Editing Destinies (Guide)

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[[Destiny|Destinies]] are a special type of equipment item of which you can only have one at a time. They are generally acquired, or can be subsequently changed, during certain seasonal festivals. An original Destiny can be exchanged for a greater Destiny in [[Irem]], a late-game location.

== How to get a Destiny ==

Basic [[:Category:Destiny|Destinies]] are currently available for free during four festivals: the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]], [[Fruits of the Zee Festival]], [[Hallowmas]], and [[Christmas]]. The available [[:Category:Destiny|Destinies]] and associated glimpses of the future are the same during all four festivals; only the method of starting the stories differs. In [[Irem]], a late-game port, you can exchange a basic Destiny for an Iremi greater Destiny.

If you already have a Destiny, you can change to a new one during the same four festivals. The first Destiny change during a festival is free, while subsequent changes during that festival cost {{FontFate}}. Basic Destinies can be changed in either the festival location or Irem; Iremi Destinies can only be changed in Irem.

Outside of festival weeks, you can also acquire or change your Destiny year-round in Irem for {{FontFate}}.

=== [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]] ===
Gaining a Destiny requires 20 {{IL|Masquing}}. On the card [[The Feast of the Rose!]], visit [[The Perfumer-Semiotician]] and spend 20 Masquing to reach [[The Gates of the Rose]], from where a Destiny can be chosen.

=== [[Fruits of the Zee Festival]] ===

To find your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]] at the [[Fruits of the Zee Festival]], wait until the second week of the festival when the zee's bounty is restored. Then visit [[The Fruits of the Zee Festival, Restored!]] and [[Accept an invitation from the Drownies]]. They'll take you to [[The Drowning Feast]] where you can choose your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]].

=== [[Hallowmas]] ===

To find your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]] during [[Hallowmas]], you must first wait for [[Visitors at Hallowmas]]. The visitor you choose will determine which possible future you can experience and thus which [[:Category:Destiny|Destinies]] are available to you. You can change this by taking different visitors until you lock it in at [[The Gates of Midnight]], but keep in mind each visitor has a cost.

Every visitor requires {{IL|Making Waves}} 5 and {{IL|Nightmares}} 5 and will reduce your {{IL|Making Waves}}. Most visitors also require other [[:Category:Qualities|Qualities]] and/or cost other items.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! scope="col" |Visitor
! scope="col" |Costs / Requirements
! scope="col" |{{IL|A Possible Future:}}
! scope="col" |Associated future
|-
|{{IL|Image=nacreousoutcast.png|A thud at the window}}
|{{IL|Tiny Cave Fish|1 x}}
| rowspan="2" | The Taste of Blackest Brine
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future 1|Appearance=An abyssal future}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=nacreousoutcast.png|A greedy thud at the window}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Tiny Cave Fish|3 x}}|{{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name}} 1|{{IL|Putting the Pieces Together: the Drownies}} 1}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=haunteddoctor.png|A furtive knock at the back door}}
|  -
|A Darkness in the Air
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future 1|Appearance=An obscure future}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=specialconstable.png|An unmarked black coach}}
|{{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 1
|The Chill of the Void
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future 1|Appearance=A chilly future}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=genialmagician.png|A metallic rap at the door}}
|{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion}} 2
| rowspan="3" |A Pricked Finger
| rowspan="3" |{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future 1|Appearance=A silvered future}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=bishop.png|The Bishop of Southwark 1|Appearance=The Bishop of Southwark}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Hellfarer}} 10|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}} With Cleansing Blade {{FontFate}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=devilclose.png|A Diabolical Diplomat}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Hellfarer}} 10|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}} An Infernal Agent {{FontFate}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Image=presbyterateadventuress.png|A sword in the streets}}
| -
|A Blaze of Distant Light
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future 1|Appearance=A jewelled future}}
|}

=== [[Christmas]] ===

To find your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]] during [[Christmas]], you need an [[Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow]] and at least one level of {{IL|Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre}}. Use the [[Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow]]. Select the [[The Oracle of the Lintel]] and you will dream of [[The Gate of Tears]] where you can choose your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]].

== Glimpses of the Future ==

Obtaining a Destiny is not a direct choice between every possible Destiny. Instead, your choice of possible future determines which Destinies you are offered. Once you glimpse a future, you cannot leave without choosing your Destiny, so choose wisely!

There are five different glimpses of the future, each leading to four or five potential Destinies. Some Destinies can be obtained from multiple futures, but (almost) all options within a glimpse give different Destinies.

Since glimpses of the future are story-heavy and Destinies have lasting mechanical consequences, this guide offers multiple sections to help you determine your future with a level of spoilers of your choice.

