(Catacombs Chamber)
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The catacombs wait. Their absences demand to be filled. The shifting skeleton is not yet complete, and you will be permitted no further until you have done your part.Description summary:
The title and the first paragraph of the description vary based on 
Among the Dead.
| AtD | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 25 | The Empty Niche | You reach a dead end: […]. The wall before you is pockmarked with niches, each framed by a gothic fretwork of finger bones. Each niche, large and small, contains a bone: […]. All except for one. Its emptiness feels like an accusation; an incomplete puzzle, […] |
| 29 - 45 | Cradled by Stone | […] The statue is haloed by serried ranks of femurs, arranged in concentric circles on the wall behind […]. The angel's face has been obliterated by time, but its pose is one of mute appeal – it holds out a single hand, […] to accept the gift of a supplicant. |
| 57 - 75 | A Cave-In | The path terminates in a cave-in, rubble and broken bone piled up […] to the tunnel ceiling. The air is dusty. The walls here have no supports. There is but a single gap […] Through the gap, a hint at the passage onwards taunts you with its impossibility. |
| 77 - 92 | The Arms of the Dead | […] a single, open tomb[…] hewn from a single block of […] marble. A skeleton waits within, scrubbed by death of any identifying marks or features; […] The bones are arranged as if embracing something, but there is nothing but a hollow between those cradling arms. |
| 102 - 125 | Holy Rest | Reliquaries, stretching off […]. Each is tucked into its own sepulchre, making of this tunnel a glittering profusion of golden frame and spiderwebbed glass and the odd, profanely bloody ruby. You stop before one that catches your eye – it is empty. |
| 128 - 149 | Le Carrefour Des Morts | […] a rotunda supported by a bulbous central pillar constructed […] out of skulls – a merry-go-round of cracked craniums. The floor is scattered with blackening teeth. There is a single gap in the array of deathly faces, large enough to accomodate a bone. |
| 155 - 175 | Ossa Arida | Gravestones litter this chamber[…]. A shovel, […] rusted […], lies discarded next to a mound of disturbed earth. An absent grave-robber has taken something from the catacombs, here, and profaned the shifting body of the Sous. The half-dug pit is empty as grief |
| 187 - 199 | Upon Absent Tongue | The skull is […] large, […] inhuman[…] You stand where once there would have been a tongue, long dead and rotted, in a jaw as large as St Fiacre's cathedral. […] you can see that it is littered with eyeholes. Your stomach rumbles. There is hunger on the air. |
| 203 - 225 | Foundation | […] a model building sits on a raised dais. Whenever you blink there is […] grinding […], and […] the building is different. A scale model, perfect, […] Familiar places, hewn, briefly, from rock, and then replaced. Only one thing is constant. A hollow under the model[…] |
| 226 - 250 | The Tracklayer | […] The bones are gray, and catch the light like an exposed engine. The skeleton […] constructed entirely of Bessemer steel, […] a perfect facsimile of death. […] hold together by some perversion of magnetism – it is frozen, reaching up […] as though grasping at your ankle. |
| 257 - 272 | The Bone Well | This chamber is dominated by a black, black well[…] a rough and ugly thing, made out of bone and rubble slapped together […] Weak torches flicker […], […] making the total darkness of the well-mouth all the more stark. You know what they say about wells. Make a wish. |
| 284 - 298 | Impossible Azure | […] It is oddly bright, the light an unfamiliar tint— —surely not? But look up. A hole in the ceiling. All the way up. Blue, as blue as blue gets, a dream of lost sky, a terrible, devouring azure— Look away. That is no true sky. |
| 301 - 325 | Medusa | […] a sprawling mosaic, bones mixed with coloured tiles. […] an entire skull is embedded into the wall, […] a nest of spinal columns […], each culminating in the skull of a snake. A squat, russet altar is positioned at the eye level of the central skull, empty[…] |
| 327 - 349 | The Bunker | […] a peculiar room: concrete walls, concrete ceiling, concrete floor. […] a bed with yellow sheets, discarded tins, an empty book of matches. […] a single safe, gleaming […] The door is open. The dusty inside is scuffed, as though something had been recently removed. |
| 355 - 371 | Nightmare's Boudoir | The walls are wrong. The skulls are laughing. The bed is made, and it's made for you. Are those your teeth chattering? This place is ravenous for an occupant.. |
| 379 - 398 | Flying Gant | […] has arranged a bone-mosaic […] in the shape of a flag. Stars, with cores of vertebrae and rays of phalanges, litter the field. The canton is […] an awful, sucking colour that leeches coherence from […] around it – an absence begging for a symbol to fill it. |
| 405 - 425 | Tomorrow's Deaths | Shattered bones […] around a squat, grey tomb. The bones are yellow with age, and uncomfortably spongy underfoot. […] the dates of the occupant's death[…] are far in the future. The waxy nubs of candles and desiccated remains of flowers mark a spot for offerings.. |
| 430 - 448 | A Mirror, Closed | This dead-end is ringed with tiny fragments of mirror, each placed before a bone-fragment. The room is a kaleidoscope of reflected bone; jagged images of skulls and ulnae and ilia. Only one mirror lacks an object to reflect; only one […] remains empty. |
| 453 - 474 | The Train Platform | You stand on a platform of polished ivory. Tracks run parallel to the edge, leading into walls of sheer rock on either side. If this is a station, it is a terminus in both directions. |
| 485 - 499 | The Undying | There is a body on the floor. Muscle and sinew grows back over exposed bone, the handiwork of death unmaking itself by slow and bloody degrees. But there are parts missing: gaps in the puzzle of remains that would, normally, comprise a skeleton. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with a redirect from A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
