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Menaces are generally troublesome qualities increased by certain actions. When their levels get too high, something unpleasant may happen.

== Introduction ==
Sometimes, when failing challenges (or even when succeeding), you get qualities called [[Menaces]]. The higher a menace gets, the more unpleasant things start happening. The main menaces increase the same way as other qualities: it takes 1 CP to raise a menace to level 1, another 2 CP to raise it to level 2, etc.

Each menace tends to be associated with a certain [[Attributes|Attribute]] — for example, you're more likely to get Nightmares while doing Watchful things. If a menace reaches level 8, the consequences send you to a penalty location, where you'll have to reduce that menace in order to escape.

'''[[Watchful]]''' gains '''[[Nightmares]]''' which lead to '''[[A state of some confusion]]''' or '''[[The Mirror-Marches]]'''.<br />
[[File:Owl.png|link=Watchful|140x52px]] → [[File:Sidebarnightmares.png|link=Nightmares|140x52px]] → [[File:Mad.png|link=A state of some confusion|140x52px]] or [[File:Parabola.png|link=The Mirror-Marches|140x52px]]

'''[[Shadowy]]''' gains '''[[Suspicion]]''' which leads to '''[[New Newgate Prison - again!]]'''<br />
[[File:Cat.png|link=Shadowy|140x52px]] → [[File:Sidebarsuspicion.png|link=Suspicion|140x52px]] → [[File:Newgate.png|link=New Newgate Prison - again!|140x52px]]

'''[[Dangerous]]''' gains '''[[Wounds]]''' which lead to '''[[A boat trip]]'''.<br />
[[File:Bear.png|link=Dangerous|140x52px]] → [[File:Sidebarwounds.png|link=Wounds|140x52px]] → [[File:Death.png|link=A boat trip|140x52px]]

'''[[Persuasive]]''' gains '''[[Scandal]]''' which leads to '''[[Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies]]'''.<br />
[[File:Fox.png|link=Persuasive|140x52px]] → [[File:Sidebarscandal.png|link=Scandal|140x52px]] → [[File:Scandal.png|link=Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies|140x52px]]

If you move to a menace location, see [[Menace Locations (Guide)]] for how to best escape. 

In general, you want to keep your menaces as low as possible. But there may also be times when you'll need to raise a menace on purpose. Don't worry — the effects (probably) won't be permanent. (A major exception is being sent to New Newgate Prison, which raises your [[A Criminal Record:|criminal record]].) Since most cards and storylets in the penalty locations provide opportunities to reduce the relevant menace, it can be significantly easier to reduce the menace there than in London.

Note that there are certain locations that are exempt from Menace-related movement:
*The menace locations themselves: [[A state of some confusion]], [[The Mirror-Marches]], [[A boat trip]], [[New Newgate Prison - again!]], [[Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies]]
*The [[Cave of the Nadir]]. Leaving this location also significantly reduces Nightmares.
*[[Zailing the Unterzee]] only causes movement related to Wounds, Nightmares, or Troubled Waters.
*Your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]]. Cards here also provide opportunities to trade [[Laboratory Research]] for Menace reduction.
*[[Parabolan Base-Camp]] and [[Lost in Strange Lands]]. These do have autofire storylets, triggered by Menaces, that decrease advanced skills.

== More Than One Menace ==
Time, the Healer will reduce all four main Menaces, as well as eliminating [[Irrigo]].

During Christmas, anyone receiving a card reduces one of the main four Menaces.

While in your [[University Laboratory|University Laboratory,]] the cards [[See a Doctor]], [[Nightmares of Your Experiment]], and [[Tomb Sciences]] can respectively reduce Wounds, Nightmares, and Scandal, at the cost of some of your [[Laboratory Research]]. You can also [[Take a day off|Take a day off,]] reducing a random Menace.

If you have access to [[Station VIII]], you can prepare meals which you may consume (either immediately or through an opportunity in the Upper River) to reduce Wounds or Nightmares. See [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)]] for more details.

In the [[Iron Republic Streets]], days 8, 12, 17, 19, 40, 51, 78, 81, and 88 all have an option that sets a Menace to 2 or 3. See the [[Iron Republic Street Map]] for details.

At Zee, suffering a [[Reckless]] end will set all four main Menaces to 7, and will send you to the slow boat.  Likewise, certain options when [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]] can raise more than one Menace above 8.

== Nightmares ==
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''Nightmares are becoming a problem. Some nights you hardly dare sleep. If this reaches 5, bad things may begin to happen. Don't let it reach 8.''

[[Nightmares]] tend to come from {{IL|Watchful}} actions, though another notable (if unreliable) source is the variety of opportunity cards about [[:Category:Dreams|recurring dreams]].

Reaching Nightmares 5 causes the appearance of a non-discardable opportunity card, [[A merry gentleman]], which will disappear only once Nightmares drops to 4 or less, or if you play the card, which either gives you an item that will prevent or increase nightmares gain. If you hit Nightmares 8, you will be sent to either {{IL|The Mirror-Marches}} (if you have at least {{IL|Memory of Light|1 x}} or 10 [[Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There?]], or are at Zee) or {{IL|A state of some confusion}} (if you don't). Once you do, you can see either the [[Menace Locations (Guide)#The_Mirror-Marches (Nightmares)|The Mirror-Marches]] guide or the [[Menace Locations (Guide)#A state of some confusion (Nightmares)|A state of some confusion]] guide.

