Chapter 3: The Eagle's Shadow 1799 to 1815
News and demands
The news that can reach the city in any level of this chapter, and what each faction can demand of you.
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News in any level
Each level also has its own news, on its page. Each side answers for itself.
A Bulletin of the Grande Armée
A distant victory is read aloud on every square: guns taken, flags taken, an empire humbled. Glory +12.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory +12
- Mock the bulletinExiled Writers loyalty +5Heat +4
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensImperial Glory +12
- Throw a fêteTreasury −30Opinion +4
- Stay modestLegitimacy +2
The casualty lists
The names are pinned up at the town halls. Glory −8, worker districts +3 Unrest.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory −8Unrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Mourn them publiclyOpinion +3
- Recruit the angryA free Deserter Band in Saint-Antoine
The Law
What happensImperial Glory −8Unrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Take the lists downLegitimacy −2
- Honour the deadTreasury −30Grande Armée loyalty +5
The blockade
No English goods may enter the continent. Coffee and sugar vanish, smugglers grow rich, merchants grow bitter.
The Revolution
What happensMerchants −6 toward the Law
- SmuggleInfluence +30Smugglers +6 toward you
- Denounce the blockadeOpinion +2
The Law
What happensMerchants −6 toward you
- Enforce itBank of France loyalty +5Merchants −6 toward you
- Turn a blind eyeTreasury −20Merchants +6 toward you
The Concordat
The bells ring again: the Church makes its peace with the regime.
The Revolution
What happensThe Church +10 toward the Law
- ProtestOld Jacobins loyalty +6The Church −6 toward you
- Accept itLiberals loyalty +4
The Law
What happensThe Church +10 toward you
- A great MassLegitimacy +4
- Keep the priests in their placeImperial Court loyalty +3
A censored play
The censors have cut a line about tyrants from a play at the Théâtre-Français. The audience shouts it from the stalls.
The Revolution
- Write a worse oneOpinion +3Heat +4
- Withdraw itLiberals loyalty +3
The Law
- Ban the playImperial Police loyalty +5The licensed press −6 toward you
- Let it runOpinion −2Legitimacy +2
The Spanish ulcer
Letters from Spain tell of ambushes, burned villages and an army that cannot win. Glory −6.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory −6
- Publish the lettersOpinion +3
- Keep quietHeat −4
The Law
What happensImperial Glory −6
- Send reinforcementsTreasury −40Imperial Glory +4
- Deny everythingLegitimacy −2
An heir is born
A hundred and one guns: the Empress has given the Emperor a son. Glory +6.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory +6Opinion −3
- Cheer politelyLiberals loyalty +3
- Scorn the dynastyOld Jacobins loyalty +5Opinion −2
The Law
What happensImperial Glory +6Opinion +3
- Fireworks over the SeineTreasury −40Opinion +4
- Prayers in every churchThe Church +6 toward you
Dearth
A bad harvest and a long war: bread is short in the faubourgs. Worker districts +6 Unrest.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
- Lead the bread queuesOld Jacobins loyalty +6Heat +5
- Feed the hungryInfluence −30The faubourgs +8 toward you
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
- Open soup kitchensTreasury −50Unrest −8 in the workers' districts
- Requisition the grainMerchants −8 toward youUnrest −4 in the workers' districts
The minister's morning report
Every morning the minister reads the city's secrets over breakfast. One of yours is in it.
The Revolution
What happensReveal 1 hidden units of the Law
- Burn your papersHeat −5
- Plant a false reportRoyalists loyalty +4Vaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty −5
The Law
What happensReveal 1 hidden units of the Revolution
- Act on itReveal 2 hidden units of the Revolution
- File it for laterVaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty +5
A veteran comes home
A one-legged sergeant from twenty campaigns is begging outside the Invalides.
The Revolution
- Welcome him to the causeOld Jacobins loyalty +5
- Pass byNo immediate effect
The Law
- Pay him a pensionTreasury −30Grande Armée loyalty +6
- Ignore himGrande Armée loyalty −4
Demands
What each faction can ask of you in this chapter, and what granting or refusing does. A faction with no demands of its own in the chapter makes the generic ones of its kind.
The Revolution
Liberals
- No more violence. Promise a charter and a parliament.GrantLiberals loyalty +14Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseLiberals loyalty −10
Old Jacobins
- Reopen the clubs, whatever the police say.GrantOld Jacobins loyalty +14Heat +8RefuseOld Jacobins loyalty −10
- Arm the faubourgs. The Year II was not won with speeches.GrantInfluence −40Old Jacobins loyalty +12A free Faubourg Crowd in Saint-AntoineViolence +3RefuseOld Jacobins loyalty −8
Royalists
- Fund our agents in London and the West. The king will remember.GrantInfluence −40Royalists loyalty +14RefuseRoyalists loyalty −10
Exiled Writers
- Pay the printers in Geneva and London.GrantInfluence −30Exiled Writers loyalty +12Opinion +2RefuseExiled Writers loyalty −10
The Law
Imperial Court
- Titles and estates for the new nobility.GrantTreasury −60Imperial Court loyalty +12RefuseImperial Court loyalty −10
Grande Armée
- The army has not been paid. Pay it.GrantTreasury −60Grande Armée loyalty +12RefuseGrande Armée loyalty −10
Imperial Police
- A commissioner in every quarter.GrantTreasury −40Imperial Police loyalty +12A free Police Commissioner in CitéRefuseImperial Police loyalty −8
Vaucorbeil's Cabinet
- Let us open every letter that crosses Paris.GrantVaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionOpinion −2RefuseVaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty −10
Bank of France
- Guarantee the war loans, or the bank closes its doors.GrantTreasury −50Bank of France loyalty +14RefuseBank of France loyalty −10