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{{stub}} {{Infobox story |name = Horologion |image = deathsdoorstep_ambience.png |px = 260px |category = [[Random Event]] |type = Random |linked = |id = 312018 }} '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Sunless Skies]] [[Random Event]]. == Guide == The Horologion is a [[Wonder]] found in [[The Blue Kingdom]]. Captains that aren’t [[Invisible]] can observe the Horologion once per month. 2/3rds of the time this results in a [[Vision of the Heavens]]. [[Antedeceased]] captains sometimes can choose between becoming Ephemera or becoming Invisible and gaining 1 Iron. [[Ephemera]] captains will sometimes be inflicted with [[Dining with the Dead]]. [[Yoked]] captains will sometimes be inflicted with [[Served by Shades]]. ==Story description== ''The great dial, Horologion, is in motion. It is the clock of the Blue Kingdom, dictating the hours of the Observances: rituals which govern the progress of the spirit toward Death's Door.'' ''Beneath its face, thousands of spirits labour to power its revolution. Above, greater spirits of aureate majesty preside over the regular Observances.'' ''It is both a symbol and vital function of the bureaucracy of the dead.'' ==Trigger conditions== Location: The High Wilderness<br> Area: Limbo<br> Frequency: Always (100%)<br> ==Interactions== {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:25%;'| Requirements ! colspan='3' style='width:45%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Approach Horologion}} <div>The Observances are mandatory for spirits at Horologion. There is an Observance for every status, and once begun, may not be escaped.</div> | <ul> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[Horologion's Revolution]]<p></p> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] ≥ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Antedeceased</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''In motion '''</span> <div>Your engine lands at the appointed place in the shadow of the gnomon. You step from your engine onto the face of the great dial. Aureate Ministers with crowns of molten gold turn to you as you disembark: an Observance is about to begin. Every spirit has its place during the hours chimed by Horologion. You are about to be shown yours.</div> <ul> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Depart}} <div>The Observances of Horologion are not intended for the living.</div> | <ul> * [[Observances of Horologion]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''Beyond the hours '''</span> <div>Shafts of light flung from Death's Door illuminate the face of Horologion in a brief corona of dazzling gold. For a moment your engine is washed in a terrible radiance. Then, you are away, and the dial is behind you.</div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Observe the Ephemera}} <div>At this hour, the Ephemera are invited to a banquet. {{game note|You are not permitted to participate, but you may watch.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 3 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Yoked</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''The last feast '''</span> <div>Shades lead you below the face of Horologion and into a cavern under the dial. A great table carved from the jaw of an Eater of the Dead stands at its centre. Thousands of spirits in masks sit on long benches to either side. Shades bearing tapers carry platters of petrichor the colour of sweet milk. The only sound in all the chamber is the scraping of wooden spoon on bowl. Eventually the spirits stand, and as one, file out. The petrichor remains on the table.</div> <ul> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Observe the Ephemera}} <div>At this hour, the Ephemera are invited to a banquet. {{game note|You are not permitted to participate, but you may watch.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Antedeceased</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''The last banquet '''</span> <div>Shades lead you below the face of Horologion and into a cavern under the dial. A great table carved from the jaw of an Eater of the Dead stands at its centre. Thousands of spirits in masks sit on long benches to either side. Shades bearing tapers carry platters of petrichor the colour of sweet milk. The only sound in all the chamber is the scraping of wooden spoon on bowl. Eventually the spirits stand, and as one, file out. The petrichor remains on the table.</div> <ul> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|An Observance: Partake of a Feast}} <div>Spirits in porcelain masks wait to take you to a banquet of shades. {{game note|You are Ephemera. You have no choice here.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Ephemera</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''The food of the dead '''</span> <div>Beneath the great dial is a cavern. At its centre is a single banquet table, carved from the long jaw of an Eater of the Dead. Scores of Ephemera sit on benches before a vast and ghostly feast. You are shown to your place. The food before you sits on platters of bone, pale as an autumn moon. It tastes like the memory of butterscotch and mellow vanilla. You partake in silence; the only sound is that of your spoon against your bowl, again and again.</div> <ul> * [[File:affiliationbohemia icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Dining with the Dead]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>-5</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Observe the Antedeceased}} <div>Witness how the Antedeceased become Ephemera when Horologion dictates. {{game note|You are not permitted to participate, but you may watch.