Tell them you are related to the injured man, here to comfort him. The nurse's eyes are full of sympathy as she explains that the injured man has unfortunately passed away and been taken to another part of the hospital to be prepared for burial. You know where to go next, that was the perfect excuse.
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! style="background:#d8a147; -moz-border-radius:3.25px; border-radius:3.25px;" align="center"|<font color="black" style="font-size:13.5px; font-family:tahoma;">Callum Lynch's genealogy</font> | |||
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{{familytree | | AGU |~|y|~| UKW | | | | | | | | | | | | |AGU=Aguilar de Nerha<br>{{c|1455–1526}}|UKW=Unknown woman}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | PER |~|y|~|JOS | | | | | | | |PER=Perico de Nerha<br>{{c|1495–1542}}|JOS=Josephina Giraldino<br>{{c|1499–1538}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | SAN | | | | MAR | | | | | DEN |~|y|~|ALE| | | | |SAN=Santiago de Nerha|MAR=Mariana de Nerha|DEN=? de Nerha<br>{{c|1522–1571}}|ALE=Alejandro Castellano<br>{{c|1520–1556}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | |DEM|~|y|~|MAT| | | | | |MAT=Mateo de Nerha<br>{{c|1552–1602}}|DEM=? de Montoya<br>{{c|1563–1602}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | | | | |WIN|~|y|~|UNK| | | | |UNK=Unknown<br>{{c|16XX–1661}}|WIN=Winnifred Seymour<br>{{c|1614–1650}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | |UNK|~|y|~|EDM| | | | | | | | |EDM=Edward MacAdoh<br>{{c|1630–1711}}|UNK=Unknown<br>{{c|1633–17X8}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | |VIR|~|y|~|MDM| | | | | | | | |MDM=Michael MacAdoh<br>{{c|16XX–XXXX}}|VIR=Virginia ?<br>{{c|1673–XXXX}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | |FMC|~|y|~|EMM| | | | |FMC=Franc Marchand<br>{{c|XXXX–XXXX}}|EMM=Emmeline Vincent<br>{{c|1724–1760}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | |CLP|~|y|~|HU| | |MC| | | | | | |CLP=Colette Lapointe<br>{{c|XXXX–XXXX}}|HU=Hubert Marchand<br>{{c|1750–1821}}|MC=? Marchand}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | |JM|~|y|~|LC| | | | | | | | | | | | |JM=Jean Marchand<br>{{c|1780–1856}}|LC=Laura Clemens<br>{{c|1781–1839}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | |FRM| | | |TM|~|y|~|EJ| | | | | |FRM=Frank Mckye<br>{{c|1813–1814}}|TM=Thomas Mckye<br>{{c|1812–1865}}|EJ=Elizabeth Johnson<br>{{c|1809–1843}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | | | |SW|~|y|~|JMC| | | | | | | |SW=Sarah Worley<br>{{c|1840–1866}}|JMC=James McKye<br>{{c|1833–1895}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |MM|~|y|~|JL| | | | | | | | | |JL=Joseph Lynch<br>{{c|1955–2016}}|MM=Mary McKye<br>{{c|1956–1986}}}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CAL| | | | | | | | | | | |CAL=Callum Lynch<br>{{c|b. 1979}}}} | |||
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{{IUNote|Text=Greetings, Hidden One.<br><br>In the shadows of the Round City of Baghdad, the 'City of Peace', we have need of your talents. We need you to gather lost pieces of an astronomical instrument called an Astrolabe. It is said that this Astrolabe will guide the bearer on a path to an invaluable treasure hidden somewhere in the desert around Baghdad. If you can locate this treasure, it will give us the resources needed for our fight against the Order of the Ancients.<br><br>Your mission: Acquire the pieces of the Astrolabe, assemble them to discern a path, and find the hidden treasure.<br><br>We work in the dark to serve the light.<br><br>The Hidden Ones.}} | {{IUNote|Text=Greetings, Hidden One.<br><br>In the shadows of the Round City of Baghdad, the 'City of Peace', we have need of your talents. We need you to gather lost pieces of an astronomical instrument called an Astrolabe. It is said that this Astrolabe will guide the bearer on a path to an invaluable treasure hidden somewhere in the desert around Baghdad. If you can locate this treasure, it will give us the resources needed for our fight against the Order of the Ancients.<br><br>Your mission: Acquire the pieces of the Astrolabe, assemble them to discern a path, and find the hidden treasure.<br><br>We work in the dark to serve the light.<br><br>The Hidden Ones.}} | ||
==Byzantine Ambassador== | |||
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{id:"byzantine-ambassador",slug:"byzantine-ambassador",bureauId:"abbasiyah-bureau",title:"Byzantine Ambassador",description:"An ambassador from the Byzantine Empire has arrived in the city. He plans to give a piece of the Astrolabe as one of his gifts to the Caliph. Our informant says that the piece will be in a small Abbasid style chest carried by a servant with a missing finger. Gain access to the chest as they go through the Bazaar and replace the piece inside with something suitable before it reaches the Caliphal palace. Just be careful to avoid creating a diplomatic incident!",images:{normal:{src:r(d[0])},completed:{src:r(d[1])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[2])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[3])},completed:{src:r(d[4])}},tracker:{location:{x:"6.2%",y:"16%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[5])},complete:{src:r(d[6])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"The mission was more difficult than expected and there may be diplomatic issues. Let us hope the Caliph is in a good mood today!",50:"The mission was successful, but you need to be more cunning on future missions.",80:"That was skillfully done! The Hidden Ones are pleased, and the Caliph will be too."},final:"Mission Completed! You managed to collect an Astrolabe piece, well done Hidden One!",reward:"The Hidden Ones have further missions for you. You must continue your vital work towards collecting all the pieces of the Astrolabe!"},steps:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1",title:"The Target",question:"The noise and commotion of the Bazaar make it the perfect place to act. A small contingent of servants belonging to the Byzantine Ambassador are weaving their way through the bustle of the Bazaar, each carrying a different item. However, you cannot tell from a distance which servant is missing a finger. You must identify the correct chest before your chance to get the Astrolabe piece is gone.",hint:"Abbasid artisans favored a particular style, this could be used to help identify the chest.",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-1",title:"Woven lidded basket.",description:"Perhaps the piece is hiding in plain sight.",image:{src:r(d[7])},outcome:"As you get closer, you can see that the carrier is not a servant but a merchant carrying a basket of goods to a stall in the Bazaar. This is clearly the wrong chest. Locating the correct target, the chest with scroll motifs, takes you time and means the servants have almost left the Bazaar by the time you catch up with them. That was close!",score:1},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-2",title:"Chest painted with scroll motifs. ",description:"The scroll motif suggests Greco-Roman and Persian influence.",image:{src:r(d[8])},outcome:"The decoration clearly indicates that this is the right chest. As you move closer, you can see the servant is missing a finger. Despite your insight, the servants are about to leave the Bazaar by the time you reach them. You must quickly find a way to take the Astrolabe piece!",score:3},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-3",title:"Box painted with stripes.",description:"This is a traditional and simple design.",image:{src:r(d[9])},outcome:"The chest is too plain to be the one you are after. Finding the chest with the ornate Abbasid scroll motifs takes you time and the servants are about to leave the Bazaar by the time you reach them. That was close!",score:2}]},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2",title:"The Distraction",question:"The Byzantine Ambassador and the servant carrying the Astrolabe piece are almost out of the busy crowd, reducing your chances of covertly obtaining the piece. How will you gain access to the chest?",hint:"What intel did you gather on how the Bazaar is organized?",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-1",title:"Steal the chest.",description:"Snatch the chest from the servant, run, and have it returned once you have taken the piece of the Astrolabe",image:{src:r(d[10])},outcome:"You are chased through the Bazaar and only just manage to escape. Your improvisational skills may have worked but that was risky. Masquerading as an assistant to the Market Inspector would have been less suspicious.",score:1},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-2",title:"Trip the