The Duke of the Blood
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Description summary:
Description varies with 
Duke's Blood level.
| Duke's Blood | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | The air is thick with a too-familiar coppery scent. […]
The Last Duchess pulls away from you, red spatters left on your hand from her ruddy sleeve […] She screams. It is a scream that would split the sky, were there anything overhead but the uncaring Neath […] |
| 1 | Only, he is not really there. The Duke is ahead […] This is but a dream, conjured from the glass to beguile the Last Duchess. She falls to her knees and the red soaks her skirts. "I didn't mean this. Not like this. Below me, yes, but not in the earth..." |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with a redirect from Find Maximilian
Storylet appears in 
Risen Burgundy
Options:
Experience the intrusion
- Spoiler Locked with
Duke's Blood
Success
How many kings perished while out hunting?
An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Help Maximilian
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Duke's Blood
Success
Red, red ruin
- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5!
You've gained 1 x The Duke's Progress
Help the Duchess
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Duke's Blood
Success
A painted devil you fear
You've gained 1 x The Last Duchess' Progress- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
Show Max what they have done to him
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Duke's Blood
Challenge information
Narrow,
Chthonosophy 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
If all the young men were hares on the mountain
You've gained 1 x Ducal Doubts- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Merry Boughs of May
Failure
- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
- You've gained 1 x The Duke's Progress
Redirects to: The Merry Boughs of May
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Call the Manager to impede Maximilian (with 
The Bloody Wallpaper)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Bloody Wallpaper 500, Duke's Blood (hidden)
Locked with
Called the Manager
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
- You've gained 2 x The Last Duchess' Progress
The Manager came when called. (Sets 
Called the Manager to 1)
Redirects to: The Merry Boughs of May
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Call the Manager to impede Maximilian (with the Manager's 
Double or 
Founding Body)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
An Eager Substitute in the Form of (a Double of) the Manager of the Royal Beth or 
Hinterland City - Founding Body 5000, Duke's Blood (hidden)
Locked with Called the Manager
Success
A contest in the heavens
- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
- You've gained 2 x The Last Duchess' Progress
- The Manager came when called. (Sets Called the Manager to 1)
Redirects to: The Merry Boughs of May
^
Call the Manager to impede Maximilian (with 
Nightmares)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Nightmares 5, Duke's Blood (hidden)
Locked with Called the Manager
Success
A contest in the heavens
- You've gained 2 x The Last Duchess' Progress
- An occurrence! Your 'Duke's Blood' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
Nightmares is dropping… (-5 CP)- The Manager came when called. (Raises Called the Manager by 1)
Redirects to: The Merry Boughs of May
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