examination.
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=== Assassins (70–95) ===
70–90: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|The Assassins]]. Deal with the first assassin using one of these methods:
* [[Lure out the First Assassin]]: {{IL|Legal Document|2 x}}, {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|2 x}}, {{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|10 x}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|2 x}} — {{IL|Dangerous}} 150
* [[Make yourself a target and wait for her to strike]]: {{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}, {{IL|Legal Document|1x}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|1 x}}, {{IL|Night on the Town|1 x}} — {{IL|Watchful}} 150
80: [[Fend off the second assassin]] — {{IL|Watchful}} 160.

* Whether you succeed or fail, you will have to proceed to {{IL|a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river}} to follow her. You can go there immediately from Mrs Plenty's Carnival with at least {{IL|Wounds}} 1 if you [[Gaze into Heart's Mirror]], which is helpful if you don't want to use up a [[Horsehead Amulet]] you may have. (Thanks to [[The second assassin: completing the task#cs-comment-27858|Skiaphrene]] for this tip.)

85: {{IL|a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river}}

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 85 - the Second Assassin|The Second Assassin]]: How to deal with her?
** Throw her from the boat: Raises {{IL|Nightmares}} +8 CP and {{IL|Ruthless}} +5 CP); '''OR''' 
** Convince her to renounce her vows: {{IL|Persuasive}} 180; raises {{IL|Wounds}} +1 CP and {{IL|Subtle}} +5 CP

* Return from the boat trip by [[:Category:Wounds Loss (a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river)|reducing your Wounds]].

90: [[Where is the third assassin?]]: To find her, you'll need to raise {{IL|Detective's Progress}} to 10 a total of 3 times, via [[Pursue Your Current Case]]. Each time, a storylet will unlock that allows you to spend items to raise {{IL|Evidence in the Case of the Third Assassin}}.

# [[You begin at the Docks]]: {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|3 x}}
# [[Follow the blue bonnet]]: {{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}, {{IL|Cryptic Clue|100 x}}
# [[Closing the case: the scarlet room]]: {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|250 x}}, {{IL|Romantic Notion|100 x}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface|25 x}}, {{IL|Touching Love Story|5 x}}

95: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|The Third Assassin]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}: Decide whether to complete your task or help fake her death. The latter requires {{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}, {{IL|Maidservant's Uniform|1 x}}, {{IL|Rookery Password|1 x}}, {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|1 x}}, {{IL|Legal Document|2 x}}, {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|100 x}}, and {{IL|Alluring Accomplice|1 x}}.
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=== April (100–140) ===
100: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 100 - the Vake's Secret|The Vake's Secret]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}: Spend {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|1 x}} to find out more about the Vake.

110: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 110 - the Christmas Card List|The Christmas Card List]] in {{IL|Wilmot's End}}: Find out about April.

* Spend {{IL|Primaeval Hint|2 x}}, '''OR''' 
* Spend {{IL|Personal Recommendation|2 x}} with {{IL|Steadfast}} 4

115: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 115 - April's Attention|April's Attention]]: Arrange a meeting with April.

* Spend {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|3 x}}, '''OR''' 
* Spend {{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}} with {{IL|Dreaded}} 8

{{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}

* 120: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 120 - an Appointment with April|An Appointment with April]]: Tell April what you want — {{IL|Watchful}} 180.
* 130: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|The Chorister's Bomb]]: Provide the components April needs: {{IL|Winsome Dispossessed Orphan|1 x}}, {{IL|Primordial Shriek|1000 x}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream|48}}, {{IL|Storm-Threnody|12}}, {{IL|Night-Whisper|4 x}}.

140: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – a Package from April|A Package from April]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}

=== A University Laboratory (150–159) ===
150–159: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Your own Lab|Your own Lab]] in {{IL|The University}}. You need a Laboratory in order to prepare the Chorister's Bomb and get it to Parabola. (If you already have your own [[University Laboratory|Lab]] and {{IL|The Prestige of your Laboratory}} at least 1, you can skip this.)

* Obtain a laboratory one of two ways:
** [[Buy your way in]] with {{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}, {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}, and {{IL|Justificande Coin|1 x}}; '''OR'''
** [[Rely on your professional standing]] if you're a [[Correspondent]]

* Complete the first few steps as listed in [[University Laboratory (Guide)]], which consist of experiments for the Dean.
* Then [[Next, some privacy|Perform at least one successful experiment]] of your own to raise {{IL|The Prestige of your Laboratory|Appearance=Prestige}} to 1.
* Finish any experiments you're working on before you try to transport the bomb.

150–154: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Transport the Bomb|Transport the Bomb]] in {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}. You'll need: {{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap|100 x}} and {{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}, plus either:

* {{IL|Respectable Landau}}, '''OR'''
* {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1000 x}} and {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}} '''OR'''
*{{IL|Thoroughly Cowed Pony}}

{{IL|University Laboratory (Place)|Appearance = University Laboratory}}: With the bomb safely in your Lab, [[Assess your Progress regarding the (Project Name)|Assess your Progress]] should now be set to 'the Plans for the Chorister's Bomb'. To complete these plans, you'll need {{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation}} at level 3 or higher, as well as {{IL|Laboratory Research|50 x}}, {{IL|April's Weapons Research|10 x}}, and {{IL|Mother Superior's Semi-Theological Research|10 x}}.