servant.",description:"Trip the servant carrying the chest and gain access to it by helping him to pick it up.",image:{src:r(d[11])},outcome:"The servant falls, and the plan works. However, a corner of the chest gets damaged! Hopefully the Caliph will not notice. That was a very risky choice, posing as an assistant to the Market Inspector would have been more effective.",score:2},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-3",title:"Counterfeit goods.",description:"Pose as an assistant to the Market Inspector.",image:{src:r(d[12])},outcome:"Concerned he will be fined if he does not obey your instructions, the servant opens the chest for your examination, immediately and without any questions. That was the perfect choice!",score:3}]},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3",title:"The Replacement",question:"You slip the Astrolabe piece out of the chest and hide it in your clothing. Earlier you stole three possible items to replace it with from a perfume stall in the Qaysariyya. Knowing that the replacement needs to be a rare and expensive gift fit for a Caliph, which of the three do you choose?",hint:"Considering what you have learnt about perfumes will be key to making the right choice.",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-1",title:"Camphor powder",description:"Powdered Camphor Bark will impress with its deep dark scent.",image:{src:r(d[13])},outcome:"This rare fragrance from far away lands is exotic and highly desirable. The Caliph will be delighted with this gift!",score:3},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-2",title:"Myrrh",description:"Myrrh will bewitch with its rich resinous scent.",image:{src:r(d[14])},outcome:"Arabia has produced Myrrh since ancient times and it is easily obtained. The Caliph will not be impressed by this gift. The rare Camphor powder would have been more fitting for the Caliph.",score:2},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-3",title:"Balsalm",description:"Balsalm will intrigue with its familiar sharp scent.",image:{src:r(d[15])},outcome:"Arabia has produced Balsam since ancient times and it is easily obtained. The Caliph will not be impressed by this gift. The exotic Camphor powder would have been more fitting for the Caliph.",score:1}]}]}, | {id:"byzantine-ambassador",slug:"byzantine-ambassador",bureauId:"abbasiyah-bureau",title:"Byzantine Ambassador",description:"An ambassador from the Byzantine Empire has arrived in the city. He plans to give a piece of the Astrolabe as one of his gifts to the Caliph. Our informant says that the piece will be in a small Abbasid style chest carried by a servant with a missing finger. Gain access to the chest as they go through the Bazaar and replace the piece inside with something suitable before it reaches the Caliphal palace. Just be careful to avoid creating a diplomatic incident!",images:{normal:{src:r(d[0])},completed:{src:r(d[1])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[2])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[3])},completed:{src:r(d[4])}},tracker:{location:{x:"6.2%",y:"16%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[5])},complete:{src:r(d[6])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"The mission was more difficult than expected and there may be diplomatic issues. Let us hope the Caliph is in a good mood today!",50:"The mission was successful, but you need to be more cunning on future missions.",80:"That was skillfully done! The Hidden Ones are pleased, and the Caliph will be too."},final:"Mission Completed! You managed to collect an Astrolabe piece, well done Hidden One!",reward:"The Hidden Ones have further missions for you. You must continue your vital work towards collecting all the pieces of the Astrolabe!"},steps:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1",title:"The Target",question:"The noise and commotion of the Bazaar make it the perfect place to act. A small contingent of servants belonging to the Byzantine Ambassador are weaving their way through the bustle of the Bazaar, each carrying a different item. However, you cannot tell from a distance which servant is missing a finger. You must identify the correct chest before your chance to get the Astrolabe piece is gone.",hint:"Abbasid artisans favored a particular style, this could be used to help identify the chest.",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-1",title:"Woven lidded basket.",description:"Perhaps the piece is hiding in plain sight.",image:{src:r(d[7])},outcome:"As you get closer, you can see that the carrier is not a servant but a merchant carrying a basket of goods to a stall in the Bazaar. This is clearly the wrong chest. Locating the correct target, the chest with scroll motifs, takes you time and means the servants have almost left the Bazaar by the time you catch up with them. That was close!",score:1},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-2",title:"Chest painted with scroll motifs. ",description:"The scroll motif suggests Greco-Roman and Persian influence.",image:{src:r(d[8])},outcome:"The decoration clearly indicates that this is the right chest. As you move closer, you can see the servant is missing a finger. Despite your insight, the servants are about to leave the Bazaar by the time you reach them. You must quickly find a way to take the Astrolabe piece!",score:3},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-1-option-3",title:"Box painted with stripes.",description:"This is a traditional and simple design.",image:{src:r(d[9])},outcome:"The chest is too plain to be the one you are after. Finding the chest with the ornate Abbasid scroll motifs takes you time and the servants are about to leave the Bazaar by the time you reach them. That was close!",score:2}]},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2",title:"The Distraction",question:"The Byzantine Ambassador and the servant carrying the Astrolabe piece are almost out of the busy crowd, reducing your chances of covertly obtaining the piece. How will you gain access to the chest?",hint:"What intel did you gather on how the Bazaar is organized?",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-1",title:"Steal the chest.",description:"Snatch the chest from the servant, run, and have it returned once you have taken the piece of the Astrolabe",image:{src:r(d[10])},outcome:"You are chased through the Bazaar and only just manage to escape. Your improvisational skills may have worked but that was risky. Masquerading as an assistant to the Market Inspector would have been less suspicious.",score:1},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-2",title:"Trip the servant.",description:"Trip the servant carrying the chest and gain access to it by helping him to pick it up.",image:{src:r(d[11])},outcome:"The servant falls, and the plan works. However, a corner of the chest gets damaged! Hopefully the Caliph will not notice. That was a very risky choice, posing as an assistant to the Market Inspector would have been more effective.",score:2},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-2-option-3",title:"Counterfeit goods.",description:"Pose as an assistant to the Market Inspector.",image:{src:r(d[12])},outcome:"Concerned he will be fined if he does not obey your instructions, the servant opens the chest for your examination, immediately and without any questions. That was the perfect choice!",score:3}]},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3",title:"The Replacement",question:"You slip the Astrolabe piece out of the chest and hide it in your clothing. Earlier you stole three possible items to replace it with from a perfume stall in the Qaysariyya. Knowing that the replacement needs to be a rare and expensive gift fit for a Caliph, which of the three do you choose?",hint:"Considering what you have learnt about perfumes will be key to making the right choice.",options:[{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-1",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-1",title:"Camphor powder",description:"Powdered Camphor Bark will impress with its deep dark scent.",image:{src:r(d[13])},outcome:"This rare fragrance from far away lands is exotic and highly desirable. The Caliph will be delighted with this gift!",score:3},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-2",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-2",title:"Myrrh",description:"Myrrh will bewitch with its rich resinous scent.",image:{src:r(d[14])},outcome:"Arabia has produced Myrrh since ancient times and it is easily obtained. The Caliph will not be impressed by this gift. The rare Camphor powder would have been more fitting for the Caliph.",score:2},{id:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-3",slug:"byzantine-ambassador-step-3-option-3",title:"Balsalm",description:"Balsalm will intrigue with its familiar sharp scent.",image:{src:r(d[15])},outcome:"Arabia has produced Balsam since ancient times and it is easily obtained. The Caliph will not be impressed by this gift. The exotic Camphor powder would have been more fitting for the Caliph.",score:1}]}]}, | ||
