Cryptic Benefactor

Cryptic Benefactor
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Category	Possessions
Type	Establishment
Data ID	131129

Cryptic Benefactor is a possession in the Establishment category.

Description

"A nod. A wink. They will be there when you need them. (Acquire these at the Ministry of Public Decency or the Toll-Tower.)"

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Explore Port Prosper	'A messenger greets you at the station'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Pasts	'...a trove of disgraceful secrets'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Pasts	'Office politics'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Pasts	'Your eyes were opened'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Pasts	'Your immortal predecessor'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Summerset Camp	'Make a bonfire!'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Hybras Deserted	'Report your findings to the Pernickety Factor'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Hybras Deserted	'Report your findings to the Pernickety Factor'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Parsimonious Chairman's Offices	'Report your success'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Explore London	'Bring Percy Blythe Home'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Explore London	'Arrange matters for your upcoming heist'	Requirement	≥ 1
Explore London	'Arrange matters for your upcoming heist'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Researcher's Crusade	'Hand over the flower'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Ministry of Public Decency	'Trade Favour for a Cryptic Benefactor'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Jolly Anchorite	'The crowning of the saints'	Success	+1
A Close Reading of the Text	'Finish your education'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Bit Between	'Recruit some desperate workers to join the Psalmists'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Bit Between	'Recruit some desperate workers to join the Psalmists'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The New Street Line's Garret	'Campaign for the Firebrand Conductor's release'	Requirement	≥ 1
The New Street Line's Garret	'Campaign for the Firebrand Conductor's release'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The New Street Line's Garret	'Campaign for the Firebrand Conductor's release'	Success	-1
The Mellifluous President	'The President clears his throat'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Nave	'Speak up for the captain'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Prince Consort's Tomb	'Call in a favour to help the Princess get inside'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Prince Consort's Tomb	'Call in a favour to help the Princess get inside'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Pardoner's Tale	'Decide in favour of the courtier'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Pardoner's Tale	'Decide in favour of the aristocrat'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Pardoner's Tale	'Decide in favour of the nun'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Museum in Bloom Bower	'Request a Boon of Titania'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The New Somerset Hunting Club	'Ask about your membership'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four	'Arrange for her to be put on display in a museum'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four	'Arrange for her to be put on display in a museum'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Grove of Far-Too-Late	'Receive the Blessing of the Violist'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Grove of Far-Too-Late	'Receive the Blessing of the Violist'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Temple of Almost-Time	'Request a favour of the Brazen Brigade'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Corncrake House	'Trade with the broker in the kitchen'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The London Embassy	'Smuggle Secrets into the Empyrean'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Investigate the Black Box	'Sell the box as a curiosity'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Your Debut	'Host an evening of infernal splendour'	Requirement	≥ 2
Your Debut	'Host an evening of infernal splendour'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
The Embassy of Albion	'Trade Gratitude for a Cryptic Benefactor'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Court of Apes	'Achieve a Testament of the Feather'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Court of Apes	'Achieve a Testament of the Feather'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Court of Apes	'Achieve a Testament of the Feather'	Success	-1
Caught Red-Handed	'Bribe the Taciturn Inspector'	Requirement	≥ 1
Caught Red-Handed	'Bribe the Taciturn Inspector'	Success	-1
Caught Red-Handed	'Bribe the Taciturn Inspector'	Rare Success	-1
Chambers of the Ambassador	'Deliver Captain Whitlock's black box to the Ambassador'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Waxwork Symposium	'Warn them about your friends in high places'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Waxwork Symposium	'Warn them about your friends in high places'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Silken Salon	'Connect the Generous Princess with your Cryptic Benefactor'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Silken Salon	'Connect the Generous Princess with your Cryptic Benefactor'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Explore Port Prosper	A messenger greets you at the station	Level ≥ 10 The Long Passage ≤ 0	Default: +1 x The Long Passage +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
Pasts	...a trove of disgraceful secrets	None	Default: +3 x Mirrors +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Past: An Unlikely Haul = 20 [You stole a trove of disgraceful secrets]
	Office politics	None	Default: +3 x Hearts +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Past: A Letter of Resignation = 10 [You were driven from the Ministry in the upheavals accompanying a shift in power]
	Your eyes were opened	None	Default: Past: The Liberation of Night = 10 [You joined the Liberation of Night, determined to cast down the stars] +3 x Mirrors +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
