[GP] A Game of Politics

[Twinswords]

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Drd: 0: read magic, 2x cure minor, detect magic. 1: produce flame, obscuring mist, CLW.
2: barkskin, spider climb.
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[Rhialto]

Anguis pens one last letter to his cousin.

Alessa
[sblock]My dearest cousin,

As your last missive suggests you have mistook my meaning, I feel I must make it clear--I have no objections to negotiations, as long as we understand that we are dealing with criminals, and that some of them will have to pay some price for this. No, I very much doubt this uprising will caused a sustained revolt--but the message that is sent if we simply grant them their demands is that Farnesse will do what you say if you seize a military outpost--a very undesirable one, I think you can agree. I do not want us to be against the dwarfs and for the army--but what you all fail to recognize is that this approach is against the army and for the dwarfs. This commitee must appear impartial--siding with neither party in this matter. We should punish both those dwarfs who've led this uprising, and any officers whose actions caused the ill-will if we are to have any appearance of moral authority. Otherwise, we are simply another face of the factionalism that is tearing this nation apart.

Also, as regards the negotiations--I feel we must demand the dwarfs disarm before they even begin, or we will be asking for trouble. If we make the weakness of their position apparent to the dwarfs, we stand a good chance of ending this with little to no bloodshed. If on the other hand we allow them to remain armed and in possesion of the barracks, they may simply abandon talks and return to a militant stance whenever they are displeasured.

As regards our attacker--I hope this convinces you that my earlier fears of the opposition we would face were not in vain. I fear Mr. Quinn (and very likely his whole 'party' on this commitee) demonstrates a dangerous assurance of their own rightness and my wrongness. I am opinionated, true, but my opinions are based on past example--theirs on an ideology that has yet to prove itself correct, and seems to be doing the opposite. As I have noted, while it is possible, I strongly doubt this was a reactionary attack, but rather an attack meant to look like one. Either the radicals or foreigners seem likely--on the other hand, some small plants meant to tie into both groups--the illusury gnome, and the choice of an 8-headed hydra to attack us--might suggest an unbalanced individual, acting on his own, quite possibly for no ideology whatsoever, simply trying to suggest connections with other parties. Whoever this was, as I stated, they knew of us. We should be careful. And we should definitely not make any public accusations based on the 'evidence' from the attack, as it seems likely that such an action was part of the plan's intent.

Your concerned kinsman,

Anguis Fevre[/sblock]

 

[Timothy]

OOC: Well. because I'm still a student, I consider having a party once or twice a week normal. After coming back from such a party, I probably won't post anything useful, as I do not have 100% of my brain cells on this game. Therefor I'll post in the morning, rather than late at night. This might happen a bit more often starting next tuesday, because the introduction of new students starts then and I'm giving the introduvtion to a small group of students. Unfortanatly (although I don''t really mind) this will take some 10 days.

I will be able to post in those 10 days, but probably not more than once every day.

I thaught you should know. Right now I'm off to bed and I'll post in the morning.

 

[Timothy]

Nepthys:

[sblock]Once you enter House Serpens headquarter, a young women that you recognize immediatly as the child-servant of Thoria comes running down.

Miss Siladre, Miss Siladre! A letter from Miss Eveningdew, A letter from Miss Eveningdew

You mention her to quiet down and open the letter. It is a short letter, appearantly written in haste.

Alessa,

I'm sorry that I haven't been able to stop the Hydra, I learned of it too late. Do not hunt down the ones responsible, they fit into our grand scheme and while your committee seems to be their target now, they will become usefull. Hope you're okay if you get this.

Love, Thoria

We got this message by magic, what does it say? Is it important??

OOC: There's your plot hook worked in the campaign. [/sblock]

 

[Timothy]

Rino:

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OOC: I have not fleshed out Distana and Stir, so if you want to do that, go right ahead.