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==My Brother’s Keeper== | |||
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{id:"my-brothers-keeper",slug:"my-brothers-keeper",bureauId:"harbiyah-bureau",title:"My Brother\u2019s Keeper",description:"A member of the Hidden Ones was careless while returning from a mission to gather a piece of the Astrolabe and was imprisoned for thievery. Hopefully he has managed to hide the Astrolabe piece on his person. It is up to you to salvage the operation; you must infiltrate the prison and get your Hidden One Brother out at once.",images:{normal:{src:r(d[16])},completed:{src:r(d[17])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[18])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[19])},completed:{src:r(d[20])}},tracker:{location:{x:"25%",y:"3.2%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[21])},complete:{src:r(d[22])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"An alarm was raised as you were about to leave the prison and you had to run. You escaped, but your fellow Hidden One's leg was injured further in the pursuit, and he may not be able to serve the Hidden Ones again for a long time.",50:"The guards appeared suspicious as you left, but they did let you pass through with the prisoner. That was close!",80:"That was skillfully executed. The guards seemed unaware that all was not as usual today"},final:"Mission Completed! You left the prison with both your Hidden One Brother and another piece of Astrolabe. You did well!",reward:"You should prepare yourself for the Hidden Ones\u2019 next mission. The Astrolabe is of the utmost importance, you must continue to retrieve the pieces."},steps:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1",title:"Gaining Entry",question:"The prison is highly secure. Although it would not be too difficult for you to slip inside undetected, getting your Brother out will not be so straightforward. Your best bet is to go in disguised as someone who would have the authority to remove an inmate from the prison.",hint:"Who holds the most authority over the Judicial System?",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-1",title:"Qadi (Judge)",description:"Pose as a Qadi, here to pass judgement on the innocence of the prisoner.",image:{src:r(d[23])},outcome:"The guards at the prison gate jump to allow you quick entry as a Qadi has sufficient authority to refute Caliphal law. When you declare your Brother innocent, none of the guards dare to challenge you. A Qadi is the perfect disguise!",score:3},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-2",title:"Shurta (Police)",description:"Pose as a Shurta, here to take the prisoner away for execution.",image:{src:r(d[24])},outcome:"The guards at the gate allow you entry, but ask why someone in prison for theft should face execution. If you had posed as a Qadi, you would have had enough power to remove the prisoner without facing a challenge from the guards. You may have to answer more questions on your way out.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-3",title:"Ghulam (Soldier)",description:"Pose as a Ghulam, here to take the prisoner out, and not to answer questions!",image:{src:r(d[25])},outcome:"Your lack of authority as a soldier means the guards feel able to question you further. This would not have arisen had you posed as a Qadi. The guards begrudgingly allow you to enter the prison but mutter about checking with superiors.",score:1}]},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2",title:"Through the Prison",question:"Once inside the prison one of the guards begins to escort you to where your Brother is being held. He asks you what crime the prisoner you have come for committed \u2013 what do you tell him?",hint:"What do you know about the nature of prisoners?",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-1",title:"He is a political prisoner (lie)",description:"If you make the prisoner sound important the guard might get you to him faster.",image:{src:r(d[26])},outcome:"The guard takes you to the Mutbaq \u2013 a terrifying series of deep wells with important prisoners at the bottom of each of them. This detour costs you more time, you should have just told the guard the truth! You manage to backtrack, telling the guard he must have misheard, but he is looking at you suspiciously now, you will need to be more careful.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-2",title:"He is a murderer (lie)",description:"If you make the prisoner sound dangerous the guard might stop questioning you.",image:{src:r(d[27])},outcome:"The guard accuses you of being a fraud, since murderers are not imprisoned, they are executed! You are forced to knock out his guard and find another to help you reach your Brother. You should have just told the truth!",score:1},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-3",title:"He is a thief (truth)",description:"Just tell the guard the truth, you don't want to complicate matters.",image:{src:r(d[28])},outcome:"The guard nods and continues walking, agreeing that most prisoners are either debtors, thieves or both. He doesn't appear to have any suspicions regarding you yet. Mixing a little truth into a lie makes it more believable, that was the right decision.",score:3}]},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3",title:"The Piece",question:"When you finally reach your Brother and free him from his restraints, he stands shakily on a broken leg. He whispers that the Astrolabe piece is gone, stolen from him by a guard as he was arrested - the same guard who is waiting to escort you both out! How will you get the piece back?",hint:"Your intel on the nature of the guards will prove invaluable here.",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-1",title:"Try to steal the piece back.",description:"Hopefully the guard won\u2019t notice the theft until after you leave the prison.",image:{src:r(d[29])},outcome:"You manage to steal the piece from the guard on your way out of the prison. Unfortunately, he soon notices it was missing and starts searching for it - you had better leave the prison immediately. Perhaps you should have paid him for it instead.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-2",title:"Offer the guard money for the piece.",description:"The guard does not know the importance of the piece; he just wants to sell it for a couple of coins.",image:{src:r(d[30])},outcome:"Guards are underpaid and supplement their income by stealing from prisoners. He hands over the piece of Astrolabe. You are confident that the guard will keep quiet because he will want to stay out of trouble for theft. That was tactfully done.",score:3},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-3",title:"Knock out the guard, then take the piece.",description:"Hopefully you can find your way out without his help.",image:{src:r(d[31])},outcome:"You succeed in incapacitating the guard and snatching the piece, but finding your way out takes longer without a guide and arouses suspicion. Paying the guard would have held less risk.",score:1}]}]}, | {id:"my-brothers-keeper",slug:"my-brothers-keeper",bureauId:"harbiyah-bureau",title:"My Brother\u2019s Keeper",description:"A member of the Hidden Ones was careless while returning from a mission to gather a piece of the Astrolabe and was imprisoned for thievery. Hopefully he has managed to hide the Astrolabe piece on his person. It is up to you to salvage the operation; you must infiltrate the prison and get your Hidden One Brother out at once.",images:{normal:{src:r(d[16])},completed:{src:r(d[17])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[18])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[19])},completed:{src:r(d[20])}},tracker:{location:{x:"25%",y:"3.2%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[21])},complete:{src:r(d[22])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"An alarm was raised as you were about to leave the prison and you had to run. You escaped, but your fellow Hidden One's leg was injured further in the pursuit, and he may not be able to serve the Hidden Ones again for a long time.",50:"The guards appeared suspicious as you left, but they did let you pass through with the prisoner. That was close!",80:"That was skillfully executed. The guards seemed unaware that all was not as usual today"},final:"Mission Completed! You left the prison with both your Hidden One Brother and another piece of Astrolabe. You did well!",reward:"You should prepare yourself for the Hidden Ones\u2019 next mission. The Astrolabe is of the utmost importance, you must continue to retrieve the pieces."