Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences Letter · City of Orphans
- Location
- City of Orphans
- Length
- 62
- Nearest Lantern
- Tribunal Square
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences is a letter of 62 words. It opens: "To Headquarters Subject: Search for the Shrike We have received your orders to continue the search for the…"
- Location
- City of OrphansChapter VIII Blasphemy
- Nearest Lantern
- Tribunal Squareabout 77 m away
- Length
- 62#65 longest of 128
- Names
- The Shrike
- Letters in this region
- 19Including this one
Full text
Game dataThe letter exactly as the game shows it.
SpoilerFull text of the letter
To Headquarters
Subject: Search for the Shrike
We have received your orders to continue the search for the Shrike. Thus far, we have broken the rebels' defenses in the first part of the city, and the rest will soon fall. The deeper we advance, the more buildings we reduce to rubble. She will not hide from us forever.
Long live the Emperor!
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Where to find Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences
CalculatedThe letter is in City of Orphans. The closest Lantern is Tribunal Square, about 77 m away in a straight line.
- Location: City of Orphans (region VIII)
- Chapter: Chapter VIII Blasphemy
- Nearest Lantern: Tribunal Square · about 77 m away
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The distance is measured from the letter's position to the Lantern in a straight line; the walk can be longer.
Everything placed in City of Orphans
Chests: 13 (Distilled Transmutation Material, Masterwork Firearm Parts, Ferrofluid Flask Power Upgrade, Life Diverted, Superior Firearm Parts, Exquisite Firearm Parts, Sewers Key, Distilled Blade Material, Sixth Sense)
Keys: 1 (Sewers Master Key)
Lanterns: 3 (Sewers, Shamble Street, Tribunal Square)
Mouse holes: 7
Letters: 16 (City Offensive — Ambushes, City Offensive — Infection, Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences, City Offensive — Quarantine, Search for the Shrike — Vanishing Soldiers, City Offensive — Winter, City Offensive — Wooden Fort, Search for the Shrike — Plea to Withdraw, Dead Soldier's Letter, Bark Bread Recipe, Rebel's Note — Plea for Reinforcements, Letters to Amelie — Losing Faith, Letters to Amelie — Believing in the Empire, Subject: Warning, Scribbled Page, A Letter from Bastien Beaufort)
More letters from City of Orphans
18 other letters, each with its opening line.
Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences is one of 19 letters in City of Orphans. The nearest Lantern is Tribunal Square, about 77 m away. At 62 words it ranks #65 by length out of 128 letters. It names The Shrike.
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Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences FAQ
Where do you find Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences in Valor Mortis?
In City of Orphans (Chapter VIII Blasphemy). The nearest Lantern is Tribunal Square, about 77 m away.
What does Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences say?
It opens with "To Headquarters Subject: Search for the Shrike We have received your orders to continue the search for the…" The full 62-word text is on this page behind a spoiler.
Who is mentioned in Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences?
It names The Shrike.
What other letters are nearby?
City of Orphans has 19 letters in all, including Book of Bedtime Stories, Bark Bread Recipe, City Offensive — Ambushes, Search for the Shrike — Vanishing Soldiers, Search for the Shrike — Plea to Withdraw.