(IR) IR Interlude Turn 6 - Turn 7 (thread 2)

[William Ronald]

Reprisal:

Welcome to the Third IR!

I have sent you an e-mail on a few matters.

Hazen will contact those forces allied with the Forsaken One. (I never did state I was helping Melkor. I just don't like them or the Dragon Kings.) He will try to provide training and knowledge.

A letter is sent to Prime Minister Erika LeSage:

"Prime Minister, I realize that President Forrester is an ally and a friend of yours. However, his most recent actions have resulted in devastation here on Oerth."

"However, I have a great deal of respect for what the United Commonwealth of Toril has achieved on its own. We ask that you assist Oerth with its problems, and help in dealing with the devastation now present on our world."

"Oerthblood and magic can be used to reduce the threat of the Red Goo and restore our worlds to what they were. I ask that you work with us on these matters."

OOC: Reprisal cannot legitimately be held liable for Forrester's actions.

"The embassy of the United Commonwealth of Toril in Veluna City, and the city itself, are in ruins. However, we are willing to give your government a chance to prove that it is a friend of Oerth."

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Request from Edena_of_Neith

Hold up on sending me any more e-mails.

I will reply to those I have not yet replied to.

I am becoming whelmed here.

I must answer the questions being posted here on the thread - they are very important.
I must determine who will obtain the 9 open Powers.
I must update the Lists.
I must continue to work on what can be done with 11th level magic.
I have some other things related to the IR to do.

I am exhausted, as I posted earlier.
I wish I had more strength, more endurance, than I have ... watching you have fun gives me strength and endurance beyond any of my normal limits ... but I am at my limit again.
Hold off on the e-mails, and let me answer the crucial questions online.

I declare that Turn 7 won't start for at least a week, from the point the final allocation of the open Powers is finished.

That is to say, once everyone has their new Powers - and I will post an updated List of who has what - everyone will have a full week to conduct diplomacy, roleplaying, plotting, and thinking up more questions to ask me.
Hopefully, a week of some real IC roleplaying fun.

Edena_of_Neith

 

[Tokiwong]

Reprisal:

OOC: Reprisal cannot legitimately be held liable for Forrester's actions.

OOC: That may be so... but we still need a scapegoat... and the UC of Toril is it for now... Unless they can deliver Forrester for War Crimes...

 

[William Ronald]

Okay, people, you heard Edena: Time to settle conflicting claims. E-mail each other or try to resolve it here or elsewhere.

Edena, I did say sometime turns back that my faction was trying to heal as much of the Red Goo as possible? How effective was it?

Also, I suggested the use of nutrients and magic to speed up the growth of my monsters. I also suggested using nutrients and magic to strengthen my PLs. (This is Out of Charcter information.) How successful was I?

Also, I will hold off on an e-mail of creative ideas for a day or so. I have mostly dealt with politics and strategy, but I have thought of a few very creative ideas which I will e-mail you.

Hazen sends a message to Anabstercorian:

"Do I agree that Melkor must be stopped? Yes! However, you handed him a weapon by destroying the people of Luna. Hatred begets hatred, violence begets violence. While I respect your brilliant ideas, I believe that you should do some soul searching. Your attacks and those of others have had unintended consequences. We must all be more careful in our actions. The Solistarim view the Flanaess as sacred. I consider all life and Oerth to be sacred.""

"I believe your Solistarim allies would expect you to help restore the Flanaess to its former beauty. I ask you to consider helping to restore Oerth."

OOC: Anabstercorian, your character experienced some remorse or regret. Hazen is trying to reach out to a wounded soul.

Tokiwong: You and Melkor could also be put before a tribunal. You did INVITE the Red Armada to Oerth in the first place. I think Reprisal should be given a chance to explain his actions. Maybe Forrester will return.

Hazen sends a message to all powers in the IR who are opposed to the spread of the Red Armada and the coming of a Third Touch.