},steps:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1",title:"Gaining Entry",question:"The prison is highly secure. Although it would not be too difficult for you to slip inside undetected, getting your Brother out will not be so straightforward. Your best bet is to go in disguised as someone who would have the authority to remove an inmate from the prison.",hint:"Who holds the most authority over the Judicial System?",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-1",title:"Qadi (Judge)",description:"Pose as a Qadi, here to pass judgement on the innocence of the prisoner.",image:{src:r(d[23])},outcome:"The guards at the prison gate jump to allow you quick entry as a Qadi has sufficient authority to refute Caliphal law. When you declare your Brother innocent, none of the guards dare to challenge you. A Qadi is the perfect disguise!",score:3},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-2",title:"Shurta (Police)",description:"Pose as a Shurta, here to take the prisoner away for execution.",image:{src:r(d[24])},outcome:"The guards at the gate allow you entry, but ask why someone in prison for theft should face execution. If you had posed as a Qadi, you would have had enough power to remove the prisoner without facing a challenge from the guards. You may have to answer more questions on your way out.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-1-option-3",title:"Ghulam (Soldier)",description:"Pose as a Ghulam, here to take the prisoner out, and not to answer questions!",image:{src:r(d[25])},outcome:"Your lack of authority as a soldier means the guards feel able to question you further. This would not have arisen had you posed as a Qadi. The guards begrudgingly allow you to enter the prison but mutter about checking with superiors.",score:1}]},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2",title:"Through the Prison",question:"Once inside the prison one of the guards begins to escort you to where your Brother is being held. He asks you what crime the prisoner you have come for committed \u2013 what do you tell him?",hint:"What do you know about the nature of prisoners?",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-1",title:"He is a political prisoner (lie)",description:"If you make the prisoner sound important the guard might get you to him faster.",image:{src:r(d[26])},outcome:"The guard takes you to the Mutbaq \u2013 a terrifying series of deep wells with important prisoners at the bottom of each of them. This detour costs you more time, you should have just told the guard the truth! You manage to backtrack, telling the guard he must have misheard, but he is looking at you suspiciously now, you will need to be more careful.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-2",title:"He is a murderer (lie)",description:"If you make the prisoner sound dangerous the guard might stop questioning you.",image:{src:r(d[27])},outcome:"The guard accuses you of being a fraud, since murderers are not imprisoned, they are executed! You are forced to knock out his guard and find another to help you reach your Brother. You should have just told the truth!",score:1},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-2-option-3",title:"He is a thief (truth)",description:"Just tell the guard the truth, you don't want to complicate matters.",image:{src:r(d[28])},outcome:"The guard nods and continues walking, agreeing that most prisoners are either debtors, thieves or both. He doesn't appear to have any suspicions regarding you yet. Mixing a little truth into a lie makes it more believable, that was the right decision.",score:3}]},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3",title:"The Piece",question:"When you finally reach your Brother and free him from his restraints, he stands shakily on a broken leg. He whispers that the Astrolabe piece is gone, stolen from him by a guard as he was arrested - the same guard who is waiting to escort you both out! How will you get the piece back?",hint:"Your intel on the nature of the guards will prove invaluable here.",options:[{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-1",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-1",title:"Try to steal the piece back.",description:"Hopefully the guard won\u2019t notice the theft until after you leave the prison.",image:{src:r(d[29])},outcome:"You manage to steal the piece from the guard on your way out of the prison. Unfortunately, he soon notices it was missing and starts searching for it - you had better leave the prison immediately. Perhaps you should have paid him for it instead.",score:2},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-2",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-2",title:"Offer the guard money for the piece.",description:"The guard does not know the importance of the piece; he just wants to sell it for a couple of coins.",image:{src:r(d[30])},outcome:"Guards are underpaid and supplement their income by stealing from prisoners. He hands over the piece of Astrolabe. You are confident that the guard will keep quiet because he will want to stay out of trouble for theft. That was tactfully done.",score:3},{id:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-3",slug:"my-brothers-keeper-step-3-option-3",title:"Knock out the guard, then take the piece.",description:"Hopefully you can find your way out without his help.",image:{src:r(d[31])},outcome:"You succeed in incapacitating the guard and snatching the piece, but finding your way out takes longer without a guide and arouses suspicion. Paying the guard would have held less risk.",score:1}]}]}, | ||
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{id:"water-water-everywhere",slug:"water-water-everywhere",bureauId:"karkh-bureau",title:"Water, Water Everywhere",description:"A collector of precious art wishes to acquire a Tiraz but cannot do so through normal avenues due to restrictions imposed by the Caliph. He has acquired a piece of the Astrolabe and is willing to hand it over in trade if we can provide him with a Tiraz. According to the Bureau, the Caliph just gifted a Tiraz to the Byzantine Ambassador. Follow the Ambassador, find out where the Tiraz is kept, and take it before the Ambassador leaves Baghdad.",images:{normal:{src:r(d[32])},completed:{src:r(d[33])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[34])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[35])},completed:{src:r(d[36])}},tracker:{location:{x:"57%",y:"3.2%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[37])},complete:{src:r(d[38])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"The Art Collector complained that the Tiraz has been badly damaged during collection. He added that if the Hidden Ones cannot take care when handling irreplaceable items, then this may be the last time he agrees to work with them.",50:"The Art Collector noted that the Tiraz appears to have been slightly damaged, he suggested that the Hidden Ones may wish to choose a more careful agent for future item retrieval missions.",80:"The Art Collector was delighted, the Tiraz appears to be in immaculate condition. He added that if he works with the Hidden Ones again, he will specifically request your help as it is clear you proceed with care."},final:"Mission Completed! You successfully obtained a Tiraz for the Art Collector, who gives the Hidden Ones his piece of the Astrolabe as payment. Well done! ",reward:"You have collected another piece of the Astrolabe! You mustn't lose momentum. Get started on your next mission as soon as you can."},steps:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1",title:"The Hammam",question:"The Byzantine Ambassador has been seen entering the Hammam (public baths). The steamy, crowded atmosphere is an ideal place to overhear his arrangements for leaving Baghdad and hopefully the location of the Tiraz. There are two bathhouses - as you open the door to the first one you can hear a woman\u2019s voice\u2026 ",hint:"What did your intel tell you about who uses bathhouses?",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-1",title:"Not this bathhouse.",description:"You should try the other one.",image:{src:r(d[39])},outcome:"Hammam are single-sex baths, the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! You enter the other bathhouse and hear, amongst the other chatting, the Byzantine Ambassador\u2019s attendant informing him that everything is boxed up and being loaded onto the ship. You set off for the harbor immediately in search of the Tiraz.",score:3},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-2",title:"Continue stealthily.",description:"The woman must not hear you.",image:{src:r(d[40])},outcome:"Once inside the room, you hide yourself and listen. It takes a while for you to realize that all the voices you can hear are female. Hammam are single-sex baths and the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! By the time you enter the men\u2019s baths, the Byzantine Ambassador is leaving. You have no choice but to follow the Ambassador discreetly in the hope that he will lead you to the Tiraz. This is not ideal.