* To generate April's and Mother Superior's research, you'll need to ask them to work in your Lab via [[Adjust the Staffing of your Lab]].
** If you have only one space available, bring in Mother Superior first and get her research, then dismiss her and hire April. (The only extra effect of having both at once is the chance at the opportunity card [[Papers in the Night]].)
** Both their cards enable you to generate their own research or ordinary research, though Mother Superior only [[Rely on Mother Superior|produces]] 3 of the latter, while April's is based on the level of your equipment.

* You will need the following items to upgrade your equipment to level 3:
*# {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|500 x}}, {{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|5 x}}, {{IL|Bottled Oblivion|5 x}}, {{IL|Venom-Ruby|5 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|5 x}}
*# {{IL|Patent Scrutinizer|1 x}}, {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|1000 x}}, {{IL|Bejewelled Lens|1 x}}; plus either {{IL|Magnificent Diamond|1 x}} or {{IL|Knob of Scintillack|5 x}}
*# {{IL|Memory of Light|100 x}}, {{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab|200 x}}

* [[Take the Next Step]] once you have the research and equipment you need. This sets {{IL|Halfway through the Mirror}} to 1, signifying that you're partway done establishing a route to Parabola. You'll complete this later, but something else requires your attention now...
* [[Noiseless Disagreement]]: Find out why Mother Superior objects — {{IL|Watchful}} 200 (optional). Then agree to do what April requests in order to complete this stage of the project.
* [[Begin the investigation that April requested]] (under [[Begin a Scientific Investigation]]).
** Start the research with {{IL|Relic of the Fourth City|100 x}} and {{IL|Map Scrap|1 x}}.
** You'll need {{IL|Laboratory Research|50 x}} in order to [[Mark the spot|complete it]].

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=== Impersonation (160–195) ===
160: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|Costuming]] in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}: Raise {{IL|Veils Impersonation}} to at least 15 to proceed. Raising it higher, and using certain options, can give you other options later on, though you can only raise it up to 30.
{| class="article-table sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Veils Impersonation
!Option
!Requires
!Gains
|-
|[[Walk like Mr Veils]]
|{{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar||Appearance=Connected: Masters}} –1 CP
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|7 x|Appearance = Veils}}
|-
|[[Talk like Mr Veils]]
|{{IL|Aeolian Scream|5 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|25 x}}
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|2 x|Appearance = Veils}}
|-
|[[Dress like Mr Veils on a Good Day]]
|{{IL|Veils-Velvet Scrap|1 x}}
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|15 x|Appearance=Veils}}, {{IL|Committed Impersonator|1 x}}
|-
|[[Smell like Mr Veils]]
|{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|1 x|Appearance = Veils}}
|-
|[[Bite like Mr Veils]]
|{{E}}77.77
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|6 x|Appearance = Veils}}, {{IL|Free-roving Teeth|1 x}}
|-
|[[Lurk like Mr Veils]]
|{{IL|Pair of Cracksman's Mittens|1 x}}, {{IL|Shadowy}} 200 challenge
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|5 x|Appearance = Veils}}
|-
|[[Dress like Mr Veils on Laundry Day]]
|{{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap|75 x}}
|{{IL|Veils Impersonation|3 x|Appearance = Veils}}
|}
170: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders|A Road of Silk and Spiders:]] In {{IL|Base-Camp}}, [[Begin an Expedition in the Forgotten Quarter]] and choose [[The Workshop of the Khan of Silks]]. 

* This expedition requires {{IL|Set of Intricate Kifers|1 x}} and {{IL|Crate of Expedition Supplies|10 x}}; refer to the [[Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide)]] guide for more help with expeditions.

180: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders (2)|A Road of Silk and Spiders (2)]]: Choose what to do at the workshop. Your level of {{IL|Veils Impersonation}} determines your chances on the first two options; you need 19+ to 100% it. 

*[[Throw April's Wrecker in the mechanism]]: You lose (2/3 * original value) points of {{IL|Veils Impersonation|Appearance = Veils}}.
*[[Forget April]] and talk to Fires instead, You also lose (2/3 * original value) points of Veils.
*[[Steal one of the coins]]: Yields {{IL|Forged Justificande Coin|1 x}} (on a {{IL|Shadowy}} 215 challenge, with a penalty of {{IL|Wounds}} +45 CP on failure). You can later [[Ask her about the forged Justificande|show this to the Numismatrix]] to get more information on what was happening at the workshop. (Note that this is no longer the only way to obtain a Forged Justificande, so you don't have to attempt this rather risky challenge to get one.)

190–195: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders (3)|A Road of Silk and Spiders (3)]]

* If you have the {{IL|Free-roving Teeth}}, you have an option to [[BITE MR FIRES]] (a {{IL|Shadowy}} 100 challenge that increases in difficulty every time you try it). This is an option regardless of what you did when you entered, as long as you have the Teeth. It's also the only way to raise {{IL|Veils Impersonation|Appearance = Veils}} at this point.
* You can talk to Fires, also regardless of what you did upon entering, though it's a {{IL|Veils Impersonation|Appearance = Veils}} challenge and therefore significantly harder if you chose an option that compromised your disguise. 
**The first option available is [[Ask Fires what it is doing]].
**If you succeed, you can then [[Tell Fires it is a fool]]. 
**If you succeed at this as well, you can [[Demand an explanation for the replica Mr Veils]]. 

