Absintheuse
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7/17/2017
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Once again, we invite you to speculate on the secrets of Fallen London. Some mysteries are easy, others are esoteric, and some have yet to be revealed.
Beginning today at 12:00pm, until 17th July 2018, the Mysteries Tab will return, revived from its close in January 2014. Try your hand at solving new mysteries about our beloved Fallen city.
To participate, find the Mysteries Tab (the final tab on the right) in the browser game, submit your answer for each lore question, and confirm it. You're free to change an answer as many times as you wish; however, doing so will overwrite your previous response.
The Mysteries Tab will only be available within the browser version of Fallen London, and will not appear in the app. Our apologies for any inconvenience – we’d have liked to add it to both, but the development time required would have made it difficult to justify bringing back the mysteries. Adding them solely to the web version was very quick, because we could just reinstate the old code. Mobile players will still be able to participate and receive prizes if they log in to the browser version to submit their answers.
Some things to keep in mind:
- there is no penalty for wrong answers
- your answers can be changed at any time before the 17th of July 2018
- it's only the latest answer submitted that will count
- unlike the previous Mysteries Tab, players will be unable to see random answers submitted by other players
When the Mysteries Tab closes, our rats will review your answers and reward players with special currency for each correct answer. You may then use that currency on new and old rewards.
Happy hunting, delicious friends...
Note that some players may need to do a hard refresh and clear their cache to see the Mysteries Tab.
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Lady Sapho Byron
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7/17/2017
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Absintheuse wrote:
When the Mysteries Tab closes, our rats will review your answers and reward players with special currency for each correct answer. You may then use that currency on new and old rewards.
Will your rats take into account our Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns as they review our answers and distribute rewards?
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
7/17/2017
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"The 17th of July? But that's today!"
*looks a little closer*
"Oh."
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Absintheuse
Posts: 348
7/17/2017
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Lady Sapho Byron wrote:
Absintheuse wrote:
When the Mysteries Tab closes, our rats will review your answers and reward players with special currency for each correct answer. You may then use that currency on new and old rewards.
Will your rats take into account our Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns as they review our answers and distribute rewards?
That is up to them
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Diptych
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7/17/2017
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Ohh-hoh-hoh-ho! Now these are some engaging puzzles! I can hazard a moderately confident guess as two of the four London locations... and the mention of the "working man's friend" confirms a long-running theory of mine... but some other questions are fascinatingly revealing in their being asked, even without obvious answers. Who is May?
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The Soft-Hearted Revolutionary
Posts: 26
7/17/2017
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I will give a hint about who i think May is:
[spoiler]It takes an insane person to look after other insane people[/spoiler]
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Kylestien
Posts: 749
7/17/2017
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...I have no idea for any of these. DX
I'd ask someone the answers, but I'd feel guilty if I got them right that way due to it not being in the spirit of things. But I want rewards. But I have no idea what the answers are. But the sprit of things. AH!DX
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Omega8520
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7/17/2017
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Some can be found in other places (Name the Neathbow), others are more obscure (Who hid the key in the well)
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A Correspondent of measure and restraint, not-withstanding a tendancy to rush into things.
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Northwards with Noman. At least they'll have company.
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Ketchua
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8/28/2017
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The thing about the mirrors and the Fingerkings makes me super excited about a potential continuation of the War of Illusion. Or any kind of Fingerking content, really.
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Afluent photographer investigations
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Diptych
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7/17/2017
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If a Mystery analysis thread is started, I'd suggest it go in the Salons.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
7/18/2017
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Rostygold wrote:
Barring hints or outright answers by other people, is it such that some of the questions can only be answered by having played the Fate-locked content?
edited by Rostygold on 7/18/2017
Yes, I know at least two off the top of my head that are answered in Exceptional Stories. Might be more. Though to be fair at least one of those can be deduced from real-life historical events.
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edited by Akernis on 7/20/2017
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Shalinoth
Posts: 493
7/17/2017
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If this was a year ago, I'd be navigating to a certain Candle Blog so fast right now for insights.. alas, I have no clue about ANY of the answers, except 2 or 3 colours of the Neathbow. I've been playing HOW LONG? And I know nothing.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/17/2017
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Well is says "Some answers are easy, others are esoteric, and some have yet to be revealed." so some of them are impossible to answer at the moment. We just need to wait and see what happens with any new content in the next year.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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shylarah
Posts: 171
7/17/2017
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*excited screeching*
Are there prizes for having the most, or should we work together to answer as many as we can? I know some -- probably the most obvious -- but I can't wait to see what people think for others!
