Captured by the Clay Highwayman!
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Game Instructions: Banditry in the Upper River has risen too high!
Unlocked with 
Seeing Banditry in the Upper River 8, 
Involved in a Railway Venture 80, 
On the Trail of the Clay Highwayman 5
Locked with 
In Corporate Debt 7, 
The Tale of the Clay Highwayman 7
Wiki note: Having the 
A Marauder of the Clay Highwayman quality will not prevent this.
Storylet appears in 
Upper River
This storylet autofires once all the prerequisites are met.
You cannot leave this storylet without playing any branches.
Options:
Go gently
- Spoiler Locked with
A Scheme with the Clay Highwayman
Success
Escorted
You have moved to a new area: a hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral
You have a new Accomplishment... Discovered: The Clay Highwayman's Hideout!
An occurrence! Your 'Waiting on a Ransom' Quality is now 8!
The stations west of London have become safer and the criminal organisations less bold. (Sets 
Seeing Banditry in the Upper River to 4)
Redirects to: A First Impression of the Clay Highwayman (With
^
On the Trail of the Clay Highwayman < 100)
Do not go gently
- Spoiler Locked with
A Scheme with the Clay Highwayman, 
Wounds 5
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 380 || 260 - very chancy (41%) || 323 - chancy (51%) || 387 - modest (61%) || 450 - very modest (71%) || 513 - low-risk (81%) || 577 - straightforward (91%) || 634 - straightforward (100%)Success
Hardscrabble fighting
Dangerous is increasing…
Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)- An occurrence! Your 'Seeing Banditry in the Upper River' Quality is now 7! (hidden)
Failure
Yes, they do
- You have moved to a new area: a hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral
- You have a new Accomplishment... Discovered: The Clay Highwayman's Hideout!
- Dangerous is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+4 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Waiting on a Ransom' Quality is now 8!
- An occurrence! Your 'Seeing Banditry in the Upper River' Quality is now 4! (hidden)
Redirects to: A First Impression of the Clay Highwayman (With
^ On the Trail of the Clay Highwayman < 100)
Go along with their scheme
- Spoiler Unlocked with A Scheme with the Clay Highwayman
Success
Nice day for it
- You have moved to a new area: a hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral
- An occurrence! Your 'Waiting on a Ransom' Quality is now 8!
- The stations west of London have become safer and the criminal organisations less bold. (Sets Seeing Banditry in the Upper River to 4)
Intimate that you have other business
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Scheme with the Clay Highwayman
Success
An excuse
Suspicion is increasing… (+5 CP)- An occurrence! Your 'Seeing Banditry in the Upper River' Quality is now 7!
Accept the Clay Highwayman's invitation
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Visitor of the Clay Highwayman
Success
A walk in the woods
- You have moved to a new area: a hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral
- An occurrence! Your 'Waiting on a Ransom' Quality is now 8!
- The stations west of London have become safer and the criminal organisations less bold. (Sets Seeing Banditry in the Upper River to 4)
Offer a polite refusal
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Visitor of the Clay Highwayman
Success
Not today, boys
Scandal is increasing… (+5 CP)- An occurrence! Your 'Seeing Banditry in the Upper River' Quality is now 7!
