Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre

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That taste has something of ammonia about it. But not only ammonia. At 3 or higher, this will give access to Penstock's Wicket at certain times of year.

Lacre sometimes falls at Christmas.

Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre is a Stories quality.

See here for a list of Actions that raise this quality, or click here to show them.

(CHRISTMAS) Receive your just reward (Regiment 0-3), an Action from The Great Snowball War: The Aftermath, a Card in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Receive your just reward (Regiment 4-7), an Action from The Great Snowball War: The Aftermath, a Card in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Receive your just reward (Regiment 8), an Action from The Great Snowball War: The Aftermath, a Card in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Mr Sacks! Take this pail of... snow?, an Action from Day 1: A Peevish Visit from Mr Sacks?, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) An unexpected volunteer (30 FATE), an Action from SNOWBOUND!, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Feed it to a Talkative Rattus-Faber, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Lure it out of sight as the Duchess suggested, an Action from Day 6: A concrudescent Mr Sacks, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Take advantage of the situation, an Action from Day 12: Mr Sacks, at its limits, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Mix it with an old wine, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) The door of its crimson carriage swings open, an Action from Day 11: Mr Sacks, mutely, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Mr Sacks! Take my ignorance from me. Are you..., an Action from Day 5: Mr Sacks, purringly, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) "Silas! You rogue! Times still hard?", an Action from Day 8: Mr Shacksh, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Dream of sunless depths (2024), an Action from Advent: A Calendar of Encounters, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Invite him into your parlour as the Widow suggested, an Action from Day 7: Mr Sacks, in embered red, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Dump it on the fire, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Feed it to a Wild Boar, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Scent your pillow with it, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Allow your devilish associates to take care of this, an Action from Day 12: Mr Sacks, at its limits, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) The Violet-Eyed Waif told you what you should say..., an Action from Day 7: Mr Sacks, in embered red, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Send your Rubbery Friend to help, an Action from Day 12: Mr Sacks, at its limits, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Dream of sunless depths (2025), an Action from Advent: A Calendar of Encounters, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Dip a soul in it, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) "Get off my d n window, apparition!", an Action from Day 9: At your window, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Eat it, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Mr Sacks! Take my good name!, an Action from Day 2: A Genial Visit from Mr Sacks?, a Storylet in Fallen London.

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(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Temple, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Deliver a panoply of stories to the lacre pools, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Pit, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to an Honour, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Gracious Widow, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Shell, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Duchess, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Take the air, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to Privilege, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) A casket marked with a black ribbon, an Action from The Catafalquerie, a Card in Cave of the Nadir.

(CHRISTMAS) Pilfer a large, mysterious box, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Search the shore, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Dockers, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) The Noman, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise, an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to an Eyrie, an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) "Help me. I beg you.", an Action from Noman's Progress, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED CHRISTMAS) A memory... 2, an Action from ...a fading wash of sunlight?, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(RETIRED FATE CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise (Retired) (25 FATE), an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

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(CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel (Unlock), an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise (Unlock), an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Warm your Tears of the Bazaar (Unlock), an Action from Use your Tears of the Bazaar, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) "Help me. I beg you." (Unlock), an Action from Noman's Progress, a Card in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise (25 FATE) (Unlock), an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Require your noman to take your place (Unlock), an Action from several places.

(CHRISTMAS) Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre 0 (Unlock), an Action from Explore the Festive Season, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) "'Ere, you! D'you want this?" (Unlock), an Action from The Roof-Tops: Urchins, a Card in Fallen London.

(HALLOWMAS CHRISTMAS) Echoes of Christmas (Unlock), an Action from Attract a Visitor at Hallowmas, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Search the shore (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Pass the Wicket and descend (Unlock), an Action from Penstock's Wicket, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Take the air (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FEAST OF THE ROSE CHRISTMAS) Penstock's Wicket tattoo (Unlock), an Action from several places.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Temple (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Pit (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to the Shell (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Noman (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Deliver a panoply of stories to the lacre pools (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Dockers (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Gracious Widow (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(FATE CHRISTMAS) Fulfil your promise to the Duchess (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) Feed it to a Wild Boar (Unlock), an Action from A Pail of So-Called Snow, an Item in your inventory.

(CHRISTMAS) Pilfer a large, mysterious box (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) The Way to an Eyrie (Unlock), an Action from A Sundered Sea, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(CHRISTMAS) A casket marked with a black ribbon (Unlock), an Action from The Catafalquerie, a Card in Cave of the Nadir.

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Level & Level Change Descriptions

1: Neath-snow – or is it 'lacre'?

2: Lacre can poison, intoxicate or even transform... OR Neath-snow – which some call 'lacre' – can poison, intoxicate or even transform...

3: Why does the lacre accumulate at Christmas?

4: Why has there been so much lacre recently?

5: Is lacre touched by the Correspondence?

6: What draws the lacre up from its reservoirs?

7: Lacre. Is it what happens when the Bazaar weeps?

8: Lacre. What memories are inscribed in its frozen core?

9: Lacre. What longing does it embody? What urge to alteration?

10: What fills the lacrimal founts?

11: What stirs the lacred waters?

12: What walks in crimson guise?

13: What is fashioned with lacre?

14: What use have the Masters for lacre? ...is it the Masters themselves?

15: Where are past years? under the ground?

16: What would it mean, to drown in lacre? Who would hold you beneath its surface? 

17: 'Sunt lacrimae rerum et astra mortalia tangunt.' A hopeful incantation in a buried temple.

18: Dreams are such stuff as this is made on.

19: Cities can be drowned in dreams.

20: Stone-Pigs cannot be drowned in lacre. They only slumber.

21: There is a sunless sea. What other seas remain below?

22: There is always one who keeps the wicket-gate.

23: Why does the Bazaar reshape London? Where do the channels flow?

24+: At the loneliest of seasons, the lacre overflows.