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Alts: (please direct all inquiries to Alys & say who they're for)
-Nikki, the Playful Daredevil, leading the constables on merry chases across London at every available opportunity. It's not a good robbery if you didn't get chased~
-Shylarah, waifish, wide-eyed, painfully foreign, entirely untamed. Her search for a way home now leads her to Parabola. There's something about her...
-Dr. Maxwell Thomas, a kindhearted physician who can't stand to see suffering. Moral to a fault, even to his own detriment. Unlucky in love.
I would rather be taken for a fool than deny aid where it is needed.
-Angie, the Cheeky Sharpshooter. Got her start with the Regiment and proudly operated their cannon for years. Rowdy, rough, and among the best shots in London.
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hellaGumshoe
Posts: 76
7/17/2017
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I'd just like to say this is the dopest thing ever. And I definitely didn't freak out and think the post said it was closing today and rush to give my first round of answers.
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
7/17/2017
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Could the February thing be referring to:
[spoiler]http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/...a_fading_wash_of_sunlight%3F[/spoiler]
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Diptych
Administrator
Posts: 3493
11/19/2017
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If memory serves, the last set of Mysteries answers were checked by searching for key words, so submissions that are too obtuse may not be picked up. Of course, you won't actually get in trouble or anything - you just won't get a point.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Absintheuse
Posts: 348
4/26/2018
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A little reminder to get their answers in to the Mysteries Tab before 17th July! We have already been delighted by many of your answers.
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Optimatum
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6/4/2018
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For discussions of the answers themselves, please refer to this topic. Answers elsewhere should probably be in spoiler tags.
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
 Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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Hannah Flynn
Administrator
Posts: 491
7/10/2018
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A week to go, delicious friends!
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
11/19/2017
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They did post a list of the most amusing answers, though, so it can't just have been evaluated via keywords.
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892
7/17/2017
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Ooooooh.
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Amets Estibariz, the Moulting Eidolon: Cradled by a sun all their own.
Blabbing, the Hobo Everyone Knows: The One Who Pulls The Strings. A Clarity In The Darkness.
Charlotte and the Caretaker: A family?
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
7/17/2017
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Are these answers found within the game or wiki or extra materials, or do we need to just guess? :-S
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
7/17/2017
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According to the old thread it was 1 fate per correct answer. Doesn't look like it will be fate this time though, but some currency token separate from it.
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Be of good cheer. Our contacts have assured us that your sins are forgiven.
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Jeremy Avalon
Posts: 345
7/17/2017
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As a very old player, I have but one thing to say:
YAY!
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How we must glow; yes, I bet we look like snow.
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Barse
Posts: 706
7/17/2017
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This is very exciting!
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Sara Hysaro
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7/17/2017
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I'm definitely have a blast looking through the various lore and discussing possibilities!
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Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome.
Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Dudebro Pyro
Posts: 756
7/17/2017
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Kaijyuu wrote:
"The 17th of July? But that's today!"
*looks a little closer*
"Oh."
I had to read your comment, then go back and re-read the entire post at least three times, before I finally realised that my panic was unnecessary.
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Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/17/2017
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Look at the profession items for some of the colours in the Neathbow (or check out Sunless Sea one of the quests is to retrieve the colours)
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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ochrasy
Posts: 169
7/20/2017
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I'm quite happy with the fact that I know quite a few answers, and I at least know where to look for most of them I think.
well, at least I hope I'm right.
edit: FB is only going to read our answers next year right? because I'm writting a lot of dumb things
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Ochrasy. Monster-Hunter. Dangerous and Watchful, favors the Constables.
Robitaille. Persuasive and Shadowy, fond of the Devils.
Herr Horst. Seeker of Revenge.
Open to all social actions on all accounts. Preferably, send any MW-providing actions to Ochrasy.
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ChangelingChilde
Posts: 231
11/18/2017
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I do hope that fanciful answers are okay. After all, this is how I answered the Neathbow question: Amnesia. Violence. A caver's memory of sun. What drowned men see. Remembrance. Drowsiness. A black hole. And my doors thus: Ungold, the lightning-bearer, burnt sand, tusk, Eaten's favorites, the death of trees, to commit thievery
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DO you recall how the Hunger began?
I'm sorry, my darling, I don't think I can!
