Ambition: Bag a Legend (Guide)
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On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged […] But no-one tells stories about […] the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes.
Ambition: Bag a Legend! (BaL) is a monster hunt that begins in Watchmaker's Hill and leads the player across Fallen London... and perhaps beyond. The main Attributes are 
and 
.
For more information on Ambitions and choosing between them, consult the Ambitions guide.
Progress[edit]
This Ambition can be started in 
with 6. You can check your progress at any time on the Myself tab under Ambition; the number after the Ambition title is the part of the story you're currently on.
This can be helpful when you're unsure where to go next; just find the corresponding part number below.
Learn about the Vake (0–14)[edit]
: What is the Vake?
- BaL 0: If you're ready to take on this hunt, you'll need to find out more about the Vake — 6.
- BaL 1: Demand answers about the Vake at the Medusa's Head — 10.
- Head into Bugsby's Marshes to meet with someone who's faced the Vake before.
- Ask the Scarred Naturalist about the Vake.
- The Scarred Naturalist helps you prepare to lure the Vake.
- Tame your Wild Mandrake.
Find a singing teacher for your Half-Wild Mandrake
- BaL 6a in
: Search Veilgarden for a singing teacher — 27. - BaL 6b in
: Try finding a singing teacher in Spite — 27.
: Singing lessons.
- BaL 7: Pay the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer
to teach your mandrake to sing - BaL 8: Run off the ruffians who've been lured in by the mandrake's singing — 37.
- BaL 9: Figure out what's the matter with your mandrake — 37.
BaL 10 in : Find some mud in the marshes — 42.
BaL 11 in : Deal with your newly reinvigorated mandrake — 42.
BaL 12 in : Thank the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer for her help.
- Spend
, OR 
40
BaL 13 in : Return to the Scarred Naturalist with your singing mandrake — 47.
BaL 14: Save the Scarred Naturalist from the sorrow-spider and marsh wolf — 47.
A weapon to kill the Vake (15–20)[edit]
: A Vake-killing club
- BaL 15: Obtain a Sandalwood Club
- Spend
40 x Rostygold, OR - Spend
8 x Incendiary Gossip, OR - 52
- Spend
- BaL 16: You'll need to add a tooth to your club — 52.
: A Vake tooth
- BaL 17: Find the Junior Minister — 52.
- BaL 18: Give the Junior Minister
500 x Deep Amber for information about obtaining a Vake-tooth.
- BaL 19: Raise your
to 8 in order to get sent back to New Newgate Prison.
- Alternatively, if you have
at least 4, you can fail to Rob the Brass Embassy to go straight to New Newgate without affecting your Criminal Record.
- Alternatively, if you have
- BaL 19: Seek out information about a Vake-tooth.
- BaL 20: Spend
20 x Foxfire Candle Stub to get a Vake-tooth — 57.
Black Wings Absinthe (21–31)[edit]
BaL 21: Obtain information about Vake sightings (and a bottle of Black Wings Absinthe) for 
.
BaL 22 in : Assemble your Vake-Killing Club — 62.
BaL 23: Find out about Black Wings Absinthe from the Scarred Naturalist.
24–29: Procure Black Wings Absinthe in . (You only have to do this once for every bottle you want; this storylet doesn't raise your BaL level.) You have two options for obtaining 
:
- Spend
, OR 
64
BaL 24 in : Consume — 64.
BaL 25: Confront the nun following you — 69.
25–31: Opportunity cards may appear in your deck.
- Visions of The Vake: Consume a Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe to raise
Hearing Things... by 1 CP. - Something tapping at the window: A red auto-fire card that raises Hearing Things... by 1 CP.
| Note: At this point in the Ambition, you might find it helpful to raise as high as you can to make the challenge in part 31 easier. (A level of 4 is required for BaL 29, and the challenge in BaL 31 is based on level 8; you need 13 to 100% it.)
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BaL 26 in : Get more answers from the Scarred Naturalist — 71.
BaL 27 in 
: Find the Scarred Naturalist in Tyrant's Gardens — 76.
BaL 28: Take and head into Prickfinger Wastes — 78.
BaL 29 in 
: With Hearing Things... at 4 or higher, consume the bottle of 
to access the Abyssal Depths.
- 30: Someone is giggling: Fight the Scarred Naturalist — 79.
