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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[ | ]

Actions Requirements Effects Notes
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.
    • Veils icon Veils challenge (75 for 100%)

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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.
Successful event
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.
Take a sizeable escort as you go about your business
A dozen hard-faced crew ought to do it.
    • Crew icon Crew ≥ 12

    • Iron icon Iron challenge (50 for 100%)

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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.
Successful event
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.

Links[ | ]

Links In[ | ]

Momentofinspiration The Hour in Pan

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