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-3",title:"Threaten.",description:"Demand that the woman discloses where the Byzantine Ambassador is \u2013 you know he is in here!",image:{src:r(d[41])},outcome:"The woman immediately starts shouting that there is a man in the women\u2019s bathhouse. Her voice is followed by other panicked women\u2019s voices and the noise of running feet. Hammam are single-sex baths and the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! By the time you enter the men's baths, the Byzantine Ambassador is leaving. You have no choice but to follow the Ambassador discreetly in the hope that he will lead you to the Tiraz. This is not ideal.",score:2}]},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2",title:"The Boat",question:"You arrive at the harbor and can see a stack of boxes being loaded onto a ship, but the Tiraz is not among them. The men loading the boat notice it is missing too and start shouting in alarm. Looking around, you spot a boat furtively heading up the canal carrying a single large box - a thief has gotten to it before you! How do you try to intercept him?",hint:"What do you know about the canals of Baghdad?",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-1",title:"Jump into the boat.",description:"It\u2019s a long jump and a small boat, but you think you can make it.",image:{src:r(d[42])},outcome:"You race along the side of the canal and take a flying leap into the boat. It rocks alarmingly, pitching you, the thief and the box into the canal. You dive into the water after the box - you can only hope the Tiraz has not been ruined by the water. Using the bridge to block the boat would have been less risky.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-2",title:"Use the bridge.",description:"There is a wooden bridge ahead, you could use it to block the boat.",image:{src:r(d[43])},outcome:"This wooden bridge is a floating pontoon, as most of Baghdad\u2019s bridges are. You cut the ropes connecting the bridge to one side of the canal and push the end of the bridge off. It swings out across the water and pins the boat against the side of the canal. All you need to do now is take the Tiraz from the box.",score:3},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-3",title:"Follow the boat.",description:"Hopefully it will stop and you can take the box then.",image:{src:r(d[44])},outcome:"You follow the boat as stealthily as possible, but unfortunately the men from the harbor do the same and they are soon surrounding the thief and the box. You are forced to snatch the box from them and run. You open the box as you are making your escape. Hopefully if you take the Tiraz and drop the box that will distract them so that you can get away. Using the bridge to catch the thief would have been quicker and much safer.",score:2}]},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3",title:"The Box",question:"There are three items inside the box; a bowl, a bag and some embroidery. You only have seconds to choose the Tiraz, but which is it?",hint:"What did your intel tell you about how a Tiraz is made? ",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-1",title:"The bowl.",description:"Made of glass, it looks light and delicate.",image:{src:r(d[45])},outcome:"As you try to take the bowl from the box you realize it\u2019s been cracked in two during the chase. You hope that wasn\u2019t the Tiraz, because if it was then the Art Collector won't want it now. Then you remember \u2013 a Tiraz is a piece of embroidered cloth! You snatch up the embroidery and head back to the Bureau. ",score:2},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-2",title:"The Bag.",description:"The contents give off a strong, sharp, herbal smell.",image:{src:r(d[46])},outcome:"As you remove the bag from the box you recognize the smell \u2013 Balsam\u2026 this is not a Tiraz! You remember that a Tiraz is a piece of embroidered cloth. Grabbing it from the box, you run into the alleys. You make it back to the Bureau breathing hard from the escape \u2013 hardly making you look like you've handled the mission with ease.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-3",title:"The embroidery.",description:"Those threads look as though they might be gold.",image:{src:r(d[47])},outcome:"Yes, this is a Tiraz! You slip it inside your clothing and leave the box behind. Heading for the Bureau you cannot help but grin \u2013 against all the odds you have managed to obtain the Tiraz. The Hidden Ones and the Art Collector will be impressed.",score:3}]}]}, | {id:"water-water-everywhere",slug:"water-water-everywhere",bureauId:"karkh-bureau",title:"Water, Water Everywhere",description:"A collector of precious art wishes to acquire a Tiraz but cannot do so through normal avenues due to restrictions imposed by the Caliph. He has acquired a piece of the Astrolabe and is willing to hand it over in trade if we can provide him with a Tiraz. According to the Bureau, the Caliph just gifted a Tiraz to the Byzantine Ambassador. Follow the Ambassador, find out where the Tiraz is kept, and take it before the Ambassador leaves Baghdad.",images:{normal:{src:r(d[32])},completed:{src:r(d[33])}},headerImage:{src:r(d[34])},topImages:{normal:{src:r(d[35])},completed:{src:r(d[36])}},tracker:{location:{x:"57%",y:"3.2%"},icons:{normal:{src:r(d[37])},complete:{src:r(d[38])}}},outcome:{scores:{0:"The Art Collector complained that the Tiraz has been badly damaged during collection. He added that if the Hidden Ones cannot take care when handling irreplaceable items, then this may be the last time he agrees to work with them.",50:"The Art Collector noted that the Tiraz appears to have been slightly damaged, he suggested that the Hidden Ones may wish to choose a more careful agent for future item retrieval missions.",80:"The Art Collector was delighted, the Tiraz appears to be in immaculate condition. He added that if he works with the Hidden Ones again, he will specifically request your help as it is clear you proceed with care."},final:"Mission Completed! You successfully obtained a Tiraz for the Art Collector, who gives the Hidden Ones his piece of the Astrolabe as payment. Well done! ",reward:"You have collected another piece of the Astrolabe! You mustn't lose momentum. Get started on your next mission as soon as you can."},steps:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1",title:"The Hammam",question:"The Byzantine Ambassador has been seen entering the Hammam (public baths). The steamy, crowded atmosphere is an ideal place to overhear his arrangements for leaving Baghdad and hopefully the location of the Tiraz. There are two bathhouses - as you open the door to the first one you can hear a woman\u2019s voice\u2026 ",hint:"What did your intel tell you about who uses bathhouses?",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-1",title:"Not this bathhouse.",description:"You should try the other one.",image:{src:r(d[39])},outcome:"Hammam are single-sex baths, the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! You enter the other bathhouse and hear, amongst the other chatting, the Byzantine Ambassador\u2019s attendant informing him that everything is boxed up and being loaded onto the ship. You set off for the harbor immediately in search of the Tiraz.",score:3},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-2",title:"Continue stealthily.",description:"The woman must not hear you.",image:{src:r(d[40])},outcome:"Once inside the room, you hide yourself and listen. It takes a while for you to realize that all the voices you can hear are female. Hammam are single-sex baths and the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! By the time you enter the men\u2019s baths, the Byzantine Ambassador is leaving. You have no choice but to follow the Ambassador discreetly in the hope that he will lead you to the Tiraz. This is not ideal.