What falls down the well?

A player-created Guide is available for this content: Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide)

How are the above links here?

ID: 8440

Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

From: Go to the well

Take a cautious look.

Unlocked with  1

Challenge information

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge|0120]]<ul><li>Empty strings are not accepted.</li> <!--br--><li>Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.</li></ul>Broad, 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A key?

[…] at the bottom is the source of the light - a vast, humped, furred shape, quietly crouching. And hanging from a ledge halfway down, something […] with burning, molten yellow eyes. The maidservant. […]

[…] You […] grab […] a stone key[…]

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  You've gained 100 x Shard of Glim
•  You now have 1 x Stone Tentacle-Key
• 'Hunter's Insight' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

Failure

Ouch

You push the well cover to one side, and lean back as the light and the thousands of little white fireflies pour out. […] 'No! She'll eat you right up!' […] Snap! Your reflexes pull your arm away […] sharp stinging scrape, like a saw might make.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)