=== Reducing Nightmares ===
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*-4 or -6 CP: Get someone to [[Assist your friend with their Nightmares]] (Nightmares ≥ 3)
*-2 CP: Drinking [[The Sunlit Special]] in [[An invitation to Beatrice's Tea Shop|Beatrice's Tea Shop]]
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*Quarters nightmares, once weekly: [[Leave the Cave of the Nadir]] (with 6+ Irrigo)
*-8 CP: Produce a [[Conflagration]] at your [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] (Nightmares 8; raises [[Sighted the Storm-bird]] and lowers some stats)
*-5 CP: [[Bolt the door and hide under the bed]] (during [[Hallowmas]])
*-2 CP: [[Take tea with Lettice]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]]
*-2 CP: [[Take a rest]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]] (Nightmares ≥ 5)
*-1 to -4 CP: [[Time in bed]] in Your Lodgings (Wounds ≥ 2; options depend on {{IL|The Airs of London}}; all require 3 actions each, reducing efficiency)
*-1 to -2 CP: [[Doze]] in Ealing Gardens
*-1 to -3 CP: [[Gawp|The Somnolent Hyaena]] in The Labyrinth of Tigers ({{IL|Watchful}} 80; gives +2 CP Wounds)
*-1 to -4 CP: [[Drink tea to alleviate your Nightmares]] reached via [[The Hurlers]] (depends on current nightmares, costs [[Jasmine Leaves]])
*-1 CP: [[Leave the Cave of the Nadir]] (Irrigo ≤ 5; at Irrigo ≥ 6, Nightmares is reduced by 75%)
*-1 CP: [[Publishing a Newspaper (Guide)|Publish a newspaper]] with [[The finest kind of madness]] (requires {{IL|Outlandish Copy|104 x}}; not very efficient indeed, but can be combined with money grinding)
*-1 CP: [[Perhaps you might read a book today|Enjoying the pace of academic life]] at The University ({{IL|Watchful}} 85)
*-1 CP: [[Take some art lessons]] in The Shuttered Palace ({{IL|Persuasive}} 73)
*-1 CP (average): [[Try some hot wine]] at Mrs Plenty's Carnival
*-0 to -4 CP: [[Hide in your Base-Camp]] at your [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] (scales with [[Parabolan Defences]]; failure is less effective and causes Wounds)
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<big>Semi-reliable opportunity cards in London:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*Various options from [[The Interpreter of Dreams]]
**-10 or -12 CP: [[Ask for help with the nightmares]] (also -10 [[Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess|Dreams: A Game of Chess]])
**-10 or -12 CP: [[Ask for help with nightmares 4|Ask for help with nightmares]] (also -10 [[Having Recurring Dreams: Death by Water|Dreams: Death by Water]])
**-0 to -10 CP: [[Allow Dr Schlomo to Publish your Dreams]] (average varies by dream type)
*-3 to -4 CP: Various options from [[A Moment's Peace]]
*-2 CP: [[Work diligently]] on [[A Day with God's Editors]] (also -2 CP Scandal)
*-1.4 CP (average): [[Invite the Shivering Relicker in for a chat]] (with a [[A Scholar of the Correspondence|Scholar of the Correspondence]]), can be improved up towards -1.6 CP with nightmares-reducing gear.
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<big>Items:</big>
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*-46 to -56 CP: [[Magnificent Feast]] (gifted at Christmas)
*-10 CP: [[Appalling Secret]] ([[No! You will put these things from your mind!|sacrificed]] from your inventory; 30% Luck)
*-4 CP: [[Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing]]
*-2 to -3 CP: [[Dispose of it|Dispose of]] an [[Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow]] ([[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]])
*-1 to -4 CP: [[F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum]] (if you are a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]], this raises your [[Indulging a Less than Laudable Laudanum Habit|Laudanum Habit]])
*-1 CP: [[Key to a Dripstone-Snared Temple]] (on moving in, if Nightmares ≤ 4; purchased at [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]])
*-1 CP [[Page from the Liber Visionis]] (if [[Consign it to the flames!|burnt]]; obtained through [[Uncovering the Secrets of the Face-Tailor]])
*[[Lose half your Nightmares]] for {{IL|Professional Perks|2 x}}
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<big>Equipped items (chance to reduce Nightmares gain while equipped):</big>
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*[[Aurochs-Fur Coat]] (from [[Whitsun]])
*[[Bejewelled Cane]] (from the [[Assisting a Keen-Eyed Lapidary|Keen-Eyed Lapidary]])
*[[Cheerful Goldfish]] ({{E}}0.40 at the Bazaar)
*[[A Firm Conviction of the Absence of the Supernatural]] (from [[Mr Chimes' Lost & Found]])
*[[Spiked Rosary]] (from [[Anticipate|Ambition: Bag a Legend! 31]])
*[[Storm-bird]] (from [[Capture the Storm-bird|Parabola]])
*[[Weasel of Social Discomfiture]] (from [[Offer a habitation to a moderate-sized Fingerking|The Dome of Scales]])
*[[Cryptographic Chiropteran]] (from [[Reveal a scheming truth to the Smiling Jester|Hallowmas 1898]])
*[[The Walls are Right]] (from [[Greet the Merry Gentleman]])
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=== Increasing Nightmares ===

