An Atrium

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Several galleries join here, forming a many-limbed intersection. You are briefly out of the cramped, twisting galleries; […] you can see hundreds of levels of bookshelves and mezzanines. At the very top, a dome […] with a clerestory the size of a village.

Description summary:
The second paragraph varies with Wandering the Stacks with

Wandering the Stacks with:	Description
The Last Duchess Several Officers of your Crew	The Last Duchess surveys the different paths you could follow from here. "Which way?"
The Lost Shepherd	The Lost Shepherd surveys the different paths you could follow from here. "Which way?"
Tatterdemalion	Tatterdemalion surveys the different paths you could follow from here. "Which way?"
The Clamorous Cartographer	FATE

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Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

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•  Spoiler ID: 266369
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 220 || 151 - very chancy (41%) || 187 - chancy (51%) || 224 - modest (61%) || 261 - very modest (71%) || 297 - low-risk (81%) || 334 - straightforward (91%) || 367 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Inerrant adds 15 points of Watchful.

  Each point of Route Traced through the Library adds 15 points of Watchful.

  Success

  Forward

  •  You've lost 1 x Route Traced through the Library
  •  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)

  Failure

  Lost

  •  Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)

  ^

Course correct

•  Spoiler ID: 266370
  

  Locked with In Search of Lost Time 2
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 300 || 205 - very chancy (41%) || 255 - chancy (51%) || 305 - modest (61%) || 355 - very modest (71%) || 405 - low-risk (81%) || 455 - straightforward (91%) || 500 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Fragmentary Ontology adds 15 points of Watchful.

  Success

  Decoding

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks
  •  You've gained 1-2 x Route Traced through the Library
  •  You've lost 1 x Fragmentary Ontology

  Failure

  Spirals

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Perusing the Stacks
  •  Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^