A Person Of Some Importance
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You were A Person of Some Little Consequence. You have left those days of being a nobody behind; now, you are becoming a Somebody. What grand accomplishments await you? What marvelous conveyances will bear you on your way? What treasures shall gleam in your parlour? Whom shall you get to know? It is time to find out.

Important things cost a great deal. Persons of some Importance can trade upon their history to obtain the items necessary to acquire what they need. Each of the original locations now has a storylet which will allow you to obtain almost all of the common goods in large amounts.

Unfinished Business in Watchmaker's Hill for People of Some Importance of Dangerous 70 or greater
Unfinished Business in Ladybones Road for People of Some Importance of Watchful 70 or greater
Unfinished Business in Veilgarden for People of Some Importance of Persuasive 70 or greater
Unfinished Business in Spite for People of Some Importance of Shadowy 70 or greater


Buying a Ship

The following storylet will appear in Wolfstack Docks once you have become A Person of Some Importance.

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Buying a Ship

Make your way to the shipyards of Leadbeater & Stainrod, the Neath's foremost seafaring and boat-building concern. [Warning! The Unterzee is not yet open for travel. You can buy a ship to get a head start, but you won't be able to use it yet.]

Anyone at home?

Stride through the steam and the din of hammers to a surprisingly poky commissioning office at the back. [A reminder! The Unterzee is not yet open for travel. You can go through the business of buying a ship to get a head start, but you won't be able to use it for a while.]



Opportunities of Importance

The following cards will begin to appear once you have become A Person of Some Importance. They will unlock storylets that allow you to acquire a variety of objects that are purchased using items bought from the Bazaar Sidestreets.

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Do They Drink Tea? [Standard]

The tea shop is in a quiet side street… Following this storyline may gain you Bizarre transportation.
Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is: A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, or An Extraordinary Mind

Side with the Clay Men.

Inform the owner that his prejudice is intolerable. You will patronise more humane establishments in future.

Do Nothing.

Enjoy your tea in clayless peace.


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Making the Good Book Better

Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College, vulgarly known as God's Editors, revises Church texts to reflect recent events. A Querulous Theologian oversees the work.
Unlocks: A Person of Some Importance 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Allegorical Satire

Subtle allusions. Scandalous suggestions. Lots of initials in the cause of deniability.
Unlocks: A Copy of your Allegorical Satire 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Epic Poetic Cycle

Pentameters! Alexandrines! Noble Knights!
Unlocks:A Copy of your Epic Poetic Cycle 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Gothic Romance

Ruined castles. Diaphanous veils. Pale young women of a certain character.
Unlocks:A Copy of your Gothic Romance 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Patriotic Adventure

Imperial fisticuffs! Stiff upper lips! Heathen foreigners getting what's coming to them!
Unlocks:A Copy of your Patriotic Adventure 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Tale of the Future

New worlds. Extraordinary contraptions. Soaring speculation.
Unlocks:A Copy of your Tale of the Future 1

Show the Querulous Theologian your Tragic Romance

Unlocks:A Copy of your Tragic Romance 1

A donation to Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College

God's Editors work day and night. Alas that both require candles.
Unlocks: Connected: Bohemian 20, Connected: The Church 20, 2000 x Foxfire Candle Stub


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No trace of a hansom

Why are there so few hansoms around in bad weather? Do they dissolve in the fog?
Unlocks: A Person of Some Importance 1

To Hell with it! You'll walk.

The exercise will probably do you no harm.

Humbug! It wasn't that important anyway.

And there's an inviting tavern over the road. Perhaps a glass of something fortifying while the cabbies of London sort themselves out.


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RAT ARMY SWARMS FROM THE GUTTER! [Standard]

The newspapers are getting very excited…
Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is: A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, or An Extraordinary Mind

Look into the matter

The press can be trusted to grasp the basics, even if they miss the details. Bold citizens must step forth and save London from menacing rodents!

Dismiss the claims

A rat army in London? Preposterous.


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Make Friends with a Young Stag

Unlocks: A Person of Some Importance 1
Chuffy McAvoy-Dauntless, a noted member of the Young Stags' Club, is having an indecorous argument with his aunt in a tea shop.

Perhaps you sympathise

You could distract the aunt from her tirade on Chuffy's intolerable status as a bachelor, his worthless friends and his unbecoming habits.