- 31: The voice of the Vake: The Anticipate option is your way out of the Abyssal Depths, and it's a Narrow challenge at Hearing Things... 9. To raise this quality, use the Opportunity cards that appear:
- Listen...: Hearing Things... 5; raises Hearing Things... +1 CP
- Scrabble around:
50%; raises Hearing Things... + 1 CP - Use your Mandrake: Lose your Half-Wild Mandrake for Hearing Things... +6 CP
- Listen...:
Note: You'll notice that the difficulty of the challenges increases fairly rapidly over the next few parts of the Ambition. Therefore, you might find it helpful to take a break from BaL here and work on leveling and acquiring PoSI status if you haven't reached that milestone already. You'll need access to  soon, so acquiring a ship might be one of your first priorities as a PoSI.
|
The Sisterhood (32–60)[edit]
BaL 32 in : Recuperate from your experience in the Abyssal Depths
33: The Churches of Spite in : Get information about these mysterious nuns.
- Spend , OR
- Spend
, plus a 83 challenge
34: Return to the Medusa's Head in : Spend 
and 
5 to do some eavesdropping.
35: Stacks at Midnight in 
: Bring to do some research.
BaL 36 in : Read the book you "borrowed".
- 37: A forgotten shrine?: Get access to the Church of St. Vincent of Saragossa
- Spend
, OR - 100
- Spend
- 38: What is Mr Wines' involvement?: Find out what Mr Wines has to do with the Sisterhood.
- Spend , OR
- Spend
, if you have 
at least 1
- Spend
39: Find out more from Jervaise in 
— 127
40: Talk to the Gracious Widow in : Negotiate with the Widow on Jervaise's behalf. You may have different options to pass this part:
- Favours past: unlocked with exactly 5
- A difficult history: unlocked with exactly 7; costs
- Be businesslike: unlocked with
10; 135 challenge - Offer a little sweetener: costs
- Complex negotiations: unlocked with exactly 10; costs
41: Fireworks at the Carnival in : Bring the fireworks samples to Jervaise — 120.
42: Back to the Singing Mandrake at : Spend 
to gain access to the Parlour of Virtue.
43: Talking to Sinning Jenny in : Ask Jenny about the Sisterhood.
- Spend
, plus a 140 challenge, if you have 10, OR - Spend
, plus a 141 challenge
44: Off to zee from 
: Make plans to sail to the Sisterhood's convent — 127.
| Note: You will need a ship to continue from here. Refer to Zailing (Guide) for more information on zailing.
Make sure you have everything you will need during your trip before setting out. In particular, you should have the items required for BaL 49. |
45: Zail to the Convent.
- Select Abbey Rock as your destination, east of London, Hunter's Keep and Mutton Island. You have to complete two Zee-Legs, one with Zailing Progress 160, one with 80. You cannot change your equipment once you make landfall, so pick something that suits and challenges as you approach the port.
- Landfall at
: Reach the shores of the convent — 127.
- 46: Outside the Convent: Wait to be greeted by the Sisters — 127.
- 47: Weighed and Measured: Mother Superior greets you — 130.
- 48: Vigilance: Pass Mother Superior's challenge — 130.
- 49: The Sisterhood: Buy secrets for
, 
, 
, 
- 50: Beginning Your Training: Start training with the Sisterhood — 140.
- 51–56: Your Training: Continue your training; Saturday is a 140 challenge.
- 60: The Examination: Learn about the examination.
Assassins (70–95)[edit]
70–90: The Assassins. Deal with the first assassin using one of these methods:
- Lure out the First Assassin:
, , 
, — 150 - Make yourself a target and wait for her to strike:
, , , , 
— 150
80: Fend off the second assassin — 160.
- Whether you succeed or fail, you will have to proceed to
to follow her. You can go there immediately from Mrs Plenty's Carnival with at least 
1 if you Gaze into Heart's Mirror, which is helpful if you don't want to use up a Horsehead Amulet you may have. (Thanks to Skiaphrene for this tip.)
85:
- The Second Assassin: How to deal with her?
- Throw her from the boat: Raises
+8 CP and 
+5 CP); OR - Convince her to renounce her vows: 180; raises +1 CP and
+5 CP
- Throw her from the boat: Raises
- Return from the boat trip by reducing your Wounds.
90: Where is the third assassin?: To find her, you'll need to raise 
to 10 a total of 3 times, via Pursue Your Current Case. Each time, a storylet will unlock that allows you to spend items to raise 
.
