Relinquish

"Sell; abandon; extirpate; surrender."

Relinquish is an Action available in the Exile Legacy. It is unlocked by unlocking the Reconnoitre action. When unlocked, it provides My Wound.

= Raise Cash Hurriedly = Cost: 1 Stolen Year Effect: 1 Cash, 90% risk of Trace Warmup: 60s

"Selling lifespan directly for cash gets a lower price, and will quickly draw reckoner attention. Once I find a better alternative, I should do it as little as possible."

"Smoky rooms; crumpled banknotes. I'm tired of this. [Operations are a much safer way to convert years to cash. Most Operations require Connections.]"

= Celebrate my Victory = Cost: 1 A Reckoner Corpse, Requires: Temptation: Defiance Effect: Adds 1 Mark of Defiance, and the "Underling Defeated" attribute (which prevents re-use of this action) Warmup: 60s

"The Hours of struggle and conquest acknowledge victories. I can offer this trophy to increase my standing in their eyes."

"It's done. In the hour when day battles night, the Many-Winged Ones descend to judge my prize, and when they depart, they leave only scraps of bone and hanks of hair."

= Learn from my Victory = Cost: 1 Reckoner Corpse; Requires: Lore Effect: Epiphany (upgrades Lore one step; at maximum level provides a Weapon if consecrated or Vitality otherwise) Warmup: 60s

"Certain techniques can only be articulated in an enemy's blood."

"This wasn't a tidy or a pleasant process... but I have developed my understanding of the many kinds of mortal action."

= Heal a Wound with a Stolen Decade = Cost: 1 Stolen Decade, 1 Wound, 1 Dawn Opportunity Effect: 1 Trace (unless the Foe is already on the board) Warmup: 60s

"The years must be burned in silence just as dawn begins - the Madrugad is picky about that - and the wound dressed with the ashes. [You'll need a Dawn opportunity to complete this.]"

"The Madrugad is not merciful. She always exacts what is necessary. But then, I've never been the kind to ask for mercy. [Your reckoner pursuers have scented burning years.]"

= Break down a Stolen Decade = Cost: 1 Stolen Decade Effect: 10 Stolen Years Warmup: 30s

"Stolen life is more easily sold by the year than the decade. I have the tools to make the necessary changes, but I must be very careful with my pen-strokes. She who comes before the Sun looks unkindly on sloppiness. [Decades cannot be sold. Years cannot be used to heal Wounds. Years cannot be converted back into Decades.]"

"At last it's done. I have drawn up ten careful drafts against the Tally, and burnt the decade draft. Each of my new drafts is worth forty-two million human heartbeats. I fancy I can hear them trembling in the paper..."

= Provoke my Connections = Cost: 1 Connection Effect: 70% chance of alternate Connection, indicated by the Start Description. Else, Trace. Warmup: 60s

"I'm not the only one with enemies. If I arrange a rift with this contact, I might gain [ connection ] instead. Or I might just annoy my current contacts."

"Success! New friends."

"Whoops - I knew that word was bad, but I didn't realize how bad."

= Attempt to Sell an Asset for Cash = Cost: Worth, except Cash. Requires no "Prepare for Travel" in progress. Effect: equal to the sold Asset's Worth. Warmup: 30s

"Perhaps I need cash more than I need this."

= Cover My Tracks = Cost: 1 Trace, 2 Assists Deception (not both having Space) Effect: 1 Obscurity Warmup: 60s "With carefully co-ordinated assistance from the locals, I can misdirect the enemies following my trail. My friends will ensure the address remains occupied by a decoy."

"‘Books are the memory that does not die’ ...said someone who'd never met a competent forger. I've donated an old overcoat for the decoy. I hope they don't get overly murdered."

= Heal a Wound with Vitality = Cost: 1 Vitality, 1 Wound Warmup: 30s

"As a reckoner, I learnt long ago to redirect life's sudden surges."

"A student of the invisible arts would no doubt pray to the Thunderskin just now. I know better."

= Abandon an Asset = Cost: Asset; requires "Prepare for Travel" in progress Warmup: 1s "When the Devil is at your back, travel light. [Use this to get rid of any Portable Assets you don't have time to take with you.]"