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] ≥ 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Ephemera</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 1<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''A time for all things '''</span> <div>A flock of Antedeceased crosses the dial. Some are living, still in skyfarer's garb. Others are spirits, caught between life and death. One quakes beneath their porcelain masks. Aureate Ministers assist the Antedeceased in their transition. Masks of smouldering flame are placed over their heads. Their garments and forms are rent, baring them to the sun's light. A scent like myrrh and incense emerges, as the light begins to fade. The new Ephemera are shepherded in the direction of Death's Door as junior Ministers appear to begin the clean up. Horologion's face turns.</div> <ul> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> </ul> | |- | rowspan='2' | {{effect title|An Observance: Become Ephemera}} <div>Aureate Ministers with wheels of living fire at their backs approach. Their burnt-branch hands reach toward you. {{game note|You are Antedeceased. It is the appointed hour. You have no choice here.}} </div> | rowspan='2' border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00; | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Antedeceased</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | rowspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''The way of pain '''</span> <div>You are caught in their long and many-limbed grip like a fly in a web. The most senior of the ministers produces a mask of golden candlewax from their cloak of shining silk. Another brings forth a bowl of copper flame. They mean to make your Ephemera, one of the dead on its journey to Death's Door.'</div> <ul> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> | <span style='color:white'>'''Submit'''</span> <div>Give in. Become Ephemera.</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>The mask fits tightly to your face. It has no holes for eyes. You see only the shadow of a movement through it, then a sudden bright as the bowl of copper flame approaches. Hands take your own; numbing your senses as the wax begins to melt. Later, they help you stand and carve your name into a stone tablet, confirming you as one of the Ephemera, on your way to Death's Door.</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Ephemera</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | rowspan='2'| |- | <span style='color:white'>'''Resist'''</span> <div>You do not want to become one of the Ephemera.</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>You struggle. The spindled limbs holding you bend like willow, but they do not break. The most junior of the Ministers makes a note on a wax tablet, registering your resistance. They keep you in place as they approach. They hold the mask just above your head, so that your shadow wears a mask of its own. The Ministers then set the mask alight. You are released. You have lost all Status in the Blue Kingdom. You are Invisible.</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Invisible</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Iron]]<p></p> </ul> |- </ul> |- | {{effect title|Observe the Yoked}} <div>At this hour, Horologion undergoes maintenance. {{game note|You are not permitted to participate, but you may watch.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] ≤ 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Ephemera</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 3<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''Cleaning the clocks '''</span> <div>You are not allowed below the great dial. Instead you and your crew are permitted to stand at the rim and look down. A river of spirits churns, sluiced through the vast, intricate machinery beneath the Blue Kingdom's clock. The spirits carry buckets and amphora filled with souls and vinegary wine. As abruptly as it began; the cleaning ceases .A torrent of thin, grey, flawed souls spills out below Horologion. Bells toll. The dial moves again.</div> <ul> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|An Observance: Clean the machinery of Horologion}} <div>Ministers in white and gold stand ready with sapphire shackles. You have a duty to perform. {{game note|You are Yoked. You have no choice here.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Blue Kingdom Status]] = 3 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Yoked</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 3<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''The service of the dead '''</span> <div>A flock of other masked spirits walk in front of you and march behind you, as you are led down a golden stair that cleaves to the underside of the dial. You are handed an amphora filled with wine and souls, and directed to churn through the great wheels that power the dial. Souls pass through your hands; a torrid river that sluices through the mechanism of the great sundial. Your task is the cleaning of a single cog. By the time you are done, your souls are lost or wrung out. Not every spirit bound to their task emerges from the underside. Some are stuck in the wheels and left; others ground up, dust to be cleansed in future. Others yet are taken away. There is no shortage of tasks for the Yoked.</div> <ul> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>- [[File:maskedshade icon.png|23px]] [[Served by Shades]]</span> x [[Crew]]<p></p> * [[Observances of Horologion]] = 0<p></p> * [[Horologion's Revolution]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+30<p></p> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:maskedshade icon.png|23px]] [[Served by Shades]]</span> x [[Another One, Lost]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |} ==Links== ===Links In=== ===Links Out=== {{Navbox random events}} [[Category:random Events]] [[Category:Events]]
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