[quote=@Gordian Nought]
What breadth of employment may we all sway from?
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Career paths are many. From the campaigners among Revolutionaries, through pickpockets on the alleys of Spite all the way to lecturers in the University. Choices are many, but the most notable of professions (Monster-Hunter, Crooked Cross, Glassman, Midnighter, Correspondent and Licentiate) should not be among the starting characters, though they may encounter fellow Londoners practising said duties. My planned character is a poet (Author) from the court of her enduring majesty, for example. If you had an example in mind, I could easily tell how feasible it is.

For reference, these are the current professions available to player characters in the browser game: [url]http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Profession[/url] You need not be limited to them in this RP, but they provide a good base of things to start thinking from.