Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)/Rewards Comparison

This guide covers the various FATE-locked items and qualities available through Exceptional Stories and other FATE-locked areas. It also covers any permanent content and choices available even if they arent explicitly linked to the items in question. This guide excludes any Seasonal items, FATE-locked or otherwise.

Items Sorted by Stats

It is worth noting that some options are dependent on the choices you make during the ES. Make sure to look at the ES's page in order to reach the conclusion you want when you make a decision based on these options.

Best In Slot

These items are Strict Best- or Worst-in-Slot for one or more stats, or Shared Best-in-Slot only with other FATE-locked items.

Item	Slot	Story	FATE	Stats	Notes	Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
A Pendant of Helicon Amber	Adornment	Accept a Pendant of Helicon Amber	45	Watchful +4 Persuasive +4 Shapeling Arts +1	Shared BiS for Shapeling Arts with Winking Gemstone Ring. Unlocks free entry to Helicon House with an added bonus of 2 x Fitting in.
A WORD, BROKEN	Weapon	Cricket, Anyone?	45	Persuasive -10 Dangerous -6 Respectable -3	A Turnip? provides a greater reduction to Respectable.	Cricket Bat
Boneless Consort	Spouse	In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -	20	Bizarre +3 Committed: +1	Shared BiS for Bizarre and BDR with the Companion in Amber.	Companion in Amber
Diamond Newt	Home Comfort	A Newt by Any Other Name	45	Respectable -2 Bizarre +2 Increases Scandal build up.?	Strict BiS for Scandal increase. Peer Bizarre and BDR items freely available. Mutually exclusive with The Newt.	The Newt
Companion in Amber	Spouse	In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -	20	Bizarre +3 Committed: +1 Shapeling Arts +1	Shared BiS for Bizarre and BDR with the Boneless Consort	Boneless Consort
The Newt	Companion	A Newt by Any Other Name	45	Shadowy +4 Reduces Scandal build up.? Increases Nightmares build up.?	Shared BiS for Scandal reduction with Gravel-Voiced Gossip, which was freely available only during the HALLOWMAS of 2023. Shared BiS for Nightmares increase with Focused Albatross and the FATE-locked Masked Former Priest. Mutually exclusive with the Diamond Newt.	Diamond Newt
Übergoat	Companion	GOAT OVER GOAT	1	Watchful +30 Bizarre +2 Dreaded +2 Caprine Authority: +2	Costs 2 x Overgoat ( 23,425.60 total).

Situational Best-In-Slot

These items are often Shared Best-in-Slot for one or more qualities. However, peer items are available during certain Festivals, or with certain Ambitions, etc.

Item	Slot	Story	FATE	Stats	Notes	Additional Items/Qualities Unique to Story
The Boatman's Hat	Hat	The Shallows	45	Shadowy +6 Persuasive +2 Dreaded +2	Peer items include the Anonymous White Mask, freely available during select weeks. Outclassed by Tanned Mask from FEAST OF THE ROSE and Corinthian Belfry Hat from SUMMER.	Clues to a Controller
Diogenes	Hat	The Mushroom’s Dream	25	Persuasive +7 Respectable -2 Bizarre +4 Mithridacy +1	Peer Bizarre and Mithridacy items are available during WHITSUN. Peer BDR items include the freely available Anonymous White Mask. Outclassed in Persuasive by the Bazaar-buyable Fecund Amber Tiara.	A Synthetic Philosopher The Dream of the Hintershroom
The Swan Bride's Mask	Hat	The Poisoner's Library	25	Watchful +8 Dreaded +1 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	Shared BiS for Kataleptic Toxicology with Honed Ushanka from WHITSUN. Several peer Watchful items can be bought at the Bazaar.	The Gonfaloniere of Jericho Locks Gonfaloniere of the Guild of Gondoliers Water in the Blood Addressed as: Gonfaloniere Addressed as: Bosun-in-Gold
Bifurcated Owl	Companion	Theological Husbandry and Flute Street	30	Watchful +5 Persuasive +5 Shadowy +5 Dangerous +5 Dreaded +2 Bizarre +2	Shared BiS for BDR with Übergoat. Many better companions for other stats are freely available.	Slavering Dream-Hound Corresponding Ocelot Obdurate Stallion A Brazen Fate - Why You Fight - Fist of the Bazaar Rubbery Hound Ocular Toadbeast
A Questioning of Riddlefishers	Affiliation	Pose your own question to the Riddlefishers	10	Watchful +3 Shadowy +3 Glasswork +1	Peer item is available from Ambition: Nemesis.
Obdurate Stallion	Transport	Theological Husbandry	20	Dreaded +2	Peer BDR items are freely available. Outclassed by several Seasonal or FATE-locked items, as well as Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled.	Slavering Dream-Hound Corresponding Ocelot A Brazen Fate - Why You Fight - Fist of the Bazaar
Ratwork Velocipede	Transport	The Spinning of the Wheels	20	Shadowy +2 Dreaded +2 Respectable +2	Shared BiS for BDR with Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled. Corpulent Carriage, available during FRUITS OF THE ZEE, provides one more point of Shadowy.	Riding the Savage Cobbles
Cultured Attaché Cultured Attachée Same stats	Spouse	Mysteries of the Foreign Office	20	Watchful +1 Persuasive +1 Committed: +1	Shared BiS for Persuasive. Philosophically Perfect Partnership provides one more point of Watchful.
Academic Intriguer Comfortable Intriguer Devout Intriguer Same stats	Spouse	Mysteries of the Foreign Office	20	Dangerous +1 Shadowy +1 Committed: +1	Shared BiS for Dangerous and Shadowy.

