Editing Ambition: Nemesis (Guide)

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You can find a spoiler minimal version of this guide here: [[Ambition: Nemesis (Broad Guide)]]


''Someone you loved is dead. You swore you'd scour the world for the killer. Your search brought you under the world.''

[[Ambition: Nemesis]] is a tale of revenge that begins in [[Ladybones Road]] and leads the player across Fallen London... and perhaps beyond. The main Attributes are {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Dangerous}}.

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

== Progress ==
This Ambition can be started in {{IL|Ladybones Road}} with {{IL|Watchful}} 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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== Beginning (1-30) ==

=== First steps (0–9) ===
{{IL|Ladybones Road}}: Getting started
* [[Ambition: Nemesis 0|Nemesis 0]]: Your search for your loved one's killer has brought you to the Neath. — {{IL|Watchful}} 6.
* [[Ambition: Nemesis 1|Nemesis 1]]: You have two clues. Find information on these odd petals. — {{IL|Watchful}} 10.

{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}: Meet with the Mumbling Bee-keeper.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 2|Nemesis 2]]: Convince the local monster-hunters to point you at the Mumbling Bee-keeper. — {{IL|Dangerous}} 10.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 3|Nemesis 3]]: Pay off the Mumbling Bee-keeper's bar tab with {{IL|Rat on a String|6 x}}.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 3a|Nemesis 3a]]: Learn what the Mumbling Bee-keeper knows about these petals. — {{IL|Watchful}} 15.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 4|Nemesis 4]]: Use {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|50 x}} to make a bee repellent.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 4a|Nemesis 4a]]: Search the Mumbling Bee-keeper's hive. — {{IL|Dangerous}} 20.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis 5|Nemesis 5]]: Find someone who can tell you about the {{IL|Mumbling Bee-keeper's Key}}.
**Ask around Watchmaker's Hill — {{IL|Watchful}} 30, '''OR'''
**Beat it out of the Mumbling Bee-keeper — {{IL|Dangerous}} 25.

{{IL|Veilgarden}}: Talk to the locksmith
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Finding Mackay|Finding Mackay]]: Find the locksmith. — {{IL|Watchful}} 30.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Reaching Mackay|Reaching Mackay]]: Bring {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|120 x}} and sell 60 of it to gain access to the honey-den.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – interrogating Mackay|Interrogating Mackay]]: Get Mackay to tell you about the key.
**Kidnap Mackay from the honey-den — {{IL|Dangerous}} 37, '''OR'''
**Find Mackay in a honey dream — {{IL|Watchful}} 33.

*[[Ambition: Nemesis – who was it?|Who was it?]]: Who was it who died, that night?

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=== The Forgotten Quarter / Red Honey (9) ''(optional if you have an {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}} to spend later)''===
{{IL|The Forgotten Quarter}}: {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis - Forgotten Quarter}}
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Forgotten Quarter 0|Forgotten Quarter]]: Get directions to the crypt where Mackay stored the red honey — {{IL|Dangerous}} 42
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Forgotten Quarter 1|Forgotten Quarter 1]]: Follow the map to the crypt — {{IL|Watchful}} 43
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Forgotten Quarter 2|Forgotten Quarter 2]]: Get past the deviless guarding the crypt
**Bribe her — Spend {{IL|Soul|50 x}}, '''OR'''
**Charm her — {{IL|Persuasive}} 45, '''OR'''
**Kill her — {{IL|Dangerous}} 48
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Forgotten Quarter 3|Forgotten Quarter 3]]: Search the crypt for {{IL|Traces of Red Honey}} — {{IL|Watchful}} 49
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – last traces|Last traces]]: Get help making use of the {{IL|Traces of Red Honey}}
**Ask around academia — {{IL|Watchful}} 60, '''OR'''
**Talk to the underworld — Spend {{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}

