You are likely in the Tomb-Colonies as a result of your disgraced exile. Your Scandal needs to be reduced to 0 to return to Fallen London. The following storylets and Opportunity Cards are available to you in the Tomb-Colonies.
Storylets in The Tomb-Colonies
A letter to an old flame
'I have been writing to everyone I even half-know. Be sure that this letter, dearest, is motivated entirely by affection. Although if you were to mention my sorry state and earnest contrition to your father, I shouldn't object….'
'…I have written to the Bishop of St Fiacre's…'
'…he seems a more pragmatic soul than some of these gabbling pulpit-skulkers. Although those eyes of his unnerve me….'
Unlocked with Connected: The Church 5
Perhaps the Bishop will be moved by your letter
Perhaps he'll read it out over tea and crumpets, to a sniggering gang of self-righteous…no. No, don't think about that.
Connected: The Church decrease
(~10 change points)
Scandal decrease
'….I have a few friends yet in Society…'
'…if only the Duke of M-- was not such a preening ninny. I doubt he will understand half the clever allusions I have made in my letter. Perhaps if I had carved the word HELP on a wine-cork…'
A matter of luck: a sure thing. Or is it?, Unlocked with Connected: Society 4
A cursory note from the Duke
He will mention your name where it is good for your name to be mentioned. He's misspelt your name though. Or his secretary has, more like. Still, it's promising.
Connected: Society decrease
(3 change points)
Scandal decrease
Days pass with no word
Eventually you find the letter you thought you'd sent the Duke in the pocket of your favourite smoking-jacket. Horrible light dawns. You put the letter in the wrong envelope! The Duke has received a note describing him as a preening ninny! That won't help your case.
Scandal increase
Connected: Society decrease
'…I flatter myself the Duchess was fond of me…'
'…her memory is long, although she is not always kind. I have written her a frankly pleading letter. I hope it amuses her.'
Unlocked with Connected: the Duchess 5
A package arrives from the Duchess
It contains the bottled skull of a mouse. Is that good? It must be good. Postage to the tomb-colonies is expensive. She can't be that annoyed with you.
Connected:
the Duchess decrease
(10 change points)
Scandal decrease
'…I have, with some trepidation, contacted a hooded acquaintance…'
'…the Masters of the Bazaar, they say, do not have friends among the citizenry, but they do have favourites. If they remember me - and I like to consider myself memorable…'
Unlocked with Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 1
You receive no reply
Nevertheless, your name appears, in passing, in a handful of remarkably flattering articles from the London newspapers that they ship out here. Coincidence? Perhaps. But it does you a great deal of good.
Connected: Masters of the Bazaar decrease
Scandal decrease
The price of forgiveness
'I trust this small earnest of my appreciation will meet with your approval. Perhaps you might speak a kind word in those places where my name is currently traduced…'
Send a gift to the Church
"I understand that the Church is always in need of candles. Those very fine cathedrals of yours must be terribly dark. I have made arrangements for your enlightenment…"
Unlocked with Foxfire Candle 200
The gift is despatched.
Your reputation benefits accordingly.
Connected: The Church increase
(2 change points)
Lose: 200 x Foxfire Candle Stub
Scandal decrease
(~4 change points)
Send a gift to a fashionable charity
"My understanding is that Lady T- and the Honourable A- are both staunch supporters of the School for Education of Unfortunates. I am certain their interest would be engaged by the enclosed…"
The gift is despatched.
Your reputation benefits accordingly.
Connected: Society increase
Lose: 50 x Proscribed Material
Scandal decrease
Send a donation to the revolutionary cause
"…a gift for our brothers and sisters in London. I trust they will pass my name to our more exalted contacts, and ensure that my reputation…"
The gift is despatched
Your reputation benefits accordingly…but have the Constables heard your name?
Connected: Revolutionaries increase (2 change points)
Suspicion increase (1 change point)
Loss 50 x Primordial Shriek
Scandal decrease (3 change points)
(as of 2012): Connected: The Tomb-Colonies increase (1 change point)
An Imperial pronouncement?
"..how this is possible. My relationship with Court can best be described as troubled. There was an early matter of an ode, you remember, and later…but the important thing is this: my reputation is restored! I leave for London as soon as tomorrow!"
Unlocked with Scandal 3
Requires 9 Fate
Fate-locked content must not be placed on the wiki, per the developers.
A letter to a trusted friend
'My dearest
…
Today I have been playing the tourist, though in truth, there is little here in the way of sightseeing. I will admit the city has a gloomy grandeur. It is rather like being forced to live in an aqueduct or a gas-works - if a gas-works smelt of damp stone and rot…'
'Tell me: has the memory of that unfortunate affair faded?'
