Common bleak extracted from the scales of the common bleak, so-called "Essence Orientale" or "pearl essence", (used in making artificial pearls) which is crystalline guanine. Common bleak The common bleak ("Alburnus alburnus") is a small freshwater coarse fish of the cyprinid family. The body of the bleak is elongated and flat. The head is pointed and the relatively small mouth is turned upwards. The anal fin is long and has 18 to 23 fin rays. The lateral line is complete. The bleak has a shiny silvery colour; and the fins are pointed and colourless. The maximum length is approximately 25 cm. In
Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten takes place in a city, where players follow up on leads gleaned from the madhouse to find out what fate has in store for Rudolph Van Richten. "Homecoming" draws the characters through the mists and back to Van Richten's family estate "Bleak House" where the characters must race to solve a mystery, stay sane, save Van Richten and get out alive. "Homecoming" employs an invisible time-line to keep the action rolling, the Tarokka (Tarot) system and four possible endings. Trenton Webb reviewed "Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten" for "Arcane" magazine, rating it an 8 out of 10