Perennial Best-In-Slot

These items have peer or better items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require the completion of a lengthy storyline.

Item	Slot	Story	FATE	Stats	Notes	Additional Items/Qualities Unique to Story
Laconic Prodigy	Companion	Recruit a Laconic Prodigy as your assistant	20	Dangerous +10 Shadowy +10 Watchful +10	Peer items are the various ministers.
Wings-of-Thunder Batling	Companion	The Rat-Catcher (Story)	45	Dangerous +5 Dreaded +2	Players who chose a certain option when Troubled by Vermin may already have the peer Disgraced Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief. Else, the Malevolent Monkey is peer for Dangerous and Bazaar-buyable. Peer BDR items include the Blemmigan Tourist, available after some progress in Making Your Name.	Dire Appendage
Cross of Southwark	Affiliation	The Brass Grail (Story)	35	Well known at Southwark Cathedral +1 Respectable +1 Dangerous +2 Persuasive +2	Peer Persuasive and better Respectable item is A Salon. Better Dangerous affiliation, The Crew of the HMS Ramillies, is available from Evolution.	Masked Former Priest
A Clot of Malachite Flesh	Home Comfort	The Ceremony (Story)	35	Bizarre +1 Respectable +1	Peer BDR items include the easily available Portable Lamp-Post. Better Bizarre and Respectable items can be assembled in the Bone Market or obtained through Parabolan means.
Collection of Discomfiting Photographs	Home Comfort	Mysteries of the Foreign Office	20	Shadowy +4	Outclassed by Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave and Oneiric Key.
An Entirely Non-Cult-Related Tea Set	Home Comfort	The Ceremony (Story)	35	Respectable +1 Dreaded +1	Peer BDR items include the easily available Portable Lamp-Post. Better Dreaded and Respectable items can be assembled in the Bone Market or obtained through Parabolan means.
Map of Prelapsarian London	Home Comfort	The Bones of London	45	Shadowy +2 Watchful +3	Peer Watchful items include the Voluminous Library. Outclassed in Shadowy by Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave and Oneiric Key. A better Watchful item is the Naturalist's Map from Evolution; stronger Watchful items require more substantial time investment.	Brass Theodolite
An Opal-Eyed Skeleton	Home Comfort	The Ceremony (Story)	35	Bizarre +1 Dreaded +1	Peer BDR items include the easily available Portable Lamp-Post. Better Bizarre and Dreaded items can be assembled in the Bone Market or obtained through Parabolan means.
Sugarplum	Companion	Codename: Sugarplum	45	Shadowy +3 A Player of Chess -1 Steward of the Discordance -1	A peer Steward of the Discordance item can be obtained from Breaking the Ice depending on your choice at the end.
Tapestry from the Elder Continent	Home Comfort	Mysteries of the Foreign Office	20	Persuasive +4	Outclassed by Serpent-Headed Oneiropompic Stave and Beatific Stone.

