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#REDIRECT [[Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion]]
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[[File:Mirrordark.png|right]]
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{{Quality
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|Quality type = Stories
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|Raise = no
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|Lower = no
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|Description = Why is there blood behind the mirrors and the smoke?
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Begin this story in {{IL|The Flit}}, when your {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} quality is 6.}}
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==Levels==
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*1. Secret messages are travelling across the Flit, carried by bats and cats
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*2. Something is going on in the Flit. Why is magic mixed up with honest spy work?
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*6. Co-operating with the cats and bats
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*9. Deciding between the cats and the bats
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*10. Conducting secretive work with the animals of the Neath
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*15. WELCOME to the ILLUSORY BATTLEGROUND that is MAHOGANY HALL
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*20. Conducting TREMENDOUS FEATS for the ENTERTAINMENT and DELIGHT of the GENERAL PUBLIC - and OTHERS!
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*25. One of the GREATEST and MOST EXHILARATING ARTISTS of the NEATH - A TRUE SHOWMAN and INTRIGUER
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==Progress==
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=== Level 0: The Heights of Chicanery ===
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[[File:Flit.png|left]]
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The Wars of Illusion story begins in [[The Flit]] at {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} 6 in the storylet [[The Heights of Chicanery]]. There is a secret world beyond what you’ve already discovered about The Flit, and to uncover it, you start with what worked before: following couriers and finding out what they know.
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Increasing [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled in the wars of Illusion''' to 2 requires '''rare successes''' on particular options from [[The Heights of Chicanery]], some of which require certain levels of {{IL|Seeking...}} and/or {{IL|Investigating...}} to access.
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You can use the options in [[The Tricks of the Courier's Trade]] to build Investigating and [[Shadowing Couriers]] to build Seeking. (Alternatively, if you have other [[Investigating...|sources for Investigating]] and/or [[Seeking...|Seeking]], you can use those storylets to build them up and then spend them here.)
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The following options give [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' on a rare success (+1 CP, except for Dropping the Eaves, which awards +2 CP).
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{| class="article-table"
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!Storylet
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!Option
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!Req.
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!Challenge
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!Success
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!Rare Success
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!Failure
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|-
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|[[The Heights of Chicanery]]
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|[[Raid a Message-Drop]]
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=5}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=4}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+270}}
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{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance==0}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+270}}
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{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance==0}}
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{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 8)}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=-5CP}}{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[The Heights of Chicanery]]
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|[[Intercept a Message]]
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=5}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=4}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+270}}
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{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance==0}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+270}}
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{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance==0}}
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{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 8)}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=-5CP}}{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[The Heights of Chicanery]]
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|[[Dropping the Eaves]]
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=5}} &
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{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=5}}
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|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=85}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+536}}
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{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance==0}}
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{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance==0}}
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|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|+540}}
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{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance==0}}
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{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance==0}}
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{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+2CP (max 8)}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=-5CP}}{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=-5CP}}
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{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[The Tricks of the Courier's Trade]]
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|[[Spy on the couriers]]
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|
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|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=85}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=+2CP}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=+2CP}}<br />{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 7)}}
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|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[The Tricks of the Courier's Trade]]
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|[[Spy on those who supply them]]
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|
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|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=90}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=+3CP}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=+3CP}}<br />
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{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 7)}}
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|{{IL|Investigating...|Appearance=-1CP}}{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[Shadowing Couriers]]
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|[[Follow at a distance]]
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|
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|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=85}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=+2CP}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=+3CP}}<br />{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 7)}}
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|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|-
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|[[Shadowing Couriers]]
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|[[Follow closely]]
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|
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|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=90}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=+3CP}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=+3CP}}<br />{{IL|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=+1CP (max 7)}}
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|{{IL|Seeking...|Appearance=-1CP}}{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=+1CP}}
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|}
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===Level 2: Wars of Illusion===
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[[File:Mirrordark.png|left|65x65px]]
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Once you've gotten [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' to level 2 (a total of 3 CP worth of rare successes), a new option appears under [[The Heights of Chicanery]] titled [[Making Your Name: Wars of Illusion]]. This redirects to the main Flit storylet [[Wars of Illusion]].
