Spire, Inn, Leviathan

ID: 362834

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Before you lies an inn, its hearth-fires flickering. Far above, […] a stalactite, […]. Beneath you, a vast whale […] speared upon its point. These are the Harpoon and the Leviathan, […] the improbable cradle of the Midnight Moon.

Mist wreathes the little port. […]

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

Storylet appears in The Midnight Moon

Options:

Look up

•  Spoiler ID: 265743
  

   

  Success

  Water above

  •  You've gained 5 x Sample of Roof-Drip
  • [Smuggled Airs change…] (random)

  ^

Seek succour at the Midnight Moon

•  Spoiler ID: 265669
  

  Action Cost: 0
  

   

  Success

  Well-oiled

  •  Water floods the Midnight Moon. (Raises Upon the Belly of the Whale by 1, up to 1)

  Redirects to: Beneath the Sign of the Midnight Moon

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Keep an eye on imports and exports

•  Spoiler ID: 265756
  

  Unlocked with Upon the Belly of the Whale, Labour By Candlelight
  

   

  Success

  Today's treasures

  • [Smuggled Airs change…] (random)
  •  You've gained 5 x Tantalising Possibility

  ^

Examine the leviathan (with A Notched Bone Harpoon)

•  Spoiler ID: 265755
  

  Unlocked with A Notched Bone Harpoon
  

   

  Success

  Risen Midnight

  •  You've gained 1 x Final Breath
  • [Airs of the Leviathan change…] (random)

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Examine the leviathan (without A Notched Bone Harpoon)

•  Spoiler ID: 265754
  

  Locked with A Notched Bone Harpoon
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 8 (50% base) || 4 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 5 - high-risk (20%) || 6 - high-risk (30%) || 7 - tough (40%) || 8 - very chancy (50%) || 9 - chancy (60%) || 10 - modest (70%) || 11 - very modest (80%) || 12 - low-risk (90%) || 13 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Risen midnight

  •  You've gained 1 x Final Breath
  • [Airs of the Leviathan change…] (random)

  Failure

  Cetacean out of water

  •  You've gained 1 x Final Breath
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • [Airs of the Leviathan change…] (random)

  ^

Watch for the Midnight Moon's secrets

•  Spoiler ID: 265670
  

  Unlocked with Upon the Belly of the Whale 10 (The Midnight Moon is open for business.)
  Locked with Labour By Candlelight (Who governs the midnight trade?)
  

   

  Success

  Administrators

  •  You are learning about the Candle-Men of the Midnight Moon. (Sets Labour By Candlelight to 1)

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Look down

•  Spoiler ID: 265672
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Neathproofed adds 15 points of Watchful.

  Success

  Through the air

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Tempestuous Tale

  Failure

  Precipitous

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

Ask some pointed questions about candle-bearers

•  Spoiler ID: 265744
  

  Unlocked with Labour By Candlelight exactly 1, 50 x Stuiver
  

   

  Success

  The Candle-Men

  •  You've gained 4 x Tempestuous Tale
  •  You've lost 50 x Stuiver
  •  You are learning about the Candle-Men of the Midnight Moon. (Sets Labour By Candlelight to 2)

  ^