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==Seals==
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==A List==
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===A Table of all the Things===
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Completing a check will lose you 1 level of the associated Advanced Skill or -100 CP of Main Skill.
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!Seal
!Action
!Cost
!Check
!Rewards
!Moved To
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|{{IL|Eighth Seal|Appearance=8th}}
|[[Cut an Impossible Theorem apart]]
|{{IL|Impossible Theorem|1 x}}
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 300 {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 300
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|8 x}}|{{IL|Immaterial Material|1 x}}|{{IL|Wounds}} Reset|{{IL|Nightmares}} +8CP|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|The Mirror-Marches}}
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|{{IL|Seventh Seal|Appearance=7th}}
|[[Deliver a Discordant Missive]]
|{{IL|Discordant Missive|1 x}}
|{{IL|A Player of Chess|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|7 x}}|{{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies|4 x}}|{{IL|Unaccountably Peckish|1 x}}|{{IL|Suspicion}} +2CP|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|New Newgate Prison - again!}}
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|{{IL|Sixth Seal|Appearance=6th}}
|[[Unmake a Solacefruit Champagne Sorbet]]
|{{IL|Current Culinary Concoction|Appearance=Solacefruit Champagne Sorbet|1 x}}
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|8 x}}|{{IL|Dark-Dewed Cherry|3 x}}|{{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|Appearance=Broken Giant|1 x}}|{{IL|Fillip of Effervescence|1 x}}|{{IL|Crystallised Euphoria|1 x}}|{{IL|Solacefruit|5 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Station VIII}}
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|{{IL|Fifth Seal|Appearance=5th}}
|[[Experiment with a Discordant Soul]]
|{{IL|Discordant Soul|1 x}}
|{{IL|Glasswork|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|5 x}}|{{IL|Brilliant Soul|111 x}}{{IL|Soul|555 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Your Lodgings}}
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|{{IL|Fourth Seal|Appearance=4th}}
|[[Listen closely to a Night-Whisper]]
|{{IL|Night-Whisper|1 x}}
|{{IL|Artisan of the Red Science|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|4 x}}|{{IL|Aeolian Scream|9 x}}{{IL|Sworn Statement|9 x}}|{{IL|Dubious Testimony|9 x}}|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|9 x}}|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|9 x}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|9 x}}|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|9 x}}|{{IL|Primordial Shriek|9 x}}|{{IL|Carnival Ticket|9 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}}
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|{{IL|Third Seal|Appearance=3rd}}
|[[Converse with a Doubled Skull]]
|{{IL|Doubled Skull|1 x}}
|{{IL|Monstrous Anatomy|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|3 x}}|{{IL|Bone Fragments|66 x}}|{{IL|Volume of Collated Research|19 x}}|{{IL|Horned Skull|1 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|The University}}
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|{{IL|Second Seal|Appearance=2nd}}
|[[Cloud your vision with Queenly Attar]]
|{{IL|A Vial of Queenly Attar|1 x}}
|{{IL|Shapeling Arts|Appearance=}} 8
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|2 x}}|{{IL|Horned Skull|1 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Arbor, of the Roses}}
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|{{IL|First Seal|Appearance=1st}}
|[[Exhale a Breath of the Void]]
|{{IL|Breath of the Void|1 x}}
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 300 {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 300
|{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Research|1 x}}|{{IL|scream that's not stuck in your throat like a stone|1 x}}|{{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
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==Analysis==
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This is analysis of the seals, or at least of ones that you might want to repeat in the future. All of them are good for lowering skills if that is required, but some of them are also beneficial, either by providing rare items or by simply being a good source of income.
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===The Eighth Seal===
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The Eight Seal will allow you to get the {{IL|Immaterial Material}} which can be used for a new future in {{IL|Irem}} or to get a {{IL|Veils-Velvet Scrap}}. It is the only easy way to get the latter, for which otherwise you must donate a very many {{IL|Certifiable Scrap}} to the proper relicker.<noinclude>
===The Seventh Seal===
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The Seventh Seal is notable because it moves you to {{IL|New Newgate Prison - again!}} without increasing your criminal record. This is much easier to achieve than failing to [[Rob the Brass Embassy]].<noinclude>
===The Fifth Seal===
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When combined with [[Rip out the words (maxed Steward of Discordance)|Rip out the words]] in the {{IL|Cave of the Nadir}}, it is a very profitable grind, albeit one at the cost of {{IL|Glasswork}}. The best way to do this is to save up a bulk of {{IL|Discordant Soul}}s and then, using a lot of glasswork equipment cash them out. The efficiency is somewhere between 6.63 and 11.40 EPA.<noinclude>

'''Requirements'''
*{{IL|Route: The Cave of the Nadir}}
*{{IL|Route: The Adulterine Castle}}
*{{IL|Steward of the Discordance}} 7
*{{IL|Fifth Seal}}
*Stockpiles of {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey}} and {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub}}

'''Recommended for Maximum Efficiency'''
*As much {{IL|Glasswork}} equipment as you can get your hands on
*{{IL|Silverer}} Profession
*{{IL|The Lovers}} Destiny
*High {{IL|Neathproofed}}
*{{IL|Everlasting Candle}} ({{Il|Ambition: Light Fingers!}} only) 
*{{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 21
*{{IL|Hurlers Infrastructural Development}} 2
*{{IL|A Merchant of Souls}} 5 & {{IL|Spirifer's Fork}} {{FontFate}}

'''Recommended for Optional Bones'''
*A fully upgraded {{IL|University Laboratory}}
*A small stockpile of {{IL|Unidentified Thigh Bone}}
*{{IL|Laboratory Services from a Visionary Student}} 5
*{{IL|Fraught Research Assistant}} {{FontFate}} {{FontChristmas}}
*{{IL|Secret College}}
*An outfit with {{IL|Respectable}} 0
*{{IL|Survey of Arachnids and Insects Native to the Neath and Unterzee}}
*{{IL|Deed to a Port Cecil Business, Encoded in Chess Notation}} for {{IL|Segmented Ribcage}}

The idea here is to pay a visit to the Hulers and [[Amongst the Standing Stones|read the stones]] once a week (note it is impossible to 100% that check) to activate a {{IL|Discordant Law}}, and then, during a regular weekly visit to the Nadir, use {{IL|The Hole in Your Head}} to build up a stockpile of {{IL|Discordant Soul}}. This adds at least 4 actions to our weekly Nadir visit, depending on how high your {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} is, if you can get enough {{IL|Neathproofed}} and {{IL|Dangerous}} to 100% the check to [[Travel to the encampment (Foxfire Candle Stubs)|Travel to the encampment]], and whether you can [[Take the road you've built into the wastes 2|take the road into the Wastes for free]].

Once we've built up a large amount, such as 50, we redeem them in bulk through the Advanced Discordant Studies Fifth Law, which trades them for {{IL|Soul|555 x}}, {{IL|Brilliant Soul|111 x}}, and {{IL|Parabolan Research|5 x}}. If you have access to Hell's Fence, you can sell the souls for brass and make a small extra profit. Note that {{IL|Glasswork}} gets steadily lower as we study the Fifth Law over and over again; this is why we want to have as much Glasswork-increasing equipment as possible. {{IL|The Lovers}} destiny is very helpful here, as is the {{IL|Silverer}} discount on visiting Parabola and the {{IL|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles}}. This cycle takes at least two actions each time, and more if you are unable to 100% the check at minimum Glasswork. 

In order to make use of the {{IL|Parabolan Research}}, make sure that you always redeem {{IL|Discordant Soul}} in groups of five. When you have 25 research, take a break and visit your lab to [[Discover the background of this bone]]. Our goal is to [[Invent a false nature for this bone]], which will usually take 3 research actions, but can possibly take 2 if you're lucky with card draws and can play an option with gives at least 38 research twice in a row. This adds 4-5 additional actions to the grind every five Discordant Souls we redeem, <s>but this can be well worth it when putting {{IL|Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre}} on the [[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Recipes#Sainted Spider|right skeleton]]</s>.

Despite its profitability, this comes with some downsides. The biggest one is that we tank our {{IL|Glasswork}}; after seven redemptions, it's completely wiped out. The reason we redeem the {{IL|Discordant Soul}} in such large batches is in order to keep retraining costs at a minimum. It takes 28 actions to maximise it from zero; it is recommended that you combine this grind with other profitable grinds that happen to train {{IL|Glasswork}}, such as Pinewood Shark hunting, Peculiar Item heists (though beware the {{IL|An Intricate Lock}} card), or Clay Larcenies with Parabolan Casing. Furthermore, having low {{IL|Glasswork}} temporarily locks you out of other profitable grinds: for example, certain popular setups for Khaganian Intrigue become very risky until you've retrained your stats.

This grind also generates large numbers of {{IL|Memory of an Anchorhold}}, which can be redeemed in [[The Anchorhold]]. All of the options for redemption require a {{IL|Memory of Discordance}}, however, and these are difficult to obtain efficiently. Those with {{IL|The Long-Dead Priests of the Red Bird}} may gain them during visits to Helicon House via [[Lead them like sacrifices to the Priests of the Red Bird]], the rest need to hunt the {{IL|Carnivorous Aurochs}} in Parabola. Getting them via [[Hurling (Guide)|Hurlyburly]] is not recommended. Unfortunately, the options for redeeming are not especially profitable, so this is not currently recommended for money-making, though they may be a decent source for the items they provide.

===The First Seal===
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The First seal is the only way to get {{IL|scream that's not stuck in your throat like a stone}} which may be of interest if you are collecting all of the T8 items. As this has been consumed in getting the {{IL|Nonexistent Seal}} you would need to do it again if you wished to have one.
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