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Origins of the Starveling Cats
Netos Korlan
Posts: 78
8/25/2019
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So...
If we judge from the current association with Mr.Eaten, one could easily say that a Starveling Cat is a cat that fell into a well and was dipped (drowned?) in the magic of Mr.Eaten, thus becoming a teeth-gnashing, claw-lashing, bad-tempered servant of the slightly-abominable entity.
But what about the rhyme -
"The Starveling Kitty! The Starveling Kitties! Ruled over the rooftoops of Five Stolen Cities!"
Is the rhyme lying / not to take seriously? Or is it truthful?
More interestingly:
Is a Starveling Cat what happens when a cat reaches Nightmares 8?
(Whereas a Tiger is what happens when a cat maximizes their stat to the cap of 200 and completes the Parabola quest line...
I wonder if it was ever possible to play as a cat. Because I know it was possible to be a Clay Man at some point...)
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Tystefy
Posts: 515
8/25/2019
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Starveling Cats are cats who decided to Seek.
However... they can't row. Meaning they can never finish the quest.
They also cannot legally own a boat. Heh... suckers.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2769
8/25/2019
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Tystefy, I disagree that cats could not complete the Quest. Cats can't row, but in Fallen London they can talk. They can persuade human Seekers to let them on *their* boats. Worst come to worst, they could stow away on boats sailed by human Seekers.
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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lacco36
Posts: 11
8/26/2019
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I would assume starveling cats are cats that are Unaccountably Peckish and have gone mad from sufficient Seeker knowledge.
I almost brought mine North, but I sent it to a friend just before I went...
And now I'm tempted to start seeking anew, with the purpose of bringing 77 starveling cats North.
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2270
8/26/2019
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Tystefy wrote:
Starveling Cats are cats who decided to Seek.
However... they can't row. Meaning they can never finish the quest.
They also cannot legally own a boat. Heh... suckers. They were an important part for most ships because they helped the rodent problem. Imagine having an extra hungry cat on your ship. 
Heck, I think it's still mandatory for every ship in the UK to have a cat on board; not really sure where I read such a thing!
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xKiv
Posts: 902
8/26/2019
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Nameless Jane wrote:
Playing as Clayman isn't retired?
The original method is retired, but there's a ... side easter egg, let's call it? ... that includes some of the experience
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https://www.fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/xKiv - a witchful, percussive, dangermous and shadowry scholar of coexplodence, hopsidirean, and walker of fallen kitties.
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