What you do know (and what's not in the campaign document) is that Stir has recently gotten another ruler. This ruler is as interested in technology as the previous one, but focusses outward a bit more. Stir has a larger population of dwarves then Farnese, because there has never been any tension between Kalur (home of the dwarves) and Stir. While people believe in Orr in Stir, they are not the sort of folk to take up arms against people who aren't. Stir has not got a big army, but is always experimenting with new weapons, which, recently, seemd to be a great succes, although nobody knows why.

Distana is just that, Distant. They seem to be minding their own affairs for now and are buse fighting another nation, further away.

There is more information of the situation. It seems have refused to negotiate. What there demands are is not known in Stirr.[/sblock]

 

[Timothy]

Ringmereth:

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Unfortunatly most of the information that you seek is not available to you. you do know of a couple of gnome illusionists. You do know some who might hava acces too exotic creatures. But you do not know what their ideas about democracya re or if they know what the committee is up to.

The 2 gnome illusionists with acces to creatures live in Horda and in High-up. They are both quite powerful but not really actively involved in politics, as far as you know.

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[Timothy]

After spending the night in the tavern and going about your won business, you all asemble at the carriages. You get in and the drivers drive away.

Shortly therafteryou feel the wheels coming off the ground and you're glding at high speed towards your destination.

Time passes as quickly as the road glides beneath you and soon you arrive at Tarsur.

The carriages stop in front of the Lord's castle and you are led to a big room with a table in it. At the head sits the Lord.

Greetings noble committee!

I will be brief. You know of the situation I expect. but I do not know what you know. Therefor it would be better if you ask me questions that you want to know before I will show you the barricades.

What are your questions?

 

[Ringmereth]

"I have a few questions, yes, as we have not been given many details of your situation," Seguith begins. "First, we have not been told the cause of this riot. Knowing what has incited the dwarves will be important in any negotiations we may attempt. Second, have any fatalities occured in the disturbance, on either side? Finally, who, if anyone, is leading the dwarves, and what might their motivation be?" the wizard asks.

 

[Nephtys]

Nepthys:

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Alessa laughs to herself upon reading the letter, finding her suspicions proven true. Answering the servant, "Not as important as I had hoped, but useful nevertheless." she writes her reply:

Thoria,

I am pleased to see that matters have been set into motion.

Though I must regret the loss of such a valuable resource the attack has only proven to strengthen my position. The deadly coward of House Vela fled before his attack, disgracing his House before the entire nation, (I do not need to tell you that word of this should be spread as widely as practicable, the dishonour of Vela gives us a competitive edge.) And, though the swords and spells of the others slew the beast it was my power that rendered it utterly harmless. (Perhaps I should write a song about the incident... ).

But now on to more important matters. As I wrote you in my latest missive I believe that, with a minimal amount of string-pulling, the situation in the north can be turned into an international war. Racial hatreds can be inflamed on both sides of the border to the dwarven kingdom and can easily be escalated into violence. The fate of the dwarven rebellion should be our fulcrum.

The advantages of a war should be obvious. Wether it ends in our national victory or defeat it will still pave the way for our plans. And to help engineer such a war I will need better information about our agents in the nation of Stir.

Our House also needs to prepare itself for the conflicts to come. I am certain that the technology of the North-west could be useful, and we will need the edge it can give us.

Love, Alessa.

PS. I am grateful for your support for my plans. Your faith in me means a lot. DS.


Having sealed the letter she hands it over to the servant, "Take great care of this and send it to miss Eveningdew by as quick a means as possible. I will return here in the morning."

Then she heads back to the Inn, changing her diguise along the way.

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ooc: Oops, I hope I didn't post too late...
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[Rino]

"good day sir, thank you for welcoming us to your humble town. we will make sure that the situation will be solved as effecient as possible. we heared that there were some troubles with the dwarven communitee here in Tarsur, they entered the barracks that were placed inside there part of the town. and that they had taken the captains house. but how has the situation evolved since then? what i just told you m'lord is all we know about this."

DM:
[sblock] ik heb de verkeerde stad op de brief gezet maar ik hoopp dat je het begrijpt[/sblock]