A handful of Destinies cost {{FontFate}} when obtained, and a few others indirectly cost {{FontFate}} because they require a quality from a {{FontFate}}-locked story. The former Destinies are mechanically superior to other basic Destinies, while the latter are not. Both types grant the special quality {{IL|A Charmed Fate}}. In Irem, players with a A Charmed Fate can obtain the otherwise-{{FontFate}}-locked item {{IL|A Questioning of Riddlefishers}} for free as compensation for (likely) exchanging their Destiny for a more powerful greater Destiny.

=== In-Game Hints (spoiler-free) ===

The branches to choose a possible future include a short hint of that glimpse's theme. This table simply shows those hints for those who wish to consider their options in advance but also wish to avoid spoilers.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Possible future
! scope="col" |Hints
|-
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|Destinies between stars.
|-
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|Nocturnal, anarchic destinies.
|-
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|Destinies in an imagined wilderness.
|-
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|Destinies of conquest and immortality.
|-
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|Destinies beneath the black waves.
|}

=== Short Descriptions (story spoilers) ===

Each possible future features your character in a very unusual situation, where you must choose a path forward. This table briefly describes the situation and the choice for those who wish to choose a future they find interesting or avoid ones that would be out-of-character.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Possible future
! scope="col" |Situation
! scope="col" |Choice
|-
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|You are years into your journey, flying to a Judgement with the Bazaar and the other Masters.
|Have you grown fond of the others? Will you continue with them?
|-
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|The Liberation of Night is here and every light in the Neath is extinguished.
|Who will you save, if anyone?
|-
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|You are in Parabola, working for the Fingerkings. Today is the Feast of Masks.
|Which prisoner will you release?
|-
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|You and your many allies are days away from breaching the Mountain-of-Light.
|What will you do with the power to bestow eternal life?
|-
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|You are meeting the oldest Lorn-Flukes at the Drowning Feast.
|What will you give them?
|}

=== Rewards of Choices (mechanical spoilers) ===

The glimpse you select and the choice you make within it will determine your [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]]. This table simply shows what you receive for each choice as well as any requirements those choices may have.

Note that during [[Fruits of the Zee Festival]] and [[Christmas]] — but NOT during [[Hallowmas]] — {{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}} also requires {{IL|An Explorer of the Unterzee -}} The Captain.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Possible future
! scope="col" |Choice
! scope="col" |Requirements
! scope="col" |Destiny
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|[[Aver it]]
| -
|{{IL|Authority}}
|-
|[[Deny it]]
| -
|{{IL|Gleam}}
|-
|[[Prevaricate 2|Prevaricate]]
| -
|{{IL|The Memory}}
|-
|[[Depart (10 FATE)|Depart]]
| 10 {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|The Road}}
|-
|[[Indicate a fondness for the Bazaar]]
|{{IL|Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold}} ({{FontFate}})
|{{IL|Passion}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|[[Whoever you can]]
| -
|{{IL|Gleam}}
|-
|[[No-one. This is what you've been working towards.]]
| -
|{{IL|Gloom}}
|-
|[[No-one! Who cares?]]
| -
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Appetite}}
|-
|[[The Captivating Princess 1|The Captivating Princess]]
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess}} 1
|-
|[[Your beloved]]
|{{IL|Committed:}} You are committed to a relationship.
|{{IL|The Oath}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[The Bishop of Southwark 2|The Bishop of Southwark]]
|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}} With Cleansing Blade ({{FontFate}})
|{{IL|The Instrument}}
|-
|[[The Diabolical Diplomat]]
|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}} An Infernal Agent ({{FontFate}})
|{{IL|The Instrument}}
|-
|[[The Bloody-Handed Queen]]
| -
|{{IL|Gloom}}
|-
|[[The Genial Magician]]
| -
|{{IL|Gleam}}
|-
|[[Mr Wines (Destiny)|Mr Wines]]
| -
|{{IL|The Curator}}
|-
|[[Myself (10 FATE)|Myself]]
|10 {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|Backstage}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|[["...give it to the world."]]
| -
|{{IL|The Revelation}}
|-
|[["...reserve it for those who merit it."]]
| -
|{{IL|The Curator}}
|-
|[["..end it, as I swore I would."]]
| -
|{{IL|Gloom}}
|-
|[["...use it wisely." (10 FATE)|"...use it wisely."]]
|10 {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|Backstage}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[["I bring the Bazaar."]]
| -
|{{IL|Gloom}}
|-
|[[Myself]]
| -
|{{IL|The Memory}}
|-
|[[Nothing]]
| -
|{{IL|The Revelation}}
|-
|[[The Sky (10 FATE)|The Sky]]
|10 {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|The Road}}
|-
|[[The Name]]
|{{IL|St Cerise's Candle}}, {{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|Appearance=SMEN}} 35
|{{IL|Torment}}
|}

=== Choices for Each Destiny (mechanical spoilers) ===

Each [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]] can only be obtained by choosing particular options; some can only even be obtained from one path. This table is the reverse of the previous, showing which sets of choices correspond to each [[:Category:Destiny|Destiny]].

