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| The Hour of Veracity | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 298864 |
The Hour of Veracity is a Sunless Skies Story Event.
Story description[]
Twice, Eleutheria has been turned upside-down by storytellers. Now, the profession is prohibited in Pan. During the Hour of Veracity the Word-Eaters bare their feet, cover their faces with ash, and roam the city, confiscating stories.
Trigger conditions[]
Area: Limbo
Frequency: Always (100%)
Interactions[]
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| Avoid them as you go about your business
During the other hours, the Word-Eaters are everyday citizens of Pan. But when the piping permits, and their faces are grey with ash, they serve only the Halved Sun of Eleutheria.
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Failed event | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
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| A hook and a spindle
It's no good. Pan's crowds teem with ash-faced Word-Eaters. They herd you into a tumbled temple, where one produces a copper hook, another a spindle. Afterwards, you stumble back out into the jumbled streets, your head empty of stories.
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| Staying sharp
You stay alert as you travel the streets, steering clear of the silent, staring, grey-faced men. Another visitor is less careful. You see the Word-Eaters pin them against a wall and extract their stories with a hook and a spindle.
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| Take a sizeable escort as you go about your business
A dozen hard-faced crew ought to do it.
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Failed event | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
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| A numerical advantage
The presence of your crew emboldens the Word-Eaters, who gather into a band of their own. Your two forces meet at a crossroads. A face-off becomes a scuffle, then a brawl, then a battle. Shots ring out. Your crew – or at least most of them – manage to get you back to your engine, but not before one of the Word-Eaters had begun extracting your stories with a spindle and hook.
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| A numerical advantage
Your crew ring you about, forming a deterrence of fists and fierce expressions. The Word-Eaters slink away, casting covetous glances at you: skyfarers are fat with stories.
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