The Goblin Poet

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"She is no painting you’ve ever seen. Whorls, smears, and stains halo her as a blood-clouded angel. Endless red hair surrounds her, a phantasm of hate. In one hand, she crushes a snake to death. It goes to its squeezing willingly."

A red obsession. A fevered dream. A spate of artists, missing. The Goblin Poet’s brother – one Rugged Paintslinger – is the latest of these bohemians to disappear, each concerned with the same scarlet subject. Follow the art. Enter their dreams. Explore a chequered court, and confront the source of this bloodied inspiration.

This is a FATE-locked story.

Author: Baudelaire Welch
Artist: Paul Arendt
Editing and QA: James Chew, Michael Bunning

It was originally published as an Exceptional Story in July 2026.

The story can be unlocked from The Fate page for 45 FATE points.
It can be reset for 25 FATE points.

More information can be found here.

Notable Rewards and Tie-ins

: guaranteed rewards; : rewards that require additional effort and could be missed but do not affect the story or availability of other rewards; : rewards specific to certain combinations of important choices; : rewards with unknown/unclear status.

Unique options with:

• Scarlet-Handed
• Crimson-Handed
• Discovered: Queeneater's Castle

Starting Storylet

• An Exceptional Story: The Goblin Poet