The Londoners (Arc)

The Londoners is an event arc in A New Home.

The unconvinced want to leave
After you select your purpose path, this event will trigger. It has two variations.

If you chose Order:

"Sir, you've convinced the majority, but hope is low. A group of our people are still so scared that they want to flee the city for London in 15 days. They've come to try to change your mind.

"You say order will save us? Nonsense! What, are we going to orderly decide who to eat first when we start to starve?! If we don't try to reach London, we'll end up like Winterhome!""

If you chose Faith:

"Sir, you've convinced the majority, but hope is low. A group of our people are still so scared that they want to flee the city for London in 15 days. They've come to try to change your mind.

"You say that faith will save us? Nonsense! What, are we going to pray for food when we start to starve?!" shouts one of them. "If we don't try to reach London, we'll end up like Winterhome!""

You have the following options:


 * Calm down, we're not going to die

People join the Londoners
When people join the Londoners for the first time, this event will trigger.

"Sir, the people who want to leave for London have successfully urged their friends and neighbours to join them. People are more easily persuaded, because they have little hope in our ultimate survival."

You have the following options:


 * I see

People regain hope
When the Londoners fail to gain followers for the first time, this event will trigger. This will occur around 50% hope.

"For the first time, the Londoners have failed to persuade anyone to abandon our city and flee to London. People are recovering from their shock at the news of Winterhome and starting to hope for the future."

You have the following options:


 * I'm glad to hear that

First Londoners convinced to stay
When you reduce the number of Londoners for the first time due to hope, this event will trigger.

"Sir, several of the people who wanted to flee to London have decided to trust you and stay! They say that your recent decisions convinced them there is hope for us here yet."

You have the following options:


 * I'm glad to hear that

We are united
If you succeed in preventing the Londoners from leaving, this event may trigger. If it does not, "We won't be divided" will. The difference between these events is unknown.

"The last of the Londoners have finally seen the folly of their plan. Nobody wants to leave the city anymore. We've won a hard-fought victory over fear and despair.

The tragedy of Winterhome crushed our hope, but not our spirit. We now stand united once again, stronger than ever, in the face of an uncertain future."

You have the following options:


 * Well done

We won't be divided
Alternatively, if you succeed in preventing the Londoners from leaving, this event may trigger.

"The Londoners have been brought back into the fold. Nobody wants to leave the city anymore. We've won a hard-fought victory over those who tried to tear us apart.

The tragedy of Winterhome crushed our hope. Fear led some people to pursue mad schemes. We couldn't let them die in the frozen wasteland. We did what was necessary to keep all of us together."

You have the following options:


 * Together we're stronger

They are leaving
If you fail at stopping the Londoners after 15 days, this event will trigger.

"Sir, the time is at hand. The Londoners have gathered around the Generator for the last time. They are going to leave the city. This is our last chance to stop them from committing mass suicide. Whatever they said and did, they're still our people... even if they no longer think so."

You have the following options:


 * Ask the faith keepers to stop them: Many people will be hurt, some may die. Requires active Faith Keepers
 * Order guards to stop them: Many people will be hurt, some may die. Requires an active Guard Station
 * Stay with us, you'll die out there: Thanks to the city's high hope, most Londoners will stay. Disabled if Hope is too low
 * Equip them for the journey: people will leave the city forever. Hope will fall slightly. Londoners will receive Food Rations. You don't have enough food
 * Let them go: people will leave the city forever. Hope will fall.

We forced them to stay
If you force the Londoners to stay, this event will trigger.

If you ask the Faith Keepers to prevent the Londoners from leaving, the event will have this flavor:

"You ordered the Faith Keepers to stop the Londoners at all costs, despite their wishes. Trapped like caged animals, they fought tooth and nail for their right to decide their own fate. But they lost.

We paid dearly for this victory. Some Londoners were badly beaten. Some of them died. What matters is that they stayed. They're our people again, all of them.

Londoners were injured. Some of them died."

If you ask the Guards to prevent the Londoners from leaving, the event will have this flavor:

"You ordered the guards to stop the Londoners at all costs, despite their wishes. Trapped like caged animals, they fought tooth and nail for their right to decide their own fate. But they lost.

We paid dearly for this victory. Some Londoners were badly beaten. Some of them died. What matters is that they stayed. They're our people again, all of them.

Londoners were injured. Some of them died."

You have the following options:


 * It had to be done

Exodus
If Londoners actually leave your city, this event will trigger.

"The Londoners file out of the city. One of them stops in front of you for a moment. She looks like she's about to say something, but she just sighs, shakes her head and follows the others.

They soon vanish in the whiteout, their tracks erased by the tumbling snow."

You have the following options:


 * We shall pray for them