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Destiny
! scope="col" |Possible future
! scope="col" |Choice
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Appetite}}
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|[[No-one! Who cares?]]
|-
|[[The Captivating Princess 1|The Captivating Princess]]
|-
|{{IL|Authority}}
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|[[Aver it]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{IL|Gleam}}
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|[[Deny it]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[The Genial Magician]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|[[Whoever you can]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{IL|Gloom}}
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|[[No-one. This is what you've been working towards.]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[The Bloody-Handed Queen]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|[["..end it, as I swore I would."]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[["I bring the Bazaar."]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|The Curator}}
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[Mr Wines (Destiny)|Mr Wines]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|[["...reserve it for those who merit it."]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|The Memory}}
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|[[Prevaricate 2|Prevaricate]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[[Myself]]
|-
|{{IL|The Oath}}
|{{IL|Image=black.png|An obscure future}}
|[[Your beloved]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|The Revelation}}
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|[["...give it to the world."]]
|-
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[[Nothing]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Backstage}} 
|{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[Myself (10 FATE)|Myself]] (10 {{FontFate}})
|-
|{{IL|Image=carneliancoast.png|A jewelled future}}
|[["...use it wisely." (10 FATE)|"...use it wisely."]] (10 {{FontFate}})
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|The Instrument}}
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Image=forest.png|A silvered future}}
|[[The Bishop of Southwark 2|The Bishop of Southwark]] ({{FontFate}})
|-
|[[The Diabolical Diplomat]] ({{FontFate}})
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|The Road}}
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[[The Sky (10 FATE)|The Sky]] (10 {{FontFate}})
|-
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|[[Depart (10 FATE)|Depart]] (10 {{FontFate}})
|-
|{{IL|Passion}}
|{{IL|Image=bazaar.png|A chilly future}}
|Indicate a fondness for the Bazaar ({{FontFate}})
|-
|{{IL|Torment}}
|{{IL|Image=waves2.png|An abyssal future}}
|[[The Name]]
|}

=== Stats and Descriptions (mechanical spoilers) ===

Destinies that provide multiple stats are listed according to the stat they increase the most.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Destiny
! scope="col" |Description
! scope="col" |Stats
|-
! colspan=3 | Shadowy Destinies
|-
| {{IL|Appetite}}
| You may yet satisfy your hungers.
| {{Item Effects|Appetite}}
|-
| {{IL|Gloom}}
| There is a darkness in your future.
| {{Item Effects|Gloom}}
|-
| {{IL|Backstage}} {{FontFate}}
| Your hands, secretly, on the lever that moves the world.
| {{Item Effects|Backstage}}
|-
! colspan=3 | Dangerous Destinies
|-
| {{IL|Authority}}
| Dominion will be given unto you.
| {{Item Effects|Authority}}
|-
| {{IL|The Instrument}} {{FontFate}}
| It will end in war.
| {{Item Effects|The Instrument}}
|-
| {{IL|The Road}} {{FontFate}}
| The sky will open to you.
| {{Item Effects|The Road}}
|-
! colspan=3 | Watchful Destinies
|-
| {{IL|Gleam}}
| Lost in light.
| {{Item Effects|Gleam}}
|-
| {{IL|The Memory}}
| You will change beyond all understanding, but something of you will remain.
| {{Item Effects|The Memory}}
|-
| {{IL|The Revelation}}
| Everything will change. For the better?
| {{Item Effects|The Revelation}}
|-
! colspan=3 | Persuasive Destinies
|-
| {{IL|The Curator}}
| You will preserve.
| {{Item Effects|The Curator}}
|-
| {{IL|The Oath}}
| You will be true.
| {{Item Effects|The Oath}}
|-
| {{IL|Passion}} {{FontFate}}
| There will still be something beautiful.
| {{Item Effects|Passion}}
|-
! colspan=3 | '''Unwise Destinies'''
|-
| {{IL|Torment}}
| It will end horribly for you.
| {{Item Effects|Torment}}
|}

== Iremi Destinies ==

Acquiring one of the "original" Destinies is a requirement for weaving a greater Destiny in Irem. Exchanging an ordinary Destiny for an Iremi greater Destiny can be done for free at any time of year. In order to do so, you must first complete the story [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] in order to gain full access to Irem. 

The process of selecting a greater Destiny is very different from that of selecting ordinary Destinies. Irem's mechanics allow you to fully explore each possible future and see all potential Destinies before making a final decision. As such, this section of the guide is much shorter and more spoiler-heavy. For more information on Irem's mechanics, see [[Irem (Guide)]].

{{:Destinies (Guide)/Irem Destinies}}

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