* Failing at any of these options results in {{IL|Wounds}} +45 CP, enough to send you on [[a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river]] if you have nothing (like a {{IL|Horsehead Amulet}}) to prevent this.

* When you're finished, you can [[Leave (Mr. Fires' Factory)|leave]]. This option is always available as a risk-free way to complete this section.
*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – After an interview with Mr Fires|After an interview with Mr Fires]]: If you fail to trick Mr Fires with your disguise and he throws you out, you will unlock this storylet. (Choosing to leave of your own volition prevents this storylet from appearing.)

[[File:Parabola.png|right]]

=== Seeking Parabola (210–310) ===
210: Returning from the factory
*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Back to yourself|Back to yourself]]: Moves you to {{IL|The University}}.
*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Finding a Body|Finding a Body]] in {{IL|University Laboratory (Place)||Appearance = University Laboratory}}: Search the body. April, and all other assistants, leave your Lab. If you were in the process of training a student, you should graduate them first.

{{IL|Veilgarden}}: April and Sinning Jenny

* 220: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Meeting with Sinning Jenny|Meeting with Sinning Jenny]]: Seek out Jenny to see if she knows where April is.
* 230: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Still Speaking with Sinning Jenny|Still Speaking with Sinning Jenny]]: Ask what she knows about Mother Superior's fate — {{IL|Watchful}} 215. Then ask to see April.
* 240: Reunite with April
** [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – April and Jenny|April and Jenny]]: Stare at Jenny's reflection — {{IL|Watchful}} 150.
** [[Almost caught]]: Pick up the {{IL|Vake Claw}}.

300: A route to Parabola from your {{IL|University Laboratory (Place)||Appearance=University Laboratory}}.

* You can [[Ask April to work with you again 1|Ask April to work with you again]] now. (You'll need her for [[Complete your improvements to the Chorister's Bomb|part 330]].)
* [[Complete a Route to Parabola]] if you haven't already. 
** Starting the research requires {{IL|Memory of Light|500 x}}, {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}, and {{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}. [[Establish a Parabolan Base-Camp|Note that using the Silverer option for the route in Veilgarden is cheaper than this in both items and action costs.]]
** In addition to your usual cards, you can draw [[Sleep (Bag a Legend)|Sleep]] and [[Realisation]]. Both of them are rather bad.
** Once you have {{IL|Laboratory Research|75 x|Appearance=Research}}, you can [[Build the Equipment]].

* If you did the smart thing and already have a route to Parabola, you can instead [[Create an Export Route for your Bomb]] and then [[Widen the door]] (requires {{IL|Laboratory Research|50 x|Appearance=Research}}).

310: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - Push the Choristers' Bomb into Parabola|Push the Choristers' Bomb into Parabola]] in {{IL|University Laboratory (Place)||Appearance=University Laboratory}}: Sends you to the {{IL|Reflection of your Laboratory}} in Parabola.

=== Parabola (320–380) ===
320: [[Laboratory work, backward]] tells you what you'll need to advance

* {{IL|Seven-Throated Warbler|1 x}} (see [[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)]] for help)
* {{IL|Parabolan Defences}} 3 (see [[Build up your Base-Camp]] or the table below)
* {{IL|Parabolan Research|25 x}} (the basic type of research done in the {{IL|Reflection of your Laboratory}})

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
|+Build up your Base-Camp
!Level
!Requirement options
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|1000 x}}, 

{{IL|Parabola-Linen Suit|1 x}}, 

{{IL|Parabola-Linen Frock|1 x}}, 

{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|1000 x}}, 

{{IL|Parabola-Linen Suit|1 x}}, 

{{IL|Parabola-Linen Frock|1 x}}, 

{{IL|Monster-Hunter}}*
|-
| rowspan="4" |2
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|600 x}}, 
{{IL|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|11 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|600 x}}, 

{{IL|Rookery Password|11 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|600 x}}, 

{{IL|Countess of Thorns}}*, 

{{IL|Persuasive}} 150 challenge
|-
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|600 x}}, 

{{IL|An Enfranchised Anchoress}}*, 

{{IL|Persuasive}} 150 challenge
|-
| rowspan="4" |3
|{{IL|Bengal Tigress}}
|-
|{{IL|Parabolan Panther}}*, 
{{IL|Dangerous}} 150 challenge
|-
|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}*, 
{{IL|Shadowy}} 150 challenge
|-
|{{IL|Dream-dwelling Carnivorous Aurochs}}*, 
{{IL|Persuasive}} 150 challenge
|-
|
|* item is '''NOT''' consumed
|}
330: [[Complete your improvements to the Chorister's Bomb]] once you have everything you need.

* [[The Bomb is Ready]]: And now you need to invent a way to bring the Vake to you.