95: The Third Assassin in : Decide whether to complete your task or help fake her death. The latter requires 
, 
, 
, , , , and .
April (100–140)[edit]
100: The Vake's Secret in : Spend 
to find out more about the Vake.
110: The Christmas Card List in 
: Find out about April.
- Spend
, OR - Spend with
4
115: April's Attention: Arrange a meeting with April.
- Spend
, OR - Spend
with 
8
- 120: An Appointment with April: Tell April what you want — 180.
- 130: The Chorister's Bomb: Provide the components April needs:
, 
, 
, 
, .
140: A Package from April in
A University Laboratory (150–159)[edit]
150–159: Your own Lab in . You need a Laboratory in order to prepare the Chorister's Bomb and get it to Parabola. (If you already have your own Lab and 
at least 1, you can skip this.)
- Obtain a laboratory one of two ways:
- Buy your way in with , , and
; OR - Rely on your professional standing if you're a Correspondent
- Buy your way in with
- Complete the first few steps as listed in University Laboratory (Guide), which consist of experiments for the Dean.
- Then Perform at least one successful experiment of your own to raise Prestige to 1.
- Finish any experiments you're working on before you try to transport the bomb.
150–154: Transport the Bomb in . You'll need: 
and 
, plus either:
, OR- and
OR 
University Laboratory: With the bomb safely in your Lab, Assess your Progress should now be set to 'the Plans for the Chorister's Bomb'. To complete these plans, you'll need 
at level 3 or higher, as well as 
, 
, and .
- To generate April's and Mother Superior's research, you'll need to ask them to work in your Lab via Adjust the Staffing of your Lab.
- If you have only one space available, bring in Mother Superior first and get her research, then dismiss her and hire April. (The only extra effect of having both at once is the chance at the opportunity card Papers in the Night.)
- Both their cards enable you to generate their own research or ordinary research, though Mother Superior only produces 3 of the latter, while April's is based on the level of your equipment.
- You will need the following items to upgrade your equipment to level 3:
- ,
, , 
, 
, , 
; plus either 
or 
, 
- Take the Next Step once you have the research and equipment you need. This sets to 1, signifying that you're partway done establishing a route to Parabola. You'll complete this later, but something else requires your attention now...
- Noiseless Disagreement: Find out why Mother Superior objects — 200 (optional). Then agree to do what April requests in order to complete this stage of the project.
- Begin the investigation that April requested (under Begin a Scientific Investigation).
- Start the research with
and 
. - You'll need in order to complete it.
- Start the research with
Impersonation (160–195)[edit]
160: Costuming in : Raise 
to at least 15 to proceed. Raising it higher, and using certain options, can give you other options later on, though you can only raise it up to 30.
| Option | Requires | Gains |
|---|---|---|
| Walk like Mr Veils |  Connected: Masters –1 CP
|
7 x Veils
|
| Talk like Mr Veils | ,
|
2 x Veils
|
| Dress like Mr Veils on a Good Day | 
|
15 x Veils,
|
| Smell like Mr Veils |
|
1 x Veils
|
| Bite like Mr Veils | 77.77
|
6 x Veils, 
|
| Lurk like Mr Veils |  , 200 challenge
|
5 x Veils
|
| Dress like Mr Veils on Laundry Day |
|
3 x Veils
|
170: A Road of Silk and Spiders: In 
, Begin an Expedition in the Forgotten Quarter and choose The Workshop of the Khan of Silks.
- This expedition requires
and 
; refer to the Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) guide for more help with expeditions.
180: A Road of Silk and Spiders (2): Choose what to do at the workshop. Your level of determines your chances on the first two options; you need 19+ to 100% it.
- Throw April's Wrecker in the mechanism: You lose (2/3 * original value) points of Veils.
- Forget April and talk to Fires instead, You also lose (2/3 * original value) points of Veils.
- Steal one of the coins: Yields
(on a 215 challenge, with a penalty of +45 CP on failure). You can later show this to the Numismatrix to get more information on what was happening at the workshop. (Note that this is no longer the only way to obtain a Forged Justificande, so you don't have to attempt this rather risky challenge to get one.)
190–195: A Road of Silk and Spiders (3)
- If you have the , you have an option to BITE MR FIRES (a 100 challenge that increases in difficulty every time you try it). This is an option regardless of what you did when you entered, as long as you have the Teeth. It's also the only way to raise Veils at this point.
