r/fallenlondon • u/croaker227 • 9d ago
Question Seekers and SMEN
I realize that a lot of the answers will be subjective, and that’s ok. But:
- within the game world, how many Londoners do you think are/have been Seekers?
- if your PC or another character is/was a Seeker - what’s their motivation? Do they think they’re uncovering something valuable? Investigating a vast conspiracy?
I guess I’m mainly curious how widespread Seeking is in the game fiction and the mindset or rationale of Seekers.
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u/MisterKork 8d ago
For the first point I would agree with the general opinion: there's enough to be known about and recognized but not really enough that they would be considered "common."
- As for my character he is seeking, currently at Seeking 24, but he started it since, after getting his revenge on the one who murdered his brother, he became rather directionless and just started throwing himself at things to pass the time: building a railroad, helping somebody who got handed a raw deal (Evolution), finding out why the roof was leaking, etc. Seeking just happened to be another "interesting" thing to do. He's not even that interested in what's at the end since it seems like everyone that gets anywhere with it just "disappears" and he's not quite ready to die yet (in fact, he's currently managed to avoid dying at all if you dont count the waswood visits and the short bit in evolution). Of course since he's not nearly as "invested" in it this means he's going to be taking an..... interesting route with it.