Unchain it

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Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

From: A Chained Volume (First time) or A Chained Volume (Repeated)

Nothing is more tempting than something so strenuously forbidden.

Game Instructions: This is a rare opportunity; you will abandon your current pursuit in the library, and instead carry this book to the reading room. It will grant you a rare, and very substantial, reward.

Unlocked with 1 x Library Key

Locked with Noises in the Library 7

Success

Treasure

The heavy padlock falls open[…] then a full minute of unwinding heavy chains […]. The book beneath is much smaller than you thought – it was just so heavily bundled in chains. The covers are […]. They bear neither title nor author. A bronze clasp keeps it shut […]..

Description summary:
The material of the covers varies based on your Ambition

Ambition	Description
Heart's Desire!	sheets of iron, heavy and resolute. The edges are tinged with rust
Nemesis	cured skin, heavily stitched and scarred
Bag a Legend!	bound in thick leather, rough to the touch and the colour of dusk
Light Fingers!	sheets of marble, milled so thin as to be translucent

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

•  An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 1001 - A Chained Octavo!
•  Noises in the Library is increasing… (+5-7 CP)
•  Of all your crimes, this might be the worst. (Raises Anathema Unchained by 10)
•  You've lost 1 x Library Key
•  You now have 1 x Claimed a Chained Volume Once (hidden)
•  You've gained 1 x In Search of Lost Time
•  'Perusing the Stacks' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
•  The light in the library has the quality of a low, weak winter sun. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to (( Hour mod 5) + 1) x)