Try to discover his reasons

From Fallen London Wiki
Question.png
Spoiler warning!
This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

From: A weighty decision


This man is a veteran of sixty years of palace intrigue. Are you sure you want to risk prying into his business?

Game Instructions: You can obtain an Uncovered Identity by using other Rumours items in your inventory.

Unlocked with 3 x Sudden Insight, 2 x An Identity Uncovered!


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 130

  • 89 - very chancy (41%)
  • 111 - chancy (51%)
  • 133 - modest (61%)
  • 154 - very modest (71%)
  • 176 - low-risk (81%)
  • 198 - straightforward (91%)
  • 217 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A snake's nest of secrets

You sniff out rumours […] He has taken a few discreet coach trips to the University […] He attends meetings on the palace roof […] No-one else ascends the stairs. […] a tattoo from Clathermont's, identified only as 'C. special, 1: faith kpt, aeons.'

Description summary:
A tangle of frustratingly obscure clues. (As usual.) You're able to rule out revenge against the Empress, and Great Game machinations, as possible motivations. Whoever he meets on the palace roof doesn't take the stairs to get up there, if indeed they ever leave the roof at all. And whatever the devil his tattoo means, he received it a long, long time ago.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

Sinister conclusions

[…] your agent is found naked, clutching the side of a steeple […] The cat you bribe to search his quarters suddenly takes a post on a tramp-steamer […] Four Special Constables invade your salon and ask impertinent questions […] You get the message.

Description summary:
Well, you do find out that he's on good terms with the Empress! Other than that it all turns out fairly abominably.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]