Listen to gossip at Hangman's Arch

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From: Study the Secrets of Fallen London


Old women sell sugared mushrooms between executions at Hangman's Arch. They know a surprising amount about what goes on in the city.

Game Instructions: Success here will gain you more Whispered Hints than deciphering graffiti would.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 3

  • 1 - high-risk (20%)
  • 2 - tough (40%)
  • 3 - chancy (60%)
  • 4 - very modest (80%)
  • 5 - straightforward (100%)

Success

That's interesting...

The old women […] tell jokes […], while the bodies of seditionists are removed from the nooses and carted off to exile. You learn a few petty but valuable secrets about local politics, and the latest villainies going on in the Flowerdene rookery.

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

Failure

That doesn't sound right.

You suspect you're being made fun of. The Masters of the Bazaar aren't actually giant toads? Surely?