Hook

A powerful marker that changes how the character might interact with events, and also acts as a seed for the character to undergo a specific quest; applied by history and sometimes events. Hooks are fundamentally just aspects with a special naming convention and some extra tooling around them.

Heroes start the game with 3 hooks, which are specific character aspects and often take the form of a personality flaw or quirk.

Opportunity quests

• See also: Opportunity

Each hook can randomly trigger a special opportunity quest for that hero and a required helper. After a hero completes an opportunity quest, the associated hook is resolved and the hero gains a promotion and a bonus to retirement age. The first hook grants +10 retirement age, the second hook +7, and the third hook +5.

You are limited to 1 opportunity quest in chapter 1 and 2 in each other chapter. Each hero can only resolve 1 hook per campaign and can only be the helper once per campaign. A hero's first hook requires at least a level 3 relationship with a prospective helper, the second hook requires at least a level 4 relationship, and the third hook requires a level 5 relationship. A family member can never be the helper.

List of hooks and associated events

Hook	Event	Blurb
Brash	Opportunity: The Blinking Game	I don't care how many there are!
Brokenheart	Opportunity: Pyrelight	I've lost before and I know I will again.
Clown	Opportunity: Serious Trouble	Hold my beer...
Creative	Opportunity: A Song for the Someday Gone	Art is my refuge.
	The Maker
Curious	Opportunity: Beneath the Surface	I can't stand not knowing!
	Curiouser and Curiouser
	The Lever
Darkheart	Opportunity: Dark Curiosity	Don't ask me about the path I walk.
	Drums In The Deep
	Strange Behavior
	The Eater
	What If We Were the Bad Guys?
Destiny	Opportunity: The Sickness	Something important looms in my future.
	Thrixl Control What You See
Distant	Opportunity: Longing to Belong	Don't get too attached, you'll only get hurt.
	Don't Lose Heart
Dreamer	Opportunity: The Last Resort	Don't you just wonder, sometimes?
	The Gone Ox
Flirt	Opportunity: Slave for Love	Hello there.
	The Witchstone
Gritty	Opportunity: In Softer Light	I do what has to be done. That's all.
Inhabited	Opportunity: Bidding the Ghost Goodbye	I'm fine thank you... How are you and your kin?
	Strange Behavior
	The Inhabitant
	The Witchstone
	Whispered Secrets
Integrity	Opportunity: To Humble Ends	No, actually it's pretty simple.
	The Witchstone
	What If We Were the Bad Guys?
Literary	Opportunity: Library of Light	Language is the first magic, our truest weapon, our ultimate legacy.
Loyal	Opportunity: Havenbeams	I would stop at nothing to protect a friend.
	The Witchstone
Lucky	Opportunity: Spur of a Moment	Everything always turns out fine, doesn't it?
	The Gambler
Mysterious	Opportunity: From Another Time	Another time, under another sky, things were different...
	As The Crow Flies
	Company of Crows
	Drums In The Deep
	Former Colleagues
	The Wolf Price
Nostalgic	Opportunity: For an Old Wish Passing	Do you remember when...?
	Memory Lane
	The Witchstone
Physical	Opportunity: The Geometry of Magic	The joy of motion, the sensuousness of being alive.
Potential	Opportunity: The Unstilled Heart	Maybe today wasn't my day. But there's a coming dawn...
Proud	Opportunity: The Prisoner	I know who I am. I don't need anyone to tell me.
	Before the Fall
	The Witchstone
	What If We Were the Bad Guys?
Shame	Opportunity: A Mending Path	I don't talk about it.
	Don't Lose Heart
	Whispered Secrets
Slacker	Opportunity: Dodging Destiny	Oh, you know. We've got plenty of time...
Thorny	Opportunity: For a Friend	Did I ask you? I didn't, did I?
	Former Colleagues
	The Sweeping Swallow
Wanderlust	Opportunity: Needed Elsewhere	The wind is blowing, the road is calling.
Weird	Opportunity: The Scattered Self	Hm?
	Meat is Meat
Wildheart	Opportunity: Farm And Forest	The treesmell. The odorous stones after rain. I live for those things.
	Answer to Austerity
	The Gone Ox
	The Wolf Price
	Thrixl Control What You See