Origin: Urchin

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Origin: Urchin
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Category	Facet
Type	Origin
Data ID	131142

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

Accomplishment description

"Once, you raced barefoot across the rooftops of Old London in the company of other unfettered young scoundrels. "

Obtaining

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

You were a street urchin.
You raced, barefoot, across the chimneyed rooftops. You stole wigs, wallets, and purses. You made offerings to forgotten gods. The urchins of Old London organise into gangs. Which did you belong to? Veils = 25 +1 x Affiliation: Villainy Curdled = 1
The Knotted Sock	The Fisher-Kings	The Regiment
A close-knit band that occupied a haunted rookery in the worst part of the city. The rookery was riddled with woodworm. Its windows were broken, and admitted unkind draughts. But the hearths blazed, the floorboards creaked fondly, and there was laughter in the dining-hall. Hearts = 17 Mirrors = 10 Iron = 10 Origin: Urchin = 10 Fermented = 1	Every Fisher-King bears an old wound. Every Fisher-King talks to the wind. Every Fisher-King knows things they should not know. If the urchins had priests (they do not), those priests would have been the Fisher-Kings (they are not). You were one such rooftop-seer, and you have not lost your sharp-sightedness, nor your quick mind. Sometimes, you still dream of old, forgotten thunder. Mirrors = 17 Hearts = 10 Iron = 10 Origin: Urchin = 20 Stained = 1	The most militaristic of the gangs, in their blue jackets and bright buttons. You attained the rank of corporal. Among your other duties, you tended the Regiment's stolen cannon, 'Algernon,'which was mostly reserved for ceremonial purposes. And occasionally to frighten bats. Iron = 17 Hearts = 10 Mirrors = 10 Origin: Urchin = 30 Lightless = 1

Quality status

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

Journal description

• [10] You ran with the Knotted Sock
• [20] You ran with the Fisher Kings
• [30] You ran with the Regiment

Variable Interaction description

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

Magdalene

• [0] "
• [1] Your old gang-leader is waiting. She has a slingshot in hand and a pack of rotten apples for ammunition. \"Too big, longshanks. Let's see if the height gives you any advantage.\" She spends the next hour testing her theory.

OverTheEdge

• [1] What urchin gang you ran with, back in Old London."

Storm1

• [1] The voice of a liver-spotted urchin, who stammered secrets teased from the skull of a dead god."

Ghost

• [0] Ghost

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Who Were You?	'The Knotted Sock'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 10
Who Were You?	'The Fisher-Kings'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 20
Who Were You?	'The Regiment'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 30
Pasts	'An Unlikely Haul'	Requirement	≥ 1
Pasts	'The August Avenues'	Requirement	≤ 0
Your Confession	'Your parents'	Requirement	≥ 1
Approaching the Avid Horizon	'A memory of marching'	Requirement	≥ 30 ≤ 30
Approaching the Avid Horizon	'A memory of thunder'	Requirement	≥ 20 ≤ 20
Approaching the Avid Horizon	'A memory of fear'	Requirement	≥ 10 ≤ 10
The Trial of Solitude	'Open the gate of copper'	Requirement	≥ 1
Ambition: an Old Friend	'...an Earnest Counterfeiter'	Requirement	≥ 10

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Who Were You?	The Knotted Sock	None	Default: Hearts = 17 Mirrors = 10 Iron = 10 Origin: Urchin = 10 [You ran with the Knotted Sock] +1 x Affiliation: Villainy 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.] 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. ]
	The Fisher-Kings	None	Default: Mirrors = 17 Hearts = 10 Iron = 10 Origin: Urchin = 20 [You ran with the Fisher Kings] +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.] 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. ]
	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. ]
Pasts	An Unlikely Haul	Past: An Unlikely Haul ≤ 0 Origin: Urchin ≥ 1 Level ≥ 3	Default: +5 x Veils
	The August Avenues	Level ≥ 4 Past: The August Avenues ≤ 0 Origin: Urchin ≤ 0 Past: The Smoggy Streets ≤ 0	Default: +5 x Mirrors
Your Confession	Your parents	Origin: Urchin ≥ 1	Default: Member of the Pitchkirk Congregation = 10 [You have been accepted into the Pitchkirk congregation.] The Judas Psalm = [1-50] Triggers event:  The Pitchkirk
Approaching the Avid Horizon	A memory of marching	Origin: Urchin = 30 [You ran with the Regiment]	Default: New to the Horizon = 1 Triggers event:  The Home Office
	A memory of thunder	Origin: Urchin = 20 [You ran with the Fisher Kings]	Default: New to the Horizon = 1 Triggers event:  The Home Office
	A memory of fear	Origin: Urchin = 10 [You ran with the Knotted Sock]	Default: New to the Horizon = 1 Triggers event:  The Home Office
The Trial of Solitude	Open the gate of copper	Origin: Urchin ≥ 1	Default: -15 x Terror +1 x Sky-Story -3 x Crew A Trial for a Testament = 0 Your Surety in Flesh = 0 +1 x Another One, Lost Triggers event:  The Lyceum
Ambition: an Old Friend	...an Earnest Counterfeiter	Origin: Urchin ≥ 10	Default: Friend = 1 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]