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<big>Social Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*+6 CP: Accept a message and [[Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears (dupe)]] (indistinguishable from the sincere variant, but unlikely to be received unless requested; duping provides no benefit to the betrayer)
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*Instant Nightmares 8: [[Gaze into Dream's Mirror]] (sends you to {{IL|A state of some confusion}}) or [[A mahogany-framed mirror]] (sends you to {{IL|The Mirror-Marches}}, as do the rest of these) at Mrs Plenty's Carnival, [[Cross the Threshold (Low Glasswork)]], [[Enter in the company of a Fingerking (Restored)]], [[Mirror-Mazed]]
*+Variable CP: Failing on [[The answer to Nightmares?]] (gives CP Nightmares equal to double your Nightmares level, also reduces Watchful)
*+10 CP: [[Introduce her to the Starveling Cat|Introduce your Grubby Kitten to the Starveling Cat]] (also +10 to Wounds)
*+6 CP: Failing to [[Locate an Impossible Theorem]] (but will also probably kill you, which would be inconvenient)
*+5 CP: [[Explore the woods]] in [[Balmoral]] with {{IL|Opening Balmoral}} <5
*+5 CP: Failure on [[Listen to the silence]] in Underclay
*+4 CP: [[Attend and speak of...terrible things.]] in [[The Shuttered Palace]] with {{IL|Unaccountably Peckish}} 2 (also +1 CP Scandal)
*+3 CP: [[A dream about a calm sea]] (red-bordered card)
*+3 CP: [[A dream about a corridor lined with brass mirrors 2]] (red-bordered card)
*+3 CP: [[A dream about a market-place crowded with dead men 2]] (red-bordered card)
*+3 CP: [[A dream about a burning river 3]] (red-bordered card)
*+2 CP: [[Push onward]] when [[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)|hunting in Parabola]]
*+2 CP: [[Use your nightmares as inspiration]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]] (Nightmares ≥ 5)
*+1 to +5 CP: [[Attract a Visitor at Hallowmas]]
*+1 to +4 CP: Failing to [[Perhaps you can remember something useful|Use Correspondence Plaques to expand your knowledge of the Correspondence]] at The University
* +1 CP: [[Make friends with the Empress' dog]] in The Empress' Court
*+1 CP: [["Here, puss puss puss."|Pet the Starveling Cat]]
*[[The Pavilion of Butterflies]] in Veilgarden during [[Hallowmas]] (various)
*Forgotten Quarter actions such as [[Understanding the Correspondence]] and [[Seeking Curios and Secrets in the Forgotten Quarter]] gain Nightmares depending on Airs of the Forgotten Quarter and on luck
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<big>Items:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*+2 CP: [[F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour]] (if you [[Be damned to the instructions! Drain the bottle dry!|drink it all]])
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<big>Equipped items (chance to increase Nightmares gain while equipped):</big>
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*[[A Parabolan-sized Headache]] (from [[Mr Chimes' Lost & Found]])
*[[Focused Albatross]] (from [[Capture the Focused Albatross|Parabola]])
*[[Masked Former Priest]] (from [[The Brass Grail (Story)|The Brass Grail]])
*[[Song Stuck in Your Head]] (from [[Por Una Cabeza]])
*[[Sporing Bonnet]] ({{E}}6.00 from [[Maywell's Hattery]])
*[[Vake Claw]] (from [[Ambition: Bag a Legend!]])
*[[The Walls are Wrong]] (from [[Greet the Merry Gentleman]])
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==Scandal==
[[File:Sidebarscandal.png|right]]
''Scandal is getting out of hand. If this reaches 8, something bad may happen.''

[[Scandal]] tends to come from {{IL|Persuasive}} actions. If it hits 8, you will be sent to {{IL|Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies}}. Once there you can see [[Menace_Locations_(Guide)#Disgraced_exile_in_the_Tomb-Colonies_(Scandal)|the menace location guide]] for how to best escape. 

