Invite a Midnighter acquaintance to honour a tradition of St Joshua

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From: The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse

Action Cost: 2

'And Joshua rendered unto the children of Canaan a tithe of secrets, in payment for their woe.' Canaan is gone, but the promise is not. The Midnighters cede a twelfth of their secrets to orphans every year, in the form of a story. […]

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Game Instructions: This will invite a friend to speak at your Orphanage, if they have the appropriate Profession. Make sure they come; it'd be bitterly ironic if they forgot.

Unlocked with The Airs of London 0-20, 1 x An Orphanage, Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage 6

Your friend needs Profession: Midnighter


When Sent

High spirits

A few orphans have caught whispers[...] and have invented a new game to play while they kick over your carefully-arranged furniture: "Spies and Snuffers." How excited they are! [...] shame if your friend fails to turn up. Though you can always blame the irrigo.


Your friend will receive:

Envelopesmall.png [Friend] invites you to honour an ancient tradition of St Joshua by rendering a tithe of secrets to the children at their orphanage.

Once Accepted

You will receive:

[Friend] regales your orphans with tales of terror, hinting at dreadful, secret things. At the end of the story of the Forgotten Dragon, a girl gasps, then dashes out of the room! You find her on the roof hours later, gazing up at the false-stars.


Your friend will receive:

Envelopesmall.png You turn your secrets into thrilling ghost stories; of Forbidden Masks, the Many-Faceted Man, the Tattoo-Head. [Friend]'s orphans listen with rapt attention, eyes wide. When they begin to whisper, you raise a finger to your lips. Shhh.