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Actions which raise Shadowy.
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- "The Cheery Man."
- An Action from A Toast in the Shadows, a Storylet in Spite.
- "The Gracious Widow."
- An Action from A Toast in the Shadows, a Storylet in Spite.
- "The Topsy King."
- An Action from A Toast in the Shadows, a Storylet in Spite.
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- ...Mr Baseborn's Papers
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- ...Mr Leadbeater's Fortune
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- ...a Sealed Archive
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- ...a chilling tale of mystery
- An Action from Your Adventures are an Inspiration, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- ...a grim tale of knives and tears
- An Action from Your Adventures are an Inspiration, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- ...a thrilling tale of narrow escapes and breathless burglaries
- An Action from Your Adventures are an Inspiration, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- ...an inspiring tale of extra-legal generosity
- An Action from Your Adventures are an Inspiration, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- ...on the operations of the Law
- An Action from A tiny square of paper..., a Card in Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies.
- ...the Archaeology Wing
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- ...the Osteology Wing
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
A
- A black cat
- An Autofire Card in The Mirror-Marches.
- A bronze-framed mirror
Ambition: Light Fingers!- An Action from The House of Mirrors, a Storylet in Mrs Plenty's Carnival.
- A dream about whispers 1
- An Autofire Card in Fallen London.
- A fireside nap
- An Autofire Card in The Chambers of the Heart.
- A former mark
- An Action from Surface Ties: the Stalker, a Card in Fallen London.
- A glimpse of silver
- An Autofire Card in The Mirror-Marches.
- A musical friend
- An Action from A dream about a familiar face, a Card in Fallen London.
- A place at the centre of things
- An Action from A little hideaway, a Card in Fallen London.
- A silver touch
- An Action from Start your career at Mahogany Hall, a Storylet in Mahogany Hall.
- A spotted cat
- An Autofire Card in The Mirror-Marches.
- A theft of trust
- An Action from The grand séance!, a Storylet in Mahogany Hall.
- A trip to the Flit
- An Action from The Ways of the Flit, a Card in Fallen London.
- ABOVE THE NEATH
- FATE
- An Action from BENEATH THE NEATH (SMEN), a Storylet in Mrs Plenty's Carnival (SMEN).
- An easy confidence
- An Action from Attend to Matters of Persuasion and Scandal, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Are you a criminal mastermind?
- An Action from Ask Madame Shoshana to cast your horoscope, a Card in Mrs Plenty's Carnival.
- Are you a gambler?
- An Action from Ask Madame Shoshana to cast your horoscope, a Card in Mrs Plenty's Carnival.
- Arrange for a theft from the Museum of Mistakes
Ambition: Heart's Desire!- An Action from Ambition: Heart's Desire (The Bishop of St Fiacre's 4), a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Assist the Fisher Kings with a spot of redecorating
- An Action from Make Use of your Rookery Password, an Item in your inventory.
- Attend the Feast
- An Action from A Great Feast, a Storylet in Mutton Island.
B
- Because it lies in your future (10 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from Sufficient Notability, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Because you watch from the shadows
- An Action from Sufficient Importance, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Befriend him
- An Action from A Confrontation in a Reeking Alley, a Storylet in Area-Diving in Spite.
- Boast entertainingly of your recent adventures
- An Action from A Lofty Invitation, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Bomb a meeting of financiers
- An Action from Bringing Revolution!, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Bribe your way into the Flit
- An Action from Enter the Flit, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Browse tales of pirates
- An Action from A dusty bookshop, a Card in Fallen London.
- Build a reputation
- An Action from Brag about your social standing, an Item in your inventory.
C
- Call it to mind
- An Action from Fleeting Recollections (storylet), a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Challenge your Patron
- An Action from A Class from your Patron, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Choose a black horse
- An Action from A dream about a stable, a Card in Fallen London.
- Choose a tiger (3 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from A dream about a stable, a Card in Fallen London.
- Choose the turquoise card
- An Action from A little omen, a Card in Fallen London.
- Coax tricks of the trade from them
- An Action from A Lofty Invitation, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Come to an understanding 1
- An Action from Surface Ties: the Stalker 1, a Card in Fallen London.
- Concentrate on winning the game
- An Action from A Lofty Invitation, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Conduct mischief with the Knotted Sock
- An Action from Make Use of your Rookery Password, an Item in your inventory.
- Consult with a master thief
- An Action from The Alleys of London: the Criminals, a Card in Fallen London.