340–360: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - Concocting a Curved-Talon Absinthe|Concocting a Curved-Talon Absinthe]] in {{IL|Reflection of your Laboratory}}

* 340: [[Distill the juice of the Orange-apple to a Base Spirit]] — {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 1. If you don't have a {{IL|Parabolan Orange-apple}}, you can get one from [[Tend a Curious Tree|tending a tree]] in your Base-Camp.
* 350: [[Give the brew a little of your blood]]; '''OR,''' if you have the {{IL|Free-roving Teeth}}, you can [[Infuse your brew with one of your teeth]]
* 360: [[Bottle the brew with the Vake's Claw]], using up the {{IL|Vake Claw}} to create {{IL|Curved Talon Absinthe|1 x}}

370: [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Luring the Vake|Luring the Vake]]
* Send the absinthe [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Sending the Vake a gift via Wines|via Mr Wines]]: costs 1 CP of {{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}, and {{IL|Vial of Tears of the Bazaar|1 x}}. (There is an alternative method that requires the Fate-locked story [[Mysteries of the Foreign Office (Story)|Mysteries of the Foreign Office]].)
* If you do use the Mr. Wines option, you will decide whether to make a promise to him (and whether you intend to break it).This will set {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines}} to either 1, 2, or 3. (There is another, Fate-locked choice related to the story [[Cricket, Anyone?]] that is only visible with a certain item from that story.) How you approach the oath will affect your choices in [[Think in the Midst of the Hunt|part 400]] and, depending on whether you keep it, some of the text at [[Back to Normal|the end]]. (See the table under [[Ambition: Bag a Legend (Guide)#The end|"Back to Normal"]] below for a breakdown of these story branches.)
380: [[It is here it is here]] in {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}
* [[Stand against it|Stand against the Vake]] ({{IL|Dangerous}} 300 - 10 * {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}}) to advance. ([[Running from the Vake]] ultimately forces you to face another {{IL|Dangerous}} challenge anyway.)
* [[Face the Vake with the Chorister's Bomb Beside You]]: Set off the Chorister's Bomb
* [[During the Explosion]]: Lift up your voice
* [[And then there are three]]: Learn about the remaining fragments of the Vake. If you still have your Half-Wild Mandrake, you can [[Accept the congratulations of your Half-Wild Mandrake|accept its congratulations]] here.
* [[After them! 2|After them!]]: Pick up the {{IL|Vake-Tooth}}.
[[File:Jungle.png|right]]

=== Aspects of the Vake (400–450) ===
Your task now is to track down the remaining fragments of the Vake: Curator Veils, Veils of the Surface, and Veils of the Third City.

After setting off the Chorister's Bomb, you'll end up in the storylet [[Track the Animals of Parabola]] in {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}. You can begin tracking the Vake fragments from here. Leaving this storylet by choosing "perhaps not" returns you to your Base-Camp. 

From your Base-Camp, you can also [[Think in the Midst of the Hunt]], where you can consider whether you'll kill all three aspects of the Vake or spare one of them. What you choose will set {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake}} and may affect {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines}}. (See the table under [[Ambition: Bag a Legend (Guide)#The end|"Back to Normal"]] for a breakdown of these paths.) This storylet will disappear once you make your choice.

You can only spare the last Vake that you hunt down, so if you want to spare one, make sure to kill the others first.

{| class="article-table"
|Note: Whether you decide to spare one of the Vakes, and which one you spare, will affect the unique item you receive for completing the Ambition. You may want to refer to the table of [[Ambition: Bag a Legend (Guide)#Long-term rewards|Ambition Rewards]] at the end of this guide to decide in advance which one you want.
|}
[[File:Master.png|alt=A Master|right]]
[[Track Curator Veils]]
* [[The Day of the Hunt]]: The hunt begins. This will add the storylet [[Track Curator Veils, correctly prepared]], which shows the requirements to begin this hunt. Besides the necessary items, you will need both {{IL|Location of a Decoy Mr Veils}} and {{IL|Traces of Veils the Curator}} exactly 2:
**During any Parabolan hunt, while [[Lost in Strange Lands]], a version of the storylet [[Stop and look through a distracting mirror 1|Stop and look through a distracting mirror]] with an icon of the Vake will appear with {{IL|Airs of Parabola}} 1–50. This grants {{IL|Location of a Decoy Mr Veils}}.
**With this quality, go to {{IL|The Labyrinth of Tigers}} and choose the storylet [[VAKE SILKS and TAILORED VAKEMENTS]] to obtain the decoy Veils.
**Back in your Base-Camp, [[Track Curator Veils]] again to raise {{IL|Traces of Veils the Curator}} to 2.
* [[Track Curator Veils, correctly prepared]] back in [[Track the Animals of Parabola|Parabola]]: Requires {{IL|Ratwork Derringer|1 x}}, {{IL|Pair of Vakeskin Boots|5 x}}, {{IL|Solacefruit|7 x}}, {{IL|Focused Albatross|1 x}}, {{IL|Dream-Trophies of Parabola|3 x}}. These items are not consumed now, but will be used later.
* Gain {{IL|Parabolan Scouting}} to reduce the {{IL|Dangerous}} challenge on [[Continue towards its Howling and Windy Home]] in order to [[Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)|Face the Curator Mr Veils]]
* [[Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)|Embattled with Curator Mr Veils]]: Observe the Day of the Hunt, the Feast, and Council, expending the items you collected earlier
* [[Observe the Day of Bargain]] or, with {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake}} 1–3 and {{IL|Remaining Incarnations of the Vake}} exactly 1, you can choose to [[Bargain for the Curator to return with you]]
* [[Observe the Day of Slaughter]] if you didn't spare the Curator

