Lost in the Black
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The dark is sweet relief – to see, here, is to be scarred. Peace falls over your eyes. Your ears prick. Footsteps? It is time to be elsewhere.
Unlocked with 
Blindfolded, For Your Own Good exactly 2
Card drawn in 
The High Sancta
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.
Options:
Stumble onwards
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
Firmament exactly 295
Locked with
Towards a Violant Sky 12
Success
Up
A little of your shield against the violant melts away. (Lowers 
Counterlight by 1)
Your footsteps echo through Zenith's ruined halls. Every path slopes upward. (Raises Towards a Violant Sky by 2)
Your eyes adjust to the dark. Your mind shrinks from the violant. Unseeing, here, is sweet relief. (Sets 
Blindfolded, For Your Own Good to 1)
[The Vulgate's Wings change…] (random)
Stumble onwards
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Firmament exactly 295, Towards a Violant Sky 12
Success
Nowhere left to climb
Redirects to: The Hidden One
^
Subsequent visits
Stumble onwards
- Spoiler Unlocked with Towards a Violant Sky 1-11
Locked with Firmament exactly 295
Challenge information
Broad,
Counterlight 60 || 41 - very chancy (41%) || 51 - chancy (51%) || 61 - modest (61%) || 71 - very modest (71%) || 81 - low-risk (81%) || 91 - straightforward (91%) || 100 - straightforward (100%)Success
Up
You've lost 1 x Anticandle (if Counterlight Source is exactly 1)
You've lost 5 Memory of Light (if Counterlight Source is exactly 2)
You've lost 25 x Khaganian Lightbulb (if Counterlight Source is exactly 3)- Your footsteps echo through Zenith's ruined halls. Every path slopes upward. (Raises Towards a Violant Sky by 1)
- Your eyes adjust to the dark. Your mind shrinks from the violant. Unseeing, here, is sweet relief. (Sets Blindfolded, For Your Own Good to 1)
- [The Vulgate's Wings change…] (random)
With
Towards a Violant Sky 3-9:
- A little of your shield against the violant melts away. (Lowers Counterlight by 5)
With
Towards a Violant Sky 10-12:
- A little of your shield against the violant melts away. (Lowers Counterlight by 1)
Failure
Discovered
- You've lost 1 x Anticandle (if Counterlight Source is exactly 1)
- You've lost 5 Memory of Light (if Counterlight Source is exactly 2)
- You've lost 25 x Khaganian Lightbulb (if Counterlight Source is exactly 3)
- You are fully exposed to the violant tides. (Removes Counterlight)
- For better or worse, you can see once more. (Removes Blindfolded, For Your Own Good)
- Out of the spire; out of Zenith's High Sancta. (Removes Towards a Violant Sky)
- The sound of wings, and the feeling of wind upon your face. (Removes
The Vulgate's Wings) 
An occurrence! Your 'Wings of Change' Quality is now 1!
New eyes blossom within, to contain all that you have seen. (Sets 
Violant Sights to 1)- You no longer have any of this: Counterlight Source (hidden)
Redirects to: Reporting to the Illuminated Archivist
^
Turn back
- Spoiler Unlocked with Towards a Violant Sky 12
Locked with Firmament exactly 295
Success
Escape
- Your protections slip away as you emerge from the violant heights. (Sets Counterlight to 1)
- For better or worse, you can see once more. (Removes Blindfolded, For Your Own Good)
- The sound of wings, and the feeling of wind upon your face. (Removes The Vulgate's Wings)
- Out of the spire; out of Zenith's High Sancta. (Removes Towards a Violant Sky)
- New eyes blossom within, to contain all that you have seen. (Sets Violant Sights to 1)
- Your 'Counterlight Source' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: Reporting to the Illuminated Archivist
^
Press your ear to the door
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Towards a Violant Sky 12, Firmament 780
Success
The days of the saints
You've gained 1 x Night-Whisper- Your protections slip away as you emerge from the violant heights. (Sets Counterlight to 1)
- For better or worse, you can see once more. (Removes Blindfolded, For Your Own Good)
- The sound of wings, and the feeling of wind upon your face. (Removes The Vulgate's Wings)
- Out of the spire; out of Zenith's High Sancta. (Removes Towards a Violant Sky)
- New eyes blossom within, to contain all that you have seen. (Sets Violant Sights to 1)
- Your 'Counterlight Source' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: Reporting to the Illuminated Archivist
^
