The Seeking Road

This content is part of the Mr Eaten storyline.

SPOILERS AHEAD! BE WARNED!

In the wicker of a candle-flame, in the stir of still water, in the soft tick of hours before dawn, there is a voice. Listen, and it will ask. Do as it asks, and you will regret it.

Unlocked with A Bad End, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2

Locked with Embarked on an Expedition to the North

Storylet appears in Your Lodgings

Options:

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY...

•  Spoiler 

  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Giving up the Search for the Name

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Blacken your mind like paper (SMEN 2)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Watchful (50 + SMEN²), Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2, Mourning Candle
  Locked with Sudden Insight 

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 200
  || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (100 + SMEN²). The above example is at SMEN level 10.

  
  

  Success

  Making friends

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Modified Watchful halved)!
  • Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-77 CP)
  • Connected: Summerset is dropping… (-77 CP)
  • You've lost 5 x Favours: Society
  • You've lost 5 x Favours: Bohemians
  • You've lost 5 x Favours: The Church
  • You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (this is hidden)

  Alternative Success

  A difficult business

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Modified Watchful halved)!
  • You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (this is hidden)

  Failure

  Learning to forget

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Modified Watchful halved)!
  • An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now [current Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]!
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish
  • You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (this is hidden)

  Failure

  The place that words go

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • An occurrence! Your 'Watchful' Quality is now ( Modified Watchful halved)!
  • An occurrence! Your 'Wounds' Quality is now [current Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]!
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish
  • You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle (this is hidden)

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Pervert your studies (SMEN 2)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 2, A Scholar of the Correspondence (SMEN level squared)
   

  Challenge information

  Broad, A Scholar of the Correspondence 9
  || 7 - very chancy (41%) || 8 - chancy (51%) || 10 - modest (61%) || 11 - very modest (71%) || 13 - low-risk (81%) || 14 - straightforward (91%) || 15 - straightforward (100%)
  

  A Scholar of the Correspondence, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN squared). The above example is at SMEN level 3.

  
  

  Success

  A history of the unhappened

  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • An occurrence! Your 'A Scholar of the Correspondence' Quality is now [halved]!
  • Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Suspicion is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish

  Failure

  A void a nonsense

  • Wounds is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Scandal is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Suspicion is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • Nightmares is increasing… (+ Seeking Mr Eaten's Name x CP)
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish

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Drown your Secrets (SMEN 4)

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  Unlocked with (SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret, (SMEN) x Bottle of Greyfields 1879, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 4
  Locked with Sudden Insight 

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 200
  || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 20). The above example is at SMEN level 10.

  
  

  Success

  The thirstless thirst

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • You've lost (original SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish
  • Nightmares is increasing… (+ original SMEN CP)
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • You've lost (increased SMEN) x Bottle of Greyfields 1879

  Failure

  Soaked scraps

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • You've lost (SMEN × 77) x Appalling Secret

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Set fires around the city (SMEN 6)

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  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 6, (77 * Seeking Mr Eaten's Name level) x Mourning Candle
  Locked with Sudden Insight 

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 150
  || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 15). The above example is at SMEN level 10.

  
  

  Success

  Little lights

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • Suspicion is increasing… (+ 1-50 CP)
  • You've lost ( SMEN x 77) x Mourning Candle
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish
  • Watchful is increasing… (+ ( SMEN x 10) CP)

  Failure

  No rest – no dawn

  • Suspicion is increasing… (+ 1-50 CP)
  • You've lost ( SMEN × 77) x Mourning Candle

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Char yourself with Enigmas (SMEN 8)

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  Unlocked with (SMEN×7) x Searing Enigma, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 8
  Locked with Sudden Insight 

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 100
  || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (SMEN × 10). The above example is at SMEN level 10.

  
  

  Success

  Mysteries are fire

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • You've lost ( SMEN x 7) x Searing Enigma
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish
  • Wounds is increasing… (+ SMEN x CP)
  • Watchful is increasing… (+ ( SMEN x 20) CP)

  Failure

  Truth burns

  • You've lost ( SMEN x 7) x Searing Enigma
  • Wounds is increasing… (+ SMEN x CP)

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Make a wild guess (SMEN 9)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 9, 77 x Appalling Secret
   

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: The odds are strongly against you here (success chance: 20%)

  
  

  Success

  Fragments of flesh

  • You've gained 1 x Searing Enigma
  • You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret
  • Wounds is increasing… (+7 CP)
  • Nightmares is increasing… (+7 CP)

  Failure

  NO

  • You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret
  • You've lost 1 x Searing Enigma

  Alternative Failure

  NO

  • You've lost 77 x Appalling Secret

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Grieve (SMEN 12)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Melancholy 12, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 12, 1 x Mourning Candle
   

  Success

  What is forgotten?