===Reducing Scandal===
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<big>Social actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* -6 CP: [[Send a name, written in Gant]]
*-5 to -6 CP: [[Use someone as your dupe]]
* -4 to -5 CP: [[Ask someone for help in laying rumours to rest]]
*-3 CP: [[Benefit from flattery at Dante's Grill]] (recipient; -10 CP flatterer)
*-2 CP: Drinking [[The Achlian Midnight]] in [[An invitation to Beatrice's Tea Shop|Beatrice's Tea Shop]]
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-5 CP: [[Into the river with it]] in Area-Diving in Spite ({{IL|Shadowy}} 24 or {{IL|Persuasive}} 35)
*-3 CP: [[Edit a book of meditations on the Anchoress]] (3 actions)
*-2 to -3 CP: [[Lead Evensong]] in Ealing Gardens
* -2 CP: [[Take a break (from Lab Work)]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]] (Scandal ≥ 5)
*-1 to -2 CP: [[Attend Evensong]] in Ealing Gardens
*-1 to -2 CP: [[Catch the eye of a butler]] in The Empress' Court ({{IL|Persuasive}} 89)
* -1.1 CP (average): [[Attend a Church Service]] when Scandal ≥3
*-1 CP: [[Finish a libretto]] in The Singing Mandrake ({{IL|Persuasive}} 50) (3 actions)
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<big>Semi-reliable opportunity cards in London:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* -2 to -3 CP: Various options on [[An Afternoon of Good Deeds?]] (with Scandal ≥ 2)
*-2 CP: [[Work diligently]] on [[A Day with God's Editors]] (also -2 CP Nightmares)
*-3 CP: [[Gold frame, black painting]] with [[Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold]] 1 (2 actions)
*-1.4 CP (average): [[Tell the Coquettish Relicker your woes]] (with Scandal ≥ 3)
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<big>Items:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-1 CP: [[Nikolas & Sons Instant Ablution Absolution]] ({{E}}1.50 from [[Nikolas Pawnbrokers]])
* -2 CP: Using a [[Key to a Zee-Znail Retreat]] (if Scandal ≤ 4; purchased at [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]])
*[[Lose half your Scandal]] for {{IL|Professional Perks|2 x}}
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<big>Equipped items (chance to decrease Scandal gain while equipped):</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[An Enviable Social Calendar]] (Purchesable from [[Mr Chimes' Lost & Found]])
*[[A Hard-Earned Knack for Repair]] ( from [[The London Horticultural Show]])
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===Increasing Scandal===
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*+1 CP: [[Try some hot wine]] at Mrs Plenty's Carnival (50% Luck)
*+2 CP: [[You adhere to no one philosophy – and you'll make that clear to all]] ({{IL|Watchful}} 50; costs 3 actions)
*+2 CP: Failing to [[Attend a Shrouded Soirée from the Wrong Side of the Mirror]]
*[[Saint Dunstan's Sacristy]] in Spite at [[Hallowmas]] (various)
*Failures in some storylets in [[Ladybones Road]] and in [[The Shuttered Palace]], such as [[The Antiquarian Footman]], will raise Scandal
*Instant move to the Tomb-Colonies: [[A work of barely clad decadence]], [[Kiss its cold blue lips]], [[Throw the villain out of the window]], or [[Topple the dowager into a shrub]].
*+1 CP: Failing to [[Request help from a University colleague]] in [[The Osteology Lab]].
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<big>Items:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*+5 CP: Drinking a [[Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe]]
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<big>Equipped items (chance to increase Scandal gain while equipped):</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Barrel with Leather Shoulder-Straps]] (Bohemians [[Factions#Renown Items|Renown item]])
*[[Modish Bonnet]] ({{E}}4.00 from [[Maywell's Hattery]])
*[[Pair of Scarlet Stockings of Dubious Origin]] ({{E}}4.00 from [[MERCURY]])
*[[The Censored Census of 1862]] (From [[Advent Calendar 2020]] or the [[Bazaar Side-streets]])
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==Suspicion==
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''Suspicious activities are beginning to draw the attention of the law. If this reaches 8, something bad may happen.''

[[Suspicion]] tends to come from {{IL|Shadowy}} actions. If it hits 8, you will be sent to {{IL|New Newgate Prison - again!}} Returning to prison gives you [[A Criminal Record:]], and if ''that'' quality reaches 4, [[Nikolas & Sons Instant Ablution Absolution]] will no longer reduce your Suspicion. Once there you can see [[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Menace_Locations_(Guide)#New_Newgate_Prison_-_again_(Suspicion)|the menace location guide]] for how to best escape. 

===Reducing Suspicion===

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<big>Social actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-6 CP: [[Send a name, written in Gant]]
*-5 or -6 CP: [[Dupe a friend into covering for you]]
* -4 CP: [[Ask a friend to cover for you]]
* -3 CP: [[Benefit from flattery at Dante's Grill]] (recipient; -10 CP flatterer)
*-2 CP: Drinking [[The Khaganian White]] in [[An invitation to Beatrice's Tea Shop|Beatrice's Tea Shop]]
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-33 CP: [[Eliminate a good deal of suspicion]] in Balmoral (with Suspicion ≥ 5, requires {{IL|Disappearing...}} 10)
*-3 or -4 CP: [[Confound the Constables]] in Spite with {{IL|The Airs of London|Appearance=Airs}} 0-25 ({{IL|Shadowy}} 45 or {{IL|Shadowy}} 48)
*-3 CP: [[Publish a monograph on obscure scientific minutiae]] in Ladybones Road (3 actions)
*-2 to -3 CP: [[Forge convincingly]] in Ealing Gardens
*-2 CP: [[Look as innocent as it is possible to look]] in [[The Bone Market]] (+2 CP Scandal on failure)
*-1 to -2 CP: [[Lurk plausibly]] in Ealing Gardens
*-1 CP: [[Dealing with suspicion]] in The Flit
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<big>Semi-reliable opportunity cards in London:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-2 to -9 CP: Various options on [[The Law's Long Arm]]
*-2 CP: [[The vigilant gentlemen in blue|Find a patsy]] (with Suspicion ≥ 5)
*-1.4 CP (average): [[Ask the Curt Relicker to help with matters of law and suspicion]] (improved slightly with suspicion reduction gear)
*-3 CP: [[A commission from anarchists - Flames|Inform the Constables]] (With [[Plotting against the Masters]] 0)
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<big>Items:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-1 to -5 or -10 CP : [[Nikolas & Sons Instant Ablution Absolution]] ({{E}}1.50 at [[Nikolas Pawnbrokers]]; only if [[A Criminal Record:|Criminal Record]] < 4, efficiency is lower if you're {{IL|A Person of Some Importance|Appearance=PoSI}})
*-1 CP: Using a [[Key to the Old Newgate Cellars]] (purchased at [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]])
*[[Lose half your Suspicion]] for {{IL|Professional Perks|2 x}}
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<big>Equipped items (chance to reduce Suspicion gain while equipped):</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Set of Workman's Clothes]] ({{E}}0.20 from [[Gottery the Outfitter]])
*[[Sober Dress]] ({{E}}0.20 from [[Gottery the Outfitter]])
*[[A Preserver of London]] (retired affiliation)
*[[The Undying Respect of the Order of the Blackened Hoof]] (affiliation) {{FontFate}} {{FontChristmas}}
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===Increasing Suspicion ===