Early-Game Utility

These items are strictly outclassed for endgame players, but may be useful options for those who do not yet have access to a lategame alternative.

Item	Slot	Story	FATE	Stats	Notes	Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
Ornate Mortar Board	Hat	Dernier Cri	45	Persuasive +4 Respectable +1	Peer for Respectable with The Admiral's Hat, which is perennially available but may be cost-prohibitive. Better Persuasive item, Beguiling Mask, is Bazaar-buyable but also cost-prohibitive.
Naval Waistcoat	Clothing	Dernier Cri	45	Watchful +4 Respectable +1	Strictly outclassed by Academic Gown, which is obtained freely at the start of the University storyline.
The Boatman's Lantern	Weapon	The Shallows	45	Watchful +6 Dangerous +2 Bizarre +1 Dreaded +1	Peer for Watchful with two Profession items. Better Watchful items include the Ratwork Watch, available for relatively cheap during certain weeks at the Rat Market. Peer for Dreaded and Bizarre with the Iron Republic Journal.	Clues to a Controller
The Knapt	Weapon	Flint	120	Dangerous +5 Dreaded +1	Peer for Dangerous with the Selection of Garish Fireworks — resources to buy one can be obtained by burning a Trade Secret. Peer Dreaded items include the Shuttered Cake, which can be bought using resources from the Sunken Embassy.	Griswine The Word of Caution A Seared Snuffer The Woman in Yellow Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty
The Word of Caution	Weapon	Flint	120	Watchful +5 Bizarre +1	Peer item, Dilmun Club Lapel Badge, is not availible until at least Watchful 84.	Griswine The Knapt A Seared Snuffer The Woman in Yellow Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty
Boneless Pianist	Companion	Fading to a Coda	45	Shadowy -1 Persuasive +3	Outclassed by two Profession items. Otherwise, better items are either available seasonally, or Bazaar-buyable (possibly at heavy expense for new players).
Dashing Debunker	Companion	Noises from Upstairs	45	Watchful +7 Persuasive +4 Respectable +1	Outclassed in Watchful by the Blemmigan Tourist, available freely after some progress in Making Your Name. Better Persuasive items are available seasonally, or Bazaar-buyable (possibly at heavy expense for new players).
Spider-Infested Eyeball	Companion	Required Repairs	45	Bizarre +1 Dreaded +1	Peer Dreaded items are seasonal or available midgame, like The Minister of War. Outclassed in Bizarre and peer for BDR with the Blemmigan Tourist, available freely after some progress in Making Your Name.	Used Eyepatch

No Notable Stats

These Items cannot be recommended based on their stats alone.

