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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748750" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p><strong>Originally posted by mutedfaithe:</strong></p><p></p><p>Venturing onto other intelligence agencies, next we have Valenar and House Phiarlan. Valenar and House Phiarlan together because I don't think Valenar has any intelligence gathering capabilities whatsoever. House Phiarlan has been doing the whole intelligence gathering thing for the elves since the war with the giants, and since the Tairndal take most of their cues from that time period, I don't think much has changed. If the Valenar want to know anything, they hire the House of Shadows. </p><p></p><p>I think Phiarlan has the most extensive intelligence gathering capabilities on Khorvaire, but I think that's also there problem. Most of their members aren't spies, they're performers. These performers still gather intel for the house, sending things they hear and see up the chain, but since they're not spies, they don't really know what's good intel and whats bad. That leads to a lot of information being sent to the Serpentine Table that has to be sifted and sorted through, connected to larger pictures, or discarded as unnecessary. Its to much, and a lot of the time they don't know what to with it. When they have a specific target, such as a person, they have key words they can use to cut through the clutter, but most of the time they're looking for a needle in a pile of needles. Also, with the loss of a lot of their best direct action operatives to House Thuranni, Phiarlan is having trouble acting on the actionable intel they do get. So if you are going after a target they're protecting or looking after, start a whisper campaign against your target, and your plans will get lost in the noise. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6748750, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by mutedfaithe:[/b] Venturing onto other intelligence agencies, next we have Valenar and House Phiarlan. Valenar and House Phiarlan together because I don't think Valenar has any intelligence gathering capabilities whatsoever. House Phiarlan has been doing the whole intelligence gathering thing for the elves since the war with the giants, and since the Tairndal take most of their cues from that time period, I don't think much has changed. If the Valenar want to know anything, they hire the House of Shadows. I think Phiarlan has the most extensive intelligence gathering capabilities on Khorvaire, but I think that's also there problem. Most of their members aren't spies, they're performers. These performers still gather intel for the house, sending things they hear and see up the chain, but since they're not spies, they don't really know what's good intel and whats bad. That leads to a lot of information being sent to the Serpentine Table that has to be sifted and sorted through, connected to larger pictures, or discarded as unnecessary. Its to much, and a lot of the time they don't know what to with it. When they have a specific target, such as a person, they have key words they can use to cut through the clutter, but most of the time they're looking for a needle in a pile of needles. Also, with the loss of a lot of their best direct action operatives to House Thuranni, Phiarlan is having trouble acting on the actionable intel they do get. So if you are going after a target they're protecting or looking after, start a whisper campaign against your target, and your plans will get lost in the noise. [/QUOTE]
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