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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*Doubling Suspicion: [[Side with the cat]]
*+3 CP: Failing to [[Credential your cover identity]]
*+3 CP: [[Taunt the detective]]
*[[The Wreck of the St Elmo]] in Watchmaker's Hill at [[Hallowmas]] (various)
*Failing various actions at higher levels of [[Pygmalion]] in Mahagony Hall (successes here can also counteract {{IL|Unaccountably Peckish}} gain from [[Attend and speak of...terrible things.]])
*+20 CP & Instant move to [[New Newgate Prison - again!|New Newgate Prison]]: Failing to [[Rob the Brass Embassy]] (doesn't raise your [[A Criminal Record:|Criminal Record]])
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<big>Equipped items (chance to increase Suspicion gain while equipped):</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Pirate Hat]] ({{E}}4.00 from [[Maywell's Hattery]])
*[[Vake Claw]] (from [[Ambition: Bag a Legend!]])
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==Wounds==
[[File:Sidebarwounds.png|right]]
''Wounds are becoming troublesome. At 8, they may become fatal. Which would be inconvenient.''

[[Wounds]] tend to come from {{IL|Dangerous}} actions, and once they reach 8, you are sent on {{IL|A boat trip}}. Once there you can see [[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Menace_Locations_(Guide)#A_boat_trip_(Wounds)|the menace location guide]] for how to best escape. 

