An Ancient Refuge Site

ID: 339748

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Once the devils were fleeing an ancient enemy, of overwhelming force […]

Any ordinary city, any kingdom, any empire would have been overrun by the descendants of Caduceus. Parabola has no bounds […] It was able to accept all the devils here […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Unlocked with a redirect from Visit the Fingerkings amid the roses of Caduceus, Join the Cats in the gardens of Caduceus, Observe the Red-Handed Queen moving among the rose-garden of Caduceus or various redirects from Ancestral Stories.

Storylet appears in The Dome of Scales

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Receive the story in the form of cascabel venom

•  Spoiler ID: 249296
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A story told in fire

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained (( Kataleptic Toxicology - 3)/ 2 x Venom-Ruby

  Redirects to: Ancestral Stories

  Failure

  A story told in fire

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

See this history made theatre

•  Spoiler ID: 249533
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Bound pawns

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication

  Failure

  Bound pawns

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 2 x Dubious Testimony
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

Dig, and see for yourself

•  Spoiler ID: 249301
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, Glasswork 12 (50% base) || 8 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 9 - high-risk (20%) || 10 - high-risk (30%) || 11 - tough (40%) || 12 - very chancy (50%) || 13 - chancy (60%) || 14 - modest (70%) || 15 - very modest (80%) || 16 - low-risk (90%) || 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Shifting soil

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication

  Failure

  Shifting soil

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

Return to the Dome of Scales

•  Spoiler ID: 249299
  

   

  Success

  Strange to learn this way

  • Your maximum Shadowy is now 230. (Sets Shadowy Gains to 30, if below 30)
  •  You've gained 2 x Brass Ring

  ^