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Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8752826" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 124 (March 3, 2021)</p><p></p><p>26 Ras</p><p>Alistair and Dame Brionna meet with the general of the Holy See and ask if he wants to claim the half-dozen captured vollers. He says no, that they would be better in Canberry's navy than here.</p><p></p><p>Alistair makes a pitch to the surviving uruks to convert and remain. About 1000 agree to line up and convert, once he says that he can arrange for them to have uruk women as well.</p><p></p><p>Alistair speaks to the Lady of the Aragoni region, who expresses that she is more than happy to dispose of female uruks, because she only needs enough to match her number of males and has just lost many.</p><p></p><p>The light elves do a full probe, looking for additional threats.</p><p></p><p>There appears to be a long, shallow tunnel under the sea, heading away to the northwest. They don’t sense anything unusual within it, but that may have been how the assassins got here. The main tunnel exits in the center of the island.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p>A runner hurries in to Kit. “She said to tell ‘er, there here, she’s got them, and if you want to question them, it ought to be soonish.”</p><p></p><p>Kit thanks him, and tells him that she will go to Dame Constance as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p>She heads over to Dame Constance’s chambers. She has two homunculi, one kind of cute, sitting on a table. “It’s in your best interests and everyone’s best interests if you just answer her questions.” She whispers to Kit. “They’re not full grown homunculi. It’s the equivalent of using children. I’ve never seen them used this early. They haven’t developed full loyalty to their maker.”</p><p></p><p>“That’s good. That means we can get them to inform on him, and give them homes where they will be better treated.” Kit turns to the homunculi. “Good morning.”</p><p></p><p>“Good morning, ma’am.”</p><p></p><p>“We need to ask you questions about where you used to live and who you used to work for.”</p><p></p><p>“Yes, ma’am.”</p><p></p><p>“What were you doing when you were called back?”</p><p></p><p>“He was having us scavenge, like he usually did.” It dumps out its pouch, which contains the deadliest ingredients for the deadliest assassins’ poisons.</p><p></p><p>“This would have been the last time for a while, but in the summer, he had us going out every week.”</p><p></p><p>“What did he do with them?”</p><p></p><p>“Made a liquid in the basement. Don’t know why—he never drank it. There were a couple of alchemists with gardens about three days west of the city as we travel—we don’t need to sleep.”</p><p></p><p>Kit points them to a map. They indicate a place that Kit would view as six days away on the map.</p><p></p><p>“Did he ever ask you to do anything else?”</p><p></p><p>“Spy on people—mostly church officials. Movements of couriers, changes of priests in different parishes, and anything that involved any of the Archbishop’s secretaries.”</p><p></p><p>“How long have you been doing this?”</p><p></p><p>“About three years, since we were made. We don’t think it’s morally right—we’ve listened to the priests—but we had to do what he told us. Not because he whipped us, though he did, but just because we had to…”</p><p></p><p>Kit asks them to provide a list of all the people they’ve spied on.</p><p></p><p>“What about your boss? Who were his associates, and who was he working for?”</p><p></p><p>“We only saw the big boss once, and he hid us when he came. But he didn’t tell us to not watch secretly, so we did.”</p><p></p><p>Kit asks them for permission to put up a mind-link, and gets the image of the thinnest knight she’s ever seen. His armor says he has to be a knight, but he has no color, no anything.</p><p></p><p>“He was meaner than my boss.”</p><p></p><p>“What did he talk about? What did he ask your boss?”</p><p></p><p>“He demanded a lot. Said that the gems weren’t enough, couldn’t summon fast enough. That the new ruler was bound to the land, and that shouldn’t have been permitted. And that they wanted to arrange for the Bishop and Archbishop to go away. He was mean—he made us feel weak, and he made the master feel weak too.”</p><p></p><p>“Did he say why he wanted them away?”</p><p></p><p>“He said that the great servant would soon have to leave his home, and that the Archbishop was too watchful. He said the plan would have to be set into motion soon. But he didn’t say where he was.”</p><p></p><p>“When did he say this?”</p><p></p><p>“Seven or eight months ago? But then this last time, he sent us away because he knew there wasn’t much left. I think he sent us away because someone else came to give him orders.”</p><p></p><p>“Did he ever take you where he went to give the liquid and such?”</p><p></p><p>“He would ride west, to the capital of Westmarch.” They give Kit an image of the building in the capital of Westmarch. She gets an image of a group of people unlike any she’s seen in Canberry. They’re clearly assassins, with guild stuff on them, though she can’t recognize a specific subsection of the guild. The men hand him more of the gem chips that were used for summoning.</p><p></p><p>“Did they say anything about what their next plans were?”</p><p></p><p>“No, they didn’t talk at all. They looked at the stuff, and then they pulled the gems out of the wall, gathered up the stuff, and left.”</p><p></p><p>“Did the boss ever take you to a place that would give you a bad feeling, like when the thin man was around?”</p><p></p><p>“Oh, that’s easy. The sub-sub-sub-basement of the cathedral. No one ever goes there, but he did. He worked for the cathedral so he could.”</p><p></p><p>“Did you meet with any priests that gave you that feeling?”</p><p></p><p>“No. He hated being in the cathedral. He used to mutter about it all the time. But he didn’t hate it when he went down, down, down.”</p><p></p><p>Kit asks if they need a new boss, and they say they do. Kit agrees to become their boss, giving them a drop of her blood and promising to teach them things.</p><p></p><p>Dame Constance does the appropriate invocations.