Charles Lacombe
A former agent of Britain’s ruthless Suppression Bureau, now transformed. Terminally robigoid, preserved through the generostiy of the Protector.
Aspects
- Interest: Moth 7
- Interest: Lantern 7
- Interest: Forge 7
- Understands Sabazine
- Faculty
Talk
An Unimpressed Academic?
talk.faculty.lacombe.sceptical.intro
Requirements: lacombe, sceptical
Start Description: ‘My focus is on keeping my lungs moving right now. I can’t be bothered with meddlers and marplots.’ [The academic culture at the Haustorium is generally unfriendly. It takes effort to be worth the faculty’s time.]
Impressing an Academic
talk.faculty.lacombe.sceptical
Requirements: lacombe, sceptical, interest=mystery
Start Description: ‘Oh, a bedtime story?’
Description: ‘Reading soothes me. You show me a gentle kindness.’
Effect: Bronze Spintria
Mutation Effects: shura → -1 sceptical
A Conversation with Shura the Pythian
talk.faculty.intro.lacombe
Requirements: lacombe, sceptical -1
Start Description: ‘You are not who I hoped to see.’ [The faculty can tutor you in a language and comment on Incidents, or you can assist them with their ongoing research by offering a soul-element.]
Assisting Shura the Pythian
talk.faculty.assist.lacombe
Requirements: lacombe, ability
Start Description: ‘I yearn, librarian. I yearn so deeply… perhaps you can help me end my misery.’ [The faculty’s needs can be exacting, but academic work is slow. If you can’t find exactly what you need, they’ll ignore you until you have something to offer.]