- Criminal assistance
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Cross the Threshold (Low Glasswork)
- An Action from The Great Mirror, a Storylet in The Wellspring of Moulin.
D
- Destroy a statue
- An Action from Bringing Revolution!, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Destroy evidence endangering other criminals
- An Action from The Heart of the Law, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Destroy the evidence
- An Action from A Trove of Secrets, a Storylet in Spite.
- Dispose of fifty Trophies via the Acquisitive Relicquarian
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Dispose of five Trophies
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Dispose of forty Trophies
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Dispose of ten Trophies
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Dispose of thirty Trophies
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Dispose of twenty Trophies
- An Action from Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies, a Storylet in several Locations.
- Don't ask me
- An Action from Bringing the revolution, a Card in Fallen London.
- Drink the bottle yourself
- An Action from Open a bottle of Black Wings Absinthe, an Item in your inventory.
E
- Encrypt notes on subterfuge
- An Action from Compiling your Memoirs, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Enjoy the wine, the company, and the view
- An Action from A Lofty Invitation, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Everyone loves you (5 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from Friends and acquaintances, a Card in Fallen London.
- Examine the maps
- Ambition: Light Fingers!
- An Action from Room 215, a Card in The Silent Corridors of the Orphanage.
- Examine the target
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Expose her
- An Action from The Elusive Countess, a Storylet in On a Heist.
F
- Favour the Cheery Man
- An Action from A Council of Thieves, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Favour the Gracious Widow
- An Action from A Council of Thieves, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Favour the Topsy King
- An Action from A Council of Thieves, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Follow a coded instruction
- An Action from Read incoming mail, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Formulate a plan
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
G
- Gather blackmail material on other criminals
- An Action from The Heart of the Law, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Gather intelligence on your target
- An Action from Area-diving: Casing the Target, a Storylet in Area-Diving in Spite.
- Get down to specifics
- An Action from The rhythm of life at Mahogany Hall, a Storylet in Mahogany Hall.
- Give it to the first stranger you see
- An Action from Shrivelled Ball, an Item in your inventory.
- Give the Topsy King the paintings
- An Action from Deliver Paintings to the Topsy King, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Gleams in the darkness
- An Action from Rob the Chambers of the Duchess, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Grab a free meal
- An Action from A dream about a soldiers' camp, a Card in Fallen London.
H
- Hang the coins! Take whatever looks most valuable!
- An Action from A theft from the Museum of Mistakes, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- His contacts with the tomb-colonies
- An Action from A drink with the Cheery Man, a Card in Fallen London.
- His operations around the Hill
- An Action from A drink with the Cheery Man, a Card in Fallen London.
- His operations on the Docks
- An Action from A drink with the Cheery Man, a Card in Fallen London.
I
- I can reach it. I can!
- An Action from The Oak Tree, a Storylet in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I must be inside a stormcloud
- An Action from Where am I?, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will ask my memories
- An Action from The God that Looks out From Behind, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will ask the mirror
- An Action from The God that Looks out From Behind, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will call for the rain!
- An Action from Weather Watching, a Storylet in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will call forth thunder and lightning!
- An Action from Weather Watching, a Storylet in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will look in the mirror
- An Action from Have I Been Possessed?, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will look out upon the city
- An Action from Bat's-Eye View, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will make it rain
- An Action from Rain 1, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- I will pay whatever I am asked (5 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from I will Pay the Price, a Storylet in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- Intercept a Message
- An Action from The Heights of Chicanery, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Invite a friend to share the bottle
- An Action from Open a bottle of Black Wings Absinthe, an Item in your inventory.
K
- Keep below the leaves
- An Action from The Dome of Scales, Occupied, a Storylet in The Dome of Scales.
- Keep her secret. It's only fair.
- An Action from The Elusive Countess, a Storylet in On a Heist.
- Keep it to yourself (Secrets)
- An Action from A Trove of Secrets, a Storylet in Spite.
L
- Learn Shadowy lessons from your surveillance
- An Action from Patience Rewarded, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Learn to be a better criminal
- An Action from The Heart of the Law, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Learn what you can 1
- An Action from University of Crime, a Card in New Newgate Prison - again!.
- Let destiny take its course
- An Action from The vigilant gentlemen in blue, a Card in Fallen London.
- Let me find sustenance
- An Action from I Take to the Streets!, a Card in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- Let me just watch it for a while
- An Action from The Oak Tree, a Storylet in The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
- Look for the targets
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
M
- Make a vivid example of him
- An Action from A Confrontation in a Reeking Alley, a Storylet in Area-Diving in Spite.
