Cycle 13 introduces Gideon and is also the second intended shuffled Act Two county-opening slot. County results, callbacks, deaths, and older quest timers can all compete with those anchors.
Spoiler warning: All newly eligible choices and outcomes are linked below. A route-union entry means the scene can occur on at least one valid history, not that every listed scene can coexist in one playthrough.
Return to the Cycle 12 walkthrough
Recommended Order
- Resolve any forced major intervention before planning the selectable morning.
- Play recruitment returns and corruption returns before scenes that check the current Round Table.
- Clear fixed and delayed story audiences, then resolve the random grievances actually drawn on this route.
- Use afternoon conversations before the Round Table only when their state change helps the assignments you are about to make.
- Assign deadline quests first, repair armor before lethal work, and send only callbacks you want competing for the next cycle’s character slots.
- Continue through every result panel until the first Cycle 14 Tower View appears.
Morning Assembly
Direct story audiences, callbacks, quest results, deaths, and current-cycle injections are assembled before random grievances. Same-character conflicts do not delete a valid delayed scene; they move it to the first later cycle where that character is free.
| Direct audiences before filling | Random grievances added |
|---|---|
| 0 or 1 | 2 or 3 |
| 2 | Exactly 2 |
| 3 | 1 or 2 |
| 4 | Exactly 1 |
| 5 or more | None |
The exact live pool is route-dependent because earlier draws permanently remove wrappers and only a separate location-introduction scene activates a county pack. An Act Two county opening starts its quest chain; it does not activate that county’s random pack by itself.
Fixed and Newly Eligible Audiences
| Scene | Earliest route | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| County Quest Almor 2 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Almor 3 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Almor Final Failure | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Almor Final Success | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Almor Final Unexpected | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Kutnar 2 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Kutnar 3 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Kutnar Abrupt Ending | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Kutnar Final | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay 2 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay 3 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay Final Audience Father Dead | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay Final Audience Father Dead And Tarcus Unexpected | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay Final Father Alive | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| County Quest Southbay Follow Up Father Dead | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| Intervention Childeric County Quest Almor Audience 3 | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| Intervention Tarcus County Quest Southbay Political Instabilities | Morning | The corresponding shuffled Act Two county must be open and its preceding quest or audience branch must resolve on this route. |
| Southbay Location Introduction | Morning | The matching Act Two county chain must reach its conclusion and win the first collision-free visitor slot. |
| Gideon’s Candidacy | Morning | Gideon’s Candidacy is fixed in Cycle 13. |
Inherited Route Pool
Earlier callbacks, deaths, county results, and optional scenes can still drift into this stage. Their choices are not duplicated here; use the Conditional Audience Choices reference and follow only the entries whose prerequisites your route actually satisfies.
Newly Unlockable Quests
| Quest route | Unlock source | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Cheat through treacherous mountains: (Lie) We’ll participate…in due form. | County Quest Kutnar 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Fight the cockatrice: The fat chicken will do. | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Fight the demon: We’ll defeat this demon! | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Fight the murder hare: We’ll take the bloodthirsty hare. | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Fight the werewolf: We’ll fight against the beast of Groveshire. | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| From forest to summit: We’ll reach the summit through the forest. | County Quest Kutnar 3 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| From plains to summit: We’ll reach the summit through the wild plains. | County Quest Kutnar 3 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| From villages to summit: We’ll reach the summit through the villages. | County Quest Kutnar 3 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Gideon’s origins: …My curiosity is piqued. | Gideon’s Candidacy | Choose a Gideon branch that unlocks his origins quest. |
| Legendary lamp at auction: Of course. We’ll go get that lamp. Legally. (Let’s steal it) | County Quest Southbay 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Legendary lamp at auction: We’ll buy the lamp. | County Quest Southbay 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Political prisoner fighting: A political prisoner deserves our attention. | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Political prisoner fighting: Give me all your political prisoners. | County Quest Almor 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Race through treacherous mountains: We’ll participate in due form. | County Quest Kutnar 2 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| Southbay political instabilities: … We’ll help you. | County Quest Southbay Follow Up Father Dead | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
| The great duel: Understood. | County Quest Almor 3 | The matching shuffled Act Two county route must reach this audience and avoid character displacement beyond Cycle 17. |
Earlier Quest Results Reaching This Stage
| Quest route | Knights whose assignment resolves now |
|---|---|
| Captain’s Mutiny | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Cheesemaker Dispute | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Child’s Dye: Let’s ask the children. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Dairy Sabotage | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Dragon hunt | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Ether medallion | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Expedition to Djinn Island: I know where the lamp is. We’ll be the first to get our hands on it. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| Fabric Parasites | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Fairy Mistake: Let’s investigate the fairies. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Hydra Hunt | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Industrial Sabotage: Let’s investigate Gavault. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Jousting tournament: We’ll participate. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| Manticore Hunt | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Merchants Guild Traitor | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Music Competition | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Pixies’ negotiations: I’ll send a knight to negotiate with them. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Rozenn Peace Treaty | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| Rush in Laik Vallée: We’ll be delighted to compete. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| Searching for the traitor: … Indeed. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| Spearfishing Competition | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| The Black Knight | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| The Dark Spirit: How awful. I’ll send someone immediately. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| The Mad Hunter: My knights will stop him. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| The Pixies: I’ll send a knight to exterminate them. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| The Shellington market: We’ll go ask the merchants some questions. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| The Skin Walker: I shall send aid immediately. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| The Stolen Tiara | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
| The harbor pubs: We’ll conduct interrogations in local bars. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| The lamp of old tomes: Let’s start by looking for information in our library. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| The mermaid’s cure: I also think I know what’s happening to your father. I will look for a remedy at the same time. | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight, left unassigned until its deadline |
| Wolf Invasion | Rufus alone, The Wolf alone, any other single Knight |
Route Warnings
- A delayed audience’s target is a minimum, not a promise. A shared visitor moves the later addition forward until the first free cycle.
- A death removes that Knight’s already scheduled future audiences before the death announcement is added.
- A newly triggered low-affinity departure is checked after the current morning is assembled, so its departure card targets a later cycle.
- County quest openings and county location introductions are different scenes. Only the latter unlocks a county’s random audience pack.