Storylet appears in 
The Sous
Options:
Offer nothing
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Success
Turned around
Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
Redirects to: Return to the Upper Airs
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Available This Week
Offer a Rubbery Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Rubbery and Horned Skulls (World Quality, now available), 
Rubbery Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Rubbery Skull
You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises 
Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
You've gained 60,000 x Osseous Offerings
Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Horned Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Rubbery and Horned Skulls (World Quality, now available), 
Horned Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Horned Skull- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Knotted Humerus
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Arms: is Knotted Humeri (World Quality, now available). 
Knotted Humerus
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Knotted Humerus- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Arms
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Human Ribcage
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is 1 - 4 (World Quality, now available), 
Human Ribcage
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Human Ribcage- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Mammoth Ribcage
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human, Mammoth, and Eight-Spined Ribcages (World Quality, now available), 
Mammoth Ribcage
Success
You've lost 1 x Mammoth Ribcage- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 625,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Ribcage with a Bouquet of Eight Spines
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human, Mammoth, and Eight-Spined Ribcages (World Quality, now available), 
Ribcage with a Bouquet of Eight Spines
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Ribcage with a Bouquet of Eight Spines- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 3125000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer an Ivory Femur
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Legs: is Ivory Femurs (World Quality, now available), 
Ivory Femur
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Ivory Femur- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Legs
- You've gained 625,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Bat Wing
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Bat and Terrorbird Wings (World Quality, now locked), 
Bat Wing
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Bat Wing- You've gained 1 Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 50,100 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Terror Bird Wing
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Bat and Terror Bird Wings (World Quality, now available), 
Wing of a Young Terror Bird
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Wing of a Young Terror Bird- You've gained 1 Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Available on Other Weeks
Skulls
Offer a Pentagrammic Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Pentagrammic, Eyeless and Sabre-Toothed Skulls (World Quality, now locked), Pentagrammic Skull
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- You've lost 1 x Pentagrammic Skull
- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 125,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer an Eyeless Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Pentagrammic, Eyeless and Sabre-Toothed Skulls (World Quality, now locked), 
Eyeless Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Eyeless Skull- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Skulls
- You've gained 300,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Sabre-Toothed Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Pentagrammic, Eyeless and Sabre-Toothed Skulls (World Quality, now locked), 
Sabre-toothed Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Sabre-toothed Skull- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 625,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Skull in Coral
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Plated Skulls and Skulls-in-Coral (World Quality, now locked), 
Skull in Coral
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Skull in Coral- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Skulls
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Plated Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Plated Skulls and Skulls-in-Coral (World Quality, now locked), 
Plated Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Plated Skull- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 300,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
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Offer a Panoptical Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Panoptical Skulls and Doubled Skulls (World Quality, now locked), 
Panoptical Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Panoptical Skull- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 400,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Doubled Skull
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Skulls: is Panoptical Skulls and Doubled Skulls (World Quality, now locked), Doubled Skull
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Doubled Skull
- You've given a skull to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Skulls by 1)
- You've gained 625,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Arms
Offer a Crustacean Pincer
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Arms: is Crustacean Pincers (World Quality, now locked), 
Crustacean Pincer
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Crustacean Pincer- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Arms
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Fossilised Forelimb
