The Seeking Road
 This content is part of the Mr Eaten storyline. |
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Unlocked with 
A Bad End, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2
Locked with Embarked on an Expedition to the North
Storylet appears in 
Your Lodgings
Options:
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY...
- Spoiler
Blacken your mind like paper (
SMEN 2)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful (50 + SMEN2), Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2, 
Mourning Candle
Locked with
Sudden Insight
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%) Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (100 + SMEN2). The above example is at SMEN level 10.Success
Making friends
Watchful is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name- An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Base Watchful halved)!
Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-77 CP)- Connected: Summerset is dropping… (-77 CP)
You've lost 5 x Favours: Society
You've lost 5 x Favours: Bohemians
You've lost 5 x Favours: The Church
You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (hidden)
Alternative Success
A difficult business
- Watchful is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)- Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
- An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Base Watchful halved)!
- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (hidden)
Failure
Learning to forget
- Watchful is increasing…
- An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Base Watchful halved)!
- An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now [current Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]!
You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (hidden)
Alternative Failure
The place that words go
- Watchful is increasing…
- An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Base Watchful halved)!
- An occurrence! Your 'Wounds' Quality is now [current Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]!
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (hidden)
Pervert your studies ( SMEN 2)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2, 
A Scholar of the Correspondence (SMEN level squared)
Challenge information
Broad,
A Scholar of the Correspondence 9 || 7 - very chancy (46%) || 8 - chancy (53%) || 10 - modest (66%) || 11 - very modest (73%) || 13 - low-risk (86%) || 14 - straightforward (93%) || 15 - straightforward (100%) A Scholar of the Correspondence, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN squared). The above example is at SMEN level 3.Success
A history of the unhappened
- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
An occurrence! Your 'A Scholar of the Correspondence' Quality is now [halved]!- Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
Suspicion is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)- Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
Failure
A void a nonsense
- Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- Suspicion is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
Drown your Secrets ( SMEN 4)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
(SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret, 
(SMEN) x Bottle of Greyfields 1879, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 4
Locked with Sudden Insight
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%) Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 20). The above example is at SMEN level 10.Success
The thirstless thirst
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost (original SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+ original SMEN CP)
- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
You've lost (increased SMEN) x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
Failure
Soaked scraps
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost (SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret
Set fires around the city ( SMEN 6)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 6, (77 * Seeking Mr Eaten's Name level) x Mourning Candle
Locked with Sudden Insight
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%) Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 15). The above example is at SMEN level 10.Success
Little lights
- Watchful is increasing…
- Suspicion is increasing… (+ 1-50 CP)
- You've lost ( SMEN x 77) x Mourning Candle
- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
- Watchful is increasing… (+ ( SMEN x 10) CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Failure
No rest – no dawn
- Suspicion is increasing… (+ 1-50 CP)
- You've lost ( SMEN × 77) x Mourning Candle
Char yourself with Enigmas ( SMEN 8)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
(SMEN×7) x Searing Enigma, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 8
Locked with Sudden Insight
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 100 || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%) Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 10). The above example is at SMEN level 10.Success
Mysteries are fire
- Watchful is increasing…
You've lost ( SMEN x 7) x Searing Enigma- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
- Wounds is increasing… (+ SMEN x CP)
- Watchful is increasing… (+ ( SMEN x 20) CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Failure
Truth burns
- You've lost ( SMEN x 7) x Searing Enigma
- Wounds is increasing… (+ SMEN x CP)
Make a wild guess ( SMEN 9)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 9, 77 x Appalling Secret
Challenge information
A matter of luck: The odds are strongly against you here (success chance: 20%)Success
Fragments of flesh
- You've gained 1 x Searing Enigma
- You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret
- Wounds is increasing… (+7 CP)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+7 CP)
Failure
NO
- You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret
- You've lost 1 x Searing Enigma
Alternative Failure
NO
- You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret
Grieve ( SMEN 12)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Melancholy 12, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 12, 1 x Mourning Candle
Success
What is forgotten?
What is forgotten? (Sets 
A Question - to 2)- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle
Hate ( SMEN 12)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Heartless 7, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 12, 
1 x An Identity Uncovered!
Success
What is due?
- What is due? (Sets A Question - to 1)
You've lost 1 x An Identity Uncovered!
Seek (
The Sun beneath the Sea?)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Sun beneath the Sea?
