Death and Tax Evasion

"Death belongs to the rat. Humans have forgotten its sting. But our smaller souls are honed on its scythe; this sharpness is our whole being."

For many, the Neath has brought reprieve from the inevitabilities of death and taxation. For many, but not all. The Rattus faber get only one chance at life. And to make matters worse, now the Board of Underland Revenue is on their back.

Suffer the knock of the Revenuer at your door. Investigate a schism in the ratty church, and learn what rodents hope for after death. And maybe – just maybe – resolve the question of your taxes.

This is a FATE-locked story.

Author: Harry Tuffs
Artist: Paul Arendt
Editing and QA: Luke van den Barselaar

It was originally published as an Exceptional Story in October 2024.

The story can be unlocked from The Fate page for 45 FATE points.
It can be reset for 25 FATE points.

More information can be found here.

Notable Rewards and Tie-ins

Unique options with:

• A Bringer of Death 3
• A Complete Set of Preserved Internal Organs
• A Loyal Nightmare of Poor Edward
• A Machine for the Committing of Murder
• A Palatial Holiday Home in the Arctic Circle
• Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp
• Ascended Ambergris
• Connected: Benthic
• Connected: Fingerkings
• Dilmun Club Lapel Badge
• Ferret
• Green-Eyed Devil
• Magnificent Diamond
• Membership of God's Editors
• Mostly Stuffed Bound Shark
• Newly-Cast Crown of the City of London
• Parabolan Panther
• Private Debating Lessons with the Jovial Contrarian
• Quiet Deviless
• Ratting Piece
• Route: The Whisker-Ways
• Set of Cosmogone Spectacles
• Spiked Rosary
• Starveling Cat
• Strange-Shore Parabola Frock or Suit
• Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns 3 and 5
• Talkative Rattus Faber
• Tatterskin Shawl
• Tear-Drowned Collection of Incomprehensible Love-Poems
• The Boatman's Opponent 10
• The Robe of Mr Cards
• Unexploded Mine
• Urchin Detective's Business Card
  

Starting Storylet

• An Exceptional Story: Death and Tax Evasion