Persuade the Hell-Scarred Gondolier/Tables
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Difficulty[edit]
Success Text[edit]
| Question before the Board | Success Description |
|---|---|
| 160 | The Gondolier votes yes – but his teeth are rattling. Is there a draft in here? |
| 181 - 187 | "Any place is like any other place […] Except for the place of marigolds, and the place of the rose, and the silent place, and the place of the judge, and the place where there is very little screaming..." He goes on like this […] |
| 520 - 523, 525, 526, 528, 529 | "Might as well this folly as any other," […] "Since you are bound to go where you should not and see what you should not and know what you should not." Then he digresses into some business about bombs that nest like insects and birth like worms […] |
| 905, 910 | "Oh, very well," says the Hell-Scarred Gondolier. "But a Church will not save you nor them." |
| 1000 - 1020 | […] "I have been to the place where the treaty was made between the ancient Guild and the powers of the Neath. […] it is inscribed in the Tongue of Ash, whose words are never used now, except in eulogy."
[…] "Make the treaty," says the Gondolier. |
| 1100, 1110 | "Why not," the Hell-Scarred Gondolier says after a moment's pause. "Death comes for us all in the end. Why should dreams be spared?" |
| Board Member | Second paragraph of Success Description |
|---|---|
| Board Member: The Drummer | You become conscious of a deep, slow pounding, transmitted through the floor. The Hell-Scarred Gondolier feels it too. He catches your eye and smiles without joy. |
Failure Text[edit]
| Question before the Board | Failure Description |
|---|---|
| 100, 105, 115 - 150 | […] he whispers […] about the stain left by a crushed marigold when it is ground into cloth, and the frostbite that comes of trying to stretch out one's hand to the Adulterine Castle. […] the threat hovers implacably over the boardroom […] |
| 160 | "I think not," […] […] he's concerned about running into stones that aren't there or a castle that doesn't exist. Something about goats and the games they don't play. This non-existent threat nevertheless puts a halt to the Board's discussion. |
| 520 - 522, 525, 526, 528, 529, 700 - 720, 800, 850 | "I wouldn't do that," […] And then he tells a story about the severed head of a general that, even after his capture and imprisonment and execution, could not stop boasting of its victory in war. He does not say how this story applies […] |
| 905, 910 | The Hell-Scarred Gondolier sighs despondently. "There's no point. A Church will not save you nor them, in the end." |
| 1000 - 1020 | The Hell-Scarred Gondolier puts his head in his hands and will not speak, except in short bursts: something about the ally of Hell's Monarchy, and something about tumult and the earth folding itself up like a sheet of paper. |
| 1100, 1110 | The Hell-Scarred Gondolier weeps as he turns his thoughts to Parabola. "They showed me its treacheries," he whispers. His tears turn to violets upon the table, withering as they fall. |
| Board Member | Second paragraph of Failure Description |
|---|---|
| Board Member: His Amused Lordship | "Fascinating," remarks His Amused Lordship. He makes a note to himself and puts it in the pocket of his waistcoat. |