[[File:Chesspiece.png|alt=A chess piece|right]]
[[Track Veils of the Surface]]
* Once you choose this option, a Parabolan hunt immediately begins, sending you to [[Lost in Strange Lands]]. (If you haven't yet faced Curator Veils, this is a good time to shuffle {{IL|Airs of Parabola}} until the correct [[Stop and look through a distracting mirror 1|Stop and look through a distracting mirror]] option appears. You will be able to continue the hunt after playing that storylet.)
*[[Continue towards a Parisian Salon]] in order to [[Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)|Face the Surface Mr Veils]]. Gaining {{IL|Parabolan Scouting}} first will reduce the {{IL|Dangerous}} challenge here.
* [[Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)|Embattled with Surface Mr Veils]]: [[Attack Surface Veils here]] to find out that you need to create weapons at {{IL|The Chessboard}} to defeat him. 
*Track him through Parabola again to [[Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)|face him]]. You'll need {{IL|Copper Cipher Ring|60 x}} and {{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}} for whichever option you choose, plus one chess item:
** To [[Pin down Surface Veils]], you need {{IL|Queen Mate|1 x}}
** To [[Outflank Surface Veils]], you need {{IL|Epaulette Mate|1 x}}
** To [[Capture Veils the Intriguer]], you need {{IL|Stalemate|1 x}}, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake}} 1–3, and {{IL|Remaining Incarnations of the Vake}} exactly 1

[[File:Ruinsthird.png|alt=The Third City|right]]
[[Track Veils of the Third City]]
* You learn that you must venture to {{IL|The Waswood}} to face this Veils. If you don't yet have this route, find it through a {{IL|Glasswork}} 5 challenge from [[Leave your Parabolan Base-Camp]] (storylet: [[Look for the Waswood]]). Alternatively, you can find the route while [[Lost in Strange Lands]] with {{IL|Airs of Parabola}} 70–79 and {{IL|Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There?}} 2.
*[[Track Veils of the Third City?]] informs you that you can create a weapon to use against Third City Veils in your Laboratory.
* Begin creating the Jaguar Blade in {{IL|University Laboratory (Place)|Appearance=University Laboratory}}:
**[[Prepare a weapon of vengeance]]: Requires {{IL|Ravenglass Knife|5 x}}, {{IL|Relic of the Third City|1000 x}}, and {{IL|Impossible Theorem|1 x}}
**[[Prepare a weapon of vengeance using particular knowledge]]: Requires {{IL|Ravenglass Knife|5 x}}, {{IL|Relic of the Third City|1000 x}}; also requires (but does not consume) {{IL|A Wink from the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem}}.
**[[Prepare a weapon of vengeance using the knowledge you attained at the greatest price]]: Requires (but does not consume) {{IL|The Seven-Fold Knock}} (which can only be obtained by following a [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name (Guide)|certain unspeakable storyline]]).
* Complete the Jaguar Blade. (The method you used to begin the research does not affect your options here.)
**[[Complete a Jaguar Blade]]: Requires {{IL|Laboratory Research|50 x}}, {{IL|Parabolan Research|25 x}}, {{IL|Expertise of the Third City}} 30 (which requires {{IL|Laboratory Services of Lettice the Mercy|Appearance=Lettice}} in your Lab).
**[[Complete a Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger]]: Requires {{IL|Laboratory Research|150 x}}, {{IL|Parabolan Research|100 x}}, {{IL|What Might Be A Thunderbolt|1 x}}, and either {{IL|The Seven-Fold Knock}} (not consumed) or {{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name}} 30.
*{{IL|The Waswood}}: As you [[Stay a little while]], you [[Recognise Veils of the Third City]]. This sets {{IL|Traces of Veils of the Third City}} to 3 and redirects to [[Afloat]]. For now, you can only [[Go, and return later]].
*Venture into the Waswood again. This time, as you [[Stay a little while]], you can [[Draw close to Veils of the Third City]].
*[[Afloat]]: Confront Third City Veils.
** With the regular Jaguar Blade, you can [[Kill Veils of the Third City]].
** With the Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger, you can [[Take Vengeance on Veils of the Third City]].
** If you have {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake}} 1–3 and {{IL|Remaining Incarnations of the Vake}} exactly 1, you can instead [[Capture Third City Veils]].
[[File:Bagalegend.png|right]]

=== The end ===
[[Back to Normal]]: Once you have no more remaining Vakes to deal with, this storylet autofires, with different text depending on whether you spared an aspect of the Vake and what you promised Mr Wines. In any case, you receive {{IL|Vial of Masters' Blood|1 x}}.