{{IL|The University}}: Make a {{IL|Drop of Gaoler's Honey}}
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Junior Fellow|the Junior Fellow]]: Convince the Junior Fellow to speak with you
**Impress him — Spend {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent|2 x}}, '''OR'''
**Beat him into submission — {{IL|Dangerous}} 63
*[[Brewing up gaoler's honey]]: Use {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|350 x}}, {{IL|Bottled Oblivion|10 x}}, {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour|5 x}}, and {{IL|Jade Fragment|100 x}} to reactivate the Red Honey

{{IL|The Chambers of the Heart}}: Experiment with the {{IL|Drop of Gaoler's Honey}}
*[[Taste Gaoler's Honey]]: Use the {{IL|Drop of Gaoler's Honey}} in your inventory to enter the {{IL|The Chambers of the Heart}}

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=== The Cage-Garden (9-10) ===
{{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}: {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis - Shuttered Palace}}
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Shuttered Palace 0|the Shuttered Palace]]: Bring a {{IL|Set of Workman's Clothes}} to blend in and observe the servantry — {{IL|Watchful}} 52
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Shuttered Palace 1|the Shuttered Palace 1]]: Find out where the Jingling Servant goes every day
**Bribe someone — Spend {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|40 x}}, '''OR'''
**Follow her — {{IL|Shadowy}} 40
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Shuttered Palace 2|the Shuttered Palace 2]]: Get the keys to the Cage-Garden
**Kill her — {{IL|Dangerous}} 56, '''OR'''
**Knock her unconscious — Spend {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|3 x}}, {{IL|Dangerous}} 64
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Shuttered Palace 3|the Shuttered Palace 3]]: Unlock the door to the Cage-Garden — {{IL|Watchful}} 59
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – Shuttered Palace 4|the Shuttered Palace 4]]: Give the password to the Cage-Garden
**Answer from your experiences tasting the {{IL|Drop of Gaoler's Honey}} — unlocked with {{IL|One Who Has Indulged in Unknown Pleasures}} 1, '''OR'''
**Answer from a book — Spend {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}
***You can also acquire {{IL|One Who Has Indulged in Unknown Pleasures}} from other storylets outside of this Ambition.
****[[Share a little honey with the Captivating Princess]] during {{FontRose}}.
****[[My Kingdom for a Pig]] {{FontFate}}-locked story.
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Cage-Garden 1|the Shuttered Palace 5]]: Get a tour of the Cage-Garden
**Take the tour, '''OR'''
**Strike the Cage-keeper down! — {{IL|Dangerous}} 63
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Cage-Garden 2|the Shuttered Palace 6]]: Get information about Scathewick
** Question the Cage-keeper (Sets {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}} to 11) — {{IL|Watchful}} 67, '''AND/OR'''
** Strike the Cage-keeper down! — {{IL|Dangerous}} 63
'''If you strike the Cage-keeper down before questioning him:'''
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Cage-Garden 3|the Shuttered Palace 7]]: Free the prisoners by successfully battling your way through the bees 4 times, spending {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|100 x}} per attempt — {{IL|Dangerous}} 70
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – the Cage-Garden 4|the Shuttered Palace 8]]: Ask the newly-ex-prisoners about Scathewick

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=== Carrywell (11-23) ===
{{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}: Catch a steamer to the tomb-colonies
*[[Ambition: Nemesis – to Venderbight|To Venderbight]]: Bring {{IL|Silk Scrap|120 x}}, {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|40 x}}, and {{IL|Suspicion}} less than 5 to the Docks to get yourself on board
**Go boldly, to try to avoid payment — {{IL|Persuasive}} 70, '''OR'''
**Go gently, paying your way to avoid the chance of {{IL|Suspicion}}.

{{IL|The tomb-colony of Venderbight}}: Hunt down Carrywell
*See [[Venderbight (Guide)]] for more info on this section.

== Back in London (24-30) ==
{{IL|Ladybones Road}}:  Learning about the Iron Republic

* [[Ambition: Nemesis – learning about the Iron Republic|Ambition: Nemesis 24 - learning about the Iron Republic.]] Asked to give one of three:
** {{IL|Favours: Hell|1 x}}
** {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}
** {{IL|Aeolian Scream|3 x}}

For both [[Ambition: Nemesis – The Dreaming Spires|Ambition: Nemesis 27 - The Dreaming Spires]] and for 30, you need a lot of honey. The first stage costs {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|2000 x}}, while the latter stage costs {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|1500 x}}

== The Iron Republic (31-36) ==
To zail to the Iron Republic, you will need the following:

=== Ship ===
A [[Ship]], guide can be found here: [[PoSI Item Crafting#Ship|Ship Guide]].

