Rites

The Birth of a Book

You decided to fund Lumera's new book yourself to see it published.

ID: 5006725

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Duration: 1 days

Waits For: 3 days

Marked as New Only on First Occurrence: 0

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Triggers Result Automatically: No

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You may contribute 5 Gold Coins to support this printing. To break the Extravagance Card, 10 are required.

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  • Tag (Gold Coin) Costs one of 5, 10

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        If we are not planning to use the chance to break the Extravagance Card, there is no need to spend that much.
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You can take this opportunity to break an Extravagance Card of Bronze tier or lower.

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Is Empty: Yes

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        To break an Extravagance Card, you must spend 10 Gold Coins.

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Tips: To break an Extravagance Card for this purpose, you must spend 10 Gold Coins.

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Prior

This rite has no prior outcome.

Regular

You gave Asal funds and told him to hire better block carvers and more block printers. You desired that the book be produced swiftly and well.

Asal pledged himself repeatedly and blessed Lumera, calling her the ward of "the best of patrons."

When he departed, Lumera flushed; she whispered her thanks again and again.

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Deeds speak louder than words. You tolld Lumera that her work deserved only the finest: you funded finest block carvers, sent Asal to gather more hands, and even walked the workshop floor yourself, considering each step to make every impression better. The Gold Coins you scatter became steel and ink, labour and sweat. At last, Asal returned with the first pages. He proclaimed that this shall be a work to shake the world. Lumera lowered her gaze, her cheeks flushed even more as she whispered her thanks again and again.

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Extra

The Sultan heard you had lavishly bankrolled a book for a girl who had once been a slave, and he requested a hand-copied manuscript of it. He skimmed a few lines, yawned, and cast it aside to a eunuch.

Yet that same night, in the scullery, the eunuchs and slave girls huddled together. The literate among them readed aloud by guttering lamplight, and their voices carried the tale through the night and into the pale dawn...

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