'I have in the past welcomed notoriety, but never to this degree. Do you know, an old woman threw an egg at me in the course of my departure? I think it was an egg…'
(Persuasive challenge; high-risk at 47, straightforward at 55)
'…I confess to little optimism…'
'I believe my chiefest difficulty is this: I am simply too fascinating in my own person. Would that I were less witty, less charming, less irresistible! The scandal I provoked might have survived a mere dozen breaths. As matters stand, I am unhappily confident that my name still lingers on too many lips…'
Scandal increase
(1 change point)
Persuasive increase
'…I suppose even I can be forgotten in time…'
'A melancholy thought, that I might pass thus from the public memory. Still, ignorance is salvation in this respect, I suppose…'
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
Persuasive increase
Opportunity Cards in The Tomb-Colonies
Most of these Opportunity Cards are red-bordered (indicated by Auto-fire) which means they take effect when you select them.
reduces Scandal by 5 change points
With friends like these…
'My dear, I wish you would be a little more circumspect….'
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'My dear, I wish you would be a little more circumspect. You might have consulted me before publishing the sorry facts in the matter of Mme L. and myself. Yes, it will repair my reputation a little. Yes, I suppose it is better that innocents do not suffer. But the truth is damnably embarrassing! I will be a laughing-stock in the Singing Mandrake…'
Scandal decrease (5 change points)[confirmed]
Connected: Tomb Colonies increase
Persuasive decrease
(5 change points)
These reduce Scandal by 2 change points
A chilly infestation
'The frost-moths here vastly outnumber those in London….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: Burial of the Dead 7
'The frost-moths here vastly outnumber those in London. I have to shield my candle nightly in a little wire cage or they smother and devour it. Even so, when I wake each morning, the cage is matted with tiny furry visitors. Horrible. Worse even than the harrassment of priests…'
Watchful increase
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
A Friend of Sorts
'And I hasten to add, no rival or challenge for you, my dear…
Auto-fire
'And I hasten to add, no rival or challenge for you, my dear, even if I had a taste for bandages. Nevertheless, human warmth of any kind is welcome here. Ha, human warmth! A term for the living. There is no warmth here. Arguably nothing human either. Still, the occasional game of chess passes the time…'
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
Gain: 1 x Sudden Insight
A letter from an old acquaintance…
'He sends me assurances of his continued respect and admiration….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with an Admirer of Art 1
A letter from an old acquaintance
'He sends me assurances of his continued respect and admiration. It seems a little cold, to be frank, and he tails off half-way into some nonsense about his latest work and the commotion it has caused. At this point the letter becomes incoherent and is much spotted with ink and paint. Nonetheless, I must take the fact of his corresponding at all as a sign of his regard…'
Gain: 1 x Confident Smile
Scandal decrease
(2 change points)
A letter from an old acquaintance…
'She sends me fond wishes, and hints that I may be home sooner than I had expected….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with An Admirer of Beauty 1
'She sends me fond wishes, and hints that I may be home sooner than I had expected. She boasts - I hesitate to use the word, it is unkind, but she does boast - about her own prospects for advancement. She is much admired, it seems…'
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
Gain: 1 x Confident Smile
A letter from the Comte
'I had not thought that he would have any desire to speak with me again….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with a Finder of Heiresses 1
'I had not thought that he would have any desire to speak with me again. The dreadful fate his daughter suffered was none of my doing, but he no doubt feels I failed him in some respect. He is cordial nonetheless, and hints that he is speaking kindly of me. I almost think it is more than I deserve, but I too have suffered monstrously of late. My sins must be well on their way to expiation…'
Scandal decrease
(2 change points)
A letter from the Palace
'It contains no words of regard. A little hurtful….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with Acquantance: Wry Functionary
'It contains no words of regard. A little hurtful. Still, an ounce of help is worth a pound of flattery. He tells me he has ensured that several scandalous matters have been quietly buried. I almost miss the fellow, dry as he may be…'
Gain: 4 x Cryptic Clue
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
An unexplained disappearance
'..a friendship of sorts with a gaggle of decaying violin-players who haunt the Hungarian Café….'