* See the table below for the full breakdown of outcomes from this series of actions. The two unique outcomes are if you made the oath intending it to mean the Vake specifically and then killed all 3 aspects (which sets {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines}} to 10: "You have honoured an oath to Mr Wines"), or if you made the oath knowing you may be held to it at some unknown future time (which keeps {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines}} at 3: "You have sworn an oath. You accepted the consequences"). All other paths ultimately result in {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1: "You have sworn an oath. You did not mean it".

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Swore an Oath to Mr Wines
!
!Lie
!Interpret
!Accept
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Oath ([[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Sending the Vake a gift via Wines|Sending the Vake a gift via Wines]])'''
|-
|
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}2
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}3
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Temptation ([[Think in the Midst of the Hunt]])'''
|-
|Spare (advantage)
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}1
|-
|Spare (fellow feeling)
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}2
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}2
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}2
|-
|Spare (excuse)
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}3
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}3
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}3
|-
|Honor your oath
|N/A
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}10
|N/A
|-
|Withstand persuasion
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}11
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}11
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}3, {{IL|Willingness to Spare Some Aspect of the Vake|Appearance=}}11
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Resolution ([[Back to Normal]])'''
|-
|Killed 3 Vakes
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}10
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}3
|-
|Spared 1 Vake
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1
|{{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1
|}
[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - Claim your Reward|Claim your Reward]] at the {{IL|Dept. of Menace Eradication}}. The options and text here differ depending on whether you spared one of the Vakes or killed them all, but in any case, you receive a substantial amount of {{IL|Bragging Rights at the Medusa's Head}}. You also have some [[Unanswered Questions at Abbey Rock|questions to be answered at Abbey Rock]], and April leaves your Lab.

[[An Epilogue: The End of the Convent]]: Autofires when you reach Abbey Rock.

=== Twenty-four hours later ===
A living story appears in your Messages tab; it differs depending whether you killed every aspect of the Vake or spared one.

If you killed all the Vakes:

* You receive [[An Invitation from the Efficient Commissioner]] to discuss that 4 million Echo reward.

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – On the Way In|On the Way In]], you get a {{IL|Promissory Note from April}} that allows you to hire her in your Lab again.

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - A Reading of Procedures|A Reading of Procedures]]: You encounter Mr. Wines again. The text here differs depending on your final level of {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines}}:
** {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}0: [[Acknowledge Mr Wines' stare 1|If you never swore an oath]], instead enlisting the Foreign Office's help
** {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}1 or 3: [[Acknowledge Mr Wines' stare 2|If you still owe your end of the bargain]], whether or not you intend to keep it
** {{IL|Swore an Oath to Mr Wines|Appearance=}}10: [[Acknowledge Mr Wines' stare 3|If you killed the Vake to fulfill your oath]]

* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - The Back Room|The Back Room]]: In lieu of a cash payment, you acquire {{IL|A Vast Network of Connections Wherever the Bazaar's Influence can be Found}} and {{IL|Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures|1 x}}.

If you spared an aspect of the Vake:

* [[Attending to a Matter at Home]]

*[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Home from Parabola|Home from Parabola]]: April is upset that you spared one of the Vakes. 
**If you want to [[Ask April to work with you again 2|hire her again]], you'll need either {{IL|Justificande Coin|15 x}} or {{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative|1 x}} to earn the {{IL|Promissory Note from April}}.
**Alternatively, you can simply [[Burn the note]].
* [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Managing Your Monster|Managing Your Monster]]: Depending on which Vake you spared, you now get to decide what to do with it.
**Third City Veils: [[Chain the Veils of the Third City in Parabola|Chain it in Parabola]] or [[Pickle Third City Veils. Eat its flesh. Wear its garments before the mirror|eat it]]. You receive {{IL|The Long-Dead Priests of the Red Bird}} and {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}.
**Surface Veils: [[Reach an accommodation with Veils of the Surface|Reach an accommodation]] or [[Ply it with brandy, kill it with questions|take its knowledge]]. You receive {{IL|Society of the Three-Fingered Hand}} and {{IL|Vital Intelligence|5 x}}.
**Curator Veils: [[Keep your former Curator locked up except when riding it|Keep it locked up]] or [[Feed it on choice meats. Make it the favourite of your pets|pamper it]]. You receive {{IL|A Winged and Taloned Steed Formerly Mr Veils}} and {{IL|Night-Whisper|1 x}}.

=== Long-term rewards ===

* You can now [[create a replica of your Jaguar Blade]] in your Lab.
* {{IL|Vake Claw}} is a weapon which raises both {{IL|Suspicion}} and {{IL|Nightmares}}, which can be situationally useful (namely at [[Hallowmas (Guide)|Hallowmas]]).
* {{IL|Severed Chimaerical Head of the Vake}} is a unique {{IL|Dreaded}} +3 weapon, with additional opportunity to [[Duplicate the Vake's skull and use it to decorate your (Skeleton Type)]] from Bone Fragments at the Bone Market.
*[[Enjoy a Drink at the Medusa's Head]]: Spend your {{IL|Bragging Rights at the Medusa's Head|Appearance=Bragging Rights}} on some Making Waves and Wounds reduction or a Revolutionary Favour (with additional text if you have the {{IL|Free-roving Teeth}} or {{IL|Committed Impersonator}}).
* [[Invite April to the Board]] of your Railway when you start it. She's a difficult director and thus not worth it... [[Accept a proposal from those board members aligned with a month|but having access to her does make a certain option later in the railway much easier to achieve (saves 7 Revolutionary Favours).]]
*Receive [[The Rewards of Ambition]] (two weeks after completing the Ambition, and every 4 weeks afterwards). The exact reward depends on the choices you made, though all include {{IL|Nightmares}} –5 CP and {{IL|Making Waves}} +10 CP, and flavour text that varies with {{IL|The Airs of London}}.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
|+Ambition Rewards
!Ending
!Unique item
!Rewards of Ambition
|-
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! - The Back Room|Killed all the Vakes]]
|{{IL|A Vast Network of Connections Wherever the Bazaar's Influence can be Found}} 