	Your immortal predecessor	None	Default: Past: the Martyr-King's Cup = 20 [A gift from your immortal predecessor] +3 x Hearts +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
The Summerset Camp	Make a bonfire!	None	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
Hybras Deserted	Report your findings to the Pernickety Factor	On the Trail of Vanished Colonists = 70 [You have found the missing colonists in a honey dream]	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor On the Trail of Vanished Colonists = 80 [[COMPLETE]You told the Pernickety Factor the truth about the fate of the colonists on Hybras] The Pernickety Factor = 0 [The Pernickety Factor is gone.] Hunt for Hybras Completed = 1
Hybras Deserted	Report your findings to the Pernickety Factor	On the Hunt for Hybras = 110 [You found the colonists inside the fungus]	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor On the Hunt for Hybras = 120 [[COMPLETE]You told the Pernickety Factor the truth about the fate of the colonists] The Pernickety Factor = 0 [The Pernickety Factor is gone.] Hunt for Hybras Completed = 1
The Parsimonious Chairman's Offices	Report your success	Dealing with an Ironical Reformist = 20 [You successfully sabotaged the Ironical Reformist's rally; report back to the Parsimonious Chairman]	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Dealing with an Ironical Reformist = 30 [[COMPLETE]The Parsimonious Chairman was pleased with your work] +1000 x Experience +3 x Barrel of Unseasoned Hours +10 x The Windward Company's Gratitude Triggers event:  Explore Port Prosper
Explore London	Bring Percy Blythe Home	Fate of the Parzifal = 5 [Bring Percy Blythe to London]	Default: -10 x The Strength of the Sun Fate of the Parzifal = 50 [[COMPLETE]You brought Percy Blythe to London, where he voluntarily went back to the Ministry] +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +1000 x Experience Percy Blythe = 0 [Percy Blythe is gone.]
	Arrange matters for your upcoming heist	Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 1 [Make preparations in London for your heist at the Tower of Chimes] Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 13 [Gather 1 Cryptic Benefactor and 500 Sovereigns and head to London to arrange matters for your upcoming heist at the Tower of Chimes] Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Sovereign ≥ 500	Default: -500 x Sovereign -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 2 [Make your way to the clock-face of the Tower of Chimes, near the Floating Parliament, in Albion] Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 14 [Steal the minute hand from the Tower of Chimes, near the Floating Parliament in Albion]
The Researcher's Crusade	Hand over the flower	The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 40 [Take what you've found to the Phlegmatic Researcher]	Default: The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 50 [[COMPLETE]You helped the Phlegmatic Researcher identify what had caused the obsessions in his Colleagues] +900 x Experience +1 x Cryptic Benefactor The Researcher's Crusade = 1 [The Researcher is on a crusade against the Apollonian Cinders]
The Ministry of Public Decency	Trade Favour for a Cryptic Benefactor	The Ministry's Gratitude ≥ 6	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor -6 x The Ministry's Gratitude
The Jolly Anchorite	The crowning of the saints	An Initiate of the Cult of the Saints = 4 [Bring a Cask of Navarantine Gemstones, A Gourd of Chorister Nectar and a Sack of Verdant Seeds to the Jolly Anchorite] Hearts Cask of Navaratine Gemstones ≥ 1 Sack of Verdant Seeds ≥ 1 Gourd of Chorister Nectar ≥ 1	Success: An Initiate of the Cult of the Saints = 0 +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +2 x Moment of Inspiration +500 x Experience -1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds -1 x Cask of Navaratine Gemstones -1 x Gourd of Chorister Nectar +1 x Crimson Promise Entirely Sanctified = 1 [You have bathed in the Names of the Saints. And also wine] An Offering Made = 0 Drowning in Sanctity = 0 Triggers event:  Aboard the Flotilla
A Close Reading of the Text	Finish your education	Casting Doubt ≤ 3 A Questioning of Belief ≥ 50	Default: An Initiate of the Supralapsarians = 0 +500 x Sovereign +500 x Experience +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Entirely Supralapsarian = 1 [You have spoken the secret wisdom of the Supralapsarians] An Offering Made = 0 Casting Doubt = 0 Triggers event:  Aboard the Flotilla
The Bit Between	Recruit some desperate workers to join the Psalmists	Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Far From Their Ruined Homes = 6 [Recruit new followers for the Psalmists at Piranesi, Carillon, or the Brabazon Workworld] Recruited Psalmists: Brabazon ≤ 0 Searching for Converts: Brabazon = 1 [Travel to the Brabazon Workworld in search of converts]	Default: +1 x A gaggle of Psalmists +1 x Recruited Psalmists: Brabazon -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Searching for Converts: Brabazon = 2 [[COMPLETE]You persuaded some downtrodden workers at Brabazon to join the Church of the Judas Psalm] +1 x Searching for Converts
The New Street Line's Garret	Campaign for the Firebrand Conductor's release	Freedom for the Firebrand Conductor ≤ 0 Date Workworlders Saved ≥ 30 Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1	Default: New Line Cools Down = Date+30 +750 x Sovereign +10 x The Strength of the Sun -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Freedom for the Firebrand Conductor = 1 [He is free, a firebrand no more] Success: Freedom for the Firebrand Conductor = 1 [He is free, a firebrand no more] New Line Cools Down = Date+30 +750 x Sovereign +10 x The Strength of the Sun -1 x Cryptic Benefactor
The Mellifluous President	The President clears his throat	Successfully Persuaded the Steward = 1	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Successfully Persuaded the Steward = 2 +1 x The Royal Society's Gratitude +1 x Affiliation: Establishment +5 x The Strength of the Sun
The Nave	Speak up for the captain	None	Default: +50 x Sovereign +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Unquiet Living = 15 [[COMPLETE]The captain's account was accepted by the Necropolis Line]