===Reducing Wounds ===
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<big>Social actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*-3 CP: [[Benefit from flattery at Dante's Grill]] (recipient; -10 CP flatterer)
* -4 or -6 CP: [[Nurse a friend back to health]]
*-2 CP: Drinking [[Murgatroyd's Gold Blend]] in [[An invitation to Beatrice's Tea Shop|Beatrice's Tea Shop]]
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<big>Actions:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* -3 or -6 CP: [[Attend to Your Health]] at your [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] (also trains [[Glasswork]] or [[Kataleptic Toxicology]])
*-3.1 CP (average): [[Sneak a sip of the brandy]] in Spite (30% Luck)
* -3 CP (-2 on failure): [[Take a moment to tend your wounds]] in The Blind Helmsman with {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}} 7 ({{IL|Dangerous}} 125 or 150)
*-2 to -3 CP: [[Make overtures to a cook|Disporting with the servantry]] in The Empress' Court ({{IL|Persuasive}} 91, costs 15 CP {{IL|Fascinating...}})
*-2 CP: [[Take a break (Laboratory)]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]] (Wounds ≥ 5)
*-2 CP: [[Take tea with Lettice]] in your [[University Laboratory (Place)|University Laboratory]]
*-1 to -2 CP: [[Have your wounds seen]] in Ealing Gardens
*-1 CP (-2 on rare success): [[Attend a feast|Feasting at Summerset]] at The University ({{IL|Watchful}} 85)
*-1 CP: [[Deal with your Wounds]] in Wolfstack Docks (costs 50 [[Piece of Rostygold]])
*-1 CP: [[Try some spore-toffee]] at Mrs Plenty's Carnival (may raise Suspicion)
*-1 CP: [[Deepen your acquaintance with Prisoner's Honey - DREAM OF A TEMPEST|Dream of a Tempest]] in Veilgarden with {{IL|The Airs of London|Appearance=Airs}} 85–100
*-1 CP: [[Take some refreshment]] in The Labyrinth of Tigers ({{IL|Dangerous}} 104)
*-1 to -7 CP: [[Time in bed]] in Your Lodgings (Wounds ≥ 2; options depend on {{IL|The Airs of London}})
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<big>Semi-reliable opportunity cards in London:</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* -5 to -10 CP: Some options on [[The Interpreter of Dreams]] (requiring expenditure of 10 CP {{IL|Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess|Appearance=chess dreams}} or {{IL|Having Recurring Dreams: Death by Water|Appearance=dreams of a watery death}})
* -2 to -4 CP: Various options on [[A Restorative]]
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*[[Firkin of Hesperidean Cider]] ({{E}}160,000 from [[Nikolas Pawnbrokers]]; heals all wounds; grants opportunity cards for significant healing)
*-46 to -56 CP: [[Magnificent Feast]] (gifted at [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]])
*[[F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour]] ({{E}}1.00 from [[Nikolas Pawnbrokers]], or from [[:Category:F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour Gain|a variety of grindable sources]])
**-4 CP: [[Be damned to the instructions! Drain the bottle dry!]] (only if you're not a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]])
**-3 CP: [[Follow the instructions carefully.]] (only if you're not a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]])
** -2 CP: [[Drain the bottle, for what it's worth]] (-2 CP, if you're a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]])
*[[F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour: Half-Full]] (from [[A cavalry officer|robbing a drunk officer]] or [[Follow the instructions carefully.|drinking full bottles]])
**-3 CP: [[Finish a half-bottle of F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour|Finish a half-bottle]] (only if you're not a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]])
**-1 CP: [[Finish it, for what it's worth]] (if you're a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]])
*-2 CP: [[Dark-Dewed Cherry]] (from [[A droll pastime|the Capering Relicker]] and, rarely, [[:Category:Dark-Dewed Cherry Gain|others]])
*[[Horsehead Amulet]] (saves you from death, once; from [[Pursuing an Archaeological Expedition|a thieves' cache]] in the Forgotten Quarter)
*[[Lose half your Wounds]] for {{IL|Professional Perks|2 x}}
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<big>Equipped items (chance to reduce Wounds gain while equipped):</big><div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Tracklayer's Helmet]] ({{H}}250 from [[Brass Thistle]])
*[[Ichorous Alarm]] (from [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]])
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===Increasing Wounds ===
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*+1-9 CP for [[(Carefully) read a flame-proof missive]] increases {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Dangerous}}
*+0-5 for [[Perhaps you can remember something useful]] increases {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}}
*Instant Wounds 8: [[Gaze into Heart's Mirror]] at Mrs Plenty's Carnival, [[Attempt to rob the Calculating Lapidary's vault]]
*Instant move to the slow boat: Losing [[A duel to the death with Feducci (no Horsehead Amulet)|a duel with Feducci]], [[Walk away 3|Walk away]] or fail [[Get to it 1|Get to it]] at the climax of the Cheesemonger story, any option [[In the Court of the Fathomking]]
*+10 CP: [[Introduce her to the Starveling Cat|Introduce your Grubby Kitten to the Starveling Cat]] (also +10 CP Nightmares)
*+1 to +3 CP: Failing at actions to raise {{IL|Brawling with Dockers}}
*+1-+6 CP (average 2.4) for [[Have a taste of the Toxicology Exhibit]]
*Failing at actions to raise {{IL|The Hunt is On!}} (see [[The Hunt is On! (Guide)|guide]])
*Failing at actions to raise {{IL|Running Battle...}}
*Failing to capturing or ambush your prey when [[Track the Animals of Parabola|hunting in Parabola]]
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*Instant Wounds 8: After [[Slighted!|slighting]] someone, allow yourself to be [[Allow yourself to be stabbed|stabbed]], [[Stand and dare him to take the shot|shot]], [[Drink up. Try to enjoy it.|poisoned]], or [[Square up and dare him to take the shot|shot with poison]]
*+5-6 CP: With Wounds of 3+, convince a friend to [[An Offer of Medical Assistance (dupe)|bring you "medicine"]]
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== Less common menaces==
Some menaces are associated exclusively with certain locations or stories. These tend to increase or decrease a level at a time, rather than by CP.
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===A Turncoat===
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[[A Turncoat]] is primarily increased by switching sides during [[A Boxful of Intrigue]], based on whether your {{IL|A Power in Waiting -}} quality is set to A Guardian of the Realm or The Conscience of Empire. (This is initially set in the storylet [[The Troubles So Far]]: choosing [[Those who govern]] sets it to The Conscience of Empire, while choosing [[Those who are governed]] sets it to A Guardian of the Realm.)

The only way to reduce A Turncoat is the storylet [[The Traitor's Feast]], which only unlocks at A Turncoat 4 (and also requires {{IL|Shadowy}} 120 and {{IL|A Survivor of the Affair of the Box}} 12).

To avoid gaining A Turncoat during A Boxful of Intrigue, choose the option listed below your side on these storylets, which will also gain CP in {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}}:
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!Storylet
![[File:Caperers.png|20px]] A Guardian of the Realm
![[File:Master2.png|20px]] The Conscience of Empire
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|[[An Agent of the Masters]]
|[[Help cover up the sordid business]]
|[[Expose him to the newspapers]]
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|[[The Course of Love]]
|[[Help keep them together]]
|[[Keep its agents at bay]]
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|[[Doing the Rounds]]
|[[Tell them the truth]]
|[[Lie to them]]
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|[[Encryption of a Sort]]
|[[See that the messages arrive safely]]
|[[Intercept the messages]]
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|[[A Night of Desperate Ambushes]]
|[[Wade in with the neddy men]]
|[[Defend Spite from the neddy men]]
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|[[A Strong Box]]
|[[Tell the gentlemen in blue about any plans for robbery you hear about]]
|[[Tell your larcenous colleagues when the strong-box will be moved]]
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|[[The Unionist]]
|[[Join the hunt]]
|[[Help her escape]]
|}
A Turncoat can also increase during the [[Family and Law]] story if you switch sides between the Cheery Man and the Last Constable.
*[[Working with the Last Constable]]: [[Abandon her]] or [[Off to the Cheery Man]]
*[[Working with the Cheery Man]]: [[Go to the Constable]]
Finally, it can increase in these other storylets:
*[[The talkative gaoler]]: [[A grass]] in New Newgate Prison
*[[Pugilism and politics]]: [[Beat up the Underworld Kingpin]]
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===A Place of Greater Safety===
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[[A Place of Greater Safety]] is specific to the [[A Carriage, A Conversation, A Light Caper]], part of the {{IL|Family and Law}} story. While you have this quality, you cannot ask questions of your carriage-mate or raise {{IL|Destination Approaching}}. It is set to 1 in [[Accept the Last Constable's offer]] if you favoured the Last Constable, or [[Accept_5|Accept]] if you favoured the Cheery Man, and has a chance to be set to 3 whenever you ask a question on the [[A Carriage, A Conversation, A Light Caper]] cards.