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-1-option-3",title:"Threaten.",description:"Demand that the woman discloses where the Byzantine Ambassador is \u2013 you know he is in here!",image:{src:r(d[41])},outcome:"The woman immediately starts shouting that there is a man in the women\u2019s bathhouse. Her voice is followed by other panicked women\u2019s voices and the noise of running feet. Hammam are single-sex baths and the Byzantine Ambassador will be in the men\u2019s! By the time you enter the men's baths, the Byzantine Ambassador is leaving. You have no choice but to follow the Ambassador discreetly in the hope that he will lead you to the Tiraz. This is not ideal.",score:2}]},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2",title:"The Boat",question:"You arrive at the harbor and can see a stack of boxes being loaded onto a ship, but the Tiraz is not among them. The men loading the boat notice it is missing too and start shouting in alarm. Looking around, you spot a boat furtively heading up the canal carrying a single large box - a thief has gotten to it before you! How do you try to intercept him?",hint:"What do you know about the canals of Baghdad?",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-1",title:"Jump into the boat.",description:"It\u2019s a long jump and a small boat, but you think you can make it.",image:{src:r(d[42])},outcome:"You race along the side of the canal and take a flying leap into the boat. It rocks alarmingly, pitching you, the thief and the box into the canal. You dive into the water after the box - you can only hope the Tiraz has not been ruined by the water. Using the bridge to block the boat would have been less risky.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-2",title:"Use the bridge.",description:"There is a wooden bridge ahead, you could use it to block the boat.",image:{src:r(d[43])},outcome:"This wooden bridge is a floating pontoon, as most of Baghdad\u2019s bridges are. You cut the ropes connecting the bridge to one side of the canal and push the end of the bridge off. It swings out across the water and pins the boat against the side of the canal. All you need to do now is take the Tiraz from the box.",score:3},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-2-option-3",title:"Follow the boat.",description:"Hopefully it will stop and you can take the box then.",image:{src:r(d[44])},outcome:"You follow the boat as stealthily as possible, but unfortunately the men from the harbor do the same and they are soon surrounding the thief and the box. You are forced to snatch the box from them and run. You open the box as you are making your escape. Hopefully if you take the Tiraz and drop the box that will distract them so that you can get away. Using the bridge to catch the thief would have been quicker and much safer.",score:2}]},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3",title:"The Box",question:"There are three items inside the box; a bowl, a bag and some embroidery. You only have seconds to choose the Tiraz, but which is it?",hint:"What did your intel tell you about how a Tiraz is made? ",options:[{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-1",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-1",title:"The bowl.",description:"Made of glass, it looks light and delicate.",image:{src:r(d[45])},outcome:"As you try to take the bowl from the box you realize it\u2019s been cracked in two during the chase. You hope that wasn\u2019t the Tiraz, because if it was then the Art Collector won't want it now. Then you remember \u2013 a Tiraz is a piece of embroidered cloth! You snatch up the embroidery and head back to the Bureau. ",score:2},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-2",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-2",title:"The Bag.",description:"The contents give off a strong, sharp, herbal smell.",image:{src:r(d[46])},outcome:"As you remove the bag from the box you recognize the smell \u2013 Balsam\u2026 this is not a Tiraz! You remember that a Tiraz is a piece of embroidered cloth. Grabbing it from the box, you run into the alleys. You make it back to the Bureau breathing hard from the escape \u2013 hardly making you look like you've handled the mission with ease.",score:1},{id:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-3",slug:"water-water-everywhere-step-3-option-3",title:"The embroidery.",description:"Those threads look as though they might be gold.",image:{src:r(d[47])},outcome:"Yes, this is a Tiraz! You slip it inside your clothing and leave the box behind. Heading for the Bureau you cannot help but grin \u2013 against all the odds you have managed to obtain the Tiraz. The Hidden Ones and the Art Collector will be impressed.",score:3}]}]}, | ||
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===The Agent=== | |||
You make your way to the hospital and it does not take you long to find the room the enemy agent was taken to. But there is a nurse outside the room who stops you from entering and asks who you are. What do you say? | You make your way to the hospital and it does not take you long to find the room the enemy agent was taken to. But there is a nurse outside the room who stops you from entering and asks who you are. What do you say? | ||
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===The Burial Rite=== | |||
You arrive outside a second room to find a nervous looking student, who asks if you are there to supervise the burial ritual for the deceased. You reassure the student that that is precisely why you are there and enter the room with him. Inside is a cloth, a bowl of water, the enemy agent's body, and a small pile of his belongings. The student asks what he should do? | You arrive outside a second room to find a nervous looking student, who asks if you are there to supervise the burial ritual for the deceased. You reassure the student that that is precisely why you are there and enter the room with him. Inside is a cloth, a bowl of water, the enemy agent's body, and a small pile of his belongings. The student asks what he should do? | ||
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===The Physician=== | |||
You search the agent's belongings in vain \u2013 the piece of Astrolabe is not there! Then the door opens and a physician enters examining the piece of the Astrolabe you are searching for. He appears to be a Dhimmi (non-Muslim). You tell him you are a scholar of astronomy and this recently deceased man had an important item of yours which you have come to retrieve. The physician looks skeptical and asks you to prove you are a scholar. He asks what is the shape of the Earth? | You search the agent's belongings in vain \u2013 the piece of Astrolabe is not there! Then the door opens and a physician enters examining the piece of the Astrolabe you are searching for. He appears to be a Dhimmi (non-Muslim). You tell him you are a scholar of astronomy and this recently deceased man had an important item of yours which you have come to retrieve. The physician looks skeptical and asks you to prove you are a scholar. He asks what is the shape of the Earth? | ||
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Mission completed! You managed to leave the hospital with an Astrolabe piece! You must continue to gather pieces of the Astrolabe; however difficult it may prove. This task must take precedence over all others. | Mission completed! You managed to leave the hospital with an Astrolabe piece! You must continue to gather pieces of the Astrolabe; however difficult it may prove. This task must take precedence over all others. | ||