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A Terrible Shame, all Agreed

An Irregular Scholar has passed on, reputedly from a surfeit of prunes. Given the transient nature of death in Fallen London, it must have been one hell of a surfeit. All agree it is a tragedy.
Unlocks: A Person of Some Importance 1

Hang on a moment

Wasn't the Irregular Scholar a distant relation of yours? Didn't she have a notable library? There could be a legacy in this. To the will-reading!
(Watchful challenge; straightforward at 125


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Riding your Velocipede [Standard]

Now you have this contraption, you might as well get some use out of it.
Unlocked with 1 x Velocipede

The velocipede courier

What better way to swiftly deliver messages across the crowded city than a velocipede?
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Sell off an excess velocipede

If you spent much time with the Ambitious Barrister, you may have ended up with multiple velocipedes. You could sell one on to recoup some of your expenditure.
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The Inspector Calls

The Knuckle-Scarred Inspector hammers at your door with his truncheon. 'Open up! I need to 'ave a little word.'
Unlocks with: 1 x Velocipede, Dangerous 110

Your reputation as a pugilist serves you well

'We're a bit short-handed in the Velocipede Squad right now. And I've heard you're a bit handy when it comes to putting the boot in.'
Unlocked with A Bringer of Death 1
Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 130

You come highly recommended by the Chief Constable

'The guv'nor sent me round. He said you can help us out. The Velocipede Squad is short-handed…'
Unlocked with Connected: The Constables 30

You bunged the Chief Constable a monkey

Expensive tastes in primates, that Chief Constable. But the Velocipede Squad sounds like a fine amusement. And good exercise to boot.
Unlocked with 1 x Comprehensive Bribe


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The Wheels of the Law [Frequent]

A Constable on a velocipede screeches to a precarious halt next to you.
Unlocked with Watchful 130; Unlocked with Dangerous 130; Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, An Extraordinary Mind

The Inspector's note

The Constable hands you a sealed, grubby envelope. 'Letter from the guv'nor. Looks like it's your turn, you poor bugger.'

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Remember the Artist's Model? [Standard]

Talented poet, respected artist in her own right, notorious beauty - the lady is many things to many people. The two of you have a long and tangled history. Now a host with a sense of humour has sat her next to you at dinner. You cannot pursue her further if you are already committed.
Unlocked when an Admirer of Beauty is Beautiful Company, Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is: A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, or An Extraordinary Mind

Rekindle the romance

You've known her since the Veilgarden days. And she's known you. Perhaps you should try for a more permanent attachment?
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Let it go

Some things are best left in the past. And maybe later on, you'll find someone else you'd rather share your life with.

Ensure she never troubles you again

Christ, that thing she does with her hair. There it is again! The hair-toss! No, madam, we are not all looking at you. Ask her to model for you. Execute a cruel plan.

_ Persuasive Persuasive challenge Level 120 Broad difficulty
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Speaking Engagements [Standard]

A Finger-Wagging Parliamentarian has been called to the colonies for some time… Note - scandalous persons (2+) need not apply. Parthenaeum membership will make you Respectable.
Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is: A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, or An Extraordinary Mind

Take on the engagements

Two philanthropic fund-raising affairs, a literary salon and what's this? After-dinner speaking at the Parthenaeum? The chance to address a dignified locus of Fallen London power? Things could be looking up!

_ Persuasive Persuasive challenge  
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An Invitation from the Ambitious Barrister

Would you care to join her for lunch at Dante's Grill? She wishes to discuss a matter of life and death. Yours, specifically.
Unlocks with A Person of Some Importance 1

Join her for a stack of chops 'broiled on the lake of fire'

The Barrister waves an elegantly gloved hand in your direction as you enter Dante's Grill.


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A Sneering Gentleman

You recognise a vinegar-faced valet of His Amused Lordship in a drizzle-pattered street. He never liked you. He sneers: 'The Dilmun Club is sponsoring expeditions, but the papers with your name on keep going missing…'
unlocked with Featuring in the Tales of the University 30

That's how it is, eh?

You can't let this foul fellow get in the way of your academic career. A little blackmail will see you on your way. [This will begin a journey of scientific discovery across the Unterzee. You can acquire Blackmail Material from the Velocipede Squad or at an Elaborate Party. Books of Hidden Bodies can be created at the Bazaar Side-streets. Extraordinary Implications can be found in the Foreign Office or on the Unterzee Islands.]
unlocked with associating with Radical Academics 3, cultivating an acquaintance with His Amused Lordship 3, 5 x Extraordinary Implication , 1 x Blackmail Material , 2 x Book of Hidden Bodies, Watchful 120

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The Soft-Hearted Widow [Standard]

The Soft-Hearted Widow is jingling her collecting tin along the queue for the theatre…
Unlocked when A Person of Some Importance is: A Significant Individual, A Paramount Presence, A Shattering Force, A Legendary Charisma, An Invisible Eminence, or An Extraordinary Mind

Give her something, for the sake of appearances

One shouldn't appear to be miserly, even if one is careful with one's money.
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Look away

Charity begins in one's own pockets. And ends there, for that matter.

Meet her eyes and make the Sign

This one sometimes carries messages for the Game of Knife-and-Candle. Is it time?
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[This storylet will not cost you an action!]

Give a significant donation to her charity for the homeless

It's a terrible thing to be cold and alone on London's streets. Not that you have ever been in such a situation.
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See Also

Courting the Master Jewel Thief
Gaining a Criminal Reputation


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