=== Safe-Conduct ===
{{IL|Iron Republic Safe-Conduct}} which can be gotten through the {{IL|Counting the Days}} carousel at the end: [[Obtain an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct 2]]. You will need:
*{{IL|Renown: Hell}} 10. Guide here: [[Raising Favours (Guide)]]. One can grind Hell Favours by doing heists in The Flit. [[On a Heist (Guide)]]
*{{IL|Brass Ring|1 x}}
*{{IL|Mark of Credit Page|3 x}}
**This will take some time, so grind {{IL|Counting the Days}} as soon as you can. Using the [[Spending Secrets and Counting the Days (Guide)|guide]]  will help you progress through this carousel optimally without relying on opportunity cards.
**Once you have 3 x {{IL|Mark of Credit Page}}, you do not need to spend another CtD carousel to get back to [[Obtain an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct 2|Obtain an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct]], instead, use [[FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip]] in your [[Lodgings]].

=== Other prerequisites ===
Before you start your voyage, you will also want to have:

{{IL|Portfolio of Souls|2 x}}:
* See [[Infernal Grinding (Guide)#Portfolio of Souls|Infernal Grinding (Guide)]] for information on obtaining this

{{IL|Stone Tentacle-Key}}. This is obtained at {{IL|Hunter's Keep}}. [[Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide)]] is a guide on how to get the key.

Now you are ready to enter the Iron Republic.

=== In the Iron Republic (31-36) ===
In the Iron Republic, some storylets appear on certain {{IL|Iron Republic Days}}. [[Iron Republic Street Map]] may help.
*31: [[Ambition: Nemesis – Tracking down a murderer|Tracking down a murderer]], {{IL|Iron Republic Days}} 78-88.
*32: [[Ambition: Nemesis – The Prison|The Prison]], {{IL|Iron Republic Days}} 34-38. {{IL|Stone Tentacle-Key}} is needed here.
*33: [[Ambition: Nemesis – Yellow Blood Day|Yellow Blood Day]], {{IL|Iron Republic Days}} 78-88. {{IL|Portfolio of Souls|2 x}} are needed here.
*34: [[Ambition: Nemesis – A Little Talk|A Little Talk]], {{IL|Iron Republic Days}} 78-88.
*35: [[Ambition: Nemesis – Scathewick No More]]
*36: [[Ambition: Nemesis – A Knife and an Envelope]] - pick them both up for an additional weapon.
*Note: Don't forget to pick up an [[Iron Republic Journal]] before you leave!

== Investigating in London (37-39) ==
{{IL|Ambition: Nemesis – Scathewick's Accounts}} will task you with some investigations, where you will need to:
* [[Investigate 'Cumberbold']]
* [[Investigate 'Gloriana']]'
* [[Decipher Scathewick's Correspondence sign]]
These tasks can be done in any order.

===Investigations===
When you begin [[Investigate 'Cumberbold']] or [[Investigate 'Gloriana']], you will be hindered by {{IL|A Complication: Jasper and Frank}}. Should you wish, this quality can be removed by either:

* Drawing a card: {{IL|A Complication: Jasper and Frank (Card)}}
* Or going directly to {{IL|The Clay Quarters}} and cycling {{IL|The Airs of London}} until [[You cross paths with Jasper and Frank]].

If the complication isn't dealt with, you will have to pay an extra price.

