Lightless

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Lightless
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Category	Profile
Type	Your Soul
Data ID	133348

Lightless is considered a Profile Item Your Soul in Sunless Skies.

Profile description

""Slothful, viceful, willful abandonment of talent and interest." The Presiding Deviless, the Carillon Compendium."

Background

Lightless soul flaw is one of the 7 failings of the soul the captain can obtain while exploring the Sunless Skies. This soul flaw, like all the other flaws, can be cured in Carillon.

Obtaining

A Lightless soul can be acquired by:

• Paying the Chrysanthemum Price in the The Price of Charity event in Eleutheria
• Running out of time while on a tour of Brabazon.

Curing

The Lightless soul flaw can be cured at the Gaslight Terrace in Carillon.

The Lightless soul flaw can be cured at the The House of Days in The Blue Kingdom in exchange for the permanent loss of 1 Mirrors.

Trivia

• It's possible the total number of Soul flaws (7), as well as the total number of floors in the Carillon (7) is intentionally corresponding to the number of 7 mortal sins. Lightless likely refers to the sin of Sloth.

Quality status

Lightless has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Interaction description

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

• [0] The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.
• [1] The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Who Were You?	'The Regiment'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'In the Royal Horse Guards'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'In the Commissariat'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'In the Corps of Royal Engineers'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'The practical sciences'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'You bought and you sold'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'The Department of Corrections'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Who Were You?	'With your feet and your fists'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Gaslight Terrace	'Cure your lightless soul'	Requirement	≥ 1
Gaslight Terrace	'Cure your lightless soul'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Discussion with the Presiding Deviless	'One for the books'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Careful Masquerader	'Stay your hand'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	'Return to your locomotive in a hurry'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Give charity'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Give charity'	Success	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Buy Immaculate Souls from a spirifer'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Write a Port Report'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Talk to the workers as they pass'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Lower unrest with tea'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	'Lower unrest with Gossip'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Place of the Rose	'Talk to the Bohemians'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Observe the Rose-Binders at work'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Explore the temple'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Talk to the Thorn-Maiden'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Talk to the Ebullient Decadent'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Participate in the Rite of the Rose'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Write a Port Report'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Place of the Rose	'Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden'	Requirement	≥ 0 ≤ 0
The Place of the Rose	'Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden'	Requirement	≥ 1
A Moonlit Pool	'Drink deeply'	Requirement	≤ 0
A Moonlit Pool	'Drink thirstily'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Rites of the Rose	'Back away'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Adaptation	'Ask the Gallant Reformer for help'	Requirement	≤ 0
Adaptation	'Ask the Gallant Reformer for help'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Midnight's Favour	'You hear nothing'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Price of Charity	'Pay the Chrysanthemum Price'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Price of Charity	'Pay the Chrysanthemum Price'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Price of Charity	'Pay the Chrysanthemum Price'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Price of Charity	'Pay the Chrysanthemum Price'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
An Encounter in the Blue Kingdom	'Make the writhing spirit as comfortable as possible'	Default / Challenge Fail	= [d:2]-1
The Catafalque	'Offer help to a Lightless spirit'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Catafalque	'Offer help to a Lightless spirit'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Court of Apes	'Undergo the removal of your Lightless soul flaw'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Court of Apes	'Undergo the removal of your Lightless soul flaw'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Who Were You?	The Regiment	None	Default: Iron = 17 Hearts = 10 Mirrors = 10 Origin: Urchin = 30 [You ran with the Regiment] +1 x Affiliation: Villainy Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Curdled = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as sickly, cloying and unappetisingly crawling. ]
	In the Royal Horse Guards	None	Default: Hearts = 17 Mirrors = 10 Veils = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Bohemia Origin: Soldier = 30 [You served in the Commisariat] Clear = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as disappointingly clear; almost transparent.] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	In the Commissariat	None	Default: Veils = 17 Hearts = 10 Mirrors = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Establishment Origin: Soldier = 20 [You served in the Corps of the Royal Engineers] Reputation: The Windward Company = 75 [Admired] Reputation: The Tacketies = 25 [Disliked] Curdled = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as sickly, cloying and unappetisingly crawling. ] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	In the Corps of Royal Engineers	None	Default: Mirrors = 17 Hearts = 10 Veils = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Villainy Origin: Soldier = 10 [You served in the Royal Horse Guards] Reputation: The Tacketies = 75 [Admired] Reputation: The Windward Company = 25 [Disliked] Cold = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as still, pale and chilly to the palate..] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	The practical sciences	None	Default: Iron = 17 Hearts = 10 Veils = 10 Origin: Academic = 10 [You studied the practical sciences] +1 x Affiliation: Academe Cold = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as still, pale and chilly to the palate..] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	You bought and you sold	None	Default: Origin: Zailor = 30 [You were a merchant] Mirrors = 17 Hearts = 10 Veils = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Bohemia Fermented = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as pungent, febrile and unappetising.] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	The Department of Corrections	None	Default: Origin: Auditor = 30 [You were appointed to the Department of Corrections] Iron = 17 Veils = 10 Hearts = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Establishment Cold = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as still, pale and chilly to the palate..] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
