A Friend at the Gate

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A Friend at the Gate
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Category	Circumstance Quality WHAT TYPE
Type	Reach: Traitor's Wood WHAT TYPE
Data ID	137802

A Friend at the Gate is considered a WARNINGWARNING in Sunless Skies.

Circumstance description

"Who walks at your side when you enter the Regent's Grave?"

Quality status

A Friend at the Gate has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Journal description

• [1] The Dismal Paleographer
• [2] The Vituperative Classicist
• [3] The Feckless Theologian

Interaction description

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

• [1] The Dismal Paleographer will accompany you to the Regent's Grave.
• [2] The Vituperative Classicist will accompany you to the Regent's Grave.
• [3] The Feckless Theologian will accompany you to the Regent's Grave.

Variable Interaction description

These desciptions appear when a specific group is called for text.

Goodbye

• [0] Goodbye
• [1] The Paleographer gives you a brisk handshake, before stepping back, bowing his head in respect.
• [2] The Vituperative Classicist considers you. \"You've impressed me, captain. Good luck.\" She heads back towards the entrance.\t
• [3] The Feckless Theologian suddenly embraces you. He is near crying. \"Please don't die.\" He backs away, towards the entrance.\n"

Duty

• [0] Duty
• [1] The Dismal Paleographer is shaking, but he approaches the skeleton of the Tamer. \"Please think of me, should I not survive. Think of me as brave.\" He smiles. \"Burn my monograms too.\" And then a wind is upon him. It howls as it forces its way into the empty places in his skull. He turns back to you, eyes unseeing, and runs from the tomb, out into the wild of the wood. The grave is silent.
• [2] The Vituperative Classicist strides forward without a second glance. \"Well? Come on then, I haven't got all—\" The rest is lost as the wind pounces on her. It howls as it forces its way into the empty places in her skull. She turns back to you, eyes unseeing, and runs from the tomb, out into the wild of the wood. The grave is silent.
• [3] The Feckless Theologian tosses his curls as he steps forward. He flashes you a winning smile. \"I'm not afraid,\" he tells you, his voice shaking. \"I'm—\" The rest is lost. The wind falls upon him. It howls as it forces its way into the empty places in his skull. He turns back to you, eyes unseeing, and runs from the tomb, out into the wild of the wood. The grave is silent."

End

• [0] End
• [1] The Paleographer returns to your locomotive in silence, and does not speak for the remainder of the journey back, except to sigh. He will return to the Summerset camp to gather his things and all that remains of his career.
• [2] The Classicist returns to your locomotive in high dudgeon but does not speak for the remainder of the journey back, except to curse beneath her breath. She will return to the Summerset camp to begin preparations to mount an expedition to recover the seals. It does not seem likely to succeed, but nor does it seem the opportune time to point that out.
• [3] The Theologian burst into laughter and embraces you. \"Well, I supposes that's freed us all. Wait till I tell the others what you did!\" He returns to your locomotive in high spirits, eager to return to the Summerset camp, and later, back to London, where he intends to publish a popular novel about all of this.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
The Parting Glade	'Begin your service of a year and a day'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Dismal Paleographer'	Requirement	≥ 1 ≤ 1
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Dismal Paleographer'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Vituperative Classicist'	Requirement	≥ 2 ≤ 2
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Vituperative Classicist'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Feckless Theologian'	Requirement	≥ 3 ≤ 3
The Parting Glade	'Return to the Feckless Theologian'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Regent's Grave	'Leave the Grave'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
An Errant Conclusion	'Take the Dismal Paleographer'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
An Errant Conclusion	'Take the Vituperative Classicist'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 2
An Errant Conclusion	'Take the Feckless Theologian'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 3

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
The Parting Glade	Begin your service of a year and a day	Entering the Regent's Grave = 80 [Return to Traitor's Wood to take up the mantle of the Tamer]	Default: Entering the Regent's Grave = 110 [[COMPLETE]You have paid the Traitor's debt. Traitor's Wood has been tamed] +366 x Date +2000 x Experience A Friend at the Gate = 0 +1 x Searing Enigma -50 x The Strength of the Sun Fortunes: Stovepipes = 25 [Struggling] Fortunes: Tacketies = 75 [Prosperous] -4 x Crew
	Return to the Dismal Paleographer	Entering the Regent's Grave = 90 [Return to the Parting Glade in Traitor's Wood in a year and a day to speak to the scholar again] A Friend at the Gate = 1 [The Dismal Paleographer] Date	Default: +1000 x Experience +1 x Searing Enigma A Friend at the Gate = 0 Entering the Regent's Grave = 120 [[COMPLETE]The Dismal Paleographer has paid the Traitor's debt. Traitor's Wood has been tamed]
	Return to the Vituperative Classicist	Entering the Regent's Grave = 90 [Return to the Parting Glade in Traitor's Wood in a year and a day to speak to the scholar again] A Friend at the Gate = 2 [The Vituperative Classicist] Date	Default: +1000 x Experience +1 x Searing Enigma A Friend at the Gate = 0 Entering the Regent's Grave = 130 [[COMPLETE]The Vituperative Classicist has paid the Traitor's debt. Traitor's Wood has been tamed]
	Return to the Feckless Theologian	Entering the Regent's Grave = 90 [Return to the Parting Glade in Traitor's Wood in a year and a day to speak to the scholar again] A Friend at the Gate = 3 [The Feckless Theologian] Date	Default: +1000 x Experience +1 x Searing Enigma A Friend at the Gate = 0 Entering the Regent's Grave = 140 [[COMPLETE]The Feckless Theologian has paid the Traitor's debt. Traitor's Wood has been tamed]
The Regent's Grave	Leave the Grave	Entering the Regent's Grave = 50 [Travel to the Regent's Grave to open the tomb]	Default: A Friend at the Gate = 0
An Errant Conclusion	Take the Dismal Paleographer	None	Default: Entering the Regent's Grave = 50 [Travel to the Regent's Grave to open the tomb] A Friend at the Gate = 1 [The Dismal Paleographer] +250 x Sovereign +250 x Experience Triggers event:  The Summerset Camp
	Take the Vituperative Classicist	None	Default: Entering the Regent's Grave = 50 [Travel to the Regent's Grave to open the tomb] A Friend at the Gate = 2 [The Vituperative Classicist] +250 x Sovereign +250 x Experience Triggers event:  The Summerset Camp
	Take the Feckless Theologian	None	Default: A Friend at the Gate = 3 [The Feckless Theologian] Entering the Regent's Grave = 50 [Travel to the Regent's Grave to open the tomb] +250 x Sovereign +250 x Experience Triggers event:  The Summerset Camp

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