====Gloriana====
*3 Stages
*Stage 1 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, {{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}} and {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|1 x}}.
*Stage 2 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, a {{IL|Favours: The Great Game}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}} and {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|1 x}}.
*Resolving the complication costs either:
**{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}} and {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1000 x}} OR
**{{IL|Favours: Hell|1 x}}, {{IL|London Street Sign|2 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}} and {{IL|Partial Map|2 x}}
*Stage 3 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, {{IL|Night on the Town|3 x}}
*If you didn't resolve the complication, you have to spend a {{IL|Night-Whisper}}, and favours with {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|Appearance = The Great Game}} and {{IL|Favours: The Church|Short = yes}}
**Unless you're a {{IL|Midnighter}}, in which case it's {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}}.

====Cumberbold====
*3 stages
*Stage 1 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, a {{IL|Favours: Criminals}} and {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|2 x}}.
*Stage 2 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}} and {{IL|Appalling Secret|20 x}}.
*Resolving the complication costs either:
**{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}} and {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1000 x}} OR
**{{IL|Favours: Hell|1 x}}, {{IL|London Street Sign|2 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}} and {{IL|Partial Map|2 x}}
*Stage 3 costs {{IL|Detective's Progress|10 x}}, {{IL|Puzzling Map|1 x}}, {{IL|Book of Hidden Bodies|1 x}} and {{IL|Cryptic Clue|250 x}}.
*If you didn't resolve the complication, you have to spend a {{IL|Diary of the Dead}}

===Scathewick's Correspondence Sign===

* This step will require the following:
**(110 - 5 × {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=Scholar}}) x {{IL|Correspondence Plaque}}
**(110 - 5 × {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=Scholar}}) x {{IL|Compromising Document}}
**(2 - ({{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=Scholar}} / 15)) x {{IL|Searing Enigma}}
**(4 - ({{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=Scholar}} / 10)) x {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}
*In order to decrease the amount of items required, you are encouraged to level up {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} as high as you can easily grind it (see: [[A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)]]).
*If you want to go past level 7, you may want to avoid being {{IL|Banished from the Court -}} before hitting your desired level, so you can write [[Somewhat challenging music]] to increase it profitably. Alternatively get readmitted to the court.
*Level 8 is recommended, since that is the breakpoint for saving one of the Searing Enigma. It's up to you if you want to go higher (perhaps 21 for [[Ambition Nemesis – The Missing Month|Nemesis 135]]), because unfortunately even at 21 SOTC you do not save the final enigma instead of reducing the cost to 0.
** SOTC 15 is likewise the breakpoint for reducing the cost to {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|2 x}}.
** SOTC 21 reduces the {{IL|Compromising Document}} and {{IL|Correspondence Plaque}} costs to 5 each respectively.

== Unmasking your Nemesis (40-59) ==
In your Lodgings, you will be asked who your investigations point towards.
*This will cost {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|4 x}} [[Ambition: Nemesis - Narrowing the Field|for each guess]] (3 options). Alternatively you can investigate more and spend {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|4 x}}, {{IL|Compromising Document|5 x}} and {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|1 x}} instead.

This group has to be [[Ambition: Nemesis – Unmasking your Nemesis|further specified]] and this costs {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}} per guess, or {{IL|Compromising Document|10 x}}, {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|2 x}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}} if you want to investigate.

== The Glistering Spires (60-99) ==
This stage [[Ambition: Nemesis – the Glistering Spires|begins]] in your Lodgings. For this stage in your ambition you'll want the following:
*{{IL|Ruthless}} + {{IL|Heartless}} at least 10. Alternatively, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!|200 x}}
*{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|20 x}} + {{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap|20 x}}
*{{IL|Bejewelled Lens|2 x}}
*{{IL|Primordial Shriek|2 x}}
If you don't get this all done at once, you will have to spend an action per step retracing your steps (up to 3), so make sure you have everything you need for this section first.

== Lilac (100-159) ==
To [[Ambition Nemesis – Finding Lilac|find the Lady in Lilac]], you need {{IL|Romantic Notion|77 x}}. [[Ambition Nemesis – One Month Later|Note that this will warp you to the Northern Unterzee]], if you're going to eventually have business in the North ([[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] for instance), then now would be the time to arrange for it to happen.