Reducing Plagued:
[[A Place of Greater Safety]] is reduced with three options from the [[A Carriage, A Conversation, A Light Caper]] cards.
Both factions:
*[[Open fire on your pursuers]] {{IL|Dangerous}} 100, -2 CP on success, -1 on failure
Faction-specific cards (The mechanical effects are the same, the only difference is description.)
*The Cheery Man:
**[[Perform evasive maneuvers (Cheery Man)]] {{IL|Shadowy}} 100, -2 CP on success, -1 on failure
**[[Full speed ahead! (Cheery Man)]] {{IL|Watchful}} 100, -2 CP on success, -1 on failure
*The Last Constable:
**[[Perform evasive maneuvers (Last Constable)]] {{IL|Shadowy}} 100, -2 CP on success, -1 on failure
**[[Full speed ahead! (Last Constable)]] {{IL|Watchful}} 100, -2 CP on success, -1 on failure
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===Acclimating to Pressure===
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[[Acclimating to Pressure]] is specific to [[Diving in the Magistracy]] of Evenlode.

It is raised by changing [[Diving Depth]], and goes down by 1 CP for each action you spend on a particular depth level. If you [[Emerge from the water]] while still having this menace, all of its CP will be converted 1:1 to CP of {{IL|Wounds}}. 

Additionally, it is reset by the following actions:

*Gaining {{IL|Nightmares}} 7 forces you to [[ASCEND!]] and to take 5-6 CP of {{IL|Wounds}}, which may be preferable if you have accumulated a lot of Acclimating.
* Both [[Breathe an ancient air]] and [[Study the evidence]] in [[The Place of the Judge]] will end your dive, wiping the menace and your diving depth.

See [[Diving in the Magistracy (Guide)]] for full details.
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===Attracting Attention in the Orphanage ===
[[Attracting Attention in the Orphanage]] is specific to {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}} and is [[:Category:Attracting Attention in the Orphanage Gain|gained]] through failure at various actions while exploring the orphanage. Once gained, this menace is only lost upon [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Escape|Escape]] or by reaching the failure state. If this menace reaches 6, it triggers the autofire storylet [[Discovered!]] which sets Wounds to 6 (even if it was higher) and your location to [[A small, velvet lined box]].


===Inciting a Simian Revenge?===
[[Inciting a Simian Revenge?]] is specific to the Topsy King branch of {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}}

===Disgruntlement among the Expedition ===
[[Disgruntlement among the Expedition]] is a menace exclusive to [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)|Moulin Expeditions]] and is gained by failing checks while performing an expedition. This is cleared by returning back to Moulin. If this ever reaches 8, then [[Mutiny!]] will trigger, increasing your {{IL|Wounds}} +4 CP, and sending you immediately back to Moulin with no wages. For full details see [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)]].

===Disgruntlement among the Students===
[[Disgruntlement among the Students]] is a menace exclusive to the [[University Laboratory (Guide)|University Laboratory]]. This is raised by making use of your students while they are at max level (level 5). Occasionally you will get an alternative success where the disgruntlement is raised by 1 CP. This can be reset by graduating a student.

When it reaches 4, you will start to draw the menace card [[Student Complaints]], whose options can lower disgruntlement. If this ever reaches 6, you will draw the menace card [[Student Fury]], which will cost you {{IL|Laboratory Research|-200 x}}, gain you {{IL|Scandal}} +1 CP, and lower disgruntlement by -7 CP.
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=== Hearts' Game Menaces===
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<big>Poison Tolerance of Your Target</big>
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[[Poison Tolerance of Your Target]] is a menace specific to [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]] and increases during a round. The higher this is, the less effective your actions will be in increasing [[Poisoner's Progress]]. This is gained just as time goes on during the game; starting at about turn 5, it increases at every action. A small number of Accomplices can help lower it. For full details see [[Hearts' Game (Guide)]].

<big>Elusiveness of your Target</big>
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[[Elusiveness of your Target]] is a menace specific to [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]] and tracks how close you are to losing the round. When it reaches 8, the round ends on a loss, unless you reach [[Poisoner's Progress]] 8 at the same time, in which case it results in a win. This is gained just as time goes on during the game; starting at about turn 5, it increases at every action. A small number of Accomplices have actions that are guaranteed to raise it. For full details see [[Hearts' Game (Guide)]].


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===Irrigo===
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[[Irrigo]] is a menace gained while exploring the {{IL|Cave of the Nadir}}, and the amount you accrue determines what Attribute penalties are inflicted [[Cave of the Nadir (Guide)#Leaving the Cave of the Nadir|as you leave]]. If this menace reaches 10, you are forced out of the Cave via the storylet [[Drowning in violet]].

