A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven

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From: Pursuing an Archaeological Expedition

This must be the Shrine you're looking for! a white-pillared building tucked into a nook as if the Neath had tried to conceal it. What treasures wait within?

Unlocked with Archaeologist's Progress 20, An Expedition: Seeking a Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven

Locked with Rivals' Progress 10

Success

A solitary trace

[…] This is one of the originals, still decorated with tiles in a fine cracked blue glaze. The sky above was that colour. You remember it still, even here all these miles of night below. […]

Player summary:
They sanctified one Shrine per year on the night of winter solstice. They built different Shrines after the Fall, but the one you've found is one of the originals, with tiles blue as the sky. You sketch the shrine and find treasure in the form of an offering.

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• Your Expedition is over! [Resets An Expedition]
• You have Uncovered an Unpredictable Treasure (Up to A carefully wrapped container [1-160])
•  Your skill as an Archaeologist is increasing. (Archaeologist +2 CP; up to level 5)
• Your 'Rivals' Progress' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Hearing Rumours of Orthos' Progress' Quality has gone!
• 'Archaeologist's Progress' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• Making Waves is increasing… (+1 CP)

Redirects to: Unpredictable Treasures

Rare Success

After the Fall

[…]They kept building [shrines] after the city's Fall […] This is one of those.[…] Horses are depicted, rearing to the sun: eleven hooded figures shrink away from its rays. "We are still here," the shrine seems to say, "and we have not forgotten."[…]

Player summary:
This shrine has tiles glazed in deep, bright blue. Everything about the shrine can be described as "defiant". You sketch it and take the ugly skull on the altar.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• You've gained 1 x Eyeless Skull
• You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
• You've gained 100 x Whispered Hint
• Your Expedition is over! [Resets An Expedition]
• Your 'Rivals' Progress' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Hearing Rumours of Orthos' Progress' Quality has gone!
• 'Archaeologist's Progress' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• Your skill as an Archaeologist is increasing. (Archaeologist +2 CP; up to level 5)
• Making Waves is increasing… (+1-2 CP)