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Selecting the only option here ([[What is going on?]]) sets [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' to 6.
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===Level 6: Bats and Cats===
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[[File:Mirror4.png|left]]
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You now realize that the bats and cats of The Flit know something about the Wars of Illusion. A new storylet appears in The Flit titled [[Bats and Cats]].
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To progress from here and unlock the Bats and Cats option [[What is going on with these people? 1|What is going on with these people?]], you need to raise '''all of these qualities''' to 5: {{IL|Making Use of Bats}}, {{IL|Making Use of Cats}}, {{IL|Investigating...}}, and {{IL|Seeking...}}
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As before, you can also raise Investigating and Seeking elsewhere and apply it here.
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==== '''Making Use of Bats and Cats''' ====
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The following options from [[Bats and Cats]] allow you to raise Making Use of:
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* [[Bats...]]
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** [[Try intercepting some bats]]
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** [[Train some bats of your own]]
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* [[Cats...]]
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** [[Make contacts among cat kind]]
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** [[Try to find out about their allegiances]]
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==== '''Spending Bats and Cats''' ====
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You can also spend your Bats and Cats qualities in the following storylets for rewards. Note, however, that all these actions '''reset those progress qualities''' on success, meaning you'll have to build them up again to satisfy the above requirements for unlocking [[What is going on with these people? 1|What is going on with these people?]]
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* [[Spending Making Use of Bats]]
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** [[Intercept a bat on its way to the Palace]]
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** [[Track a bat heading towards Veilgarden]]
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* [[Spending Making Use of Cats]]
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** [[Ask for help with a little sabotage]]
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** [[Follow up a tip-off]]
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Success tends to award [[Cryptic Clue|Cryptic Clues]] and [[Piece of Rostygold|Rostygold]]. Additionally, [[Track a bat heading towards Veilgarden]] and [[Follow up a tip-off]] grant 3 CP of [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' on a rare success. Failure tends to lose you Bats, Cats, Seeking, and/or Investigating, and to raise [[Suspicion]].
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You can combine [[Investigating]] with [[Making Use of Cats]], and [[Seeking]] with [[Making Use of Bats]], for skill check successes.
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Once you unlock [[What is Going on with These People?]] in the Bats and Cats storylet, you will be redirected to a storylet with the option [[Convoluted like a weasel]]. This is a {{IL|Shadowy}} 95 challenge; failure will subtract 5 CP of each of the tracking qualities, and success will set [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' to 9 and {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} to 7.
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===Level 9: Make More Use of Bats and Cats===
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[[File:Keyhole1.png|left]]
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A storylet now appears in The Flit called [[Make More Use of Bats. Or Cats.]] Here you can choose whether to work with the bats or the cats — though, as the game informs you, the choice isn't permanent at this point. (Ultimately, siding with the bats will align you with [[Connected: Glass|The Glass]] later in the story, while choosing the cats will align you with [[Connected: Shroud|The Shroud]].)
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Choosing bats sets {{IL|Making Use of Bats}} to 1, and choosing cats sets {{IL|Making Use of Cats}} to 1. Whichever you choose, [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' is set to 10.
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===Level 10: Choosing a Side===
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[[File:Bat.png|left|65x65px]]
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Your choice also unlocks a new Flit storylet, either [[Working with the Bats]] or [[Working with the Cats]]. (You can unlock the other as well by raising its Making Use quality to 1 on the [[Bats and Cats]] storylet.)
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[[File:Blackcat.png|left|65x65px]]
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When your Bats or Cats quality reaches 6, a new Flit storylet appears, either [[Gain the full trust of the bats]] or [[Cement your place with the cats]].
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The following cards may also appear in your opportunity deck during this section of the story, and give Cryptic Clues and/or Seeking... on success. Additionally, the option [[Anything but that]] on [[A Theosophistical Enquiry]] gives 2 CP of [[Plagued by a Popular Song]].
