She is no painting you've ever seen. Whorls, smears, and stains halo her as a blood-clouded angel. Endless red hair surrounds her, a phantasm of hate. In one hand, she crushes a snake to death. It goes to its squeezing willingly.

A red obsession. A fevered dream. A spate of artists, missing. The Goblin Poet's brother – one Rugged Paintslinger – is the latest of these bohemians to disappear, each concerned with the same scarlet subject. Follow the art. Enter their dreams. Explore a chequered court, and confront the source of this bloodied inspiration.

Writing: Baudelaire Welch
Editing: James Chew
QA: Michael Bunning
Art: Paul Arendt

EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDSHIP

Exceptional Friendship is the ideal way to support our work on Fallen London. In exchange for your coin, you receive:

A new Exceptional Story every month
Memories of a Tale from each story to spend on exclusive companions and items
A second candle (up to 40 actions at once)
An expanded opportunity deck: ten cards instead of six
Four additional outfit slots
The ability to run an additional concurrent plot, once Agents are unlocked
Access to the House of Chimes including monthly gameplay perks

Enhanced Exceptional Friends receive all of the above, plus:

A past story, or two resets of stories they've played from a monthly menu
Memories of a Tale from every past story or reset
Extra monthly perks in the House of Chimes
Another two outfit slots
Three seven-action refreshes per month
The ability to run a further concurrent plot, once Agents are unlocked