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The Wyrmouth Papers · Keep your place
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Folio 01
Compare the accountsEight Casks Short
A full issue on paper. A count below decks. Decide what the evidence allows you to sign.
Book One · opening chapters4 minutes
Folio 02
Explore the shipAboard Wyrmouth
Go from the quarterdeck to the stores. Find the people and working spaces inside the wooden hull.
No plot outcomes5 minutes
Folio 03
Meet the companyWho Has the Deck?
A captain, two different lieutenants and a civilian warrant. Know who does what when the voyage begins.
No plot outcomes3 minutes
Folio 04
History & observationWhat a Log Leaves Out
Weather can be entered. A man’s private worry may not be. Put a working record beside its human margin.
No plot outcomes4 minutes
Folio 05
Life below decksThe Bird That Would Not Be a Sparrow
One borrowed knife. Two opinions. An ordinary object, for once, with nothing hidden inside it.
Book One · Chapter Seven4 minutes
Folio 06
An original cipher exerciseThe Sealed Drawer
Align a brass reading strip. Recover a small message. A complete puzzle, without giving away the novels.
No plot outcomes4 minutes
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