- You can talk to Fires, also regardless of what you did upon entering, though it's a Veils challenge and therefore significantly harder if you chose an option that compromised your disguise.
- The first option available is Ask Fires what it is doing.
- If you succeed, you can then Tell Fires it is a fool.
- If you succeed at this as well, you can Demand an explanation for the replica Mr Veils.
- Failing at any of these options results in +45 CP, enough to send you on a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river if you have nothing (like a ) to prevent this.
- When you're finished, you can leave. This option is always available as a risk-free way to complete this section.
- After an interview with Mr Fires: If you fail to trick Mr Fires with your disguise and he throws you out, you will unlock this storylet. (Choosing to leave of your own volition prevents this storylet from appearing.)
Seeking Parabola (210–310)[edit]
210: Returning from the factory
- Back to yourself: Moves you to .
- Finding a Body in University Laboratory: Search the body. April, and all other assistants, leave your Lab. If you were in the process of training a student, you should graduate them first.
: April and Sinning Jenny
- 220: Meeting with Sinning Jenny: Seek out Jenny to see if she knows where April is.
- 230: Still Speaking with Sinning Jenny: Ask what she knows about Mother Superior's fate — 215. Then ask to see April.
- 240: Reunite with April
- April and Jenny: Stare at Jenny's reflection — 150.
- Almost caught: Pick up the .
- April and Jenny: Stare at Jenny's reflection —
300: A route to Parabola from your University Laboratory.
- You can Ask April to work with you again now. (You'll need her for part 330.)
- Complete a Route to Parabola if you haven't already.
- Starting the research requires ,
, and 
. Note that using the Silverer option for the route in Veilgarden is cheaper than this in both items and action costs. - In addition to your usual cards, you can draw Sleep and Realisation. Both of them are rather bad.
- Once you have 75 x Research, you can Build the Equipment.
- Starting the research requires
- If you did the smart thing and already have a route to Parabola, you can instead Create an Export Route for your Bomb and then Widen the door (requires 50 x Research).
310: Push the Choristers' Bomb into Parabola in University Laboratory: Sends you to the 
in Parabola.
Parabola (320–380)[edit]
320: Laboratory work, backward tells you what you'll need to advance
(see Parabolan Hunting (Guide) for help)
3 (see Build up your Base-Camp or the table below)- (the basic type of research done in the )
| Level | Requirement options |
|---|---|
| 1 | ,
|
| ,
| |
| 2 | ,
|
| ,
| |
| ,
| |
| ,
| |
| 3 | 
|
 *,
| |
 *,
| |
 *,
| |
| * item is NOT consumed |
330: Complete your improvements to the Chorister's Bomb once you have everything you need.
- The Bomb is Ready: And now you need to invent a way to bring the Vake to you.
340–360: Concocting a Curved-Talon Absinthe in
- 340: Distill the juice of the Orange-apple to a Base Spirit —
1. If you don't have a 
, you can get one from tending a tree in your Base-Camp. - 350: Give the brew a little of your blood; OR, if you have the , you can Infuse your brew with one of your teeth
- 360: Bottle the brew with the Vake's Claw, using up the to create
370: Luring the Vake
- Send the absinthe via Mr Wines: costs 1 CP of , , and
. (There is an alternative method that requires the Fate-locked story Mysteries of the Foreign Office.) - If you do use the Mr. Wines option, you will decide whether to make a promise to him (and whether you intend to break it).This will set
to either 1, 2, or 3. (There is another, Fate-locked choice related to the story Cricket, Anyone? that is only visible with a certain item from that story.) How you approach the oath will affect your choices in part 400 and, depending on whether you keep it, some of the text at the end. (See the table under "Back to Normal" below for a breakdown of these story branches.)
380: It is here it is here in
- Stand against the Vake ( 300 - 10 *
) to advance. (Running from the Vake ultimately forces you to face another challenge anyway.) - Face the Vake with the Chorister's Bomb Beside You: Set off the Chorister's Bomb
- During the Explosion: Lift up your voice
- And then there are three: Learn about the remaining fragments of the Vake. If you still have your Half-Wild Mandrake, you can accept its congratulations here.
- After them!: Pick up the
.
Aspects of the Vake (400–450)[edit]
Your task now is to track down the remaining fragments of the Vake: Curator Veils, Veils of the Surface, and Veils of the Third City.