Item	Slot	Story	FATE	Stats	Notes	Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
Blemmigan Hat	Hat	The Blemmigan Affair	30	Watchful +5 Dangerous +2 Persuasive -1	Peer or better items can be bought from the Bazaar for relatively cheap.	Identified with a School: The Mycologenes
Song Stuck in Your Head	Hat	Por Una Cabeza	45	Increases Nightmares build up.?	Just buy a Sporing Bonnet instead.
Moth-woven Greatcoat	Clothing	The Pursuit of Moths	45	Shadowy +3	Your choice of a peer Shadowy can be obtained from Trailing the Affluent Photographer.
Cricket Bat	Weapons	Cricket, Anyone?	45	Dangerous +1 Respectable +1	Unremarkable for Dangerous. Purchase a Weighty Postlapsarian Romance for Respectable.	A WORD, BROKEN
Shepherd's Timepiece	Weapon	A Trade in Souls	25	Shadowy +2	You're probably more interested in the Shepherd-exclusive options.	Spirifer's Fork
Spirifer's Fork	Weapon	A Trade in Souls	25	Shadowy +2	You're probably more interested in the Spirifer-exclusive options.	Shepherd's Timepiece
Aggrieved Toad	Companion	The Ballad of Johnny Croak	45	Dangerous +1	Outclassed by various Bazaar-buyable companions, including the cheap Araby Fighting-Weasel.	A Hollow Crossbow Bolt
Corresponding Ocelot	Companion	Theological Husbandry	20	Watchful +5 Persuasive +5	Required for breeding the Bifurcated Owl. Unlocks an opportunity card that allows for A Scholar of the Correspondence grinding up to level 10. Can be recruited as a journalist for newspaper, saving you 60. Unremarkable statwise for this point in the game.	Slavering Dream-Hound Obdurate Stallion A Brazen Fate - Why You Fight - Fist of the Bazaar
A Daughter in the Shadows	Companion	A Long-Lost Daughter?	25	Shadowy +5 Persuasive +2	Peer for Shadowy with the Bazaar-buyable Devious Henchman. For Persuasive, buy a Deshrieked Mandrake; better options can be obtained at greater cost or during seasonal events.
Docile Vesture Spider	Companion	The House of Silk and Flame	45	Persuasive +1 Respectable +1	For Persuasive, buy a Deshrieked Mandrake. Peer or better Respectable items are numerous; you should have one by the time you need one.	Discovered: The Third Arbor or Favour: Her Roseate Splendour
Intrepid Deacon	Companion	For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest	45	Watchful +6 Persuasive +5 Dreaded +1	Outclassed by several other FEAST OF THE ROSE companions, and he's only recruitable then.	The Bishop's Good Book The Deacon's Heart
Ocular Toadbeast	Companion	Theological Husbandry and Flute Street	30	Shadowy +6	Required for breeding the Bifurcated Owl. Peer items include the Unscrupulous Raven Advisor. Outclassed by the Renown: Society 25 item, the Unassuming Judge.	Slavering Dream-Hound Corresponding Ocelot Obdurate Stallion A Brazen Fate - Why You Fight - Fist of the Bazaar Rubbery Hound Ocular Toadbeast Location of an Underground Organ
Rubbery Hound	Companion	Flute Street	10	Watchful +2	Required for breeding the Bifurcated Owl. Unremarkable statwise for this point in the game.	Location of an Underground Organ
A Seared Snuffer	Companion	Flint	120	Shadowy +3 Watchful +1	Unremarkable for Watchful. For Shadowy, buy a Devious Henchman.	Griswine The Word of Caution The Knapt Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty
Slavering Dream-Hound	Companion	Theological Husbandry	20	Shadowy +4 Dangerous +4	Required for breeding the Bifurcated Owl. Unlocks a rare opportunity card that completely wipes Wounds. Outclassed in Dangerous by the Hound of Heaven, or several Bazaar-buyable companions. Outclassed in Shadowy by the Devious Henchman, among others.	Obdurate Stallion Corresponding Ocelot A Brazen Fate - Why You Fight - Fist of the Bazaar
Wild Vesture Spider	Companion	The House of Silk and Flame	45	Dangerous +1 Bizarre +1	Outclassed in Dangerous by various Bazaar-buyable companions, including the cheap Araby Fighting-Weasel. Outclassed in Bizarre by the Blemmigan Tourist.	Discovered: The Third Arbor or Favour: Her Roseate Splendour
The Woman in Yellow	Companion	Flint	120	Shadowy +4 Watchful +4	Outclassed in Watchful by the Blemmigan Tourist. Outclassed in Shadowy by the Devious Henchman, among others.	Griswine The Word of Caution The Knapt Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty

Stories Sorted by Use

A listing of FATE stories with uses, grouped by usefulness to the average player. Fate stories with no uses will not be listed here. For a complete list see Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide). The stories themselves will be listed together as they are a package deal, regardless if the action comes from granted items, or from just playing through the story. It is worth noting that some options are dependent on the choices you make during the ES. Make sure to look at the ES's page in order to reach the conclusion you want when you make a decision based on these options.

Efficient Repeatable

These stories unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives.