  • What is forgotten? (sets A Question)
  • You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle

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Hate (SMEN 12)

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  Unlocked with Heartless 7, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 12, 1 x An Identity Uncovered!
   

  Success

  What is due?

  • What is due? (sets A Question)
  • You've lost 1 x An Identity Uncovered!

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Seek (The Sun beneath the Sea?)

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  Unlocked with The Sun beneath the Sea?
   

  Success

  The Sun beneath the Sea

  • Who is Salt? (sets A Question)

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SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Weeping Scar (SMEN 14)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 14
  Locked with Wounds 8, 7 x Weeping Scar 

  Redirects to:

  → The Body and the Number

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SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Memory of Chains (SMEN 16)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 16
  Locked with Suspicion 8, 7 x Memory of Chains 

  Redirects to:

  → The Mind and the Number

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SEVEN IS THE NUMBER: Gain a Stain on your Soul (SMEN 18)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Weeping Scar, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 18
  Locked with Your very own Infernal Contract, 7 x Stain on Your Soul 

  Redirects to:

  → The Soul and the Number

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Light a Taper (SMEN 18)

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  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 18, 1 x Antique Mystery, 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap, 1 x Impossible Theorem, 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
   

  Success

  It will not burn

  • Your 'Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar' Quality has gone!
  • Watchful is increasing… (Seeking Mr Eaten's Name * 50 CP)
  • You've gained 2 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • You've gained 1 x Dreadful Surmise
  • You've lost 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
  • You've lost 1 x Impossible Theorem
  • You've lost 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap

  Alternative Success

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  • Your 'Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar' Quality has gone!
  • Watchful is increasing… (Seeking Mr Eaten's Name * 50 CP)
  • You've gained 2 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
  • You've gained 1 x Dreadful Surmise
  • You've lost 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
  • You've lost 1 x Impossible Theorem
  • You've lost 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap

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The Number and the Candles (SMEN 21)

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  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 21, 7 x Weeping Scar, 7 x Memory of Chains, 7 x Stain on Your Soul
  Locked with St Arthur's Candle 

  Redirects to:

  → St Arthur's Candle (storylet)

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St Beau's Candle (SMEN 24)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 24, 1 x St Arthur's Candle
  Locked with St Beau's Candle 

  Redirects to:

  → St Beau's Candle (storylet)

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Light St Cerise's Candle (SMEN < 27)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Dreadful Surmise, 1 x St Cerise's Candle
  Locked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 27 

  Success

  mrub ton lliw tI

  • You've gained 1 x Veils-Velvet Scrap
  • You've gained 1 x Impossible Theorem
  • You've gained 1 x Vial of Masters' Blood
  • You've lost 1 x Dreadful Surmise
  • You've lost 1 x St Cerise's Candle

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St Cerise's Candle (SMEN 27)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x St Beau's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 27
  Locked with 1 x St Cerise's Candle 

  Success

  One last chance

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The Lower Mysteries (SMEN = 28)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x St Cerise's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name exactly 28, 7 x Uncanny Incunabulum
   

  Success

  Find the well, and all will be well

  • You've lost 7 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  • You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name

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St Erzulie's Candle (SMEN 42)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 42, St Cerise's Candle
  Locked with St Erzulie's Candle 

  Success

  Red as hearts

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St Forthigan's Candle (SMEN 49)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 49, St Cerise's Candle
  Locked with St Fortigan's Candle 

  Success

  The Feasts at the Chapel

  • You now have 1 x A Book of Crimson Prayer

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A Confounding Absence (SMEN 49)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 49, The Hollow Heart, Well, St Fortigan's Candle
  Locked with A Book of Crimson Prayer 

  Success

  The Feasts at the Chapel

  • You now have 1 x A Book of Crimson Prayer

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St Gawain's Candle (SMEN 63)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 63, 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum, St Cerise's Candle
  Locked with St Gawain's Candle 

  Success

  An obstacle

  • You've lost 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  • You've gained 1 x The Hollow Heart

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Sleep with the Calling Card crumpled in your fist

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Mr Eaten's Calling Card?
   

  Success

  The wash of waves on a beach

  Redirects to: The Dream of Passage

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An Intimation

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Ambition: Enigma 7, The Airs of London (equal to your current Airs)
   

  Result

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Final Preparations

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  Unlocked with 1 x St Gawain's Candle, 1 x St Fortigan's Candle, 1 x St Erzulie's Candle, 1 x St Destin's Candle, 1 x St Cerise's Candle, 1 x St Beau's Candle, 1 x St Arthur's Candle, Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 77
   

  Success

  Will you go NORTH?

  • You've gained 1 x Whispered Hint
  • An occurrence! Your 'Embarked on an Expedition to the North' Quality is now 1!

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