Embroiled in the wars of Illusion

Why is there blood behind the mirrors and the smoke?

[Begin this story in the Flit, when your A Name Whispered in Darkness quality is 6.]

See Category:Embroiled in the wars of Illusion for pages which require this quality (or specific levels of it), or click  here  to show them.

Unlocked with any of the following:Edit

• Shadowing Couriers (building Seeking...)
• The Tricks of the Courier's Trade (building Investigating...)
• Intercept a message (unlocked with Seeking... 5)
• Raid a Message-drop (unlocked with Investigating... 5)
• Dropping the eaves (unlocked with Seeking... 5 and Investigating... 5)

LevelsEdit

• 1. Secret messages are travelling across the Flit, carried by bats and cats
• 2. Something is going on in the Flit. Why is magic mixed up with honest spy work?
• 6. Co-operating with the cats and bats
• 9. Deciding between the cats and the bats
• 10. Conducting secretive work with the animals of the Neath
• 15. WELCOME to the ILLUSORY BATTLEGROUND that is MAHOGANY HALL
• 20. Conducting TREMENDOUS FEATS for the ENTERTAINMENT and DELIGHT of the GENERAL PUBLIC - and OTHERS!
• 25. One of the GREATEST and MOST EXHILARATING ARTISTS of the NEATH - A TRUE SHOWMAN and INTRIGUER

ProgressEdit

Level 2 ( The Flit)Edit

• Making Your Name: Wars of Illusion
• Wars of Illusion

Level 6Edit

Gaining progress qualities:

• Making Use of Bats
• Making Use of Cats

Option	Requirement	Challenge	Success	Failure
Bats...: Try intercepting some bats	1 x Lizard	85	+2 CP 1 x Sulky Bat	+1 CP Suspicion
Bats...: Train some bats of your own	10 x Sulky Bat	90	+3 CP -1 x Sulky Bat	-1 CP +1 CP Suspicion -2 x Sulky Bat
Cats...: Make contacts among cat kind	10x Rostygold	85	+2 CP -10x Rostygold	+1 CP Suspicion -10x Rostygold
Cats...: Try to find out about their allegiances		90	+3 CP	-1 CP +1 CP Suspicion

Trading progress qualities for rewards. All these actions reset the required progress qualities on success. Note that you can combine Investigating with Making Use of Cats , and Seeking with Making Use of Bats for skill check successes.

Option	Req.	Challenge	Success	Failure
Spending Making Use of Bats
Intercept a bat on its way to the Palace	5 CP	4	270x Clue	-5 CP +1 Suspicion
Track a bat heading towards Veilgarden	5 CP 5 CP	85	540x Clue Rare: + +3 CP EWI	-5 CP -5 CP Seeking... +1 CP Suspicion
Spending Making Use of Cats
Ask for help with a little sabotage	5 CP 3x Rat	4	140x Clue 260x Rostygold -3x Rat Rare: 270x Clue -3x Rat	-5 CP +1 CP Seeking... +1 CP Wounds -3x Rat
Follow up a tip-off	5 5	85	540x Clue Rare: + +3 CP EWI	-5 CP -5 CP Investigating... +1 CP Suspicion

Raising all four tracking qualities to 5 unlocks What is Going on with These People? which will

• raise Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion to 9
• progress A Name Whispered in Darkness to 7

Level 9Edit

• Make More Use of Bats. Or Cats.

Level 10Edit

• Working with the Cats (unlocked with Making Use of Cats 1)
• Cement your place with the cats (unlocked with Making Use of Cats 6)
• Working with the Bats (unlocked with Making Use of Bats 1)
• Gain the full trust of the bats (unlocked with Making Use of Bats 6)

Cards:

Card	Req.	Option	Success
A Theosophistical Enquiry	97 = 0	Get involved with the Theosophistical Society	20 x Cryptic Clue +1 CP Seeking...
		Anything but that	+2 CP Plagued by a Popular Song
A Theosophistical Discussion	1–4 The Flit	Listen with an open mind	20 x Cryptic Clue +2 CP Seeking...
		Remain sceptical	10 x Cryptic Clue +1 CP Seeking...
A Theosophistical Debate	3–4 Mahogany Hall	Attend the salon	10 x Cryptic Clue Seeking... 5
		Reject the invitation	Seeking... reset 5 x Cryptic Clue
A Geological Expedition	5–8 Mahogany Hall
A Philosophical Commission	5–8
A Theosophistical Development	5–8 Mahogany Hall
A Theosophistical Excursion	5–8 Mahogany Hall
A Theosophistical Séance	6–8 Mahogany Hall
A Theosophistical Decision	9 Mahogany Hall
A Theosophistical Occasion	9
A Theosophistical Profit	10 Mahogany Hall
A Theosophistical Persuasion	11 Mahogany Hall

Level 15 ( Mahogany Hall)Edit

• The Wars of Illusion: welcome to the Shroud
• The Wars of Illusion: welcome to the Glass
• Playing both sides in the Wars of Illusion

Level 20Edit

Connected: ShroudEdit

• Hold your own séance? (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 1)
• The mystic arts (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 2-5)
• Before the grand séance (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 6, no Connected: Glass)
• Become a double agent for the Shroud (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 6, Connected: Glass 6)
• Watching the Grand Illusion (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 6-10, Connected: Glass < 7)
• Sabotaging an illusion (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 11, Connected: Glass 6)
• Final preparations for the grand séance (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 15)

Connected: GlassEdit

• Star in your own illusion? (unlocked with Connected: Glass 1)
• The magic of the theatre (unlocked with Connected: Glass 2-5)
• Before the grand illusion (unlocked with Connected: Glass 6, no Connected: Shroud)
• Become a double agent for the Glass (unlocked with Connected: Glass 6, Connected: Shroud 6)
• Sabotaging a séance (unlocked with Connected: Glass 11, Connected: Shroud 6)
• Final preparations for the grand illusion (unlocked with Connected: Glass 15)

Level 25 Edit

Connected: ShroudEdit

• The grand séance! (unlocked with Connected: Shroud 16)

Connected: GlassEdit

• The Most Daring Feat of Illusion and Escapology! (unlocked with Connected: Glass 16)