Story	Type	FATE	Use	Notes	Unique Items/Qualities
The Mushroom’s Dream	Carousel	25	Unlocks Mangrove College and the carousel located there	Efficient source of Blackmail Materials, Antique Mysteries, Comprehensive Bribe, Correspondence Plaques, and Storm-Threnodies.	Diogenes A Synthetic Philosopher The Dream of the Hintershroom
Upwards (Story)	Carousel	25	Unlocks a new carousel on the roof (Upwards (Guide))	Only source of Pentagrammic Skulls and Five-Pointed Ribcages.
The Empress' Shadow	Carousel Storylet	35	Unlocks the carousel, Sinning Jenny's Finishing School Call in a favour with Sinning Jenny	Provides an efficient source for grinding Favours with The Church and The Great Game, as well as a subpar source for Revolutionaries, Bohemians, Urchins, Favours: The Docks and Tomb-Colonies and additional options at Whitsun. The railway meeting option can be useful if you have trouble convincing her.	Disposition of the Empress' Shadow The Shadow in Stockings
The Blemmigan Affair	Storylet	30	A Blemmigan work and either an option on The Demi-Monde: Bohemians, Court and Cell: the Constables, or By the River's Side: the Docks	Only the By the River's Side: the Docks option is mechanically viable, giving 1 of each second chance, and a 50% chance of a 1 x Favours: The Docks.	Identified with a School: The Mycologenes Blemmigan Hat
Flute Street	Carousel	10	Unlocks a source of Favours: Rubbery Men, Rubbery Skulls, and Helical Thighbones	The most efficient source of rubbery favours, and the only repeatable source of Rubbery Skull.	Location of an Underground Organ Rubbery Hound
Learning from a Silk-Clad Expert (Story)	Partial Carousel	30	A researcher in the Laboratory or a guide on Moulin Expeditions	As a guide she comes in with 15 supplies, giving access to two 15-supply guides. In the laboratory she's an expert on Biological subjects, but she's also good at generating Parabolan Research.
Inconvenienced by Your Aunt	Card Option	15	One of three cards that can either refresh actions, or gain favours and a handful of items, depending on final choice Inconvenienced at Port Carnelian	Cards have a 30% luck check, refreshing 10 actions on success for an average of 2 actions per play. Failure provides a favour and a smattering of items worth a few Echoes of profit, along with some amount of Menace reduction. The specifics vary with the ending chosen. The Port Carnelian option is useful.
A Trade in Souls as Shepherd	Card Option	25	Card A new card for selling your soul Option on the Capering Relicker's card Option on the Rooms above a Bookshop card	Relicker option is good if you're not a PoSI. Good deal for selling if you want to sell your soul. Card is an excellent source of Favours from The Church, Society and Constables, or an expensive menace reset. Lodgings card option is bad.	Shepherd's Timepiece
A Long-Lost Daughter?	Option	25	Option on the Capering Relicker's card If you get the daughter: Option on a Nadir card Option on Coffee with the Last Constable Option for gaining St Cerise's Candle for Seekers	Relicker option is good if you're not a PoSI. The Nadir option is very good. Coffee gains you Favours: Constables while you can get it. The cheapest way to gain the Candle.	A Daughter in the Shadows
The Sinking Synod	Option	45	Option on A Jurisdictional Dispute Put up a statue of yourself at Burrow-Infra-Mump	This makes the card more profitable. The statue trades items for a Verse of Counter-Creed, but is better grindable elsewhere.	Proceedings of a Synod Addressed as: Bishop
All Things Must End	Carousel Option	45	Access to Tanah-Chook Option on the Tomb-Colonies Card	The new location is niche at best. The option on the card is good though.	A Cocoon
HOJOTOHO!	Option	45	Option on the Urchins Card New conclusion at the end of Working toward a Foreign Posting	The option on the card is good. The new ending for the carousel is niche at best.	HEADLINE: The Valkyrie Sings!
The Clay Man's Arm	Option	45	With A Clay Arm, a new option in the Underclay	The best way to gain Stone Confessions.	A Story of Clay Oppression A Clay Arm
Übergoat	Option	1	Statue at The Hurlers Option while Hurling (Guide) One time: Gaining London's Nerves A tattoo Gaining St Cerise's Candle	The statue is quite good. The Hurlers option is unknown. The one time options are there, but other options may be preferred.	Übergoat

Efficient Single-Use

These stories unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives.

