Facets

 are one of the defining characteristics of your Captain and the primary way of increasing your Skills.

Overview
There are 20 facets you can take, including the Origin that you take at the character creation. At each level, the choice you make for each facet will increase your captains skills differently.

Once you gain enough Experience, your captain's portrait be highlighted. Clicking on it will take you to the A Moment of Reflection page, and you will be able to choose an option for that level.

Choosing a facet increases the number of Facets Taken, which tracks how many facets you have selected (including Origins). Raising it unlocks more facets to choose from.

Origin
Each of your four stats will start off at level 10. However, at the start of a new game, you will be prompted to choose your captain's origin, which will grant a bonus in a particular skill.

Who were you?

''Today, London lies between the stars. Her new empire unfolds across the heavens. But ten years ago - before the northern gate was opened; before the Enduring Empress led her people into the skies - it lay in a vast cavern far beneath the earth. Deep. Dark. Marvellous. Who were you, then?''

Once you have chosen one of the above options, you will be prompted to choose a subgroup. This will give you a second, smaller bonus on top of what you have already gained.

Those subgroups depend on what you chose before, and are as follows:

You were a street urchin
''You raced, barefoot, across the chimneyed rooftops. You stole wigs, wallets, and purses. You made offerings to forgotten gods.'' The urchins of Old London organise into gangs. Which did you belong to?

You were a soldier
You served in Her Majesty's military. But how, exactly?

You were a poet
''Poetry was popular in Old London. Some poets sought fame, others art. Some simply enjoyed Bohemian company.'' Three pre-eminent artistic movements have come to prominence. Which are your works most associated with?

You were an academic
Perhaps you were educated at one of the esteemed colleges of Benthic or Somerset. Perhaps you taught yourself, through trial and error and grit. But what was your field of study?

You were a priest
You preached the word, and brought the needs of the world before the Church in intercession. But besides God Almighty, to whom did you answer?

You were a zee-captain
''You remember bats winging across the still, black sea. The distant lights of London, calling you home. Salty prayers offered to heedless gods.'' It was a hard life, and often a short one, but you made your mark. What were you known for?

You were an auditor
The Ministry is responsible for the promotion and preservation of British culture. It is a sprawling, many-branched institution. To which department were you appointed?

You were a revolutionary
The law offered you no protection. The engines of the state were set against that which you knew to be just. So how did you resist?

Past Facets
Starting from level 2, you can choose a new facet per level. All but one (A Mentor) haves two sub-choices. Each time you level-up, you are randomly given 5 facets to choose from, but the main facet you choose will be removed from the next level's selection. For example, if you choose "Scarred" and "An engine accident" at level 2, the other "Scarred" facet will be removed from your options at level 3.

Scarred
Available from the start.

A Spell in Prison
Available from the start.

An Interlude in Red and Gold
Available from the start.

A Scandal
Available from the start.

An Unlikely Haul
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Urchin.

The Battlefield
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Soldier

Fifteen minutes of fame
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Poet.

Your masterpiece
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Academic.

An Hour in Gethsemane
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Priest.

Worse Things Happen at Zee
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Zailor.

Your Letter of Resignation
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Auditor.

The Liberation of Night
Available from the start. Exclusives to Origin: Revolutionary.

A Lost Love
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 2

A Mentor
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 2

Below Stairs
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 2.

The August Avenues
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 2. Mutually exclusives with 'The Smoggy Streets'.

The Smoggy Streets
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 2. Mutually exclusives with 'The August Avenues'.

Sunday Dinners
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3 and having a previous captain that had  ≥ 5.

A Metamorphosis
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 4

Family Footsteps
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 4

The Black Sheep
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 4

The Great Game
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 4

Steam & Soot
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 4

A Promise of Days
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 6

A Seance
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 6.

Haunted
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 6

Spirifered!
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 6.

A Settler
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 8

Pestilence
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 8. Must have visited Albion at least once.

The Bell Tolls
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 8

The Blockade of New Winchester
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 8

A Correspondent
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 11

A House of Cards
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 11

An Exercise Regimen
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 11

A Kinship with Rats
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 12

Rubbery Inclinations
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 12

The Devil you Know
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 12

The Long Arm of the Law
Available with Facets Taken ≥ 12

Deeds
Deeds are special facet that can only be available in the progression page by having a certain accomplishment.

A Narrow Escape
Unlocked after your Hull fell below 10 points once. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

Far-Travelled
Unlocked after visiting all four region in the game (The Reach, Albion, Eleutheria, The Blue Kingdom). Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

An Esteemed Predecessor
Unlocked by having another captain preceded you. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

This facet is mutually exclusive with 'A Disgraced Predecessor.'

A Disgraced Predecessor
Unlocked by having another captain preceded you. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

This facet is mutually exclusive with 'An Esteemed Predecessor.'

A Seasoned Smuggler
Unlocked by completing enough Smuggling Prospects (Increasing Reputation: Smugglers to 3). Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

The Keeper of the Clocks
Unlocked after substantially helping The Royal Horological Office (Increasing Royal Horological Office to 3). Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

The Call of the Sea
Unlocked by helping the cult in Worlebury-juxta-Mare. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

A Knight in the Brazen Brigade
Unlocked by climbing the ranks of The Brazen Brigade. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

The Witness
Unlocked by serving the Heart-Cathers. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

Dining with December
Unlocked by allying with Winter's Reside. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 3

A Coterie
Unlocked by having Affiliation: Bohemia at 2 or more. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 10

A Secret Symposium
Unlocked by having Affiliation: Academe at 2 or more. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 10

A Thief-Oath
Unlocked by having Affiliation: Villainy at 2 or more. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 10

Your Club
Unlocked by having Affiliation: Establishment at 2 or more. Available with Facets Taken ≥ 10

A Jar with your Death in it
Unlocked via storylet in the Heart-Catcher Gardens Platform. This facets requires Past: The Bell Tolls and will replaces it along with its Skills benefit.

If Past: The Bell Tolls = 10 [ It has been foretold that you will die in bed ] ( +5,  +3 ):

If Past: The Bell Tolls = 20 [ It has been foretold that you will die in the cold skies ] ( +5,  +3 ):

Ambition Facets
Completing an ambition will also unlock a unique facet. All of them are available from level 3.

Your Inheritance
Unlocked by completing Ambition: Wealth(quality).

Your Inspiration
Unlocked by completing Ambition: The Song of the Sky.

A Secret of the Stars
Unlocked by completing Ambition: the Truth.

A Quester in your Lineage
Unlocked by completing Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup

=Choosing origin in table=

Who Were You?
''Today, London lies between the stars. Her new empire unfolds across the heavens.''

''But ten years ago – before the northern gate was opened; before the Renewed Empress led her people into the skies – it lay in a vast cavern far beneath the Earth. Deep. Dark. Marvellous.''

Who were you, then?

Interactions

=Facets in table=

Pasts
You remember...

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