The Prince Consort's Tomb	Call in a favour to help the Princess get inside	Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Learning about the Incognito Princess = 30 [The Incognito Princess would like to visit her father, in the Mausoleum]	Default: -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Triggers event:  Heart of Empire
The Pardoner's Tale	Decide in favour of the courtier	None	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +500 x Experience The Pardoner's Tale = 10 [[COMPLETE]You pardoned a former courtier] The Nun's Story = 0 The Courtier's Story = 0 The Aristocrat's Story = 0 +500 x Sovereign Triggers event:  The Home Office
	Decide in favour of the aristocrat	None	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +500 x Experience The Pardoner's Tale = 20 [[COMPLETE]You pardoned a listless aristocrat] The Aristocrat's Story = 0 The Nun's Story = 0 The Courtier's Story = 0 +500 x Sovereign Triggers event:  The Home Office
	Decide in favour of the nun	None	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +500 x Experience The Pardoner's Tale = 30 [[COMPLETE]You pardoned a nun] The Courtier's Story = 0 The Nun's Story = 0 The Aristocrat's Story = 0 +500 x Sovereign Triggers event:  The Home Office
The Museum in Bloom Bower	Request a Boon of Titania	Received Titania's Boon ≤ 0 Titania_Albion_Museum = 4 [Library]	Default: Received Titania's Boon = 1 [You have received a Boon from Titania] +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
The New Somerset Hunting Club	Ask about your membership	The New Somerset Hunting Club ≥ 9	Default: New Somerset Hunting Club Membership = 1 [You have... technically... been accepted into the Club.] +250 x Sovereign +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Hunting for the Hunting Club = 5 [[COMPLETE]You are first in line for membership to the New Somerset Hunting Club] Triggers event:  The Nowhere Inn
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four	Arrange for her to be put on display in a museum	Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Bronzewood ≥ 3	Default: Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 25 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards] -1 x Cryptic Benefactor -3 x Bronzewood
The Grove of Far-Too-Late	Receive the Blessing of the Violist	Crew ≥ 6 Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Pane of Stained Glass ≥ 3 Eleutherian Mystery ≥ 3 Entered the Brazen Brigade ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Royal Dispensation +-[1-5] x Crew -1 x Cryptic Benefactor -3 x Pane of Stained Glass -3 x Eleutherian Mystery +3 x Another One, Lost
The Temple of Almost-Time	Request a favour of the Brazen Brigade	A Marcher in the Brazen Brigade ≥ 1 Moment of Inspiration ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Moment of Inspiration +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
Corncrake House	Trade with the broker in the kitchen	Winter's Reside: Something More Than Revolutionary ≥ 2 Unlicensed Chart ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Cryptic Benefactor -1 x Unlicensed Chart
The London Embassy	Smuggle Secrets into the Empyrean	Balance of the Great Game: Eleutheria ≥ 9 ≤ 10 Savage Secret ≥ 3	Default: -3 x Savage Secret +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +1 x The Ministry's Gratitude +5 x The Strength of the Sun +100 x Experience
Investigate the Black Box	Sell the box as a curiosity	Captain Whitlock's Legacy ≤ 19	Default: +100 + (( Affiliation: Academe+ Affiliation: Bohemia+ Affiliation: Establishment+ Affiliation: Villainy)*50) x Sovereign +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Black Box = 0 [You no longer possess a large black box.] Captain Whitlock's Legacy = 50 [[COMPLETE]You sold the box as a curiosity] A London Address = 0 A Fiscal Opportunity = 0 Absconded = 0
Your Debut	Host an evening of infernal splendour	Sovereign ≥ 13666 Crimson Promise ≥ 2 Searing Enigma ≥ 2 Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 2	Default: +1 x Heirloom: A Token of Vast Wealth -13666 x Sovereign -2 x Crimson Promise -2 x Searing Enigma -2 x Cryptic Benefactor
The Embassy of Albion	Trade Gratitude for a Cryptic Benefactor	The Gratitude of the Embassy of Albion ≥ 3 An Embassy Regular ≥ 10	Default: -3 x The Gratitude of the Embassy of Albion +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
The Court of Apes	Achieve a Testament of the Feather	Veils (92 for 100%) Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Blue Kingdom Status ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Success: +1 x Testament of the Feather -1 x Cryptic Benefactor
Caught Red-Handed	Bribe the Taciturn Inspector	Hearts Smuggler's Luck ≥ 51 ≤ 75 Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1	Success: -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Triggers event:  Continuing your Journey Rare Success: +-( Hogshead of Starshine/2) x Hogshead of Starshine +-( Firkin of Red Honey/2) x Firkin of Red Honey +-( Trunk of Illicit Literature/2) x Trunk of Illicit Literature +1 x Notoriety -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Triggers event:  Continuing your Journey
Chambers of the Ambassador	Deliver Captain Whitlock's black box to the Ambassador	Captain Whitlock's Legacy = 20 [The box contains one of the spirits of the dead, stolen from the Blue Kingdom]	Default: +1000 x Experience +3 x Cask of Navaratine Gemstones +1 x Cryptic Benefactor Black Box = 0 [You no longer possess a large black box.] Captain Whitlock's Legacy = 100 [[COMPLETE]You returned the shade Captain Whitlock stole to the Blue Kingdom] A London Address = 0 A Fiscal Opportunity = 0 Absconded = 0
The Waxwork Symposium	Warn them about your friends in high places	Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1 Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 3 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes] Sovereign ≥ 5	Default: Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 4 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes] -1 x Cryptic Benefactor Visions in Silver = 1 [You are seeing what really ought to be.] +1 x Silver Dreams of a Golden Day Triggers event:  The Blindness Throne
The Silken Salon	Connect the Generous Princess with your Cryptic Benefactor	Cryptic Benefactor ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Cryptic Benefactor +300 x Sovereign +250 x Experience