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Arms: is Fossilised Forelimbs (World Quality, now locked), 
Fossilised Forelimb
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Fossilised Forelimb- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Arms
- You've gained 250000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer an Ivory Humerus
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Arms: is Ivory Humeri (World Quality, now locked). Ivory Humerus
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Ivory Humerus- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Arms
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Ribcages
Offer a Thorned Ribcage
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human, Thorned, and Five-Pointed Ribcages (World Quality, now locked), 
Thorned Ribcage
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Thorned Ribcage- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Five-Pointed Ribcage
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human, Thorned, and Five-Pointed Ribcages (World Quality, now locked), 
Five-Pointed Ribcage
Success
You've lost 1 x Five-Pointed Ribcage- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 3,125,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Skeleton with Seven Necks
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human Ribcages, Skeletons with Seven Necks, and Glim-Encrusted Carapaces (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton with Seven Necks
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Skeleton with Seven Necks
- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 675,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Glim-Encrusted Carapace
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human Ribcages, Skeletons with Seven Necks, and Glim-Encrusted Carapaces (World Quality, now locked),
Glim-Encrusted Carapace
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Glim-Encrusted Carapace- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 675,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Segmented Ribcage
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human and Segmented Ribcages, and Prismatic Frames (World Quality, now locked), 
Segmented Ribcage
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Segmented Ribcage- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Prismatic Frame
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Ribs: is Human and Segmented Ribcages, and Prismatic Frames (World Quality, now locked), 
Prismatic Frame
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Prismatic Frame- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Ribs
- You've gained 3,175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Legs
Offer a Femur of a Surface Deer
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Legs: is Femurs of a Surface Deer (World Quality, now locked), 
Femur of a Surface Deer
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Femur of a Surface Deer- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Legs
- You've gained 51,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Helical Thighbone
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Legs: is Helical Thighbones (World Quality, now locked), Helical Thighbone
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Helical Thighbone
- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Legs
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Legs: is Holy Relics of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre (World Quality, now locked), 
Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Legs
- You've gained 125000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Appendages
Offer an Albatross Wing
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Albatross Wings and Collected Fin Bones (World Quality, now locked), Albatross Wing
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Albatross Wing
- You've gained 1 Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 175,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer Fin Bones
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Albatross Wings and Collected Fin Bones (World Quality, now locked), Fin Bones, Collected
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Fin Bones, Collected
- You've given bones to the labyrinth. (Raises Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages by 1)
- You've gained 55,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer an Amber-Crusted Fin
- Spoiler Unlocked with Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Amber-Crusted Fins and Withered Tentacles (World Quality, now locked), Amber-Crusted Fin
Success
Offerings accepted
- You've lost 1 x Amber-Crusted Fin
- You've gained 1 Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 125,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Withered Tentacle
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Amber-Crusted Fins and Withered Tentacles (World Quality, now locked), 
Withered Tentacle
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Withered Tentacle- You've gained 1 Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 5,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer a Jet Black Stinger
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Jet Black Stingers and Obsidian Chitin Tails (World Quality, now locked), 
Jet Black Stinger
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Jet Black Stinger- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 55,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
Offer an Obsidian Chitin Tail
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Labyrinth's Hunger, Appendages: is Jet Black Stingers and Obsidian Chitin Tails (World Quality, now locked), 
Obsidian Chitin Tail
Success
Offerings accepted
You've lost 1 x Obsidian Chitin Tail- You've gained 1 x Catacomb Offerings: Additional Appendages
- You've gained 75,000 x Osseous Offerings
- Silence. The dead demand their quiet veneration. [Airs of the Sous change…] (random)
Redirects to: A Labyrinth of Roof and Bone
^
