A Merchant Of Souls

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This is a branch from the Soul Trade story. If you've become a spirifer, this is what will happen…

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Finding an Infernal Fence

There are devils around the Brass Embassy, of course. But those that indulge in unlicensed soul commerce are circumspect.
Unlocks: a Merchant of Souls 1
Available at Ladybones Road

Track down a fence

It will take cunning and subtlety to find a fence who will give you a good price for your souls.
(Shadowy challenge)

Rewards spoiler

A roundabout business

You evade two patrols of Constables and a hansom cab driver you suspect is a detective. You see and remain unseen. You trade pleasantries with devils. You whisper in a few ears. Eventually, word reaches you: a back room of a Moloch street coffee house, tomorrow.

Rewards:
a Merchant of Souls increase

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The Constables!

The Constables have found you! Have you been betrayed by devils? It seems depressingly likely.
Unlocks: a Merchant of Souls 2
Available at Ladybones Road

Flee!

The Constables were waiting for you at the meeting in the coffee house. You can only try to lose them in the alleys around Moloch street.
(Shadowy challenge)

Rewards spoiler

Escape!

Although there is a horde of Constables on your tail, you twist and climb and sneak and make it out though the midnight-blue cordon. Was this a test? Have you truly been betrayed? You can only hope that you have demonstrated your cunning and resourcefulness, and the devils will contact you again.

Rewards:
a Merchant of Souls increase

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Hell's Tradesman

A devil finds you at home. He congratulates you on evading the little difficulties you experienced in Molock Street. He is here to offer you a commission.
Unlocks: a Merchant of Souls 3
Appears as a bronze-bordered opportunity card

Accept the offer

Sneak around St. Garmon's hospice at night, extracting souls from the near-dead? Hardly a problem.

Rewards spoiler

'Take this. You'll need it…'

St. Garmon's hospice is near Watchmaker's Hill? You will be there presently. Now, how is this damnable (ha!) soul extraction device operated? You'll work it out.

Rewards :
Ruthless increase
Heartless increase
a Merchant of Souls increase
1 x Spirifer's Fork

Walk away

The souls that Hell deals in come in the main from the near-dead, the desperate and the foolish. What are you doing? You will have no further part in this madness!

Rewards spoiler

Success text

Unknown

Rewards :
a Merchant of Souls decrease to 0 maybe?

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The Hospice

St Garmon's hospice is the last refuge of the dying: poor and ill-appointed, but the walls are newly white-washed and the fires are warm. A philanthropist has been at work, perhaps. It's nice to be warm while you go about your sinister business.
Unlocks: a Merchant of Souls 4
Appears at Watchmaker's Hill

Souls and bottles

Tonight is not a night for trickery and contracts. Stealth is called for when you're pilfering the souls of the near-dead.
(Shadowy challenge)

Rewards spoiler

A spirifer!

You roam around the dying, carefully extracting souls. The spirifer's fork works smoothly and you soon get the trick of winding the souls around it, drawing from the mouth or eyes. A few of your victims are instantly killed by the shock: the rest survive. It's hard to see any difference in them once they lack souls. Perhaps more lively victims would display more of a change.

You make your escape easily, with a sack of bottled souls in tow. You pass on some to the fence as payment for the spirifer's fork. He comments that you are an established spirifer now: you will get a better deal on souls than the Bazaar offers if you come to him in Ladybones Road.

Rewards:
30 x Souls
Heartless increase
Ruthless increase
Connected: Hell increase (significant - I jumped from 8 to 10)
a Merchant of Souls increase

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Hell's Fence

Your contact in the Brass Embassy will offer you a good deal if you're selling souls in bulk.
Unlocks: a Merchant of Souls 5
Appears at Ladybones Road

A good deal

'A round hundred, eh? For you? Three times that in brass. It's a good deal, but not a penny more.'
Requires 100 x Souls
Luck test - "a sure thing. Or is it?"

Rewards spoiler

A deal done

'A pleasure doing business. We hope to see you again, and soon…'

Rewards:
Lose 100 x Souls
300 x Nevercold Brass
Heartless increase
Connected: Hell increase

Rare success

A deal done

'A pleasure doing business. We hope to see you again, and soon…'

The deal is indeed done, but that night you dream of an endless grey sea of imploring faces. They are begging, pleading, shouting your name.

Rewards:
Lose 100 x Souls
300 x Nevercold Brass
Heartless increase
Connected: Hell increase
Nightmares increase

Loss reward

A deal done

'A pleasure doing business. We hope to see you again, and soon…'

Is that someone following you? No, it's nothing. Probably nothing.

Rewards:
Lose 100 x Souls
300 x Nevercold Brass
Heartless increase
Connected: Hell increase
Suspicion increase

A solid haul

'One thousand souls!' Your contact's eyes flicker redly. He even licks his lips. 'Let's see, the, er…' He swallows. 'Let's see the goods.'
Requires 1000 x Souls
Luck test - "a sure thing. Or is it?"

Rewards spoiler

The exchange is made

'Thank you, ah, Si-, er, Mad-, er, yes. You are Hell's truest friend.' He shakes your hand warmly. 'And, ah, here are a couple of extra trifles for you…'

Rewards:
Lose 1000 x Souls
3000 x Nevercold Brass
Heartless increase
Connected: Hell increase
2 Appalling Secret

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