- Mediate a peace between feuding gangs
- An Action from Take your Old Bone Skeleton Key for a spin, an Item in your inventory.
N
- Nobody would steal from it but you
- An Action from Rob the Brass Embassy, a Storylet in The Flit.
O
- Offer him recompense
- An Action from A Confrontation in a Reeking Alley, a Storylet in Area-Diving in Spite.
- Offer him recompense, then betray him
- An Action from A Confrontation in a Reeking Alley, a Storylet in Area-Diving in Spite.
- Out you go, longshanks
- An Action from The Roof-Tops: Urchins, a Card in Fallen London.
P
- Pass on information to a colleague
- An Action from Sell information, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Pick pockets with the urchins
- An Action from The Roof-Tops: Urchins, a Card in Fallen London.
- Pretend to drink
- An Action from A Curious Taste, a Card in Fallen London.
- Prowling practice
- An Action from Feline Expeditions into Shadow, a Storylet in The Dome of Scales.
- Pursue a name written in gant
- An Action from Read incoming mail, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Push your own suit
- An Action from A Council of Thieves, a Storylet in Fallen London.
R
- Raid a Message-Drop
- An Action from The Heights of Chicanery, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Read a discordant letter
- An Action from Read incoming mail, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Read a recipe for scones
- An Action from Read incoming mail, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Report it to interested parties
- An Action from Patience Rewarded, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Rich and steaming
- An Action from A Magnificent Feast!, an Item in your inventory.
- Rob an outlying depository
- An Action from Rob the Ministry of Public Decency, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Rob the glim ship
- An Action from Rob the Glim Shipment, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Rob the strong-box halfway through the evening
- An Action from Steal the Carnival Strong Box, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Rob the strongbox at the end of a busy evening
- An Action from Steal the Carnival Strong Box, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Rob the study
- An Action from Rob the Chambers of the Duchess, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Run the rooftops with the urchins
- An Action from The Roof-Tops: Urchins, a Card in Fallen London.
S
- STEAL MUD.
- An Action from REST., a Storylet in A PLACE WHERE THERE IS VERY LITTLE SCREAMING.
- Scapegoats and alibis
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Sell the letter to the highest bidder
- An Action from A Trove of Secrets, a Storylet in Spite.
- Send her away (Surface Ties)
- An Action from Surface Ties: the Seeker 1, a Card in Fallen London.
- Shake him off amidst the chimneys and gutters
- An Action from A Warning Croak, a Card in Fallen London.
- Share a few drinks with a recently escaped recidivist
- An Action from The Alleys of London: the Criminals, a Card in Fallen London.
- Show your rival who is the master of shadows
- An Action from Surface Ties: the Stalker 2, a Card in Fallen London.
- Silence the mark
- An Action from Surface Ties: the Stalker 1, a Card in Fallen London.
- Smoke and mirrors
- An Action from The Most Daring Feat of Illusion and Escapology!, a Storylet in Mahogany Hall.
- Solve long-abandoned cases
- An Action from The Heart of the Law, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Spread rumours about your competitors' products
- An Action from Meddle with the competition, a Card in A Trade in Reputations.
- Steal the coins!
- An Action from A theft from the Museum of Mistakes, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Subtle methods
- An Action from Bringing the revolution, a Card in Fallen London.
- Swap gossip with cat burglars
- An Action from The Alleys of London: the Criminals, a Card in Fallen London.
T
- Take a different prize
- An Action from A Cryptobotanical Champion!, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Take a message to the river (5 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from A courier job, a Storylet in Spite.
- Take notes
- An Action from A Class from your Patron, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Taunt the detective
- An Action from The vigilant gentlemen in blue, a Card in Fallen London.
- The Hopping Post
- An Action from A day at the races, a Card in Fallen London.
- The Landlord's Safe
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- The Sweeny
- An Action from A Really Nice Haircut, a Card in The Shuttered Palace.
- The Vault of Impounded Possessions
- An Action from A Prize Achieved!, a Card in On a Heist.
- The arts of indirection
- An Action from The Dome of Scales, Adorned with Rubies, a Storylet in The Dome of Scales.
- The bandaged specimen
- An Action from Most Educational Anatomy Exhibition, a Storylet in Mrs Plenty's Carnival.
- The decoy
- An Action from Preparing for a Big Score, a Storylet in The Flit.
- The even more daring escape!
- A Storylet in New Newgate Prison - again!.
- The faces of Hecate?
- An Action from A game of charades, a Storylet in Hunter's Keep.