Auto-fire
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: Burial of the Dead 10
An unexplained disappearance
'..a friendship of sorts with a gaggle of decaying violin-players who haunt the Hungarian Café. This morning, however, my first acquaintance was absent. I was unable to tease any useful information on the subject from his associates. They would say only that "the wings have her"…'
Watchful increase
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
An unusual remedy
'…
Auto-fire
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: Burial of the Dead 14
An unusual remedy
'..leapt shouting from the table and grabbed a jar of what I believe to be rubbing alcohol. She turned from us then, but I am quite certain she poured it into her décolletage… a sigh of relief and a sound I cannot quite describe. Something like the rustling of leaves. She left us then without a goodbye. The other players at the table frowned when I raised the matter, as if I had shown poor judgement…'
Scandal decrease (2 change points)
Causing a scene
'A ghastly plop, and a spray of wine…'
Auto-fire
'A ghastly plop, and a spray of wine… I looked down and there was an eyeball floating in my wineglass. Just when one thinks one has suffered all the indignities Providence has to offer, she finds some new and monstrous device in her bag of wicked traps. I screamed and flung the glass away from myself, much to the amusement of the eye's owner. His laughter was cut short, I am not sorry to say, when he saw that I had flung the glass into the fire…'
Nightmares increase
(1 change point)
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
Lamentable Tastes
'Some of the citizens here are in the most extraordinary state of decay….'
Auto-fire
'Some of the citizens here are in the most extraordinary state of decay. Today I found myself bullied into reading Tennyson to a bandaged, bedridden harridan. Do you have any idea how boring Tennyson is to read at length? It's like being trapped in a train on a bumpy track. The lady in question has lost the use of her arms and legs - though not, alas, the use of her voice. I have endured all kinds of vituperation, but at least it has done my reputation a little good…'
Scandal decrease
(2 change point)
These reduce Scandal by 1 change point
A moment of joy
'It took me several moments to realise why the effect upon my palate was so startling….'
Auto-fire
'It took me several moments to realise why the effect upon my palate was so startling. The label might have been Greyfields, but this was real wine! I mean to say Surface wine, from grapes ripened in honest Surface sunlight! My dear, I am not ashamed to say I wept a little. I asked my host how he came by it, and he laid his finger alongside his nose (at least, the former site of his nose…)'
Hedonist increase
(1 change point)
Melancholy decrease
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
Among the dead
'I examine myself in the mirror for signs of decay….'
Auto-fire
'I examine myself in the mirror for signs of decay. Yes, I know it is ridiculous. Death is not a transmissible disease, except perhaps in times of war. These are not lepers: they are merely men and women nearly dead. Still, my dearest, I shudder at each bandaged hand on my arm. Still I find myself rushing to wash their touch from my skin…'
Watchful increase
[[[Nightmares]] increase
(1 change point)
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
A tiny square of paper
'It was all hatched over with minute scratchings…
Auto-fire
Unlocked with Vermin-Free
'It was all hatched over with minute scratchings, and I thought at first it must be some sort of Oriental puzzle. But when I examined it under a magnifying-glass, I discovered a letter, writ minutely small but with both penmanship and spelling better than some I could name. It purports to be from a bandit-rat who is not entirely ill-disposed to me. I hardly know how seriously to take it, but it does contain some valuable advice…'
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
Gain: 1 x Sudden Insight
Gain: 1 x Hard-Earned Lesson
Gain: 1 x Hastily Scrawled Warning Note
..I have attended a ball…
'Or what passes for a ball in this appalling crypt….'
Auto-fire
'Or what passes for a ball in this appalling crypt. They can dance after a fashion: a pitiable shuffling, punctuated now and then by the partial disintegration of a dancer. The first time this happened it gave me quite a start. I shall not be wearing those shoes again. But one grows used to anything…'
Scandal decrease (1 change points)
Remnants
'None of the dead women and men here predate the Fall of London….'
Auto-fire
'None of the dead women and men here predate the Fall of London. But their colony is built upon the ruins of an older one: there is stonework here of a kind I have never seen. I suppose the Fourth and earlier cities had their own difficulties with death, and in turn their own tomb-colonies…'
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria'
'It is strange to see dead men labour so….'
Auto-fire
'It is strange to see dead men labour so. It will be a splendid building once completed: more like a palace of marble than any sanatorium I have seen… My understanding is that the colonists whose decay is too advanced to permit speech or movement - but who still 'live' - are to be relocated within (I had almost written 'interred'). Some mysteries remain, however… '
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
Unorthodox technologies
'Forgive me for committing this to paper, my dear, but I feel compelled to unburden myself….'
