Swaddled still in a zee-stained cloth, the Foundling looks up at you with wide, luminous eyes, their shrieks quieted by your presence. You are burdened with a monumental task: the saving of a life.

A wail on the shore; a ragged wicker basket; a tiny hand, reaching out for comfort. The Foundling is the sole survivor of a terrible wreck: a fact at once tragic and miraculous. But the Fifth City is no place for a babe without a guardian, and, as the infant's unwitting saviour, their future has fallen into your hands.

Writing: Hazel Monforton
Editing and QA: Luke van den Barselaar
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