Fargyle Keep

Fargyle Keep is a settlement in The Cities.

Description
''Spires soar to the ceiling, pale as sculpted wax. Around them a moat, glimmering and lethal - that is the silver of mercury, not water. High above you, red pennants ripple in the House's strange gusts and inhalations.''

''The drawbridge is lowered. The Poet-Knights, it seems, are receiving visitors today.''

Enter the castle: An evening with the Poet-Knights
Once per visit.

They are fine and generous hosts, especially to an individual of the poetic persuasion.

Possible results:
 * +1 Thrilling Yarn
 * +1 Thrilling Yarn, -1 Glimpse of Another World, +1 Terrible Secret
 * +1 Droll Recollection
 * +1 Droll Recollection, +1 Fragment of Epiphany
 * +1 Droll Recollection, -1 Colour-Dust, +1 Haunting Vision

Enter the castle: Petition to become a Poet-Knight.
Requirements: No A Knightly Quest, Poet distinction, 50+ Esoterica, 50+ Grit

''You are already a poet - all you need is a sword and a suit of armor.

Begins A Knightly Quest

Enter the castle: Deliver the good news to Lady Juliet.
Requires: A Knightly Quest

+30 Apprehensions

End: A Knightly Quest

+Distinction: Poet-Knight

+1 Droll Recollection

Take Tybalt to train with the Poet-Knights
Requires: Tybalt Balsamic IV on board, Heir Apparent 3 and either a Spirit check, Laudanum, or Distinction:Poet-Knight

Success: Heir Apparent 4

Search for Bradley's daughter.
Requires: Bradley Baggs on board, A Bet With Bradley 3

Perhaps she managed to find her way here and fulfil her dream.

Options:
 * +40 Apprehensions, A Bet With Bradley 4
 * End A Bet With Bradley

Convince the Poet-Knights to stage 'The Romance of Lord Reynard.'
Requires: Judith Grimalkin on board, Hunting Lord Reynard 5, plus Distinction: Poet-Knight or Stats check

Success: Hunting Lord Reynard 7

+1 Romantic Encounter

Failure: Hunting Lord Reynard 6

'The Romance of Lord Reynard' is currently having a dress rehearsal.
Requires: Judith Grimalkin on board, Hunting Lord Reynard 7

"Let's see how they're getting along," whispers Judith.

+1 Thrilling Yarn or +1 Droll Recollection or +1 Horrifying Ordeal

+1 Droll Recollection

+1 Romantic Encounter

Ends Hunting Lord Reynard

Fiona gathers her old teachers and reads them a selection of her new improved poetry.
Requires: Fiona McConnaghe on board, The Poet and the Knight 2

Always: The Poet and the Knight 3

Optional: +1 Droll Recollection, +1 Fargyle Whiskey, +Sanity

Take Cromlech to a poetry recital.
Requires: Cromlech on board, The Rebellion of Stones 5

+1 Fragment of Epiphany

Ask the Poet-Knights to train Ransack in the ideals of chivalry.
Requires: Ransack Morton on board, Ransack's Redemption 3

+1 Moment of Melancholy

Ransack's Redemption 4

Depthless Delights
''The Poet-Knights would love to abstain from the grubby world of commerce, but they have too many bad habits to support. Depthless Delights maintains its credibility by treating customers with disdain.''