Chimer

Chimer is the capital of the The Chimeric Empire. There are no shops here.

Description
''An ancient maze of weaving stone walls and copper statues and ziggurats. Great bronze bells toll the hour, every hour.''

''Deep in the centre of the labyrinth-city, the Ragged Emperor rules from a sprawling complex of gardens and mansions.

Rest and recover.
Requires: Sanity damage.

''You've spent a long time in darkness. Your crew need a few days to blow off steam.''

-35 G

Does not restore Sanity.

Repair your hull.
Requires: Hull damage.

The chicken-headed mechanics swarm about your kinetopede, clucking enthusiastically.

-# G

Hull to max

Gather news.
Requires: 0 Current Affairs: Chimer

''The faces of the city pass rumours to each other in whispers. Hopefully the message hasn't been too mangled.''

+1 Current Affairs: Chimer

The court of the Ragged Emperor.
Once per visit

''Patchwork soldiers guard the doors of the palace, but they let you pass without bothering to check your credentials. Perhaps you can compete for the Emperor's favour...''

Possible results:
 * +1 Scandalous Gossip
 * +1 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire
 * -1 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Explore the maze-city
Once per visit

You will need a compass, a candle, and a pistol with a single bullet in the chamber.

Possible results:
 * +1 Terrible Secret
 * +1 Reflection on Mortality
 * -1 Terrible Secret, +1 Bleak Fable

The Emperor wishes to send you on a secret mission.
Requires: 10+ Reputation:The Chimeric Empire, no Empire's Overthrow

Empire's Overthrow 1

Report to the Emperor that Feverbeard paid his taxes and everything is in order.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 2

Always: -1 Stability: The Chimeric Empire, Empire's Overthrow 3

+2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire, +400 G

OR (result appears random)

-2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Report to the Emperor that Feverbeard is defiant and refuses to pay.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 2

-2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Empire's Overthrow 3

An expedition into the heart of the labyrinth-city.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 3, multiple checks

Success:
 * Always: +1 Moment of Melancholy, Empire's Overthrow 4
 * Sometimes: -Sanity, +1 Divine Reproach: Morbazar, +1 Stability: Chimeric Empire

Failure: +Wound, +1 Horrifying Ordeal

Report to the Emperor that Chimer will bother his soldiers no longer.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 4

If you are helping the faces: +1 Undreamt Treasure, +2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

If you are helping the emperor: -2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Empire's Overthrow 5

Bring stories of violence to the statue at Chimer's heart.
Requires: Agreed to help the statue, 1 War Story or 1 Lurid Tale

It craves to hear of blood.

Choices:
 * -1 War Story, -1 Stability: The Chimeric Empire
 * -1 Lurid Tale, -1 Stability: The Chimeric Empire

Report to the Emperor that the Painted Queen is loyal.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 6

-1 Stability: The Chimeric Empire

-2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Empire's Overthrow 7

Report to the Emperor that the Painted Queen is plotting rebellion.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 6

-2 Reputation: The Chimeric Empire

Empire's Overthrow 7

Report to the Emperor that you have delivered the rebels' plans to the loyalists.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 8

This definitely gives -100 Reputation: Chimeric Empire if you've been working against the emperor, and may do so even if you've been working for him.

Empire's Overthrow 9

The Emperor's grip on the throne is stronger than ever.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 9, 9+ Stability: The Chimeric Empire

Thanks to your efforts, the Emperor's reign comes to a calamitous end.
Requires: Empire's Overthrow 9, 0 Stability: The Chimeric Empire

''Since the Ragged Emperor was overthrown and the Chimeric Empire collapsed, its bells have been silent. The city has swallowed most of the patchwork soldiers, leaving only a few half-human survivors picking out a meager living in the labyrinth.''

+40 Apprehensions

+1 Stability: The City of Keys

+1 Unique Experience: Witnessed the downfall of an Empire

+1 Dread Machinations

"This way to the Key," says Sandy, dashing away.
Requires: Sandy Bracket on board, Increasingly Desperate Shenanigans 2

Increasingly Desperate Shenanigans 3 or end Increasingly Desperate Shenanigans

+300 G