The Carnelian Exile

[Radene]

So I just completed that path and want to say it really was something. Brilliant, just brilliant. One of those moments when you just go "Yes, this is what it's all about."

Thanks for this experience, Failbetter.

[bridgeofblues]

Path East if lore heavy can confusion is one of the far more rewarding ending in the game

[Painkiller]

Going east is one of my favorite endings. Great storytelling, fascinating lore implications and a beautiful conclusion.

[Specific Beef]

I've only completed immortality so far. It was okay, although I may have missed the best that this story had to offer through my particular path (for example, I chose to blow the whistle at Hideaway and if I hadn't, the story might have ended very differently!).

People seem to be much more positive about the endings mentioned here, so I'm keen to try those next.

Incidentally, if Failbetter is reading: This isn't a criticism, because I have absolutely no idea how you would sign-post this in the game... Once I was on the scent of the immortality course, I was scared to get too far into many other story threads. I was simply too worried that completing other stories, such as the Carnelian Exile's tale, might end my captain's career (which, by the sound of this thread, was a wise choice). I drew very close to finishing the story of the engineer with the scorpion tattoo, but abandoned it after leaving Frostfound, while other Officer stories such as those of Maybe's Daughter and that tentacled chef finished earlier without ending my game.

Perhaps there's a way that characters could hint at this, or would it be too unsubtle?

"Captain, although I will be grateful for your help, I fear to ask so much of you. You have your own ambitions, and this path will consume the entire energies of two lives!"

[Elitewrecker PT]

No officer storyline ends your game, except for the Carnlian Exile.
And the engineer story gives THE BEST engine in the game.

[Specific Beef]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

No officer storyline ends your game, except for the Carnlian Exile.
And the engineer story gives THE BEST engine in the game.

noooooooooooooooooooooo

I mean, thanks, but

noooooooooooooooooooooo

[Radene]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

No officer storyline ends your game, except for the Carnlian Exile.
And the engineer story gives THE BEST engine in the game.

Not only that you get an item with the best name in any game, ever. A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Deam-Snakes