Canonise a virtuous ancestor

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From: The Business of a Crooked-Cross

A Pious Tomb-Colonist has arrived with the 'holy relics' of a distant ancestor – a Fourth City follower of the Church of the East.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 70 - 100, A Professional Specialisation: is Beatificator

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 180

• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Mithridacy 4 (50% base)

• 0 - almost impossible (10%)
• 1 - high-risk (20%)
• 2 - high-risk (30%)
• 3 - tough (40%)
• 4 - very chancy (50%)
• 5 - chancy (60%)
• 6 - modest (70%)
• 7 - very modest (80%)
• 8 - low-risk (90%)
• 9 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

"The most sublime act is to set another before you"

[...]in the waters of the Devout Ancestor's memory. [...] A true unsainted saint of the Fourth City[...] she has been unjustly forgotten.

[...]You inlay her bones with sapphire, encasing them in a reliquary of gold [...] The Curate of St. Aegidius' falls to his knees [...]

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: Tomb-Colonists
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on Mysterious Client Attention Odds:

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

Revisionist

[…] the histories of your client's ancestor […] yield[…] some alarming revelations about the criminal activities of the ancestor in question. The client does not react well to being asked if he has brought the correct bones.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies