Describe a Nicatorean Relic

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The question is not whether Nicator was a real man, but whether his story is a real myth.

Game Instructions: This will make your monograph more Ironic and less Cautionary.

Unlocked with 5 x Nicatorean Relics

Challenge information

Narrow, Mithridacy 5 (50% base)

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

Success

Smooth sailing

Description summary:
The success description varies by Object of Historical Study.

Object	Description
100	A clay tablet dated to c. 200 B.C. claims that Nicator was a lucid dreamer, who would do battle against the serpents of dream, riding a chariot made of Cosmogone-stained glass and drawn by 77 cats.
110	It is a well-attested but difficult to confirm fact that every Exile's Rose is surreptitiously stamped, on the inside surface of one of the inner petals, with a subtle sigil belonging to the House of Nicator.
120	Nicator was never a King of Arbor, but he was, […] the Consort of her Queen; this union would eventually end […], after events described in a partially-salvaged scroll […] Said scroll is difficult to read, on account of the moaning...
130	[…] Nicator was invited by a desperate court to come and become their new Khan. […] his first order as their new ruler was to smash every mirror in the palace. When the courtiers disobeyed him, Nicator departed the Fourth City, never to be seen again.
210	Many veterans of the Campaign of '68 attest to having seen an unknown cavalry officer, […] against the forces of Hell. […] description of this unknown 'Knight of the Forgotten Quarter' matches effigies found on Elder Continent […] the year 500 A.D...
220	When London's first ships arrived at the future site of Port Carnelian, the first thing they found was a granite obelisk, […] in Elder Continent script. The inscription was simple: a promise, from Nicator, […]. The obelisk was eventually torn down […].
230	Is Nicator still alive? If he is, he must be a critical figure in the Great Game. He has left traces of himself in the history of every Great Power; […] fine strands on a tangled spider's web, the centre of which cannot (yet) be found...
240	A Zee-shanty […] claims that Nicator was the first pirate to ever zail […]. […] the undying love of a great Lady who lived beneath the waves; and that his heartbreak […] go on to his great conquests in the Elder Continent.
300	Sources proscribed by the Taimen claim: when the Great Khan attempted to land his horde on the Elder Continent, […] Nicator was there […]. When he raised his sword […] the Khan ordered his fleet to turn around, and sail north, […].
310	[...]'Before they waged war against Hell, the courtiers of the Fourth City travelled to the Elder Continent to seek Nicator's advice. [...]"You will fully display our courage against the forces of Hell." And thus it was that they were the first to flee[...]'
320	This piece, dated to either 256 B.C. or 1742 A.D., is known to have been used either as a letter opener or for ceremonial human sacrifice, […] in the Elder Continent or in Swindon, […] by the Replete or by a parish priest of […] unjustifiable aesthetics.
400, 500	Most historical research is limited by the availability of sources. When it comes to Nicator's biography, however, one is confronted with limited time with which to examine the vast surfeit of sources available to a Historian.

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•  You've gained 1 x Depth of Historical Study
•  You've gained 1700 x Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies
•  You've gained 100 x Monograph: Ironic
•  You've lost 50 x Monograph: Cautionary
•  You've lost 5 x Nicatorean Relic
•  Mithridacy is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + Mithridant Studies)

Failure

Confusion

Is it any wonder that an artefact seemingly manifest from half-truth doesn't lend itself to academic credibility?

•  You've gained 1 x Depth of Historical Study
•  You've gained 1700 x Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies
•  You've gained 5 x Monograph: Incoherence
•  You've gained 100 x Monograph: Ironic
•  You've lost 50 x Monograph: Cautionary
•  You've lost 5 x Nicatorean Relic
•  Mithridacy is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + Mithridant Studies)