- The strength of scars
- An Action from Attend to Matters of Danger and Wounds, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- They know nothing.
- An Action from Rob the Bazaar, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Trade it for something more practical
- An Action from A Trove of Secrets, a Storylet in Spite.
- Tricks traps and treats
- An Action from Attend to Matters of Shadows and Suspicion, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Try it in a lock (5 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from Take your Old Bone Skeleton Key for a spin, an Item in your inventory.
U
- Use poison
- An Action from A dream about a clergyman, a Card in Fallen London.
W
- Wait until it docks and rob the warehouse
- An Action from Rob the Glim Shipment, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Wear it openly (5 FATE)
- FATE
- An Action from Wear your Red-Feathered Pin, an Item in your inventory.
- What has it got in its gropus?
- An Action from A Professional Reward, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- What is going on?
- An Action from Wars of Illusion, a Storylet in The Flit.
- Win a Topsy-Trot
- An Action from Take your Old Bone Skeleton Key for a spin, an Item in your inventory.
Y
- You are pursuing a current enemy
- An Action from A dream about galloping, a Card in Fallen London.
- You've honed your skills
- An Action from The Dubiously Shrewd Rat's Guide to Fallen London, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- You've learnt the lessons of stealth
- An Action from Use your Trade Secrets, an Item in your inventory.
- You've sharpened your skills
- An Action from The Dubiously Shrewd Rat's Guide to Fallen London, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Your own name
- An Action from A Toast in the Shadows, a Storylet in Spite.
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- Send a Christmas Card - Suspicious Sort
- CHRISTMAS
- An Action from Send a Christmas Card, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Invite a Friend to a Private Supper
- CHRISTMAS
- An Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.
- Whisper secrets to mirrors
- HALLOWMAS
- An Action from Attract a Visitor at Hallowmas, a Storylet in Fallen London.
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- Making your acquaintance
- RETIRED
- An Action from A Life Unobserved, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- A back way less empty than you thought
- RETIRED
- An Action from A Life Unobserved, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Circumspect Ambush
- RETIRED
- An Action from Knife-and-Candle: attack!, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Send a Christmas Card to an Acquaintance
- RETIRED
- An Action from Send a Christmas Card, a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- "Will you restore yourself to greatness"
- RETIRED
- An Action from An Unsigned Message, a Card in Fallen London.
- Attack an Indomitable Chandler
- RETIRED
- An Action from Knife-and-Candle: minor players, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Mirrorsnatch!
- RETIRED
- An Action from Knife-and-Candle: attack!, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- 'Will you titillate listeners with the stories of your misdeeds?'
- RETIRED
- An Action from An Unsigned Message, a Card in Fallen London.
- 'Mr Sacks! Take the sound of my footsteps!'
- RETIRED CHRISTMAS
- An Action from A visit from Mr Sacks, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.
- Take advantage of the distraction
- RETIRED
- An Action from ...a fading wash of sunlight?, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- A dream about stormy weather (Autofire)
- RETIRED
- An Autofire Card in Fallen London.
- Cause mischief
- RETIRED ELECTION
- An Action from Sinning Jenny's Campaign,.
- Just the place for a certain sort
- RETIRED
- An Action from Invite a friend to join you in something rather shadowy., a Storylet in Your Social Engagements.
- Laugh. And then pick his pocket.
- RETIRED
- An Action from The perils of the hackney-carriage, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Spread a few rumours yourself
- RETIRED
- An Action from An Exceptional Story: A Newt by Any Other Name, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- The black cat
- RETIRED
- An Action from A Life Unobserved, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Use him as a distraction
- RETIRED
- An Action from An Exceptional Story: A Junior Reader, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- The fug of cigar-smoke
- RETIRED
- An Action from Swap Incendiary Gossip, a Card in Fallen London.
- This might be faster... Steal a hammer and chisel from the tunnels on your next work shift
- RETIRED
- An Action from Escape using your Shadowy abilities, a Storylet in Tutorial Prison.
- The Renewal of Forms
- RETIRED
- An Action from Moon League: after the Hunt, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- Steal Whispered Secrets to pay your rent
- RETIRED
- An Action from Find somewhere to live!, a Storylet in Fallen London.
- The silent observer
- RETIRED
- An Action from A night out, a Card in Fallen London.
- Mount a cunning assault!
- RETIRED
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- Have some of that coffee
- RETIRED F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition
- An Action from Developments in an Ongoing Investigation, a Storylet in The Museum of Prelapsarian History.
