Ambition: Heart's Desire – the Prince's Prison

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[…] a hollow, and at the bottom of the hollow a hole, barred with rusting iron.

From within comes a nagging drone, the speech of locusts. A chain rattles, musically. Something wraps around the bars from below. Not fingers. Fingers lack chitin.

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

Unlocked with  exactly 150, or a redirect from A Brief Stop at the Prince's Prison

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Free it
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    Beeface.png

     

    Success

    Loosening the last bar, you scrabble from the hollow

    • Aboardsmall.png You have moved to a new area: Your Cabin
    • Heartsdesiresmall.png Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous. (Sets Ambition: Heart's Desire! to 160 - Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous)
    • Quirkruthlesssmall.png Ruthless is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
    • Quirkmagnanimoussmall.png Magnanimous is dropping… (-5 CP)
    • Waves4small.png Wind from the North. You zail the Stormbones. (Sets Zailing on: to Stormbones) (hidden)
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Bargain with it
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    Coin.png
    Unlocked with  150

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, 170 || 117 - very chancy (41%) || 145 - chancy (51%) || 173 - modest (61%) || 202 - very modest (71%) || 230 - low-risk (81%) || 258 - straightforward (91%) || 284 - straightforward (100%)

    , Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (170 + + + - - - ). The above ranges are listed assuming all quirks have the same level (e.g. all quirks are at level 5)

    Success

    The bargain

    • Foxsmall.png Persuasive is increasing…
    • Aboardsmall.png You have moved to a new area: Your Cabin
    • Heartsdesiresmall.png Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous. (Sets Ambition: Heart's Desire! to 160 - Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous)
    • Quirksubtlesmall.png Subtle is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
    • Quirkforcefulsmall.png Forceful is dropping… (-5 CP)
    • Waves4small.png Wind from the North. You zail the Stormbones. (Sets Zailing on: to Stormbones) (hidden)


    Failure

    It finds you wanting

    Redirects to: Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Prince's Prison

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