Who do you side with? Both parties are not necessarily at odds against one another directly, but there is a tenuous relationship at best. Players of Skies probably know the outcome of this relationship, but as London residents, do you welcome the new lords of the city, or are you a loyalist to the core?
I, myself, am devoted to my Empress. Lord Hymenaeus defies these beasts, though perhaps not openly.
As an aside, I am so very curious about this bridging moment in the London/SS lore. edited by Hymenaeus on 11/29/2019
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My first instict is to say no to both, but if I had to choose between them I would go with the human evil. Because you know. She is human.
It doesnât help that their common foil, the Revolutionaries, have even crazier schemes.
In the end, if you are opposed to their madness, all you can do is be helpful with the downtrodden and take their side any way you can.
I would argue the Masters are evil mainly because of their inhuman values; the Empress is fully able to understand human morality, but chooses to be cruel anyway. And the Masters are actually doing something about the Liberation, as compared to her Majesty. Plus, the Masters are technically easier to overthrow now than Victoria as Her Eternal Majesty.
I agree with lxc. The Empress chose to betray her people and her sacred oath to her people for love. What the Masters have done to London resulted partly from ignorance of love and human nature, and partly due to how they have been trapped by the gods. I also see greater potential in playing the Masters against each other for the good of London and her inhabitants than in moving the Empress to do anything useful.
I find Victoria particularly detestable due to the fact that we know she was terrible in the real world as well and that she is a human. The Masters have the excuse of being obscenely overpowered compared to any human theyâve ever met, save perhaps one or two, and have a very different sense of âwho mattersâ.
I prefer to side with neither, whilst staying in both of their good graces if possible.
I do see the Empress as the lesser threat but the greater evil as she sold London for her own gains to the Masters, who whilst more dangerous can only do what they are due to the actions of the Empress.
None the less, the party I side with would be my own, or rather the party that protects the commonfolk from the extremities of the political discordant landscape that is Fallen London with the Masters, Devils, Church, the Revolutionaries, Spies and Empress.
The Spidery Rogue has a soft spot for the Empress, she is (on a technicality) a peer of the realm. But sheâs also pragmatic and sees that the Master are the true power in the Neath. Sheâs going to end up pretty surprised in a few years.
Personally, I despise both of them and am a revolutionary (well not when it comes to the bomb throwing âpropaganda of the deedâ, but when it comes to the theory yes) at heart. My sunless captains are closer to my own opinions. I mean, even the Liberation of Night makes good points, but again, please stop planting bombs and killing innocents.
Staying out of conflicts is a perfectly understandable choice, but they deserve to know that one day they will have no choice at all - because these lives may end at any time by whim of the Bazaar and its Masters.
I donât side with all the Masters, but Mr. Iron has expressed great reluctance to go along with the other Mastersâ plans and seems very interested in preserving Fallen London. One of the Seasonal conclusions clearly established this. I also suspect Mr. Pages would balk at seeing this city go (yeah he did Oscar Wilde dirty, but I paid Fate to help Wilde escape, so there you go).
So I am #TeamIron and #TeamPages.
I am, as far as I know, the only person on this team.
[quote=Greg M]I donât side with all the Masters, but Mr. Iron has expressed great reluctance to go along with the other Mastersâ plans and seems very interested in preserving Fallen London. One of the Seasonal conclusions clearly established this. I also suspect Mr. Pages would balk at seeing this city go (yeah he did Oscar Wilde dirty, but I paid Fate to help Wilde escape, so there you go).
So I am #TeamIron and #TeamPages.
I am, as far as I know, the only person on this team.[/quote]
Which story features Oscar Wilde? I want to play it!
Mr. Iron runs Demeaux Island, which is staffed by indentured servants who suffer a lot of industrial accidents and are eager to escape, which isnât a great sign for it. It may want to preserve London, but it may just be that it doesnât want to have to rebuild its operations. Or maybe it likes London because of all the machinery itâs full of, something it doesnât realize is a product of surface history continuing, rather than London specifically.
If weâre talking specific Masters, Mr. Hearts/Apples is the one I trust the most. It doesnât have any cruelties that stand out.
(Midgame Sunless Skies Spoilers)
[spoiler] And when given the chance to escape servitude to the Bazaar, it takes it. Maybe I just find the Chiropterous Hoarder so pitiful, that I canât hate Mr. Apples. [/spoilers]
I could never bring myself to sâl the bâ in one of my alts I should have but I couldnât bring myself, Iâm seeking the name but Iâm not that bad