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You hope your lack of insight hasn't hurt your chances of convincing him to give you the Astrolabe piece.",score:1},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-2",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-2",title:"Dur-Kurigalzu",description:"The old fortress of Kurigalzu.",image:{src:r(d[139])},outcome:"You realize that you would be in the Ziggurat or terraced compound made of receding levels that served as a temples at Dur-Kurigalzu. He smiles at your answer, congratulating you on your quick wits and understanding of Baghdad's history.",score:3},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-3",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-3",title:"Zubaydah",description:"Go to the Tomb of Zubaydah bint Ja\u2019far.",image:{src:r(d[140])},outcome:"You suggest that it would be the Tomb of Zubaydah. He shakes his head and explains that the Dur-Kurigalzu ruins are those of an ancient Ziggurat, terraced compounds made of receding levels that served as temples. You hope your lack of insight hasn't hurt your chances of convincing him to give you the piece.",score:2}]},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-3",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-3",title:"The beginning of the end",question:"Though fascinated by your interest in the astrolabe, he announces that he will not give you the piece that he has until you prove that you are a like-minded scholar, with a pure scientific heart. To test you he asks what you would do if you thought a scientific theory was wrong?",hint:"What did your intel tell you about proving scientific theories wrong?",options:[{id:"the-astrolabe-step-3-option-1",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-3-option-1",title:"Testing",description:"Tell him you would try to prove it by experiment and attempt to explain any difference in your results.",image:{src:r(d[141])},outcome:"The Scholar smiles widely and says you are indeed a like-minded Scholar \u2013 that was the perfect response. 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Though you have the Astrolabe piece, this sort of attention will make the work of the Hidden Ones more difficult for a time.",50:"You have the piece of the Astrolabe but getting it has proved trickier than you had thought. You are sure to face a few comments from the Hidden Ones for making hard work of a soft target.",80:"Returning to the Bureau with the Astrolabe piece, you smile in the knowledge that this mission will cement a reputation for your cunning and stealthy ways."},final:"Mission Completed! You managed to collect another piece of the Astrolabe. The Hidden Ones depend on your continued success \u2013 you must not fail.",reward:"You have collected another piece of the Astrolabe! As soon as you are ready, you can move to secure the next piece."},steps:[{id:"the-astrolabe-step-1",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-1",title:"Bad Timing",question:"As you are hurrying towards the doors of the House of Wisdom you are stopped by a passing guard patrol. 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",score:2}]},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2",title:"The Scholar",question:"Amongst the books and papers of the House of Wisdom, you find a scholar looking at astrological writings and star charts. He matches the description of the scholar you are looking for. You strike up a conversation and he explains that an Astrolabe indicates the position of the stars from a certain location. Smiling to himself, he asks where you should head if you needed to find a Ziggurat to use an Astrolabe.",hint:"Ziggurats are a distinct shape, what did your intel reveal about them?",options:[{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-1",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-1",title:"Seleucia",description:"Go to the Tell Umar, in the ruins of Seleucia.",image:{src:r(d[138])},outcome:"You suggest that it would be the ruins of Seleucia. He shakes his head and explains that the Dur-Kurigalzu ruins are those of an ancient Ziggurat, terraced compounds made of receding levels that served as temples. You hope your lack of insight hasn't hurt your chances of convincing him to give you the Astrolabe piece.",score:1},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-2",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-2",title:"Dur-Kurigalzu",description:"The old fortress of Kurigalzu.",image:{src:r(d[139])},outcome:"You realize that you would be in the Ziggurat or terraced compound made of receding levels that served as a temples at Dur-Kurigalzu. He smiles at your answer, congratulating you on your quick wits and understanding of Baghdad's history.",score:3},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-3",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-2-option-3",title:"Zubaydah",description:"Go to the Tomb of Zubaydah bint Ja\u2019far.",image:{src:r(d[140])},outcome:"You suggest that it would be the Tomb of Zubaydah. He shakes his head and explains that the Dur-Kurigalzu ruins are those of an ancient Ziggurat, terraced compounds made of receding levels that served as temples. You hope your lack of insight hasn't hurt your chances of convincing him to give you the piece.",score:2}]},{id:"the-astrolabe-step-3",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-3",title:"The beginning of the end",question:"Though fascinated by your interest in the astrolabe, he announces that he will not give you the piece that he has until you prove that you are a like-minded scholar, with a pure scientific heart. To test you he asks what you would do if you thought a scientific theory was wrong?",hint:"What did your intel tell you about proving scientific theories wrong?",options:[{id:"the-astrolabe-step-3-option-1",slug:"the-astrolabe-step-3-option-1",title:"Testing",description:"Tell him you would try to prove it by experiment and attempt to explain any difference in your results.",image:{src:r(d[141])},outcome:"The Scholar smiles widely and says you are indeed a like-minded Scholar \u2013 that was the perfect response. 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He goes to find the piece of the Astrolabe whilst lecturing you on the fact that scientific theories are often wrong. Once he has finally finished, you leave the House of Wisdom with your head spinning.",score:2}]} | ||
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DTMB
- Greetings, Hidden One.
In the shadows of the Round City of Baghdad, the 'City of Peace', we have need of your talents. We need you to gather lost pieces of an astronomical instrument called an Astrolabe. It is said that this Astrolabe will guide the bearer on a path to an invaluable treasure hidden somewhere in the desert around Baghdad. If you can locate this treasure, it will give us the resources needed for our fight against the Order of the Ancients.
Your mission: Acquire the pieces of the Astrolabe, assemble them to discern a path, and find the hidden treasure.
We work in the dark to serve the light.
The Hidden Ones.
Byzantine Ambassador
Abbasiyah Bureau
An ambassador from the Byzantine Empire has arrived in the city. He plans to give a piece of the Astrolabe as one of his gifts to the Caliph. Our informant says that the piece will be in a small Abbasid style chest carried by a servant with a missing finger. Gain access to the chest as they go through the Bazaar and replace the piece inside with something suitable before it reaches the Caliphal palace. Just be careful to avoid creating a diplomatic incident!
- Intel needed
- Database: Founding of Baghdad
- Database: Greeks Bearing Gifts
- Database: "Abbasid Style"
- Database: Perfumes
- Database: Emporium of the World
- Database: Muhtasib (Market Inspector)
- Database: Bazaar
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
My Brother’s Keeper
Harbiyah Bureau
A member of the Hidden Ones was careless while returning from a mission to gather a piece of the Astrolabe and was imprisoned for thievery. Hopefully he has managed to hide the Astrolabe piece on his person. It is up to you to salvage the operation; you must infiltrate the prison and get your Hidden One Brother out at once.
- Intel needed
- Database: Abbasid Army
- Database: Judges and Judicial System
- Database: Powers of a Caliph
- Database: Prisons
- Database: Shurta (Police)
- Database: Ghilman (Servant Soldiers)
- Database: Taxes
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
Water, Water Everywhere
Karkh Bureau
A collector of precious art wishes to acquire a Tiraz but cannot do so through normal avenues due to restrictions imposed by the Caliph. He has acquired a piece of the Astrolabe and is willing to hand it over in trade if we can provide him with a Tiraz. According to the Bureau, the Caliph just gifted a Tiraz to the Byzantine Ambassador. Follow the Ambassador, find out where the Tiraz is kept, and take it before the Ambassador leaves Baghdad.
- Intel needed
- Database: Agriculture
- Database: Baghdad's Canals
- Database: Textiles
- Database: Hammam
- Database: Baghdadi Exports
- Database: Expansion of Islam Through Trade
- Database: Maritime Trading
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
The Road Most Travelled
Sharqiyah Bureau
It is the beginning of the Lunar calendar and we must increase our efforts to assemble the Astrolabe. The Hidden Ones have received information that an Astrolabe piece has just left the city with a Barid (Postal System) courier. Once he reaches the Caravanserai traveling the Silk Road through the Zagros Mountain pass, the courier will give the piece to an unknown agent of the Order of the Ancients and it will be lost to us. You must reach the Caravanserai quickly and obtain the Astrolabe piece before it moves beyond our grasp - go now!