After setting off the Chorister's Bomb, you'll end up in the storylet Track the Animals of Parabola in . You can begin tracking the Vake fragments from here. Leaving this storylet by choosing "perhaps not" returns you to your Base-Camp.
From your Base-Camp, you can also Think in the Midst of the Hunt, where you can consider whether you'll kill all three aspects of the Vake or spare one of them. What you choose will set and may affect . (See the table under "Back to Normal" for a breakdown of these paths.) This storylet will disappear once you make your choice.
You can only spare the last Vake that you hunt down, so if you want to spare one, make sure to kill the others first.
| Note: Whether you decide to spare one of the Vakes, and which one you spare, will affect the unique item you receive for completing the Ambition. You may want to refer to the table of Ambition Rewards at the end of this guide to decide in advance which one you want. |
- The Day of the Hunt: The hunt begins. This will add the storylet Track Curator Veils, correctly prepared, which shows the requirements to begin this hunt. Besides the necessary items, you will need both and exactly 2:
- During any Parabolan hunt, while Lost in Strange Lands, a version of the storylet Stop and look through a distracting mirror with an icon of the Vake will appear with
1–50. This grants . - With this quality, go to
and choose the storylet VAKE SILKS and TAILORED VAKEMENTS to obtain the decoy Veils. - Back in your Base-Camp, Track Curator Veils again to raise to 2.
- During any Parabolan hunt, while Lost in Strange Lands, a version of the storylet Stop and look through a distracting mirror with an icon of the Vake will appear with
- Track Curator Veils, correctly prepared back in Parabola: Requires
, 
, 
, 
, 
. These items are not consumed now, but will be used later. - Gain
to reduce the challenge on Continue towards its Howling and Windy Home in order to Face the Curator Mr Veils - Embattled with Curator Mr Veils: Observe the Day of the Hunt, the Feast, and Council, expending the items you collected earlier
- Observe the Day of Bargain or, with 1–3 and exactly 1, you can choose to Bargain for the Curator to return with you
- Observe the Day of Slaughter if you didn't spare the Curator
- Once you choose this option, a Parabolan hunt immediately begins, sending you to Lost in Strange Lands. (If you haven't yet faced Curator Veils, this is a good time to shuffle until the correct Stop and look through a distracting mirror option appears. You will be able to continue the hunt after playing that storylet.)
- Continue towards a Parisian Salon in order to Face the Surface Mr Veils. Gaining first will reduce the challenge here.
- Embattled with Surface Mr Veils: Attack Surface Veils here to find out that you need to create weapons at
to defeat him. - Track him through Parabola again to face him. You'll need
and for whichever option you choose, plus one chess item:
- To Pin down Surface Veils, you need
- To Outflank Surface Veils, you need
- To Capture Veils the Intriguer, you need
, 1–3, and exactly 1
- To Pin down Surface Veils, you need
- You learn that you must venture to
to face this Veils. If you don't yet have this route, find it through a 
5 challenge from Leave your Parabolan Base-Camp (storylet: Look for the Waswood). Alternatively, you can find the route while Lost in Strange Lands with 70–79 and 
2. - Track Veils of the Third City? informs you that you can create a weapon to use against Third City Veils in your Laboratory.
- Begin creating the Jaguar Blade in University Laboratory:
- Prepare a weapon of vengeance: Requires
, 
, and 
- Prepare a weapon of vengeance using particular knowledge: Requires , ; also requires (but does not consume)
. - Prepare a weapon of vengeance using the knowledge you attained at the greatest price: Requires (but does not consume)
(which can only be obtained by following a certain unspeakable storyline).
- Prepare a weapon of vengeance: Requires
- Complete the Jaguar Blade. (The method you used to begin the research does not affect your options here.)
- Complete a Jaguar Blade: Requires , ,
30 (which requires 
Lettice in your Lab). - Complete a Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger: Requires , ,
, and either (not consumed) or 30.
- Complete a Jaguar Blade: Requires
- : As you Stay a little while, you Recognise Veils of the Third City. This sets to 3 and redirects to Afloat. For now, you can only Go, and return later.
- Venture into the Waswood again. This time, as you Stay a little while, you can Draw close to Veils of the Third City.
- Afloat: Confront Third City Veils.
- With the regular Jaguar Blade, you can Kill Veils of the Third City.
- With the Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger, you can Take Vengeance on Veils of the Third City.
- If you have 1–3 and exactly 1, you can instead Capture Third City Veils.
