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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 icon Veils = 25
Affiliationvillainy icon +1 x Affiliation: Villainy
Fire icon 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.
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.
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.


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:
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 10 [You ran with the Knotted Sock]
    • Hunger icon 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.]
    • 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. ]
The Fisher-Kings None Default:
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 20 [You ran with the Fisher Kings]
    • Drink icon 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.]
    • 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. ]
The Regiment None Default:
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 30 [You ran with the Regiment]
    • 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.]
    • 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. ]


Pasts An Unlikely Haul Default:
The August Avenues Default:


Your Confession Your parents
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin ≥ 1
Default:


Approaching the Avid Horizon A memory of marching
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 30 [You ran with the Regiment]
Default:
A memory of thunder
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 20 [You ran with the Fisher Kings]
Default:
A memory of fear
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin = 10 [You ran with the Knotted Sock]
Default:


The Trial of Solitude Open the gate of copper
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin ≥ 1
Default:


Ambition: an Old Friend ...an Earnest Counterfeiter
    • Originurchin icon Origin: Urchin ≥ 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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