Success
The Sun beneath the Sea
- Who is Salt? (Sets A Question - to 3)
SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Weeping Scar ( SMEN 14)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 14
Locked with
Wounds 8, 7 x Weeping Scar
Redirects to:
^
SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Memory of Chains ( SMEN 16)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 16
Locked with
Suspicion 8, 
7 x Memory of Chains
Redirects to:
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SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Stain on your Soul ( SMEN 18)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 18
Locked with
Your very own Infernal Contract, 
7 x Stain on Your Soul
Redirects to:
^
Light a Taper ( SMEN 18)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 18, 
1 x Antique Mystery, 
1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap, 
1 x Impossible Theorem, 
1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
Success
It will not burn
Your 'Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar' Quality has gone!- Watchful is increasing… (Seeking Mr Eaten's Name * 50 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- You've gained 2 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
You've gained 1 x Dreadful Surmise
You've lost 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
You've lost 1 x Impossible Theorem
You've lost 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap
Alternative Success
Wiki note: This result has no title.
- Your 'Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar' Quality has gone!
- Watchful is increasing… (Seeking Mr Eaten's Name * 50 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- You've gained 2 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
- You've gained 1 x Dreadful Surmise
- You've lost 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
- You've lost 1 x Impossible Theorem
- You've lost 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap
The Number and the Candles ( SMEN 21)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 21, 7 x Weeping Scar, 7 x Memory of Chains, 7 x Stain on Your Soul
Locked with St Arthur's Candle
Redirects to:
→ St Arthur's Candle (storylet)
^
St Beau's Candle ( SMEN 24)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 24, 1 x St Arthur's Candle
Locked with
St Beau's Candle
Redirects to:
^
Light St Cerise's Candle ( SMEN < 27)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Dreadful Surmise, 
1 x St Cerise's Candle
Locked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 27
Success
mrub ton lliw tI
- You've gained 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap
- You've gained 1 x Impossible Theorem
- You've gained 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
- You've lost 1 x Dreadful Surmise
You've lost 1 x St Cerise's Candle
St Cerise's Candle ( SMEN 27)
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x St Beau's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 27
Locked with 1 x St Cerise's Candle
Success
One last chance
Success Instructions: (does not auto-redirect or give you the Candle; go to St Cerise's Candle (The Forgotten Quarter))
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The Lower Mysteries ( SMEN exactly 28)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x St Cerise's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name exactly 28, 
7 x Uncanny Incunabulum
Success
Find the well, and all will be well
You've lost 7 x Uncanny Incunabulum- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
St Erzulie's Candle ( SMEN 42)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 42, St Cerise's Candle
Locked with
St Erzulie's Candle
Success
Red as hearts
^
St Forthigan's Candle ( SMEN 49)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 49, St Cerise's Candle
Locked with
St Fortigan's Candle
Success
The Feasts at the Chapel
Success Instructions: The Chapel of Lights is accessible only by ship.
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: North' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
You now have 1 x A Book of Crimson Prayer
A Confounding Absence ( SMEN 49)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 49,
The Hollow Heart, 
Well, St Fortigan's Candle
Locked with
A Book of Crimson Prayer
Success
The Feasts at the Chapel
Success Instructions: The Chapel of Lights is accessible only by ship.
- You now have 1 x A Book of Crimson Prayer
St Gawain's Candle ( SMEN 63)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 63, 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum, St Cerise's Candle
Locked with
St Gawain's Candle
Success
An obstacle
- You've lost 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum
An occurrence! Your 'The Hollow Heart' Quality is now 1!
An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: South' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Mr Eaten's Calling Card?
Success
The wash of waves on a beach
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: North' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Dream of Passage
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An Intimation
- Spoiler
Final Preparations
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x St Gawain's Candle, 1 x St Fortigan's Candle, 1 x St Erzulie's Candle, 
1 x St Destin's Candle, 1 x St Cerise's Candle, 1 x St Beau's Candle, 1 x St Arthur's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 77
Success
Will you go NORTH?
Success Instructions: If you are reading this, you are ready to complete the search for Mr Eaten's Name. Doing so will irrevocably and forever place your character beyond use. This is not a joke, or a trick, and there are no rewards beyond the completion itself. Consider carefully why you have come this far. Consider what it is you are seeking. Discuss it with your friends and enemies. Be ready.
You've gained 1 x Whispered Hint- An occurrence! Your 'Embarked on an Expedition to the North' Quality is now 1!