The end[edit]
Back to Normal: Once you have no more remaining Vakes to deal with, this storylet autofires, with different text depending on whether you spared an aspect of the Vake and what you promised Mr Wines. In any case, you receive .
- See the table below for the full breakdown of outcomes from this series of actions. The two unique outcomes are if you made the oath intending it to mean the Vake specifically and then killed all 3 aspects (which sets to 10: "You have honoured an oath to Mr Wines"), or if you made the oath knowing you may be held to it at some unknown future time (which keeps at 3: "You have sworn an oath. You accepted the consequences"). All other paths ultimately result in 1: "You have sworn an oath. You did not mean it".
| Lie | Interpret | Accept | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oath (Sending the Vake a gift via Wines) | |||
| 1
|
2
|
3
| |
| Temptation (Think in the Midst of the Hunt) | |||
| Spare (advantage) | 1, 1
|
1, 1
|
3, 1
|
| Spare (fellow feeling) | 1, 2
|
1, 2
|
3, 2
|
| Spare (excuse) | 1, 3
|
1, 3
|
3, 3
|
| Honor your oath | N/A | 2, 10
|
N/A |
| Withstand persuasion | 1, 11
|
2, 11
|
3, 11
|
| Resolution (Back to Normal) | |||
| Killed 3 Vakes | 1
|
10
|
3
|
| Spared 1 Vake | 1
|
1
|
1
|
Claim your Reward at the 
. The options and text here differ depending on whether you spared one of the Vakes or killed them all, but in any case, you receive a substantial amount of . You also have some questions to be answered at Abbey Rock, and April leaves your Lab.
An Epilogue: The End of the Convent: Autofires when you reach Abbey Rock.
Twenty-four hours later[edit]
A living story appears in your Messages tab; it differs depending whether you killed every aspect of the Vake or spared one.
If you killed all the Vakes:
- You receive An Invitation from the Efficient Commissioner to discuss that 4 million Echo reward.
- On the Way In, you get a that allows you to hire her in your Lab again.
- A Reading of Procedures: You encounter Mr. Wines again. The text here differs depending on your final level of :
- 0: If you never swore an oath, instead enlisting the Foreign Office's help
- 1 or 3: If you still owe your end of the bargain, whether or not you intend to keep it
- 10: If you killed the Vake to fulfill your oath
- The Back Room: In lieu of a cash payment, you acquire
and 
.
If you spared an aspect of the Vake:
- Home from Parabola: April is upset that you spared one of the Vakes.
- If you want to hire her again, you'll need either or
to earn the . - Alternatively, you can simply Burn the note.
- If you want to hire her again, you'll need either
- Managing Your Monster: Depending on which Vake you spared, you now get to decide what to do with it.
- Third City Veils: Chain it in Parabola or eat it. You receive
and . - Surface Veils: Reach an accommodation or take its knowledge. You receive
and 
. - Curator Veils: Keep it locked up or pamper it. You receive and .
- Third City Veils: Chain it in Parabola or eat it. You receive
Long-term rewards[edit]
- You can now create a replica of your Jaguar Blade in your Lab.
- is a weapon which raises both and , which can be situationally useful.
- is a unique +3 weapon, with additional opportunity to Duplicate the Vake's skull and use it to decorate your (Skeleton Type) from Bone Fragments at the Bone Market.
- Enjoy a Drink at the Medusa's Head: Spend your Bragging Rights on some Making Waves and Wounds reduction (with additional text if you have the or ).
- Invite April to the Board of your Railway when you start it. She's a difficult director, but perhaps you like a challenge.
- Receive The Rewards of Ambition (two weeks after completing the Ambition, and every 4 weeks afterwards). The exact reward depends on the choices you made, though all include –5 CP and
+10 CP, and flavour text that varies with .
| Ending | Unique item | Rewards of Ambition |
|---|---|---|
| Killed all the Vakes |
|
Enjoy your considerable wealth
|
| Spared Veils of the Surface |
|
Read your dispatches
|
| Spared Curator Veils |
|
Indulge in the pleasure of mastery
|
| Spared Third-City Veils |
|
Indulge in the pleasure of transgression
|
Items needed[edit]
This is an attempt to list all possible items needed in BaL, for help with planning. The quantities listed are the fewest you can get away with (min), and the most you will need (max). This list only includes items that can be found outside of this Ambition; items like the Half-Wild Mandrake that are unique to BaL are listed elsewhere.