* '''{{IL|Dangerous}} +13'''
* {{IL|Persuasive}} +6
* {{IL|Respectable}} +2
* {{IL|Dreaded}} +2
* '''{{IL|A Player of Chess}} +2'''
|[[Enjoy your considerable wealth]]
* {{IL|Parabola-Linen Scrap|1 x}}
* {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|5 x}}
* {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|4 x}}
|-
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Managing Your Monster|Spared Veils of the Surface]]
|{{IL|Society of the Three-Fingered Hand}} 

*{{IL|Shadowy}} +6
* '''{{IL|Dangerous}} +13'''
* {{IL|Respectable}} +2
* {{IL|Dreaded}} +2
* '''{{IL|A Player of Chess}} +2'''
|[[Read your dispatches]]

* {{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}
* {{IL|Sudden Insight|2 x}}
* {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|2 x}}
|-
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Managing Your Monster|Spared Curator Veils]]
|{{IL|A Winged and Taloned Steed Formerly Mr Veils}} 

* '''{{IL|Dangerous}} +13'''
* {{IL|Shadowy}} +6
* {{IL|Dreaded}} +2
* {{IL|Bizarre}} +2
* '''{{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} +2'''
|[[Indulge in the pleasure of mastery]]

* {{IL|Night-Whisper|1 x}}
* {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|4 x}}
|-
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Managing Your Monster|Spared Third-City Veils]]
|{{IL|The Long-Dead Priests of the Red Bird}} 

* '''{{IL|Watchful}} +13'''
* {{IL|Shadowy}} +6
* {{IL|Dreaded}} +2
* {{IL|Bizarre}} +2
* '''{{IL|Mithridacy}} +2'''
|[[Indulge in the pleasure of transgression]]

* {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}
* {{IL|Sudden Insight|4 x}}
|}

