Making Poutine Everyday
Posts: 11
1/1/2019
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I've done some research about going NORTH, and it seems really scary. Does it really disable your account? Does it really make it unusable? Will you have to make a new account and restart to keep playing the game? I don't want to risk my account yet. Spooked.
Making Poutine Everyday, a now terrified and haunted gentleman.
https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Making%20Poutine%20Everyday
Ok I'm really scared now. Happy New Year all!
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1783
1/2/2019
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Or, you know.... you can simply... NOT take up Seeking.
Ever.
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Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play.
http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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0bsidian Fire
Posts: 117
1/2/2019
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From both an in-character perspective and an out of character perspective... seeing the "Do not push" button is one thing. Seeing a lot of other people push the "Do not push" button and then sacrifice everything they are in horrible ways is another.
While there are plenty of secrets to be found in the Neath, most of them don't involve that kind of... backlash? fallout? I guess... on the person finding out the secret. Also, from a strictly in-universe perspective, no one ever knows what happens to people when they go NORTH (for good anyway). There's no in-character reason to think they ever really find what they're looking for.
So as far as my character is concerned, there's a bunch of people trying to find out something that they're never guarantied to find out and they pretty much destroy themselves while doing so. There's plenty of other things to discover in the Neath that don't cost anywhere near as much of the seeker and are all but guarantied to be discovered if the seeker works hard enough at it.
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Kharagal Mierqid - Bohemian Correspondent who is obsessed with the Language of Stars...
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Tystefy
Posts: 450
1/1/2019
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You can absolutely go North after sacrificing and suffering through... "a lot."
However, you can, for whatever inconceivable reason you might have, turn back at literally the last moment in exchange for the best BDR (Bizarre, Dreaded, Respectable) weapon in the game. If you do not turn back at that point, your character is gone.
Going North isn't for the faint of heart. Some bits can be nightmarish. The story itself breaks the fourth wall by actively telling you how bad of an idea it is, with the warnings becoming less and less frequent as you go further and further in.
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Will sometimes return to post absurdity.
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Azothi
Posts: 586
1/1/2019
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Finishing "Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name" will irrevocably bring you to a place you will not be leaving, and it is sublime. Personally, it's one of my favorite stories in all of Fallen London and the journey is worth it, having gone NORTH with two characters, the first to completion and the second turning back for the reward.
My recommendation, if you intend to keep on playing Fallen London, is to Seek with your current character and create a second character that you can slowly build up over time. That lessens the "cold turkey" impact of suddenly starting a new character, and your first character will be in a better position to Seek (also because it's boring to have a character whose only purpose is to Seek).
To be honest, though, the warnings are rather much. If you have intense triggers surrounding self-harm or mtuilation, stay away, but otherwise, it's a just a beautiful story of descent into madness and the annihilation of identity.
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Azoth I, the Emissary of Cardinals - A Paramount Presence (not currently accepting new Proteges)
Away to where the Chain cannot bind us.
 Hesperidean.
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