OUT past the High Wilderness and beyond
I fear I've gone Seeking, for of Him I'm fond.
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Seven scars, seven chains, a soul too stained for Hell, and seven sainted candles burning at the well.
Gone to Grieve on the 17th day of the 7th month, 1897. Will be Vake-hunting next.
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Sir Joseph Marlen
Posts: 575
7/17/2017
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Is the plan so far to avoid direct discussion of questions/answers on this thread? If so, we may wish to create a separate thread for that exact purpose. That way, people can discuss the mysteries reopening here while avoiding any unwanted spoilers to the answers.
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Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist
Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary
Cappuccino - The Perfidious Spycraft
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
11/19/2017
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It's a stretch. It really depends on how many answers there are to read and verify - I can see what you're going for, but there's no guarantee that FBG are going to read the answers closely enough to tell that yours are right rather than just someone who has no idea, trying to be clever. After all, I bet for lots of these questions, there's going to be lots of people who have no idea but try to cover it up by using fancy words.
The question, I suppose, comes down to whether FBG handles the Mysteries entirely via algorithm, or partly. It is reasonably certain that nobody's going to go through every answer individually; even should someone wish to, it would be impossible to do in a timely manner, and that's assuming someone is told off to do it full-time until it's finished.
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Amalgamate
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11/19/2017
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It's a stretch. It really depends on how many answers there are to read and verify - I can see what you're going for, but there's no guarantee that FBG are going to read the answers closely enough to tell that yours are right rather than just someone who has no idea, trying to be clever. After all, I bet for lots of these questions, there's going to be lots of people who have no idea but try to cover it up by using fancy words.
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Social invitations of all kinds welcome, especially games of chess and deadly sparring!
Also happy to help with nightmares, send sips of Cider, and plant battle.
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Doctor Eckhart
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7/22/2017
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Aha! More fun awaits us! 'Tis unfortunate that there are a couple answers which I thought I knew, but cannot recall. I shall have to dig into the stories again... 
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Azothi
Posts: 586
7/18/2017
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I wasn't around for the first Mysteries, having played for less than a year at this point, but I'm quite excited at what revelations this could bring: the identity of May, the first Noman, etc.
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Away to where the Chain cannot bind us.
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SpectralDragon
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7/18/2017
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Shalinoth wrote:
If this was a year ago, I'd be navigating to a certain Candle Blog so fast right now for insights.. alas, I have no clue about ANY of the answers, except 2 or 3 colours of the Neathbow. I've been playing HOW LONG? And I know nothing.
I got a few of my answers from the candle blog, so it's still worth a shot. And 13's a very lucky number anyways.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
7/17/2017
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Damn, these are some very enigmatic questions. There are only two I am sure of and less than half of the remaining ones where I can make an educated guess, at best.
This is going to be exciting.
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
7/17/2017
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Phew, I think - (heavy emphasis on 'think') - I've answered most with the help of the wiki, forum, and TV Tropes, but at least three have me totally stumped . . . one of those three I hazarded a guess, but two will probably take me a long time, so I'm glad for the year limit, as it may take me that long to find out XD
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Cthonius
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7/17/2017
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I feel like the location ones were already figured out, maybe around the last time of Mysteries, but hell if I'll ever figure them out without checking that.
I've got a surprising amount though. 8, with only 2 or 3 being guesses. A few more I vaguely know the answers but have to look a thing or two up. This is going to be fun! Though waiting a year for confirmed answers is...unfortunate
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Philip Wolf
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7/17/2017
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OOOOOOOH. It's time for me to go digging into the lore. This is a fun fun idea.
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Vavakx Nonexus
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7/17/2017
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Question for those who were around to solve the previous season of Mysteries: What were the rewards for getting them right last time?
edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 7/17/2017
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Amets Estibariz, the Moulting Eidolon: Cradled by a sun all their own.
Blabbing, the Hobo Everyone Knows: The One Who Pulls The Strings. A Clarity In The Darkness.
Charlotte and the Caretaker: A family?
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SeveredJoke
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7/17/2017
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This is very interesting and shows me how little I know about the game.
Where are the stories about snuffers? I've only seen snippets and hints so far.
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Annabelle McAllister - Nemesis
Marlon JD - Bag a Legend
Suzi Bapsthwaite - Light Fingers
Delilah Moreo - Heart's Desire
Alexei Totkinder - Nemesis
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