Story	Type	Fate	Use	Notes	Unique Items/Qualities
The Shallows if The Boatman's Lantern	Option	45	Option for lighting your Ealing Gardens watchtower	Many other free options also work.	Clues to a Controller The Boatman's Lantern
For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest	Option	45	Option on The Devil's Chorus Option on The Pilgrim Road Can recruit Intrepid Deacon during the FEAST OF THE ROSE With Intrepid Deacon, option while establishing your Church in the Wild	Each of these options provide for a cost savings, assuming you don't have the other free alternatives.	The Bishop's Good Book The Deacon's Heart Intrepid Deacon
Flint ( see also Niche Repeatable)	Story Option	120	Wipes Stain on Your Soul Full Menace Reset Make a quirk 14 Raise Base Dangerous by 2.5% at the cost of 20% Persuasive	Only way to wipe Stains, only way to overcap Dangerous (though you can't get it back if you lose it).	Griswine The Knapt The Word of Caution A Seared Snuffer The Woman in Yellow Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty
Cut with Moonlight	Option	45	Buy Sun-Stamped Mirrorcatch Boxes on either the Criminals Card or the Society Card Open one for a Mirrocatch Box. Several storylets providing 2.5 worth of items on a 40% luck chance.	Very efficient Mirrorcatch Box source. Storylets are not great.
Lost in Reflections	Story Option	45	Reset of Advancing the Liberation of Night	If you want to reset it, this is the way. Mutually exclusive with the other option.	Dreams of a Future: July
Honeyed laudanum	Option	9	Gives you Honeyed Laudanum, which prevents losing dreams when leaving A state of some confusion.

Niche Repeatable

These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives.

Story	Type	FATE	Use	Notes	Unique Items/Qualities
A Pendant of Helicon Amber	Partial Carousel	40	Gets you into the Sculpture Garden at Helicon House (Guide)	About the same gains here as the rest of Helicon House.
The Brass Grail (Story)	Opportunity Card Storylet	35	Trade Wounds for Favours, or gain Visions of the Surface and lose Wounds. Gain 4 x Ostentatious Diamond and 100 x Moon-Pearl for 4 actions.	Neither the card nor the action are particularly profitable.	Cross of Southwark Masked Former Priest
The Marriage of Feducci (Story)	Storylet	35	Gain 3 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip or 15 x Romantic Notions	1.5 EPA; which of the items you get depends on the outcome of the story.
The Gift (Story)	Card Option	30	One of two cards depending on your final choice, providng Favours: Society or Favours: The Docks A new option when finishing Sinning Jenny's Finishing School	Neither card is a particularly good source of favours, and it'll just clutter your deck. The Sinning Jenny option likewise is less rewarding than the other cash out option.	The Regard of the Generous Princess Held in Esteem by the Crew of the Galatea
A Trade in Faces	Option	25	An option for reducing a menace on various faction cards	None of these options are better than social actions.
Mysteries of the Foreign Office (Story)	Partial Carousel	20	Expands options when Working toward a Foreign Posting	The reward payout is worse than other payouts for ending the carousel. Possibly a niche source of Favour in High Places	One of: Academic Intriguer Comfortable Intriguer Devout Intriguer Collection of Discomfiting Photographs Cultured Attaché Cultured Attachée Tapestry from the Elder Continent
The Spinning of the Wheels (Story)	Partial Carousel	20	A new cash out option for Riding the Savage Cobbles	Not a terribly high EPA, even for an early PoSI.	Ratwork Velocipede The Spinning of the Wheels
Theological Husbandry	Partial Carousel Cards	20	Ability to breed new creatures. Each creature comes with its own card, which can be found at Breeding Monsters Also a one time savings when making your newspaper	Most of the cards are just filler for the most part. The Corresponding Ocelot's card could be useful for raising ASotC while the Slavering Dream-Hound's rare card does clear all wounds.	Corresponding Ocelot Obdurate Stallion Bound in Diocesan Intrigue Slavering Dream-Hound Why You Fight - A Brazen Fate -
Theological Husbandry and Flute Street	Partial Carousel Cards	30	Ability to breed new creatures. Each creature comes with its own card, which can be found at Breeding Monsters	Most of the cards are just filler for the most part. The Bifurcated Owl's card could be useful for raising ASotC.	Corresponding Ocelot Obdurate Stallion Bound in Diocesan Intrigue Slavering Dream-Hound Why You Fight - A Brazen Fate - Rubbery Hound Location of an Underground Organ Ocular Toadbeast Bifurcated Owl