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p>The ships come back with 4500 uruk women, some pregnant, none with any children. Alistair and Dame Brionna organize some social interventions and getting some people in place to regularize them as Glordiadelian while also being flexible.</p><p></p><p>The Church agrees to bring in a canon from the Animal Barbarians, since they have similarly lop-sided gender dynamics and will understand how to be flexible.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8752826, member: 7030144"] Session 124 (March 3, 2021) 26 Ras Alistair and Dame Brionna meet with the general of the Holy See and ask if he wants to claim the half-dozen captured vollers. He says no, that they would be better in Canberry's navy than here. Alistair makes a pitch to the surviving uruks to convert and remain. About 1000 agree to line up and convert, once he says that he can arrange for them to have uruk women as well. Alistair speaks to the Lady of the Aragoni region, who expresses that she is more than happy to dispose of female uruks, because she only needs enough to match her number of males and has just lost many. The light elves do a full probe, looking for additional threats. There appears to be a long, shallow tunnel under the sea, heading away to the northwest. They don’t sense anything unusual within it, but that may have been how the assassins got here. The main tunnel exits in the center of the island. * * * A runner hurries in to Kit. “She said to tell ‘er, there here, she’s got them, and if you want to question them, it ought to be soonish.” Kit thanks him, and tells him that she will go to Dame Constance as soon as possible. She heads over to Dame Constance’s chambers. She has two homunculi, one kind of cute, sitting on a table. “It’s in your best interests and everyone’s best interests if you just answer her questions.” She whispers to Kit. “They’re not full grown homunculi. It’s the equivalent of using children. I’ve never seen them used this early. They haven’t developed full loyalty to their maker.” “That’s good. That means we can get them to inform on him, and give them homes where they will be better treated.” Kit turns to the homunculi. “Good morning.” “Good morning, ma’am.” “We need to ask you questions about where you used to live and who you used to work for.” “Yes, ma’am.” “What were you doing when you were called back?” “He was having us scavenge, like he usually did.” It dumps out its pouch, which contains the deadliest ingredients for the deadliest assassins’ poisons. “This would have been the last time for a while, but in the summer, he had us going out every week.” “What did he do with them?” “Made a liquid in the basement. Don’t know why—he never drank it. There were a couple of alchemists with gardens about three days west of the city as we travel—we don’t need to sleep.” Kit points them to a map. They indicate a place that Kit would view as six days away on the map. “Did he ever ask you to do anything else?” “Spy on people—mostly church officials. Movements of couriers, changes of priests in different parishes, and anything that involved any of the Archbishop’s secretaries.” “How long have you been doing this?” “About three years, since we were made. We don’t think it’s morally right—we’ve listened to the priests—but we had to do what he told us. Not because he whipped us, though he did, but just because we had to…” Kit asks them to provide a list of all the people they’ve spied on. “What about your boss? Who were his associates, and who was he working for?” “We only saw the big boss once, and he hid us when he came. But he didn’t tell us to not watch secretly, so we did.” Kit asks them for permission to put up a mind-link, and gets the image of the thinnest knight she’s ever seen. His armor says he has to be a knight, but he has no color, no anything. “He was meaner than my boss.” “What did he talk about? What did he ask your boss?” “He demanded a lot. Said that the gems weren’t enough, couldn’t summon fast enough. That the new ruler was bound to the land, and that shouldn’t have been permitted. And that they wanted to arrange for the Bishop and Archbishop to go away. He was mean—he made us feel weak, and he made the master feel weak too.” “Did he say why he wanted them away?” “He said that the great servant would soon have to leave his home, and that the Archbishop was too watchful. He said the plan would have to be set into motion soon. But he didn’t say where he was.” “When did he say this?” “Seven or eight months ago? But then this last time, he sent us away because he knew there wasn’t much left. I think he sent us away because someone else came to give him orders.” “Did he ever take you where he went to give the liquid and such?” “He would ride west, to the capital of Westmarch.” They give Kit an image of the building in the capital of Westmarch. She gets an image of a group of people unlike any she’s seen in Canberry. They’re clearly assassins, with guild stuff on them, though she can’t recognize a specific subsection of the guild. The men hand him more of the gem chips that were used for summoning. “Did they say anything about what their next plans were?” “No, they didn’t talk at all. They looked at the stuff, and then they pulled the gems out of the wall, gathered up the stuff, and left.” “Did the boss ever take you to a place that would give you a bad feeling, like when the thin man was around?” “Oh, that’s easy. The sub-sub-sub-basement of the cathedral. No one ever goes there, but he did. He worked for the cathedral so he could.” “Did you meet with any priests that gave you that feeling?” “No. He hated being in the cathedral. He used to mutter about it all the time. But he didn’t hate it when he went down, down, down.” Kit asks if they need a new boss, and they say they do. Kit agrees to become their boss, giving them a drop of her blood and promising to teach them things. Dame Constance does the appropriate invocations. * * * The ships come back with 4500 uruk women, some pregnant, none with any children. Alistair and Dame Brionna organize some social interventions and getting some people in place to regularize them as Glordiadelian while also being flexible. The Church agrees to bring in a canon from the Animal Barbarians, since they have similarly lop-sided gender dynamics and will understand how to be flexible. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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