The Seeking Road
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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...
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Blacken your mind like paper (
SMEN 2)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful (50 + SMEN2),
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2,
Mourning Candle
Locked withSudden 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 withSudden 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 withSudden 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 withSudden 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 withWounds 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 withSuspicion 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 withYour 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
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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 withSt 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 withSt 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 withSeeking 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 with1 x St Cerise's Candle
Success
One last chance
^
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 withSt 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 withSt Fortigan's Candle
Success
The Feasts at the Chapel
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 withA Book of Crimson Prayer
Success
The Feasts at the Chapel
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 withSt 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
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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?
You've gained 1 x Whispered Hint
An occurrence! Your 'Embarked on an Expedition to the North' Quality is now 1!