| Your Father's Return | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 177520 |
Your Father's Return[ | ]
Your Father's Return is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Story description[ | ]
Your father leans on the rail. "Oh, hush," he says. "I'm not going below now. I want to zee London. See London."
Trigger conditions[ | ]
Take 
Your Father to 
Fallen London. You can only meet Your Father as part of the 
Your Father's Bones when you 
Choose an Ambition. Also, your 
Memoirs: Your Past must be a Natural Philosopher.
Interactions[ | ]
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Pay your father's debt
"My regards to your employer. Would she be so gracious as to accept this small gift?" |
 6000 x Echo
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-6000 x Echo
Triggers event: Your Father's Return
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| Abandon your father
Your father stands up suddenly straighter. "To Hell with it," he says. "Enough of this nonsense. I've ducked the consequences long enough. I'm here now." The effect of this noble speech is a little spoilt by his caroming drunkenly off the rail as he staggers down the gang-plank. |
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Never again
And that's the last you see of your father. You never find out what the Widow does to him. A lingering death? Exile to the tomb-colonies? Indentured service? You are free of your quest, but you have the sense of great works left undone.  Objective: Ambition = 2 [Retire to a life of luxury]
 Your Father's Bones: A Cold Trail = 0
Your Father = 0
Triggers event:  Your Lodgings
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Game note: Your quest has failed, but perhaps you can fill the hollow in your heart with money. You have not lost the game, but can now win only through the Life of Luxury Ambition. Go to your Lodgings to learn more. |
| An unexpected arrival
The Blind Bruiser taps the Widow's man on the shoulder. "Fancy us both being here at this time in this place. But I suppose it is not so very great a coincidence, this Captain 'ere being under my employer's protection, as it were. I 'ope your employer remembers our treaties and arrangements." |
 Favours: A Proposal from a Man of Business ≥ 2 and ≤ 5
3000 x Echo
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-3000 x Echo
Triggers event: Your Father's Return
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Game note: The Blind Bruiser's intervention has ensured that you need only pay 3000 Echoes. Some of the debt will be forgiven. |
Your Father's Return (continued)[ | ]
| Your Father's Return | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 189558 |
Your Father's Return is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Story description[ | ]
The money changes hands. The Widow's man bows and departs. Your father embraces you delightedly. "I have the best family in the world!" he crows. He turns away, sags over the side and vomits decorously into the harbour. He grins apologetically.
Trigger conditions[ | ]
It is triggered when you do the Pay your father's debt or An unexpected arrival action in Your Father's Return.
Interactions[ | ]
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A happy ending?
Your quest is done; in your own small way, you have conquered the Unterzee. |
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The deeds of two Captains
Your father's reputation was considerable, in the days before he fell into drink and debt. Together, you are a legend: the elder captain who was thought lost, and the younger captain who retrieved him, against all odds. You are besieged with biographies, invitations, offers of investment. It is true that your father is malodorous, ill-behaved and mercenary, but it is true, too, that he is affectionate in his way, full of astonishing tales, and fundamentally harmless.  +25 x Hearts
 Scion = 1
+1 x Trophy: A Family Portrait
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Game note: You have forged a dynasty to be proud of. If you didn't already have a Scion, you do now. And congratulations! You are victorious! |