Follow the Merry Gentleman (Tracklayers' City)

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From: A Visit from the Merry Gentleman

Where is he headed?

Challenge information

Narrow, Glasswork 10 (50% base)

• 6 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 7 - high-risk (20%)
• 8 - high-risk (30%)
• 9 - tough (40%)
• 10 - very chancy (50%)
• 11 - chancy (60%)
• 12 - modest (70%)
• 13 - very modest (80%)
• 14 - low-risk (90%)
• 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Air that smells of [scent]

You follow through the alleys, behind [Pub], past [Alignment citizen], past [Site inhabitant], past [Founding Body newcomers], past [Site newcomers], except: no. He is each of them, he is all of them.

You're on the wrong level, [third-person address]'s [City]. Dive. Dive. Back into your single skull.

Description summary:
The title varies based on the city's Style. The description varies based on the city's Foundation, Official Alignment, Chosen Site, and Founding Body. The second paragraph uses the second word of the city's name.

Style	Scent
First City	baking clay
Bethlehem	copper
School of Beatrice True Beatrice	baking bread
Porous	clean linen
Ivory	iron
Attenuated	seething amber
Remembered	milk
Celestial	mint leaves
Auroral	night wind
Nocturnal	night rain
Bazaarine	cinnamon
Mycologene Terpsichorean Heliconian Cartographical	FATE
Cenotaphic	myrrh

Foundation	Pub name
Alignment	Furnace	Furnace, Starved	Cornelius	Your Double	Manager’s Double
Liberationist	The Dark Lamp	The Attenuated Swan	The Peligin Hart	The Crown and Anchoress	The Black Lens
Radical Liberationist
Liberationist-Prehistoricist
Prehistoricist	The Triple Bird	The Pallid Hound	The Mammoth and Castle	The Marrow	The Clay Raptor
Radical Prehistoricist
Prehistoricist-Emancipationist
Emancipationist	The Beehive	The Enervated Hart	The Staff and Skeleton	The Butcher's Table	The Rose and Horned Crown
Radical Emancipationist
Emancipationist-Liberationist
Anti-Liberationist	The Boiled Swan	The Elongated Lion	The Frost-Moth	The Black King	The Fidgeting Mermaid
Anti-Prehistoricist
Anti-Emancipationist
Mixed
Balanced				The Red King
Complacently Unrevolutionary				The White King
Unknown

Alignment	Citizen
none	a Veteran Tracklayer
Liberationist	a Weekend Bomb-thrower
Radical Liberationist	a Scholar of Star-Poisons
Liberationist-Prehistoricist	an Apprentice Mammoth-Mender
Prehistoricist	an Experienced Beast-Mechanic
Radical Prehistoricist	a Wild-Eyed Palaeontologist
Prehistoricist-Emancipationist	a Patient Iron-Breeder
Emancipationist	a Methodical Bookkeeper
Radical Emancipationist	an Anti-Currency Advocate
Emancipationist-Liberationist	a Revolutionary Newspaper Columnist
Anti-Liberationist	a Purposeful Candlemaker
Anti-Prehistoricist	an Antipalaeontologist
Anti-Emancipationist	a Zealous Politician
Mixed	an Overworked Publican
Balanced	a Prolific Debater
Complacently Unrevolutionary	an Unsuccessful Shopkeeper
Unknown	a Grizzled Citizen

Chosen Site	Site Inhabitant
Ealing Gardens	a Rubbery Crone
Evenlode	a Disillusioned Junior Constable
Balmoral	a Retired Footman
Station VIII	a Dirigible Pilot
Burrow	a Mischievous Choirmaster
Moulin	a Don of Historiography
Marigold	a Youthful Devil

Founding Body	Newcomers
Furnace Ancona	workers from Iron and Misery
Furnace Ancona, Starved	Starved persons tired of the roof
Cornelius	displaced tomb colonists
Your Own Double	folk from the Surface
The Double of the Manager	Clay men and women

Chosen Site	Newcomers
Ealing	Rubbery newcomers
Evenlode	ex-prisoners
Balmoral	retired highwaymen and former servants in the royal household
Station VIII	former factory workers
Burrow	retired laity from the Church of the Wild
Moulin	befuddled historians
Marigold	yellow-eyed exiles of Hell

Foundation	Second word of city's name
Alignment	Furnace	Furnace, Starved	Cornelius	Your Double	Manager’s Double
Liberationist	Bluff	Cautery	Mandible	Outopos	Post-House
Radical Liberationist
Liberationist-Prehistoricist
Prehistoricist	Acropole	Transplant	Scapula	Antipolis	Crossroads
Radical Prehistoricist
Prehistoricist-Emancipationist
Emancipationist	Citadel	Graft	Jawbone	Countertown	Refuge
Radical Emancipationist
Emancipationist-Liberationist
Anti-Liberationist	Pinnacle	Hybrid	Femur	Dawn	Lighthouse
Anti-Prehistoricist	Stovepipe	Cross	Thighbone	Commencement	Hostelry
Anti-Emancipationist	Kiln	Strain	Balljoint	Counter-Commune	Inn
Mixed	Unionville	Hollow	Marrowbone	Erewhon	Bethlehem
Balanced	Tracktown	Absence	Stockbone	Erewhyna	Embassy
Complacently Unrevolutionary	Flat	Analgesic	Tendon	Relondon	Rest
Unknown

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

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Failure

A refuge?

[...]

You're on the wrong level, [third-person address]'s [City]. All the other cities are laughing at you. Paris. Moscow. Buenos Aires doesn't know quite where to look. Istanbul is here with her cats and her mosques and you haven't even got your trousers on.

Description summary:
The first paragraph and city name are the same as for success.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  Nightmares is increasing… (+3-6 CP)