Once you have returned to London, you will need 6500 {{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax|Appearance=Lumps of Lamplighter Beeswax}}, a {{IL|Bat with Attitude}}, and either 21 {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=Scholar}} or a {{IL|Searing Enigma}}.

For this stage, you must follow your bat to relive your lost memories. Your bat reached these 4 places:

* [[Remember the place of coffee and fur|The place of coffee and fur]], aka [[Heartscross House]] at Port Carnelian
* [[Remember the place of orange sunlight|The place of orange sunlight]], aka [[The Mirror-Marches]] ([[A mahogany-framed mirror]]  and [[Go mad]] allow for easy access)
* [[Remember the place of red and gold|The place of red and gold]], aka  [[A state of some confusion]] (can be accessed easily from the Mirror-Marches via through [[A familiar scene?]])
* [[Remember the place of storms and skies|The place of storms and skies]], aka [[The Mind of a Long-Dead God]] (very difficult to reach, not recommended)

Once you have gone to at least 3 of the above locations, you may put your thoughts together with 100 {{IL|Cryptic Clue}}s.

==The Book of Red Murder (160-190)==
The next stage takes place in your Lodgings.

===[[Ambition Nemesis – The Book of Red Murder]] (160-189)===
To record your journey, you require 1 x {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}, 5 x {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|Appearance=Volumes of Collated Research}}, and 5 x {{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase}}s.

Finding your enemy's mirrors requires:
*7 x {{IL|Favours: Bohemians}} or {{IL|Favours: Criminals}}
*3 {{IL|Forceful}} or 3 x {{IL|Personal Recommendation}}s

===[[Search for the mirror-shard]] (190)===

*[[Ambition Nemesis – Is this the Dagger?]]
This is the notorious "Knifegate". You'll have to buy {{IL|Ravenglass Knife|77 x}} ({{E}} 7884.8) or {{IL|Skyglass Knife|777 x}} ({{E}} 4972.8). Worse, either option involves a luck check and if you fail you still lose 1/7th of the knives.

You can also buy the knives from the {{IL|The Rat Market (Area)|Appearance=The Rat Market}}, which may increase your effective EPA. Note that {{IL|Silverer}}s can sell the {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|Appearance=Uncanny Incanabula}} they get weekly for {{IL|Rat-Shilling}}s.

*[[Ambition: Nemesis The Mirror Crack'd]]

You now have to use some animal friends to scout out and repair the mirror in the Bazaar. This involves a quality called {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer}} (abbreviated as {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}) which starts out at zero and each attempt is a check on the same quality. You gain a bit with every attempt using the bats or the spiders (more on success, less on fail), plus [[Suspicion]]. You probably don't want to burn your frost-moth or Rattus Faber until  it's high enough to give a good chance of success. You complete this storylet when {{IL|A Mirror Made Whole}} is set to 5.

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Companion !! Challenge Difficulty !! Success !! Failure
|-
| {{IL|Sulky Bat}}
| {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}} 100
| 5 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
+1 CP Suspicion
| 3 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
-1 x {{IL|Sulky Bat}}
+2CP Suspicion
|-
| {{IL|Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider}}
| {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}} 75
| 10 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
+1 CP Suspicion
| 5 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
-1 x {{IL|Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider}}
+2 CP Suspicion
|-
| {{IL|Complaisant Frost-Moth}}
| {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}} 250
| {{IL|A Mirror Made Whole}} to 5
| 15 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
-1 x {{IL|Complaisant Frost-Moth}}
|-
| {{IL|Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief}}
| {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}} 200
| {{IL|A Mirror Made Whole}} to 5
| 5 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer|Appearance=ACitV}}
-1 x {{IL|Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief}}
|}
</div>
Alternatively can finish without a check if you have {{IL|The Minister of State Affairs}}, {{IL|The Minister of War}}, {{IL|The Minister of Culture}}, {{IL|The Minister of Enigmas}} and 50 x {{IL|Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer}}.