- Intel needed
- Database: Barid (Postal System)
- Database: Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
- Database: Pillars of Islam
- Database: Caravanserai
- Database: Camels
- Database: Center of a World
- Database: Silk Roads
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
The Caliph, the Thief, his Wife, and her Baby
Abbasiyah Bureau
A mysterious woman has solicited the Bureau through a confidential note. She says she is a wife among the Caliph's Harem, has recently given him an heir, and is now in terrible trouble. Should we agree to help her, she will give us a piece of the Astrolabe in thanks. Collecting pieces of the device is crucial, whatever the danger - you must enter the Harem, locate the Caliph's wife and find out how we can help her!
- Intel needed
- Database: A Difficult Succession
- Database: Marriage and Divorce
- Database: Caliph's Mother
- Database: Eunuchs
- Database: Harem
- Database: Kalila and Dimna
- Database: Slavery
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
The Music of the Garden
Harbiyah Bureau
The teacher at a notable school for Qiyan (Singing Girls) has secretly approached the Hidden Ones offering to give us an Astrolabe piece as payment if we can help her school to win a poetry, debating and music contest against a rival school. The teacher wishes someone to hide in the gardens and secretly help her student during the competition. You must go to the Majlis (Intellectual Salon) in the Caliph’s gardens and attempt to help the Qiyan to win the contest. Good luck!
- Intel needed
- Database: Dome of the Ass (Donkey)
- Database: Education System
- Database: Animals at Court
- Database: Gardens and Power
- Database: Majlis (Intellectual Salons)
- Database: Qiyan (Singing Girls)
- Database: Singing and Poetry
- Database: Al-Jahiz
- Database: The Banu Musa Brothers
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
The Quick and the Dead
Karkh Bureau
The Bureau has heard that an agent from the Order of the Ancients has managed to locate and steal a piece of the Astrolabe. While attempting to escape, the enemy agent was injured and is now in the Bimaristan (hospital). You must make your way into the hospital and retrieve the piece of Astrolabe before it gets passed on to another member of the Order of the Ancients.
- Intel needed
- Database: Gates of Baghdad
- Database: Death and Afterlife
- Database: Dhimmi (Non-Muslims)
- Database: Arabic as a Cultural Unifier
- Database: Calculating the Earth's Circumference
- Database: Healthcare
- Database: Papermaking
The Agent
You make your way to the hospital and it does not take you long to find the room the enemy agent was taken to. But there is a nurse outside the room who stops you from entering and asks who you are. What do you say?
Tell them you are a physician, here to tend to the injured man. The nurse looks at you skeptically, mutters that she does not recognize you, then tells you that the injured man unfortunately died and has been taken away for burial rites. It's clear that the nurse doubts you and it will not be long before she tells someone. Telling her you were family would have been more straightforward.
You don't have time for this, just push past her. As you push past her colleague rushes over, demanding that you apologize and telling you that the injured man has passed away so he will not be here anyway. You leave having drawn many suspicious looks. Using the nurse's sympathy would have been a better idea.
The Burial Rite
You arrive outside a second room to find a nervous looking student, who asks if you are there to supervise the burial ritual for the deceased. You reassure the student that that is precisely why you are there and enter the room with him. Inside is a cloth, a bowl of water, the enemy agent's body, and a small pile of his belongings. The student asks what he should do?
Tell him to wash and then wrap the body an odd number of times. The student nods and performs the burial ritual faultlessly. He tells you he will go and inform the family they can collect the body. With the student gone you are free to look through the enemy's belongings, but you may not have long until he returns.
Tell him to wash and then wrap the body an even number of times. The student looks at you suspiciously and says he thinks that it is supposed to be an odd number. He finishes the ritual and leaves the room. You hurry to look through the agent's belongings as it's almost certain that the student now knows that you are not who you said you were.
Reprimand the student for not remembering the ritual himself. You demand that if the student cannot remember the ritual, he should leave. Backing out of the room, he says the body should be washed and wrapped an odd number of times, he just wanted to check. You frantically look through the enemy agent's belongings, you probably only have seconds until someone comes to investigate the raised voices.
The Physician
You search the agent's belongings in vain \u2013 the piece of Astrolabe is not there! Then the door opens and a physician enters examining the piece of the Astrolabe you are searching for. He appears to be a Dhimmi (non-Muslim). You tell him you are a scholar of astronomy and this recently deceased man had an important item of yours which you have come to retrieve. The physician looks skeptical and asks you to prove you are a scholar. He asks what is the shape of the Earth?
Tell him every good scholar knows the Earth is spherical. He smiles and hands you the Astrolabe peice, patting you on the shoulder and apologizing for doubting you. He holds the door open for you to leave and you walk out of the hospital without any trouble. That was smoothly done.
Demand to know what this man is doing working in the hospital as a non-Muslim. The physician looks angry and answers that there are many Dhimmis working in the hospital, the Caliph has need of their expertise. He recognizes that he lacks authority and thrusts the piece of Astrolabe at you before storming off. Perhaps answering that you know the Earth to be round might have been a more scholarly move.
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Outcome
You strolled out of the Hospital, casual and calm. You knew there would be no pursuit, the hospital staff had completely accepted you as one of them. The Bureau is impressed by your skillful execution of this mission.
You left the Hospital checking regularly over your shoulder, expecting to hear people coming after you. You weren't as effective during this mission as you are known to have been in the past.
The hospital staff, made aware that an intruder was disturbing patients, chased you out. The news of the disturbance reached the Hidden Ones Bureau before you did.
Mission completed! You managed to leave the hospital with an Astrolabe piece! You must continue to gather pieces of the Astrolabe; however difficult it may prove. This task must take precedence over all others.
Dine Like a Prince
Sharqiyah Bureau
The Bureau has received information that the Wali Al Ahd (Heir apparent) has knowledge of the whereabouts of another piece of the Astrolabe. He is holding a dinner party this evening. You must attend to find out more. The Bureau has already managed to obtain an invitation for you, just make sure you blend in.
- Intel needed
- Database: Abbasid Revolution
- Database: The Abbasids ... and their Rivals
- Database: Alcohol Production and Consumption
- Database: Table Manners
- Database: Other Palaces
- Database: The One Thousand and One Nights
- Database: Ceramics and Lustrewares
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Outcome
The Astrolabe
Harbiyah Bureau
The Bureau has received information that one of the Astrolabe pieces is in the possession of an expert in navigation at the House of Wisdom. Even if you're able to enter the building it is unlikely that he will easily part with such a treasure. Go there and retrieve it without fail.
- Intel needed
- Database: Dur-Kurigalzu
- Database: Seleucia-on-the-Tigris
- Database: Zubaydah bint Ja'far
- Database: Astronomical Instruments
- Database: Astronomy and Astrology
- Database: House of Wisdom
- Database: Scientific Method
- Database: Translation Movement