Burning Shadows: the Devils of London
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Courteous, rapacious, merciless, beguiling. The emissaries of Hell are here for one purpose: souls. Well, and also perhaps the company, the sights and a little chamber-music.
Locked with 
Woeful
Card drawn in 
Fallen London
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Raise 
Watchful:
Take lunch at Dante's Grill ( Watchful 0–30)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Favours: Hell
Locked with
Watchful 31
Success
A working lunch
Watchful is increasing… (+11-30 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 6)
You've lost 1 x Favours: Hell
Learn a letter in one of Hell's alphabets ( Watchful 31–70)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful 31-70, 3 x Favours: Hell
Success
A gentleman of letters
- Watchful is increasing… (+46-75 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- You've lost 3 x Favours: Hell
Speak with a senior deviless ( Watchful 71+)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful 71, 5 x Favours: Hell
Locked with unmodified Watchful 200 + Watchful Gains
Success
So that's how they... oh God.
- Watchful is increasing… (+76-125 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret
Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)- You've lost 5 x Favours: Hell
Gain 
Favours: Hell:
Attend a lecture at the Brass Embassy
- Spoiler Locked with
The Embassy in Repair 1, 7 x Favours: Hell
Success
"Souls, they say, exalt the body upwards..."
- Watchful is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)- You've gained 1 x Favours: Hell (up to 7)
Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
Renown Reward:
Accept a gift from an Overly Eager Admirer
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Renown: Hell 10, Favours: Hell 3
Locked with
1 x Diabolical Fascinator
Success
Coffee in a warm cafe
- You've lost 3 x Favours: Hell
You now have 1 x Diabolical Fascinator
Buy a Brass Embassy Guest Room from your Infernal friends
- Spoiler Unlocked with
500 x Brilliant Soul, 
100 x Muscaria Brandy, 
1 x Brass Ring, Renown: Hell 20, An Intimate of Devils 1
Locked with The Embassy in Repair, 
1 x Key to a Brass Embassy Guest Room
Success
Moving up, or possibly down
You've lost 100 x Muscaria Brandy
You've lost 500 x Brilliant Soul
You've lost 1 x Brass Ring
You've gained 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum- You've gained 5 x Aeolian Scream
You now have 1 x Key to a Brass Embassy Guest Room
You've found a home. (changes your lodgings to A guest room at the Brass Embassy)
Raise 
Counting the Days:
A quiet chat over sherry and souls
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Closest To - : Hell, 
Spending Secrets 4
Locked with
Counting the Days 14
Success
Amusing trifles, no doubt
Counting the Days is increasing… (+5 CP)
A Pocketful of Loose Change is increasing… (+2 CP)
Acquire a 
Profession:
Choose Trickster as your Profession
- Spoiler Unlocked with
5 x Favours: Hell, 
Profession: None
Success
Close as skin
Success Instructions: You can renounce your current Profession at any time by writing a letter from your Lodgings.
You are now a Trickster.- You now have 1 x Loathsome Imp
Making Waves is increasing… (+1 CP)- You've lost 5 x Favours: Hell
- Every real-time week, wounds and other ills will decrease, and the public's memory of you will fade. (Activates the Living story Time, the Healer; this message is not displayed.)
Become 
Closest To:
An offering
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with
1 x Portfolio of Souls, 1 x Muscaria Brandy, Closest To - is: None, Spending Secrets 4, 
Heartless 4
Success
Proving your worth
You are now closest to Hell. (Sets Closest To - to 120 - Hell)
You've lost 1 x Portfolio of Souls- You've lost 1 x Muscaria Brandy
- You've gained 1 x Favours: Hell (up to 7)
Lose Closest To:
Rescue a certain soul from the Brass Embassy
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with Closest To - is: Hell, 1 x Brilliant Soul, Spending Secrets 4
Success
Hounded
- You are no longer affiliated with any of the city's factions. (Resets Closest To - to 0)
- You've lost 1 x Brilliant Soul
Magnanimous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)- Your 'Favours: Hell' Quality has gone!
Solving a case (raise 
Detective's Progress):
Solving a case: seek knowledge from your infernal contacts
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful 5, 
Engaged in a Case:, Favours: Hell 1
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)Success
"Is that all?"
You've gained 8 x Detective's Progress- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Watchful is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication- You've lost 1 x Favours: Hell
Failure
"Come closer - "
Walking the Falling Cities is increasing… (+1 CP)
Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+1 CP)- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've gained 2 x Detective's Progress
- You've lost 1 x Favours: Hell
Seeking the Next Breakthrough on the Jack Case:
A friendly fang
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with
The Jack-of-Smiles Case 1-6
Success
Unscathed
Seeking the Next Breakthrough on the Jack Case is increasing… (+3 CP)- Watchful is increasing… (+20 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Fate:
Begin 'A Trade in Souls' – a substantial story (25 FATE)
- Spoiler
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
An occurrence! Your 'Involved in the Soul Trade' Quality is now 1!
On-going repairs
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Embassy in Repair 2
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
You've lost 1 x The Embassy in Repair- You've gained 1 x Muscaria Brandy
The Brass Embassy restored
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Embassy in Repair exactly 1
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Your 'The Embassy in Repair' Quality has gone!
You've gained 1 x Sworn Statement
You've gained 1 x Unprovenanced Artefact