For more information on the Cave expedition, see [[Cave of the Nadir (Guide)]].

===Moonlit===
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You may become [[Moonlit]] while exploring the {{IL|Moonlit Woods (Guide)|Appearance=Moonlit Woods|Image=Forestnight.png}} in {{IL|Balmoral}}. Once this quality reaches 5, you can enter {{IL|Balmoral As Before}} from the paths, enabling you to observe that your quarry is a Fox (see the [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)|Moonlit Woods Guide]]); this is also where you must meet with [[A Friend of September|September]] after the first time you speak at the Kirk, in order to advance his story. 

You lose 5x Moonlit when you [[Track your quarry|identify your quarry]], but it otherwise carries over when you leave the woods. Moonlit can be spent outside of the woods when you [[Paint with Moonlight]] in {{IL|Crathie}}, [[Freeze the Solacefruit Champagne Royale into a sorbet]] at the {{IL|Passenger Dining Room at Station VIII}}, or [[Present the Mandolinist with Moonlight]] at {{IL|Marigold Station}}.

===Orthos is Coming! ===
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[[Orthos is Coming!]] increases while doing actions at {{IL|Bullbone Island}}, {{IL|Corpsecage Island}}, or {{IL|Grunting Fen}}, behaving as a timer that determines the length of your stay and which options are available at any given time on each island. When it reaches 10, Orthos catches up to you, and you have to leave the location. For more details see [[Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide)]].

===Plagued by a Popular Song===
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[[Plagued by a Popular Song]] is specific to {{IL|Mahogany Hall}}. If it reaches 5, a storylet auto-fires in that location that causes [[A danger to your weasels|one of your weasels]] (an [[Araby Fighting-Weasel]], or a [[Lucky Weasel]] if you don't have a fighting weasel), or [[A danger to your weasels (no weasels)|an unlucky nearby weasel]], to explode. For more details see [[Tales of Mahogany Hall (Guide)]].

Reducing Plagued:
*[[Ask for help]] (50% Luck chance) either eliminates Plagued or +2 CP
*[[Sing your own version of 'Pop Goes The Weasel']] ({{IL|Persuasive}} 102): -2 CP
*[[Time, the Healer]]: -1 CP each week

===Taimen's Attention===
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[[Taimen's Attention]] is specific to {{IL|Khan's Heart}} and is gained when completing most intrigues and failing checks in the Khanate. The higher Taimen's Attention, the more damaging to your Khaganian Front failures are. Higher Taimen's Attention also makes certain checks more difficult.

For more information on intrigues in the Khanate, see [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)]].

===Troubled Waters ===
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[[Troubled Waters]] is a menace gained at zee. Most options on zailing cards increase it at least slightly. As it increases, you'll start to encounter greater hazards like the [[A Ship of Zealots|Circumcelion Brotherhood]] or the [[The Killing Wind|Killing Wind]]. If it reaches 8, your voyage will end abruptly, as you are either killed (visiting [[In the Court of the Fathomking|the Fathomking]] on your way to [[A boat trip||the Boatman]]) or sent to [[The Mirror-Marches]]. 

A number of other qualities track details such as your crew's morale ([[Creeping Fear]], [[Mutinous Whispers]], [[Rumbling Stomachs]]), your vessel's physical condition ([[Groaning Hull]]), and who or what is pursuing you ([[Silent Stalker]], [[Unwelcome on the Waters]]). These are discrete Circumstance qualities with a maximum level of 1, and they mostly determine the type of demise you face at Troubled Waters 8

For more information on [[Zailing (Guide)#Setting Zail|how Troubled Waters affects zailing]], refer to [[Zailing (Guide)]].
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===Unaccountably Peckish===
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[[Unaccountably Peckish]] is associated with [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name (Guide)|Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name]]. If you are not pursuing this story, you will want to eliminate this menace in order to stop drawing associated cards.

<big>Reducing Unaccountably Peckish</big>
*[[Roast chestnuts. That should do it.]] on the [[ACE OF HUNGERS]] card, which you are certain to draw if you have 1 level of UP (-1 UP)
*[[Take some refreshment]] in The Labyrinth of Tigers ({{IL|Dangerous}} 104; -2 UP)
*[[Scraps from the table]] from [[A Restorative]] (opportunity card with Wounds 2; -2 UP)
*[[Send Lyme to the market]]/[[Take supper with him]] as part of the [[Pygmalion]] carousel in Mahagony Hall (-3 UP)

<big>Increasing Unaccountably Peckish</big>
*Give away a {{IL|Starveling Cat}}
*[[See what your Starveling Cat knows]] in {{IL|The Flit}} with a {{IL|Starveling Cat}}
*Many options related to {{FontSMEN}}
*[[Delicious, delicious lumps]] (at Zee)
*[[Attend and speak of...terrible things.]] with UP 2+
*[[A comfy chair by the fire]] on a failed luck check

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===Unravelling===
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[[Unravelling]] is a menace exclusive to [[Irem]] and is gained by failing various checks or taking some actions within the various futures of Irem. This menace is cleared by leaving the futures and returning back to Irem. If this ever reaches 8, [[Unraveled!]] will autofire and kick you back into Irem and in the process you will lose 1 of every Iremi item acquired in the futures. 

For more information on Irem, see [[Irem (Guide)]].

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