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Prospects

Prospect Name	Item Required	Amount	Region	Delivery Location	Unlocked with	Earned per item	Total earned	Bonus
All the Comforts of Home	Caddy of Dried Tea	9	The Reach	Port Prosper	Dominant in the Reach = 3 [The Windward Company]	210 Sovereigns	1890 Sovereigns	+1 x Cryptic Benefactor +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature +150 x Experience
Accoutrements and Adornments: Gemstones for the White Well	Cask of Navaratine Gemstones	5	The Blue Kingdom	The White Well		475 Sovereigns	2375 Sovereigns	+300 x Experience +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
Souls for the Titanian Poets	Jumble of Undistinguished Souls	1	The Reach	Titania	Titania_Eleutheria_Academy ≥ 2	150 Sovereigns	150 Sovereigns	+150 x Experience +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
The Last Last Rites: Literature for Death's Door	Ministry-Approved Literature	7	The Blue Kingdom	The Forge of Souls	Affiliation: Establishment ≥ 2	210 Sovereigns	1470 Sovereigns	+1 x Cryptic Benefactor +300 x Experience
The Murgatroyd Files: Secrets within Bombazine	Roll of Thirsty Bombazine	7	Eleutheria	Lustrum	Completed the Murgatroyd Run ≥ 1	209Sovereigns	1463 Sovereigns	Completed the Murgatroyd Run = 0 +1 x Cryptic Benefactor +250 x Experience
Delusions Of Home: Starshine to the Mausoleum	Hogshead of Starshine	9	Eleutheria - Albion	The Most Serene Mausoleum	Reputation: Smugglers ≥ 3	350 Sovereigns	3150 Sovereigns	+1 x Reputation: Smugglers +900 x Sovereign +7 x Pane of Stained Glass +1 x Cryptic Benefactor
								Late! (60 Days)
								+900 x Sovereigns