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'Forgive me for committing this to paper, my dear, but I feel compelled to unburden myself. For special occasions, certain of these bandaged lunatics render their own body-fat into candles! 'It's not as if we're giving up our bones,' one of them pointed out. 'We scent them with lilac,' another explained. Scent them with lilac! Now perhaps you understand why I am so eager to return to London…'
Watchful increase
Nightmares increase
Scandal decrease
(1 change point)
This card does not reduce Scandal
Unwelcome Advances
'She placed her hand on my knee….
Auto-fire
'She placed her hand on my knee. I can say with utter conviction that I had not expected this. Naturally I refused her overtures. Whether or not they might have been welcome in life, her charms are muted by her advanced state of decomposition. I made my excuses and left before she could make good on her threat to unwind the bandage around her face. Do not, I beg you, mention this: it will not assist my reputation…'
Persuasive increase
Gain: 1 x Confident Smile
Invite a contact to play
Musings on the Causes of Exile
Your thoughts turn to the roots of your exile. Did you flaunt convention? Did you debauch with uncommon gusto? Did you, in short, deserve it?
Looking for disreputable help
Whatever your answer, someone will need to look after your cellars and your coterie in your absence. Perhaps a friend from the Surface has the right mix of responsibility and depravity?
Looking for disreputable help
Whatever your answer, someone will need to look after your cellars and your coterie in your absence. Perhaps a friend from the Surface has the right mix of responsibility and depravity?
Choose a contact from the drop-down menu
Choose friend, and they can visit this link to descend to Fallen London and start playing Echo Bazaar: personal link
Do you want to send them an automated message?
(untick the box if you just want to email them the link on your own)
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"… has gotten themselves exiled from Fallen London again. All that absinthe and hedonism. Can you help? personal link"
The bright lights of the Surface
The ship captain accepts your letters and is away. It's good to think that somewhere, someone is having a good time.
Scandal decrease
Bronze-bordered cards
A Smuggler scorned
After what he sees as your betrayal, the Once-Dashing Smuggler is seething and upset. Will you make amends?
Unlocked with 1 x Myrrh-Scented Roses
Send him a token of your affection
He is strange, and his mercurial ways have caused no end of complications. But he is dear to you, regardless. [This will kindle or rekindle a romance of sorts.]
Unlocked with Deep Amber 100
Requires 12 Fate
Fate-locked content must not be placed on the wiki, per the developers.
Why should you?
He is unstable and violent. If keeping your conscience clear has put him off, all the better.
One last effort
He sends another single rose, perhaps as a reminder of what he feels you both shared. When you do not respond to this overture, his pursuit of you stops.
An occurence! Your 'Myrrh-Scented Roses' Quality is now 2.
Who was he again?
That bandaged chap? The one with the unsuitable interest in you? No, let's steer clear of him, he's all sorts of trouble.
Visit an old friend
The Once-Dashing Smuggler lives in this colony. Perhaps you should see him?
Unlocked with 2 x Myrrh-Scented Roses
Assuage your guilt
Being a tomb-colonist is difficult; you see that now. You owe him an apology.
Unlocked with Myrrh-Scented Roses 2
He is kinder than you might deserve
Genuinely glad to hear from you, the Smuggler forgives and forgets any strife between the two of you. He even presents you with another rose, and promises to talk to friends in Fallen London about your reputation.
Scandal decrease
Gain: 1 x 'Myrrh-Scented Roses'
Spend a long evening talking
The exchange of gossip is an both a pleasant pastime, and a vital infusion of life, here in the dry, dusty tomb-colonies.
Unlocked with 3 x Myrrh-Scented Roses
As if no time has passed
You stay up late laughing about your adventures in Fallen London, and exchanging information. What you learn about your acquaintances back home will be of great use. It will be strong motivation for them to help improve public opinion of your affairs.
Scandal decrease (1 change point)
Spend a long evening not talking
Hm. Is the Smuggler as well-preserved as the last time you saw him
Unlocked with 3 x Myrrh-Scented Roses
A worthy collection of secrets
After you spend a languid evening re-acquainting yourselves, you pick some of the Smuggler’s bandages up from where you carelessly scattered them on the floor. The secrets written on the interior surfaces can buy many things. But not, after last night, respectability.
Gain: 25 x Cryptic Clue
Scandal increase (2 change point)
Gold bordered Cards
I met a Curious Creature
The bandaded lion was once a performer in some travelling show or circus…
Auto-fire
Unlocked with Making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 16
I Met a Curious Creature
'The bandaged lion was once a performer in some travelling show or circus. It had been maltreated, and I gained its loyalty through only a tiny kindness. I am confident that the Bishop will approve of such a regal creature, even though the smell is rather robust…'
A twist in your tale! You are now In the Company of Monsters.
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