Fulfillment (Ambition)

Introduction
So you want to create the Zong of the Zee? You must sail to the far reaches of the zee to discover places that others have only whispered. You must speak with the inhabitants of every isle, no matter how strange or foreign their custom. And you must investigate every lead given to you so that you might know things that should not be known. This ambition is not for the weary as it requires endurance, perseverance and patience the likes which have not been seen in civilized society in some time. You must save your secrets until the end. Seriously, save your secrets (see below). Do these tasks and you will live out your days in glory.

That being said,  is about collection. The book itself requires many, many different components, of which most are secrets. No ambition in the game is trivial. This ambition, unlike many of the others, has no real direction that you must take; simply put, you must go and play the game and keep in mind which resources are valuable to you and those that are not.

The Crafted Components
Some parts of the Zong are assembly required. With the exception of the Dread Surmise, these items can only be put together after you have acquired at least least a Townhouse in London.

The Port Reports

 * 1 x SS irem portsmall.png A Port Report: Irem
 * 1 x SS khansheart portsmall.png A Port Report: Khan's Heart
 * 1 x SS kingeaterscastle portsmall.png A Port Report: Kingeater's Castle
 * 1 x SS portpalmerstonsmall.png A Port Report: Mt Palmerston
 * 1 x SS principlesofcoral_portsmall.png A Port Report: Port Cecil

These are easiest parts of the Zong and will likey be the last pieces collected. After you have put everything else together, going and collecting these port reports will seem trivial. Don't focus on holding onto these reports until you have made significant progress elsewhere in your collection.

The Secrets

 * 40 x SS whispered_secretsmall.png Secret

The most important thing I can tell you about Secrets while on this ambition: try not to spend secrets on stats. The reason being that we need a whopping 75 in total to complete the objective (40 for the turn in and 35 of them being required for the assembled components above). Another thing I can tell you is that zailing the map for fragments (fragments make secrets) alone will not get you there. You're going to have to complete some of the other missions in the game to get close. As mentioned in the introduction, have higher pages will help you assemble secrets faster while exploring the map, but it isn't altogether necessary.

Let's go over some non-exploration secret sources:
 * SS_Locations_Port_Cecil.png Port Cecil - complete SS cavelake2gaz.png The Pulse of the Principles quest - x Secrets by choosing Win the match at the completion of the quest.
 * SS_Locations_Venderbight.png Venderbight - complete SS bookblacksmall.png THE NEATHBOW quest - x Secrets by choosing Accept a huge trove of Secrets at the completion of the quest.
 * SS_Locations_Chapel_of_Lights.png Chapel of Lights x Secrets for completing all of the Attend a service at the Chapel events.
 * SS_Locations_Godfall.png Godfall or  x Secrets for exploring all of the Shattered Citadel.  The higher quantity requires you bring the Nacreous Outcast with you when you go adventuring.
 * SS_Locations_Irem.png Irem - (Repeatable) x Secret purchasable from the Wind-Come-Calling shop for 999 Echo each.
 * SS generic portgaz.png Mangrove College - (Repeatable) x Secret by turning in excess Memory of Distant Shores or Zee-ztory along with some Fragments.  Not a great option, given that we need all of the components, but an option none-the-less.
 * SS fluke topgaz.png Lorn-Fluke - (Repeatable) x Secrets by defeating the Fluke and completing a Pages challenge.

There are going to be many other locations that will offer you Secret here and there, but the bulk majority are listed above.

The Stories

 * 77 x SS wavesmall.png Zee-ztory
 * 77 x SS island2small.png Memory of Distant Shores
 * 77 x SS scaryeyesmall.png Tale of Terror!!

Collecting the stories is actually not as bad as it seems. There are a few places around the map that will greatly speed up the gathering process.

Locations for efficient story collecting
My recommendation here is prioritize visiting these places after you find them, especially Adam's Way if you have the hearts.

Item/Story to Story Conversions
You may end up with a lot of one type of story (usually Tale of Terror!!). The game provides you with a way to turn those excess stories into the ones you need.