Diptych
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11/26/2019
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Here's this week's quick questions thread!
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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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Μαρσ
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11/28/2019
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Jolanda Swan wrote:
Has there been an explanation lore-wise as to why a lot of people don't have names but designations in our fallen London?
I seem to vaguely remember that Her Enduring Majesty / our (Traitor) Empress started this trend when the Neath fell and she forbade the people of London to speak her name. The custom of not using your name then spread to Society, Bohemians, etc. I can't find the exact (early game) text though, so I may not be correct.
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Μαρσ,
A Londoner, Zubmariner, Chef, a Doctor, and an Invisible Eminence. All social actions are welcomed.
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phryne
Posts: 1351
11/30/2019
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- Alpha900i wrote:
did I miss something? Noman, upgraded premium lodgings, remote lodgings ... is there more in Neathmas? There's the advent calendar which should open tomorrow. And then there's Christmas Cards which you can send to your in-game friends. There are also several options to spend Fate, both for stories and unique items.
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how many pails of So-Called snow can one get without buying it from Urchins? You usually get 4 or 5 pails of Lacre via Time the Healer. The advent calendar has also provided one every year, I think.
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when things usually start to happen? I assume we can start getting snow and related things on Dec, 1, while ability to spend lacre understanding appears much later, in Jan, 6. Is it so? The Advent Calendar opens Dec 1. We usually get the first Snowed In! event (via Time the Healer) which provides Lacre after a week or two. This has never been consistent.
Mr Sacks appears in your opportunity deck from Dec 25. One card is added each day for 12 days. Once you've played all 12, Penstock's Wicket opens (the place where you can get Lodgings), and stays open until Jan 31.
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is there something else one should now about Neathmas? Yes: it's a lot of fun! 
Not sure if you've seen this thread yet. The first post really explains everything you need to know about Neathmas in some detail!
edited by phryne on 11/30/2019
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
Exceptional Stories, sorted by Season and by writer ― Favours & Renown Guide
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
12/1/2019
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fafer.forums wrote:
Need advice please. I'll probably acquire Paramount Presence next week, so looking for any other interesting challenge. I think there was some google doc list available showing bunch of weird stuff to acquire. Anyone knows about it and can link it?
Or what would be your proposal for next challenge other then seeking the name? Are you talking about the one in my signature?
And congratulations on your new rank, delicious! I'm sure a devil out there really sees you as a very delicious friend!
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ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing
Achievement list if you're feeling bored!
I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats.
No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Azothi
Posts: 586
12/2/2019
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Social actions should be working now. The servers have been tickled, apparently.
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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.
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
11/28/2019
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I think it has always been a storytelling choice, not something intrinsic to the world. The text might call her a Sardonic Music-Hall Singer, but her friends call her Liz or Marie or Helen. The namelessness is part of the house style, a way to compactly describe, to focus your attention on the character's appearance or attitude, and perhaps to make us all a bit more disconnected; we are all strangers in this great, dark city. It also keeps them from having to name every urchin that wanders on stage.
It's worth noting, however, that FB's never been adverse to giving a name when it suited their purposes. We know the names of Jenny and Lydia and Feducci, among lesser lights, and I remember some story somewhere in which another character called one of these walking epithets by name. So I think it's safe to assume that our nameless vergers and gentlemen and poets are in fact named Bill and Ollie and Bert to their friends.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
11/28/2019
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Thank you!
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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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