== Items needed ==
This is an attempt to list all possible items needed in BaL, for help with planning. The quantities listed are the fewest you can get away with ('''min'''), and the most you will need ('''max'''). This list only includes items that can be found outside of this Ambition; items like the [[Half-Wild Mandrake]] that are unique to BaL are listed [[:Category:Ambition: Bag a Legend! Items|elsewhere]].
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Min
!Max
!Parts
|-
|[[Aeolian Scream]]
|48
|53
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|130]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Alluring Accomplice]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]]
|-
|[[An Identity Uncovered!]]
|1
|2
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]]
|-
|[[Antique Mystery]]
|0
|1
|[[Complete a Route to Parabola|300]]
|-
|[[Appalling Secret]]
|0
|20
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 43 - Talking to Sinning Jenny|43]]
|-
|[[Bejewelled Lens]]
|0
|1
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0">Needed to upgrade your lab equipment if you haven't already.</ref>
|-
|[[Bengal Tigress]]
|0
|1
|[[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Blackmail Material]]
|0
|2
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 115 - April's Attention|115]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Bottle of Broken Giant 1844]]
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 100 - the Vake's Secret|100]]
|-
|[[Bottle of Greyfields 1882]]
|200
|varies<ref>You will need 200 bottles for every additional exchange you want to make for Bottles of Black Wings Absinthe.</ref>
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 5|5]], [[Procure Black Wings Absinthe|24-31]]
|-
|[[Bottle of Morelways 1872]]
|8
|8
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 34 - Return to the Medusa's Head|34]]
|-
|[[Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe]]
|0
|19
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 40 - Talk to the Gracious Widow|40]], [[Take the Next Step|150]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Bottled Oblivion]]
|0
|5
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Cellar of Wine]]
|2
|5
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|49]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Your own Lab|150-159]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Luring the Vake|370]]
|-
|[[Collection of Curiosities]]
|2
|2
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|49]]
|-
|[[Comprehensive Bribe]]
|0
|4
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 40 - Talk to the Gracious Widow|40]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]]
|-
|[[Copper Cipher Ring]]
|60
|60
|[[Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)|400]]
|-
|[[Dream-Trophies of Parabola]]
|3
|3
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|400]]
|-
|[[Drop of Prisoner’s Honey]]
|400
|2600
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 7|7]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]], [[Take the Next Step|150]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Epaulette Mate]]
|0
|1
|[[Outflank Surface Veils|400]]
|-
|[[Favour in High Places]]
|1
|2
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]], [[Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)|400]]
|-
|[[Flask of Abominable Salts]]
|0
|5
|[[Take the Next Step|150*]]
|-
|[[Focused Albatross]]
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|400]]
|-
|[[Foxfire Candle Stub]]
|140
|1140
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 20|20]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 28|28]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 33 - the Churches of Spite|33]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 35 - Stacks at Midnight|35]]
|-
|[[Hard-Earned Lesson]]
|0
|8
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4b|4b]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 15|15]]
|-
|[[Intriguing Snippet]]
|0
|20
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 43 - Talking to Sinning Jenny|43]]
|-
|[[Jade Fragment]]
|300
|300
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 21|21]]
|-
|[[Justificande Coin]]
|0
|16
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Your own Lab|150-159]], [[Buy April's forgiveness|1010]]
|-
|[[Knob of Scintillack]]
|0
|5
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Legal Document]]
|0
|5
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]]
|-
|[[Magnificent Diamond]]
|0
|1
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Maidservant's Uniform]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]]
|-
|[[Map Scrap]]
|1
|1
|[[Begin the investigation that April requested|155]]
|-
|[[Memory of Light]]
|0
|1000
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
,<ref name=":0" /> [[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Seeking Parabola|300]]
|-
|[[Modish Bonnet]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 12|12]]
|-
|[[Night on the Town]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]]
|-
|[[Night-Whisper]]
|4
|4
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|130]]
|-
|[[Nodule of Deep Amber]]
|500
|1500
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 18|18]], [[Take the Next Step|150]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Nodule of Pulsating Amber]]
|0
|11
|[[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Pair of Cracksman's Mittens]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Pair of Vakeskin Boots]]
|5
|5
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|400]]
|-
|[[Parabola-Linen Frock]]
|0
|1
|[[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Parabola-Linen Suit]]
|0
|1
|[[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Parabolan Orange-apple]]
|1
|1
|[[The Bomb is Ready|340]]
|-
|[[Patent Scrutinizer]]
|0
|1
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Penny]]
|500
|8277
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 34 - Return to the Medusa's Head|34]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Personal Recommendation]]
|0
|2
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 110 - the Christmas Card List|110]]
|-
|[[Phosphorescent Scarab]]
|0
|1000
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Piece of Rostygold]]
|20
|1610
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 2|2]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4b|4b]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 15|15]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 38 - What is Mr Wines' involvement?|38]], [[Hire others to do the transportation|150]]
|-
|[[Presbyterate Passphrase]]
|0
|3
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 40 - Talk to the Gracious Widow|40]]
|-
|[[Primaeval Hint]]
|0
|3
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 110 - the Christmas Card List|110]]
|-
|[[Primordial Shriek]]
|1020
|1020
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 4|4]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|130]]
|-
|[[Queen Mate]]
|0
|1
|[[Pin down Surface Veils|400]]
|-
|[[Rat on a String]]
|2090
|2090
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 3|3]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|49]]
|-
|[[Ratwork Derringer]]
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|400]]
|-
|[[Ravenglass Knife]]
|0
|6
|[[Track Veils of the Third City|400]], [[Create a replica of your Jaguar Blade|2000]]
|-
|[[Relic of the Fourth City]]
|100
|100
|[[Begin the investigation that April requested|155]]
|-
|[[Relic of the Second City]]
|0
|100
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 37 - a forgotten shrine?|37]]
|-
|[[Relic of the Third City]]
|0
|1000
|[[Track Veils of the Third City|400]]
|-
|[[Revisionist Historical Narrative]]
|0
|1
|[[Buy April's forgiveness|1010]]
|-
|[[Rookery Password]]
|0
|12
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 95 - the Third Assassin|95]], [[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Set of Intricate Kifers]]
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders|170]]
|-
|[[Seven-Throated Warbler]]
|1
|1
|[[Complete your improvements to the Chorister's Bomb|330]]
|-
|[[Silk Scrap]]
|1000
|1000
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 49 - The Sisterhood|49]]
|-
|[[Solacefruit]]
|7
|7
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|400]]
|-
|[[Stalemate]]
|0
|1
|[[Capture Veils the Intriguer|400]]
|-
|[[Stolen Kiss]]
|5
|5
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 42 - Back to the Singing Mandrake|42]]
|-
|[[Storm-Threnody]]
|12
|12
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|130]]
|-
|[[Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe]]
|0
|25
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Strong-Backed Labour]]
|0
|2
|[[Hire others to do the transportation|150]], [[Build up your Base-Camp|320]]
|-
|[[Thirsty Bombazine Scrap]]
|0
|10
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 70 - The Assassins|70]]
|-
|[[Uncanny Incunabulum]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend!#Aspects of the Vake|300]]
|-
|[[Veils-Velvet Scrap]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Venom-Ruby]]
|0
|5
|[[Take the Next Step|150]]
<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Vial of Tears of the Bazaar]]
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Luring the Vake|370]]
|-
|[[What Might Be A Thunderbolt]]
|0
|1
|[[Complete a Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger|400]]
|-
|[[Whisper-Satin Scrap]]
|175
|175
|[[Hire others to do the transportation|150]], [[Ambition: Bag a Legend! – Costuming|160]]
|-
|[[Winsome Dispossessed Orphan]]
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Bag a Legend! 130 - the Chorister's Bomb|130]]
|}

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[[Category:Guides]]