Tease out the subtleties hidden in Presbyterate nomenclature
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From: Deceased Languages
Traces of what was lie within what is.
Unlocked with 
Lead: Ancient Languages 620-623
Locked with 
Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow, 
Mithridacy 2 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (30%)
- 1 - tough (40%)
- 2 - very chancy (50%)
- 3 - chancy (60%)
- 4 - modest (70%)
- 5 - very modest (80%)
- 6 - low-risk (90%)
- 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Lost thoughts
Description summary:
The description varies based on your level of 
Lead: Ancient Languages.
| Lead: Languages | Description |
|---|---|
| 620 | Is there a difference between Vesture, Investure and Investiture? All three have seemingly occupied the same place, at one time or another. Though only two appear as part of the Presbyterate... |
| 621 | The Dictats of Nicator is a philosophical text, often referred to as the Pseudo-Nicatorine. There was a prince of that name too, […] But he was no philosopher, and the College of Mortality has […] taken him into its own body. Only the text remains, […] |
| 622 | The warrior-nation of Skite had another name once, before it was gravely wounded. Of the one who made the wound, there is no remaining trace. Only the absence speaks, like a scar, running red throughout the centuries and the chronicles left behind. |
| 623 | Drowned Mereid, though risen, was once a kingdom of the Presbyterate. Yet there are always seventy seven kingdoms, with neither interruption nor interregnum. Was another found and drafted into its place? |
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You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
You have a lead in the Deceased Languages section of the library. (Raises Lead: Ancient Languages by 1 x)
You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Liminality to 620, if below 601)
Failure
Spiders and flies
Names always mean something, don't they? You delve deep into Huzzite texts […] around the fifth hour that you realise all of the names are variations on 'Here are bees' […] not until seventh that you notice […] your dictionaries all come from hostile Vesture.
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- You've lost 8 x Librarian's Progress