A Trade in Souls as Spirifer	Storylet Card Option	25	A new card for selling your soul Capering Relicker Option Storylet for selling souls in Ladybones Road Option on Royal Bethlehem Hotel Card when Seeking	Relicker option is good if you're not a PoSI Good Deal for selling if you want to sell your soul. Storylet is a good grind for early game characters. Royal Bethlehem option is not great. Seeking Card is not great.	Spirifer's Fork
Codename: Sugarplum	Option	45	Option on Snowfall in Adulterine Castle	One of the best ways to get Well-Placed Pawn, but it's card based and in a place you won't be spending much time.	Sugarplum
Damp Martyrs	Option	45	Option on A Ship of Zealots	Worse than Piracy or Racing away, but checkless.	Near-Death Experience
Caveat Emptor	Remote Address Card Option	45	A Sanguine Château and card for the same Option on Don't Perform Research in Adulterine Castle	A Remote Address, with all its boons. Lodgings card isn't a bad source of Deer Femurs, but it's outclassed by the Balmoral Dumbwaiter. Research card option is bad.	A Sanguine Château
Fading to a Coda	Option	45	Option at Helicon House (Guide)	Same rewards and difficulty as other actions.	Boneless Pianist
My Kingdom for a Pig	Option	45	A way to Chronicle the history of Gaider's Mourn when Writing a Monograph (Guide)	Also unlockable with The Pirate-Poet	Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Boar Stars Under Skin
Noises from Upstairs	Option	45	Option on Lowell's Locks and Cages (Card)	This option is bad.	Dashing Debunker
Cricket, Anyone?	Card Option	45	Card in London Option while Hurling (Guide) With A WORD, BROKEN: Option while Diving	The card is bad. The Hurlers option is unknown, but checkless. The diving option is bad.	Cricket Bat A WORD, BROKEN
Written in the Glim	Option	45	Option on A Navigation Error	Option is outclassed once you start doing Piracy (Guide)	False-Star Chart
The Persona Engine	Option	45	Option on the Red Science Lab Card Option on a card in Adulterine Castle	The research is equivalent to the option for having an Element of Dawn You should have better ways of getting Bazaar Permits by now.	Blueprint for a Seal of Red Science
The Frequently Deceased	Partial Carousel	45	With Sinning Jenny's Finishing School, a new pupil	Graduating a Student at the lab is faster.	Business Card of the Triple Orpheus
Flint ( Efficient Single Use)	Carousel	120	Unlocks Apis Meet (Guide)	All the items provided can be sourced better elsewhere.	Griswine The Knapt The Word of Caution A Seared Snuffer The Woman in Yellow Snuffer's Gratitude A Moment in Time Cherty
Lost in Reflections	Option	45	With Sinning Jenny's Finishing School, and ending option providing a couple relics	The option is not very efficient. Go for Favours instead.	Dreams of a Future: July
The Haunting at the Marsh-House	Remote Address	45	A Once-Great Marsh-House	A Remote Address, with all its boons.	A Once-Great Marsh-House
Heptagoat	Option	7	A Statue at The Hurlers Option while Hurling (Guide)	The statue itself is not very good. The hurling usefulness is unknown

Niche Single-Use

These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives.

Story	Type	Fate	Use	Notes	Unique Items/Qualities
Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold	Option	19	Option on The Skin of the Bazaar	Unlocks the Passion destiny
The Fair Unknown	Option	45	Option at the end of Chess Campaign	Changes from Scarlet-Handed to Crimson-Handed	Scarlet-Handed
The Icarian Cup (Story)	Option	45	With Dawnburnt, Option at the conclusion of Playing with Soul	No mechanical advantage, otherbeing checkless, just story.	The Icarian Cup Dawnburnt
The Stag and the Shark	Option	45	With Dawnburnt, Option at the conclusion of Playing with Soul	No mechanical advantage, otherbeing checkless, just story.	Mermaid's Purse Dawnburnt
The Attendants	Option	45	Narrative at the end of Bag a Legend, A dreaming Priest of the Second City's Campaign	No mechanical rewards.	A Ubiquitous Ushabti
Action on Flute Street	Option	10	Remove 1 x Weeping Scar	The only way to remove Weeping Scars

Vanity Only

These Fate locked Stories only provide items or qualities that have no uses, except perhaps unlocking the season's conclusion of a particular set of Exceptional Stories. Exceptional stories that only provide their named quality are left off.