	With your feet and your fists	None	Default: Origin: Revolutionary = 10 [You resisted with your feet and your fists] Iron = 17 Hearts = 10 Mirrors = 10 +1 x Affiliation: Villainy Stained = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as over-rich, cindered and irrevocably damaged.] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
Gaslight Terrace	Cure your lightless soul	Lightless ≥ 1 Penance ≥ 1	Default: +5 x Wanted at Carillon -1 x Lightless +500 x Experience +1 x Vision of the Heavens +4 x Salon-Stewed Gossip
Discussion with the Presiding Deviless	One for the books	Soul Flaws ≥ 7	Default: Lightless = 0 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.] Flickering = 0 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.]
The Careful Masquerader	Stay your hand	None	Default: -5 x Hearts An Initiate of the Displeased = 0 +1 x Lightless An Offering Made = 0 Entirely Displeased = 1 [You have sounded the depths of the Displeased. You are all they could hope for]
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	Return to your locomotive in a hurry	Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]	Default: On World = 0 +1+[1-6] x Date Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] On the Tour = 0 Triggers event:  The Bit Between
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time	Give charity	Hearts (84 for 100%) Barrel of Unseasoned Hours ≥ 1	Default: +[1-7] x Date +2 x Terror +40 x Sovereign Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] -1 x Barrel of Unseasoned Hours Triggers event:  The Bit Between Success: -5 x Terror +[1-7] x Date -1 x Barrel of Unseasoned Hours +40 x Sovereign Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Triggers event:  The Bit Between
	Buy Immaculate Souls from a spirifer	Sovereign ≥ 180	Default: +[1-7] x Date -180 x Sovereign Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] +1 x Selection of Immaculate Souls Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] Triggers event:  The Bit Between
	Write a Port Report	Report: Brabazon Workworld ≤ 0	Default: Report: Brabazon Workworld = 1 [Hand your port reports in to the Genial Auditor or the Stalwart Bookkeeper at London to earn rewards] +[1-7] x Date Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] Triggers event:  The Bit Between
	Talk to the workers as they pass	None	Default: Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Triggers event:  The Bit Between
	Lower unrest with tea	Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 10 ≤ 99 Caddy of Dried Tea ≥ 1	Default: -30 x Unrest at Brabazon Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] +[1-7] x Date Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] -1 x Caddy of Dried Tea Triggers event:  The Bit Between
	Lower unrest with Gossip	Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 10 ≤ 99 Salon-Stewed Gossip ≥ 1	Default: -10 x Unrest at Brabazon Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent] +[1-7] x Date Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] -1 x Salon-Stewed Gossip Triggers event:  The Bit Between
The Place of the Rose	Talk to the Bohemians	Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1 Airs of the Arboretum ≥ 34 ≤ 66 Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0	Default: Airs of the Arboretum = [1-100]
	Observe the Rose-Binders at work	Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1 Airs of the Arboretum ≥ 67 Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0	Default: Airs of the Arboretum = [1-100]
	Explore the temple	Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1 Airs of the Arboretum ≤ 33 Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0	Default: Airs of the Arboretum = [1-100]
	Talk to the Thorn-Maiden	Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0	Default: Triggers event:  The Thorn-Maiden
	Talk to the Ebullient Decadent	Affiliation: Bohemia ≥ 3 Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0 A Paeon for Persephone ≤ 0 Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1	Default: A Paeon for Persephone = 1 [The Ebullient Decadent wants you to take his poem to Storridges in London]
	Participate in the Rite of the Rose	Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0 Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1 Moment of Inspiration ≥ 3	Default: Participating in the Rites of the Thorn Maiden = 1 [You revel in the Rites of the Rose.] Bloom of the Rose = 7 [The roses are in full bloom.] -3 x Moment of Inspiration Triggers event:  The Rites of the Rose
	Write a Port Report	Rite of Prorrhesis ≥ 1 Cold ≤ 0 Lightless ≤ 0 Report: Caduceus ≤ 0	Default: +1 x Report: Caduceus
	Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden	Lightless ≥ 1 Cold ≥ 1	-
	Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden	Lightless = 0 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.] Cold ≥ 1	-
	Try to speak with the Thorn Maiden	Lightless ≥ 1 Cold = 0 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.]	-
A Moonlit Pool	Drink deeply	Lightless ≤ 0 Cold ≤ 0	Default: Rite of Prorrhesis = 1 [You are admitted into the mysteries of Caduceus] Airs of the Arboretum = [1-100] Triggers event:  The Darkling Caverns
	Drink thirstily	Lightless ≥ 1	Default: +10 x Terror Triggers event:  The Darkling Caverns
The Rites of the Rose	Back away	None	Default: Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
Adaptation	Ask the Gallant Reformer for help	Lightless ≤ 0 Piranesi: Guided by the Gallant Reformer ≤ 11	Default: Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Piranesi: Guided by the Gallant Reformer = 12 +1 x Amendment of Self Triggers event:  Incarceration
Midnight's Favour	You hear nothing	None	Default: Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] Triggers event:  The Midnight Garden
The Price of Charity	Pay the Chrysanthemum Price	Airs of Crossroads ≤ 50 Lightless ≤ 0 Vision of the Heavens	Default: Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] + A Gift*7 x Vision of the Heavens In Debt to the Measurers = 0 Crossroads Timer = 0 A Gift = 0 [You have paid your debt to the Measurers.]
	Pay the Chrysanthemum Price	Airs of Crossroads ≥ 51 Lightless ≤ 0 Vision of the Heavens	Default: Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.] + A Gift*7 x Vision of the Heavens In Debt to the Measurers = 0 Crossroads Timer = 0 A Gift = 0 [You have paid your debt to the Measurers.]
An Encounter in the Blue Kingdom	Make the writhing spirit as comfortable as possible	Airs of the Blue Kingdom = 2	Default: Lightless = [1-2]-1 +2 x Terror +1 x Vision of the Heavens
The Catafalque	Offer help to a Lightless spirit	Lightless ≤ 0	Default: +1 x Vision of the Heavens Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
The Court of Apes	Undergo the removal of your Lightless soul flaw	Lightless ≥ 1 Mirrors ≥ 1 Blue Kingdom Status	Default: -1 x Mirrors Lightless = 0 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as tantalisingly opaque, and rich with personality.]