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Origin: Soldier
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Category Facet
Type Origin
Data ID 131155

Origin: Soldier is considered a Origin Facet in Sunless Skies.

Accomplishment description[ | ]

"Smoke and thunder, cordite and steel. "

Obtaining[ | ]

Origin: Soldier is one of the eight character origins you can select at the character creation.

You were a soldier.
You served in Her Majesty's military.

But how, exactly?

Iron icon Iron = 25
Mirrors icon Lightless = 1

In the Royal Horse Guards In the Corps of Royal Engineers In the Commissariat
You served in the Blues, conducting labyrinthine ceremonial duties and defending Her Majesty's person.
It was a life of exactness: of timing, of posture, of formation, of demeanour. You were the face of the Empire's military, and the stern guardians of its heart.
You were a sapper, a mechanic, an architect, an inventor – all while shells fell and bullets flew.
You made and maintained the engines of war. You built the roads and the rails they thundered along. You raised fortifications to protect your comrades. And you tumbled the walls of the enemy, with mines below and shells from above.
An army marches on its stomach. You had to find supplies by whatever means necessary.
The troops needed feeding, clothing, arming, billeting, training. Your methods had to be imaginative. Your contacts were not respectable. As long as the regiment was able to fight, few questions were asked.

Quality status[ | ]

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

Journal description[ | ]

  • [10] You served in the Royal Horse Guards
  • [20] You served in the Corps of the Royal Engineers
  • [30] You served in the Commisariat

Variable Interaction description[ | ]

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

Magdalene[ | ]

  • [0] "
  • [1] Your first sergeant is waiting in the shadows. He laughs like a bull horn at your expression, before reprimanding you for the laxity of your uniform. An explanation does no good. He is keen to tell you of his life after retirement and all of his many thoughts on your present circumstances.

OverTheEdge[ | ]

  • [1] What regiment you served with, back in the Neath."

Storm1[ | ]

  • [1] The hard voice of a drill sergeant, dispensing the day's punishment. How you hated him.\n"

Ghost[ | ]

  • [0] Ghost

Interactions[ | ]

Interactions in Brief[ | ]

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Interaction Action Result Type Change
Who Were You? 'In the Royal Horse Guards' Default / Challenge Fail = 30
Who Were You? 'In the Commissariat' Default / Challenge Fail = 20
Who Were You? 'In the Corps of Royal Engineers' Default / Challenge Fail = 10
Pasts 'The Battlefield' Requirement ≥ 1
Approaching the Avid Horizon 'A memory of duty' Requirement ≥ 10
Ambition: an Old Friend '...a Staunch Veteran' Requirement ≥ 10

Interactions in Detail[ | ]

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Story Action Required Effect
Who Were You? In the Royal Horse Guards None Default:
    • Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier = 30 [You served in the Commisariat]
    • Iron icon 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.]
    • Mirrors icon 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:
    • Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier = 20 [You served in the Corps of the Royal Engineers]
    • Fire icon 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. ]
    • Mirrors icon 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:
    • Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier = 10 [You served in the Royal Horse Guards]
    • Bloody icon 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..]
    • Mirrors icon 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.]


Pasts The Battlefield Default:


Approaching the Avid Horizon A memory of duty
    • Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier ≥ 10
Default:


Ambition: an Old Friend ...a Staunch Veteran
    • Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier ≥ 10
Default:
    • Dyingstar icon Ambition: the Truth = 15 [Your old friend associates with a group of seasoned captains that meet at the Promise of Days in New Winchester. Seek her there]



Facets
Type
Origins Originpoet icon Origin: Poet
Originpriest icon Origin: Priest
Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin
Flag icon Origin: Revolutionary
Originsoldier icon Origin: Soldier
Originzeecaptain icon Origin: Zailor
Originacademic icon Origin: Academic
Searingenigma icon Origin: Auditor
Past Book icon Past: Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Momentofinspiration icon Past: An Hour in Gethsemane
Pastunlikelyhaul icon Past: An Unlikely Haul
Genericcharacter icon Past: The Liberation of Night
Smokinggun icon Past: The Battlefield
Porthole icon Past: Worse Things Happen at Zee
Unlicensedchart icon Past: Your Masterpiece
Searingenigma icon Past: A Letter of Resignation
Pastscandal icon Past: Scandal
Stainedglass icon Past: Lost Love
Pastmentor icon Past: Mentor
Bronzewood icon Past: Family Footsteps
Amberblue icon Past: Pestilence
Youarenotalone icon Past: Haunted
Key icon Past: a Metamorphosis
Pastspellinprison icon Past: A Spell in Prison
CrateofNostalgicCrockery icon Past: Below Stairs
Pastsmoggystreets icon Past: The Smoggy Streets
Cobwebs icon Past: the Great Game
Terror icon Past: The Bell Tolls
Rubberyman icon Past: Rubbery Inclinations
Repentantdevil icon Past: the Devil you Know
Pastscarred icon Past: Scarred
Drink icon Past: Black Sheep
Fire icon Past: the Blockade of New Winchester
Locomotive icon Past: Steam & Soot
Hunger icon Past: Sunday Dinners
Undistinguishedsouls icon Past: Spirifered
Wind icon Past: An Exercise Regimen
Boot icon Past: the Long Arm of the Law
Ratronaut icon Past: an Honorary Rat
Pastinterlude icon Past: An Interlude in Red and Gold
Stovepipe icon Past: The August Avenues
BarrelofUnseasonedHours icon Past: A Promise of Days
Homestead icon Past: a Settler
Stormthatspeaks icon Past: the Seance
Envelope icon Past: Correspondent
Ringmaster icon Past: a House of Cards
Deeds Hull icon Deed: a Narrow Escape
Transitrelay icon Deed: Far-Travelled
Wreckgeneric icon Deed: an Esteemed Predecessor
Wreckgeneric icon Deed: a Disgraced Predecessor
Affiliationacadame icon Deed: a Secret Symposium
Affiliationbohemia icon Deed: a Coterie
Affiliationestablishment icon Deed: Your Club
Affiliationvillainy icon Deed: a Thief-Oath
Clock icon Deed: the Keeper of the Clocks
Smuggling icon Deed: Seasoned Smuggler
Originzeecaptain icon Deed: the Call of the Sea
Maskedshade icon Deed: A Jar with your Death in it
Devilshell icon Deed: A Knight of the Brazen Brigade
Mirrors icon Deed: the Witness
Bloody icon Deed: The Final Month
Ambition Heirloomwealth icon Past: Your Inheritance Heirloomsongofthesky icon Past: the Song of the Sky Unaccountablypeckish icon Past: a Terrible Secret Martyrkingscup icon Past: the Martyr-King's Cup
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