Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles

Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles Actions for the Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles Venture are all found in Watchmaker's Hill. You will need to raise your Running Battle… quality to advance the Venture. When your Running Battle… reaches 5, actions appear to complete this Venture. Once this Venture is available, you can complete it multiple times.

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Jack-of-Smiles has expanded his interests

This is the end of enough. Smiles has turned his attention to the Clay Men recently rescued from the marshes. Bits of them are turning up all over the Hill. Usually covered in the crudest graffiti.
[Unlocked with Dangerous 60]

Find and deal with the latest edition of Smiles

Jack-of-Smiles changes bodies; or else there are dozens of murderous time-wasters who adopt his modus operandi. No-one's quite sure. But the Department wants him put down.

Reward spoiler

You've accepted the commission

Good luck. Smiles is quick and cunning. The Clay Men are very hard to kill but, except the Unfinished ones, remarkably docile.
Begun a new venture! Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles
Running Battle… shows your progress in the venture.

Jack-of-Smiles has expanded his interests

Prevent the latest edition of Jack-of-Smiles from chopping up Clay Men.

Prowl the midnight streets

Jack-of-Smiles operates in the darkness beyond the gas-lamps. This Smiles is a powerfully built man, but soft on his feet. You rarely even glimpse him.
Unlocks: Dangerous 60, Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles 1
(Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 65)

Reward spoiler

A shot strikes home!

You didn't get close enough to be sure it was him. But frankly anyone lurking out there in the darkness deserves to be shot. You find no trace of blood. But you heard a cry of pain. If it's possible for a cry of pain to be a little bit smug, then this one was. That sounds like Smiles all right.
Dangerous increase
Running Battle… increase

Failure spoiler

A stone flung from the darkness

It numbs your shoulder! Your shot goes wild! Whatever body he's wearing is strong. Damn him!
Dangerous increase
Wounds increase

Jack-of-Smiles has expanded his interests

Prevent the latest edition of Jack-of-Smiles from chopping up Clay Men.

Move in for the kill

Night after night you've faced him in the darkness. Each time a bullet's struck home, he's grown weaker. Time to end it.
Unlocks: Dangerous 60, Commission: defend the Clay Men against Jack-of-Smiles 1, Running Battle… 5
(Running Battle… challenge; chancy at 5, modest at 7)

Reward spoiler

Success!

Jack-of-Smiles - this Jack-of-Smiles - is a Clay Man! An Unfinished One, presumably. It's hard to tell. You've broken him into enough pieces that his corpse will have to be swept up, not dragged off. A grateful constabulary rewards you well.

As they clean up the remains, you notice something peculiar in the rubble: a mummified human heart. You turn it over, rather queasily, in your hand. It's branded with the word WOLFSTACK _ like Wolfstack Docks? What was the Clay Man doing with this? Carrying it as a souvenir? Or was it concealed within his clay body?
Gain: 1 x A Leathery Human Heart
Gain: 14 x Diamond
Connected: The Constables increase

Failure spoiler

Damn it!

He was dissembling! Feigning serious injury! You nearly had him, and then he raised one great clay arm and smashed you to the ground…

Clay. Yes. This Smiles is a Clay Man. An Unfinished Man doing the work of Smiles? Or Smiles wearing clay in truth?
Wounds increase
Running Battle… decrease

A sure thing

Take no chances. End this. [This will ensure victory over this Jack-of-Smiles.]

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