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* [[A Theosophistical Enquiry]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Discussion]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Debate]]
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* [[A Geological Expedition]]
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* [[A Philosophical Commission]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Development]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Excursion]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Séance]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Decision]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Occasion]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Profit]]
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* [[A Theosophistical Persuasion]]
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When you're ready to progress, [[Gain the full trust of the bats]] or [[Cement your place with the cats]]. Both require {{IL|Shadowy}} 97 to be unlocked, and the challenge level is  {{IL|Shadowy}} 101 (but thankfully, you don't lose Bats or Cats CP on a failure).
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On success, [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' is set to 15, and {{IL|Connected: Glass}} (if you chose bats) or {{IL|Connected: Shroud}} (if you chose cats) is set to 1.
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===Level 15: Mahogany Hall===
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[[File:Mahoganyhall.png|left]]
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To continue the storyline, you need to unlock the [[Mahogany Hall (Gaining Access)|route to Mahogany Hall]], which will now appear in the Spite area of your map. (Mahogany Hall can also be unlocked temporarily, or permanently for 5 Fate, from the opportunity card [[The Ways of Mahogany Hall]].)
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When you reach Mahogany Hall, you will be welcomed to either [[The Wars of Illusion: welcome to the Glass|the Glass]] or [[The Wars of Illusion: welcome to the Shroud|the Shroud]], and once more get the chance to rethink your allegiance. If you choose to [[Playing both sides in the Wars of Illusion|play both sides]], your [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' will be reset to 9, and you can play through that part of the storyline again (note that this option results in +3 CP {{IL|Subtle}} (up to level 10) and is repeatable if you choose the same side again). If you choose to remain loyal to your side, Embroiled will be set to 20 and you can continue with the story from here.
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===Level 20: An Illusion or a Séance===
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The following storylets are available in Mahogany Hall with [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' 20 and certain levels of Connected:
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{| class="article-table"
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!
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{{IL|Connected: Shroud}}
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!Shroud
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!Glass
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|-
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|[[Hold your own séance?]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 1}}
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|
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|-
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|[[The mystic arts]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 2-5}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Before the grand séance]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 6}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 0}}
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|-
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|[[Become a double agent for the Shroud]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 6}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 6}}
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|-
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|[[Watching the Grand Illusion]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 6-10}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = <7}}
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|-
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|[[Sabotaging an illusion]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 11}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 6}}
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|-
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|[[Final preparations for the grand séance]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 15}}
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|
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|}
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{| class="article-table"
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!
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{{IL|Connected: Glass}}
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!Glass
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!Shroud
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|-
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|[[Star in your own illusion?]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 1}}
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|
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|-
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|[[The magic of the theatre]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 2-5}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Before the grand illusion]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 6}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 0}}
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|-
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|[[Become a double agent for the Glass]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 6}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 6}}
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|-
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|[[Sabotaging a séance]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 11}}
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|{{IL|Connected: Shroud|Appearance = 6}}
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|-
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|[[Final preparations for the grand illusion]]
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|{{IL|Connected: Glass|Appearance = 15}}
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|
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|}
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Up to a point, you can continue playing both sides and raise both Connected qualities. However, to progress to the final stage of your performance, you have to choose one of the options in the associated ''Before the [performance], Become a double agent,'' or ''Sabotaging'' storylets that cements your alliance with your chosen faction and raises the associated Connected to 15. This will unlock the ''Final preparations'' storylet for your chosen side. That storylet will raise your Connected to 16 and set [[File:mirrordark.png|20px]] '''Embroiled''' to 25, unlocking a new storylet for the final performance.
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=== Level 25: The Performance ===
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It's time to put on your big séance or illusion. In either case, it's a {{IL|Shadowy}} 113 challenge, and success raises your Connected to 20.
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* [[The grand séance!]] (unlocked with {{IL|Connected: Shroud}} 16)
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* [[The Most Daring Feat of Illusion and Escapology!]] (unlocked with {{IL|Connected: Glass}} 16)
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''Note: Unlocking [[The Most Daring Feat of Illusion and Escapology!]] also requires {{IL|Day of the Week}} to be set at 6 (Saturday) via [[The weekly variety bill!]]''
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