Level 4 · 14 February 1789
Masks at the Opera
- Turns
- 10 turns, a week each
- Map
- 12 districts
The Revolution
Carnival. Vaudray goes masked from ball to ball, and so do we. Strike him down, or have a salonnière lift the files he carries everywhere. The files would hurt the Crown more than a knife.
Objective
Eliminate the Comte de Vaudray, or steal his files
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 7 turns
- Take the files, spill no blood
- Won
- The mask strikes
- Lost
- The ball goes on
The Law
There will be an attempt on Vaudray during the masked balls. Keep him alive ten days, and use the night to unmask La Corneille.
Objective
Keep Vaudray alive 10 turns and reveal La Corneille
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 7
- Vaudray never shares a district with a revealed Assassin
- Won
- Vaudray survives the carnival
- Lost
- The mask strikes
After the level
After level 4 · 28 February 1789
The Wax Mask
The Revolution
La Corneille's mask was found in a gutter near the Opera. It could become a symbol. It could also hang us.
- Keep the maskUnderground loyalty +15
- Burn itHeat −20
The Law
The police hold proof of a plot against Vaudray. Publishing it would turn the city. Burying it would keep the Cabinet Noir's methods quiet.
- Publicise the plotOpinion +5Shadow loyalty −10
- Bury itShadow loyalty +15
This level's booklet page
IV. Masks at the Opera
In Carnival every face in Paris is a mask, which suited Vaudray, who trusted no face, and La Corneille, who had none.
One way “Masks at the Opera” can end, version 1
The Comte de Vaudray died at a masked ball, in a domino of black silk, and the orchestra played on for a full minute before anyone understood.
One way “Masks at the Opera” can end, version 2
Vaudray's files left the ball in a lady's sleeve. By morning, the names of the Crown's informers were being read aloud in the Palais-Royal.
Otherwise
Vaudray went from ball to ball and lived. At dawn on Ash Wednesday his men had a name for La Corneille, if not yet a face.
If the Revolution chose “Keep the mask”
We kept the wax mask. Within a year, the Brotherhood's new recruits were swearing their oath on it.
If the Revolution chose “Burn it”
We burned the mask in a baker's oven. Symbols, La Corneille said, are for people who want to be caught.
If the Law chose “Publicise the plot”
The Crown published the plot in the Gazette de France. Paris was shocked for two days, and then curious about the Cabinet Noir.
Otherwise
The Cabinet Noir buried the plot. Nothing happened, officially, at the Opera that night.