==== [[Ambition Nemesis: A Connoisseur of Cessation]] ====
Finding a weapon that can kill your foe requires:
*5 x {{IL|Favours: Society}}, 5 x {{IL|Favours: Bohemians}}, or {{IL|Licentiate}}
*250 x {{IL|Romantic Notion}}s, 50 x {{IL|Compromising Document}}s, or {{IL|A Poet-Laureate}}
*3 x {{IL|Blackmail Material}}

==Through the Glass Darkly (200-214)==

*[[Ambition Nemesis – Through a Glass Darkly]]

Next up you'll need to move through Parabola, which requires one of the following:
*[[Find your own way regardless]]
**{{IL|Memory of Light|x 50}}
**{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|x 50}}
**{{IL|Silverer}}
OR
*[[Contact the Glass]]
**{{IL|Searing Enigma|x 1}}
**{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion}} 25

==Beggar's Wake (215-240)==
You must begin [[Ambition Nemesis – A Guardian|travel]] to Beggar's Wake. [[Ambition Nemesis – A Guardian (2)|After that]], you'll need to spend a {{IL|Night-Whisper}} and 3 {{IL|Antique Mystery|Appearance=Antique Mysteries}} (or [[The Wind claims you!|some levels in primary stats]]) to finish traveling to the Waste. Silverers can get there for free.

At the Wake, you must gain three qualities;
* {{IL|A Word from the Pedlar King}}, via [[Attend the Peddlar King]]; requires a {{IL|Persuasive}} 200 check, which may be bypassed by spending {{IL|Antique Mystery|x 11}} and {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|x 100}}
* {{IL|A Word from the Convocation}}, via [[Visit the Convocation of Runts]]; requires a {{IL|Dangerous}} 200 check, which may be bypassed by spending {{IL|Vital Intelligence|x 2}}
* and {{IL|A Word from the Court of Honey and Spice}}, via [[Enter the Court of Honey and Spice]]; requires a {{IL|Shadowy}} 200 check, which may be bypassed by spending a {{IL|Judgements' Egg}}
Each failed check increases {{IL|The Eye of the Wind}}; once you reach {{IL|The Eye of the Wind}} 2, you must [[The Wind claims you!|sacrifice a little more than 1 level (100 CP) in a primary stat to reset it]]. By this point in your ambition, you should have the stats to give yourself a good chance at succeeding the checks, and Second Chances as well, so just do the skill checks and save your items.

Then you [[Find the Grave of Mirrors]], make a choice which affects which of two secondary rewards ([[Dream-Shard of the Mirror of Knives|a Dangerous Glasswork home comfort]] for the violent choice, and [[Dream-Shadow of a Curator's Vestige|a Watchful Glasswork affiliation]] for the nonviolent choice) you later receive and proceed to [[Ambition Nemesis – the Chambers of Mirrors and Cups|your adversary's chambers]].

==The Chambers of Your Nemesis (260-340)==
You proceed with your assassination. As your nemesis lays dying, you have the opportunity to ask it questions, and they will present you with a choice; if you spare them, they will bring back your loved one.

Whichever choice you make, a 24-hour Living Story begins.

==24 Hours Later (conclusion)==
If you spared your nemesis, you attend the resurrection of your loved one in the Forgotten Quarter. You [[Watch what ensues|recieve a Persuasive, Respectable and Kataleptic Toxicology Treasure]] which depends on which loved one died.

If you killed them, you make [[Ambition: Nemesis – One Last Matter|one last flavour choice]] in your Lodgings, and recieve your adversary's bloodstained cloak, a [[The Bloodied Travelling-Coat of Mr Cups|Shadowy, Dreaded and Kataleptic Toxicology Treasure]].

==Aftermath==
You will draw [[A Dream of Chipped Mirrors|a card]] which confers on you the secondary reward from the choice in Beggar's Wake.

You get to hire the Esurient Smith for your lab.
*[[Hire in the Esurient Smith]]: The Esurient Smith is good at any project involving metals. His greater value is his Parabolan-self, which grants the most amount of {{IL|Parabolan Research}} from Parabolan-selves of research assistants at this time of writing.

There are also the rewards that come every four weeks.
* [[The Rewards of Ambition]]

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