Hello all! I'm a huge fan of Sunless Sea/Skies, and after getting into the browser game recently, I've developed a strong desire to run a TTRPG (probably Blades in the Dark) in a Fallen London setting. The only issue I'm running into is that because of how the lore is laid out in these games, it's a bit hard to actually research aspects of the setting like how the different organizations, creatures, etc. actually interact with the world/each other without spending a pretty huge amount of man-hours wandering around hoping to stumble onto new content. So my question is: are there any lore repositories/lore wikis for Fallen London? I've done a bit of searching already, but the wikis I was able to find seem mainly geared towards the mechanic aspects of different events rather than providing actual details on the setting.

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There are elaborate books of protocol that describe how one should correctly interact with London’s titled peers. They do not, however, contain any material on this.

The Earl of Awry’s Bridge Club has received an unusual challenge: a tournament aboard an airship, held against the sons and daughters of empire. It is the perfect opportunity to network, and to raise one’s station in society – provided, of course, that nobody cheats. Keep a sharp eye on the card tables, and a sharper eye on the competitors.

Writing: Gavin Inglis

Editing and QA: Luke van den Barselaar

Art: Paul Arendt

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I recently got to 1250 brilliant souls to get the Brass Embassy guest room, but it seems way too expensive. Is buying it worth it?

Are any lodgings really worth their price? Do they give any different benefits? Is it more worth it to just sell the souls for 625 echoes?

I'm a relatively new player. I've played for under a year and this is my first Hallowmas. I use the wiki a lot to find out the most efficient grinds and I've been reading the Hallowmas guide to maximize my Menace gains for this event. I was just wondering if people rely on opportunity cards to attend the Masques that they want and also if they are spending time during the event to grind the materials that give you the most challenge points for their Menaces.

First time i - wrangling with the jugdement-damned merry gentlemen, cleverly expecting to lose the challenge and gain some further help in losing sanity - win! Now the sun-forsaken walls are right! Aaargh! What could be worse at this most hallowed time! Maybe counting on the reliability of my weak mind wasnt the stroke of genius it appeared to be, as i was shaken by the throws of madness. Leaves me confused, sad and decidedly less insane than i could or would wish for, if i wasnt that bonkers or wasnt i?! Or whatever. Not to forget, a certain weasle is laugthing at me maniacly.... What a day.

Edit: good to know, thanks to all that responded!

(Also I heard that if you finish the quest your account becomes inaccessible, is that true?)

Hi y'all, sorry for the delay in getting this to you. Hope you enjoy analyzing and devouring the results as much as I have been. Go wild in the comments!

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Also, note: yes, I wrote this survey very quickly in a hyper-focused haze and forgot some basic things like 1) having an option for straight (cis/heterosexual), 2) a question about SMEN, 3) anything about other Failbetter games, 4) lots of other stuff that people have pointed out to me

As I've seen many here say that Starveling Cats are a decent menace grind, I hereby offer one of two Starveling Cats I own to a fellow fearless londoner, to take back home and be terrorized by for the good of all.

As I only have one Starveling Cat to offer, this is a first come first served situation so no hard feelings for anyone who wants it but comes too late, if I happen upon more cats, I will offer them too.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh I cannot stop thinking about >!Mr. Candles!< and his relationships with the other Masters!!! Curators are solitary beings, but surely SOME of them were friends with him. >!Wines wants Veils dead, Spices becomes extremely upset when you mention Candles, Iron literally kept the name of the game they used to play AND begs you not to destroy yourself Seeking.!<

I'm getting ready to take a little trip and figured I would offer up a couple of items I no longer need. Feel free to pop a message here saying which you're after and then send a calling card to Kenda. I set sail tonight, but I'll stay docked for a couple of hours just in case.

Edit: Everything has been claimed.

so far, i'm at:
main: 2x tomb-colonies, 1x mirror-marches
alt: 1x mirror-marches

Ahhhh! So excited!!!

I've been wondering who the Attendants represent and what's the significance of the costumes. The storylet on Streets of London: Hallowmas says that the regalia predate the First City. Is there some storyline I should pursue to find out more about the False-Student, the Scarlet Physic, Hammerstrike, and the rest? And why the Masters have been organizing this ritual for thousands of years since before there was even a fallen city to organize it in?

Now that Hallowmas is in full swing, I was wondering if Visitors at Hallowmas has anything that could lock one out of drawing it. I got it once on the first day, and not quite sure what to choose, I thought to myself “I’ll pick the only one I have unlocked right now, because my nightmares isn’t high enough to pick anything else.” So I picked the one option that opens a bundle, and then went to raise my nightmares to five so I could see a few more glimpses of destinies. The problem is that I’ve been sitting at five nightmares (and ten making waves) ever since then and have not drawn the card a single time. I’ve gotten the other Hallowmas card at least a dozen times by now, but not the Visitor card since the very start, have I somehow managed to lock myself out of the card?

I think this game's lore is neat and wanna see what else I should brush up on

I heard it's good for farming scandal and I also need it to get the third city ending for prelapsarian studies of the red science

The following have been confirmed so far:

• Most Presentable Company: New option on the Signs of Disloyalty zailing menace card, Persuasive challenge, sets Troubled Waters to 5 and gives zailing progress on success.
• Staunch Comrades: Not on the wiki yet, but there's a new option on the Row, row, row zailing card, Dangerous + Neathproofed challenge, rewards 1x Apostate’s Psalm, 20x Morelways 1872, and "very slow" zailing progress on success.
• Palette of Revealing Pigments: New option on A Map Room in the Stacks, checkless and gives 50 Tantalizing Possibilities and 1-2 Routes
• Memorious Goldfish: New option on Losing in the Nadir, Watchful + Irrigo challenge, gives 1 Irrigo, 1 Antique Mystery, and 1 Cave-Aged Code of Honour on success
• Shabti-Box: Allows you to bait an ushabti when hunting one in Parabola
• An Absence (technically not a companion upgrade, but mentioning it here anyway): New option on A Glimpse through a Window in the Stacks, only playable when Hour in the Library is not An Hour of Darkness and requires the item to be equipped to show up, checkless and gives 50 Tantalizing Possibilities

We're currently unaware of whether the following have uses/tie-ins (and welcome assistance finding any if they exist)

• Deathless Chieftain
• Admiralty Order of Distinguished Merit
• An Empire of Hands on Deck