The Spinning of the Wheels (Story)
From Fallen London Wiki
Unlock the secrets of the Velocipede Squad and decide what to do about them. A dozen storylets and opportunities of metropolitan savagery!
This is a FATE-locked story.
It was originally published in September 2011
The story can be unlocked from An Eye Wide Open or Speak to the Clay Coalman
for 20 FATE points.
It can not be reset.
Notable Rewards and Tie-ins
-
Ratwork Velocipede: a Transport providing a +2 
Shadowy, +2 
Dreaded, +2 
Respectable bonus. Adds a Standard Frequency card with two options:
150 x Whispered Hint;
1 x Confident Smile (up to 20), 
+4 CP Making Waves, 
+2 CP Persuasive.
-
Additional options in
Concord Square with 
The Spinning of the Wheels < 4:
- An option in In the Boozer with the Lads that raises
Riding the Savage Cobbles by 1 CP. - An option in Dealing with a Hard Case that raises
Steadfast by 5 CP (up to level 15), decreases 
Ruthless by 5 CP and Riding the Savage Cobbles by 2 CP. - Two options at the conclusion:
- Convert
500 x Silk Scrap into 
6 x An Identity Uncovered!; - Gain
1250 x Rostygold.
- Convert
- An option in In the Boozer with the Lads that raises
Advancing the story will present two possible endings:
-
One will gain 600 CP of
Empire's Kingmaker and make Concord Square inaccessible. -
The other unlocks a storylet with Riding the Savage Cobbles 7 and an option with a
Dangerous 130 challenge.
- Wipes Riding the Savage Cobbles and gains
60 x Relic of the Third City, 
40 x Relic of the Second City, 
120 x Relic of the Fourth City, 
+3 CP Forceful (up to level 10) on success, and 
20 x Tale of Terror!!, 
+1 CP Wounds on failure. - The same ending also unlocks a Standard Frequency card with two options:
- Gain
250 x Jade Fragment, 
+1 CP Nightmares, 
+1 CP Suspicion; - Reduce -2 CP Nightmares.
- Gain
- Wipes
