Traversing the Wastes of Want
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[…] Your goal lies across leagues of mutable terrain: […] jungles where the trees swell with lantern-fruit and, on the horizon, mountains hang from the sky.
[…] you will need to chart this landscape and ensure your Company's safe advance. […]Description summary:
There is an extra passage at the end depending on your level of 
The Enemy in Parabola
| The Enemy in Parabola | Passage |
|---|---|
| 1 | All the while Fingerking armies watch and wait. |
| 2 | All the while feline armies watch and wait. |
| 4 | All the while your army armies watch and wait. |
| 5 | All the while adversary armies watch and wait. |
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Game Instructions: (With < 24 
Advance!) You must reach 24 Advance! to progress the campaign.
(With 24 Advance!) You have reached your objective!
(With 
Parabolan Campaign 5-6) You may gain Parabolan Ravages here. Ravages will need to be cleared away at the end of the campaign before you can begin another.
Unlocked with with a redirect from Embarking upon a Campaign or Return to the Wastes of Want
Storylet appears in 
The Dolorous Pavilion
Options:
Rally your army onward
- Spoiler Locked with
Advance! 24
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 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%)Each point of
Snake General reduces the base difficulty by 3 points.
Success
Parabola smiles
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 1 x Advance!
[Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
Into the gloom
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Advance!
You've gained 1 x Ravages of Parabolan Warfare- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Scout the way ahead
- Spoiler Locked with
Advance! 24
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 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%)Each point of
Cat General reduces the base difficulty by 3 points.
Success
Always forward
Shadowy is increasing…- You've gained 1 x Advance!
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
Interception
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Advance!
- You've gained 1 x Ravages of Parabolan Warfare
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Deploy Counter-Factual Phantasies
- Spoiler Locked with
Advance! 24, 
Airs of the Parabolan War 36
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 250 || 171 - very chancy (41%) || 213 - chancy (51%) || 255 - modest (61%) || 296 - very modest (71%) || 338 - low-risk (81%) || 380 - straightforward (91%) || 417 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Chess General reduces the base difficulty by 3 points.
Success
The Mithridates' Heir
Watchful is increasing…- You've gained 4 x Advance!
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
The truths of the enemy
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Ravages of Parabolan Warfare
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Lead your army through forgotten trenches
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Airs of the Parabolan War 70
Locked with Advance! 24
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 250 || 171 - very chancy (41%) || 213 - chancy (51%) || 255 - modest (61%) || 296 - very modest (71%) || 338 - low-risk (81%) || 380 - straightforward (91%) || 417 - straightforward (100%)Success
The gloomway
Dangerous is increasing…- You've gained 4 x Advance!
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
Sunken cities
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Ravages of Parabolan Warfare
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Host a hunt
- Spoiler Locked with
Advance! 24
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Success
The labyrinth's larder
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Advance!
You've gained 1 x Campaign Morale (up to 16)- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
The breaking of the hunt
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 2 x Ravages of Parabolan Warfare
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Employ the arts of Glasswhispery
- Spoiler Unlocked with
3 x Moves in the Great Game, 
Set of Cosmogone Spectacles
Locked with Advance! 24
Challenge information
Narrow,
Glasswork 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
Onwards
You've lost 3 x Moves in the Great Game- You've gained 2 x Advance!
- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Failure
Move and counter-move
- You've lost 1 x Moves in the Great Game
Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)- [Airs of the Parabolan War change…] (random)
Reaching your objective
Reach the Hollowed Refuge
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Campaign exactly 1 (The Cats), Advance! 24
Success
A good start
You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets 
Stage of the War to 2)- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Redirects to: Through the Hanging Mountains
^
Secure the Jaded Pagoda
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Campaign exactly 2 (The Fingerkings), Advance! 24
Success
Wise Counsellor
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Redirects to: Through the Hanging Mountains
^
Recover the Appalling Socialite's first jewel
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Advance! 24, Parabolan Campaign exactly 3 (The Chessboard)
Success
Knight to Castle
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Redirects to: Through the Hanging Mountains
^
Follow your own trail
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Campaign exactly 4 (Yourself), Advance! 24
Success
A step ahead of you
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Redirects to: Through the Hanging Mountains
^
Reach the Viscountess' Refuge
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Parabolan Campaign exactly 5 (The Viscountess), Advance! 24
Success
The Gooseberry Key
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
Redirects to: The Hidden Refuge
^
Reach the Shrine of Waste
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Parabolan Campaign exactly 6 (The Ophidian Gentleman), Advance! 24
Success
The First Shrine
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
Redirects to: The Shrine of Wastes
^
Reach the Hanging Mountains
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Parabolan Campaign exactly 7 (A Dreaming Priest of the Second City), Advance! 24
Success
Copper beams
- 'Advance!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You must traverse the Hanging Mountains to reach your objective. (Sets Stage of the War to 2)
Redirects to: The Iris of the Sun
^
Consider the environment
Consider the Wastes of Want
- Spoiler
Leave for your Base-Camp
Return to your Base-Camp
- Spoiler
