Since I haven’t yet found a list of these that meets my satisfaction, I’m hoping to make an attempt here, but will need help, since I haven’t progressed far enough to know many of them from experience. I’ll add contributions from the comments to the list in this post.
[li][ul][li]Family and Law (The Cheery Man and The Last Constable) - Triggered by selecting "The Last Constable?" in "Study the Secrets of Fallen London" in Ladybones Road or selecting "More Than Just a Landlord" in "Rowdy Times at the Medusa’s Head" (requires Dangerous 1-11) or "Tame the Undergrowth" (requires Dangerous 2, Family and Law < 1) in Watchmaker’s Hill.[/li][li]A Name Written in Blood - Triggered by a success in "A Marksmanship Competition for a Prize of Jade!" (requires Dangerous 17-31) or a success when you select "Aggressive Gardening" in "Tame the Undergrowth" (requires Dangerous 2, Family and Law < 1) in Watchmaker’s Hill.[/li][li]The Numismatrix - Triggered by selecting "The Numismatrix" in "Chat With the Local Gossip" in your Lodgings (requires 5 x Appalling Secret, Free of Surface Ties 1) or by selecting "Tracking Down the Numismatrix" in "The Numismatrix" card (requires Free of Surface Ties 1).[/li][li]The Subject of Admiring Attention - Triggered by a rare success when you select "Tell a Risque Joke" in "The Singing Mandrake" in Veilgarden.[/li][li]Possessing Knowledge of a Singular Tattoo - Triggered by a success from either option in "Venture: Uncover Hidden Tattoos: The Resolution" (requires Persuasive 36-47) in Veilgarden.[/li][li]A Legend Among Ratkind - Triggered by a success when you select "Try to Take Him Alive" in either "Your Reputation Has Brought Out the Rattus Faber Chief" (requires Dangerous 39) or "A Showdown With the Rattus Faber Chief" (requires Troubled by Vermin 1-3) in your Lodgings.[/li][li]Causing the Wrong Sort of Interest - Triggered by a success when you select "Blackmail Her" in "Area Diving: A Spot of Blackmail" (requires Shadowy 21) in Spite.[/li][li]That Which Waits in Shadow - Triggered by a success when you select "Brush past her in the crowd. Exchange the pouch for another full of fake secrets" in "Snaffle Couriered Messages" (requires Shadowy 6) or a success when you select "The Thief’s Road" in "Burgle a Jeweller’s Shop" (requires Shadowy 33-47) in Spite.[/li][li]Marsh-Mired in Dreams of Sustenance - Triggered on reaching Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name 8. See wiki for current triggers and requirements to start Seeking.[/li][li]A Dream of Other Places - Triggered by a success when you select "Decipher Graffiti" in "Study the Secrets of Fallen London" in Ladybones Road.[/li][/ul]
Now. Some of these are from the wiki, but some weren’t listed there, so I’ve probably missed several. Any suggestions?[/li][li]
edited by Zingarinha on 1/4/2014[/li][li]
edited by Zingarinha on 1/5/2014
The ‘“Tame the Undergrowth” (requires Dangerous 2-11)’ is actually A Name Written In Blood, and it’s available for as long as you don’t pick a side in Family and Law.
That Which Waits in Shadow is also triggered by stealing from ring fights in Spite, a roughly 30 shadowy option.
There’s ‘Mr Eaten would like to send you a dream of long-ago injustice’, which is started by ‘Do you know the number of candles?’
Can you develop this and upload it to the Wikia?
Really? The wiki suggests otherwise. Maybe I’ll set up an alt to test that.
Aha, adding. Thanks.
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Thanks! I’ll add this. Trying to get info from the wiki while not actually reading too closely due to spoilers - the conflict!
That’s the idea!
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You haven’t got the “decipher graffiti” from study the secrets of Fallen London - can’t remember the name of the message you get when the living story arrives but it increases watchful
‘which is begun by a success when you select "But the View Outside Your Window isn’t Right" (requires Unaccountably Peckish 1) in the "A Dream About Your Home" (requires Recurring Dreams: Death By Water 7) card.’
Personally, I wouldn’t include this; there are numerous ways to start seeking, and a lot of them are likely to be changed, given SMEN’s overhaul.
Circe, it’s A Dream of Other Places.
I’ve tested the gardening thing on several of my alts; also, the shadowy living story is from pickpocketing at a ring fight; I’m not sure if it’s from burgling the jeweller’s shop.
edited by Laluzi on 1/4/2014
Thanks Laluzi! Updated with your changes.
No problem! Happy to help.
Mmm, two more living stories just occurred to me - the ones where you ‘evolve’ your Philosophical or Unscrupulous Raven Advisor to the next stage; the former with a Primaeval Hint, and the latter with a Diary of the Dead (and some other assorted materials).
I’ve just come across one that’s marked as triggering a living story in the wiki, but it hasn’t triggered for me. Any input?
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Defend_the_pantry_against_all_comers!
I think there’s a living story that starts after you get certain tattoos. Or there might be multiple.
edited by Ixc on 2/18/2016
To anyone looking at this list now, notice the OP is two years old. A Name Written in Blood, The Subject of Admiring Attention, That Which Waits in Shadow, and A Dream of Other Places were retired when the progress trackers were updated over the last year or so, and Marsh-Mired in Dreams of Sustenance is retired as part of the Mr Eaten storyline. There is a new living story at this year’s Feast of the Rose that no-one has seen the and to yet.