"While it is true that we have common enemies, we also have a common task. We must restore Oerth to its health, and eliminate all Red Waste, or Red Goo as some have called it. I suggest that several people with 11th level magic be allowed to FULLY work on the task while some of the rest of us deal with common foes."

"We have a chance to save our world and others from this threat. We must try to heal Oerth and all worlds effected by this threat. I may have been made like unto the Angels, but I am still a man at the core of my being. My heart tells me that the fates of many worlds are linked. We can save Oerth and other worlds if we choose. I ask you to try to heal as well as fight. Indeed, by solving the problem of the Red Goo we are fighting a threat to our own survival."

"Whatever our differences, perhaps we can unite in our quest for a better future."

 

[Tokiwong]

Iuz sends a message to Hazen... "What say you to a petition for the Torillians to hand over Forrester and his allies for crimes of War... against this planet? Hmm wait... would that not include you oh joyful angel? Since you called him here..."

 

[Black Omega]

For Reprisal:

The Coalition of Light and Shadow is presently composed of Seelie and misc others (Shades, Dragons, etc) with more being converted to Seelie.

As part of the Oerth Alliance we've worked with the UC, but the Seelie left Toril and we've always been very suspicious of the UC as well, suspicions we presently consider well justified.

So I guess we qualify as Chaotic Good but not terribly friendly toward the UC.

 

[Alyx]

Reprisal;

My persona in this conflict is the Red Elf, who goes by the name of Jand. He is a deeply wounded soul, embittered, calling for hope but retaining little to himself. He has watched as the world dies around him, and been unable to ignore the countless cries for mercy that go unanswered, aware of every soul that slips into oblivion. Jand takes a great deal of responsibility on himself. It would be safe to say that he feels guilty for not being able to help as much as wishes.

His people are a different matter. The Oerthian regiment consists of the ruined fleets of the Lendore isles, the few shattered banners of Varnaith that still survive, a blasted remenent of the remenent that fled from Celene as it was destroyed, and the still intact but nonetheless deeply wounded empire of Celestial. Collectively, they were known as the Sunrise faction, and existed as a branch of the Oerth-spanning Alliance under the head of Archcleric Hazen.

Currently I am looking at gaining the 11th level magic of the 'Church of Toril,' as part of my forces.

Jand stands, or stood, for: peace and hope, together the fundemental rights of any sentient being; and truth. It remains to be seen if these concepts can continue to exist in the world that Oerth has become.

 

[William Ronald]

A message is sent to Iuz:

"What say you about putting yourself up for trial, as you ALLIED with the RED ARMADA before it reached Oerth? Indeed, you INVITED them to Oerth and offered the planet to them as your allies. You also joined Melkor in a call to convert everyone to Red Goo. Before you call for scapegoats, make sure that you will not be the one led to the altar."

"As for Forrester, he is responsible for his own actions. As you are for yours, and as I am for mine."

"Not that your statements are given much credibility by most parties. First you say that you will never again betray Oerth, and then offer Oerth up to the Eternal Empire of Kara Tur. Well, I suppose a demigod is allowed to change his mind."

"So, what of your own crimes? Calling someone for help is one thing. If the person called for help proves irresponsible, that is his responsibility. Indeed, if someone calls for an officer of the law in my lands and the officer acts irresponsibly, the officer is liable. Not the person who called for the assistance. This is a point of law in civilized lands."

"Of course, you could take responsibility for your part in this affair. Perhaps you should consider hiring a good attorney."

Sincerely,

Archcleric Hazen

 

[Kalanyr]

The Free People of Ishtarland about 17 months ago quiet willing to rip open Forrester's Guts and feed them to him, that goes for just about every member of the group.

However a great change happened (we went from CE -> CG)

Currently the generally opinion is:

"The UC look on someone ,who would drop fusing hydrogen on innocent people, as a hero! What the heck?! "

We come out Chaotic Good but we really have little love for the person that dropped Burning Hydrogen on everything beautiful on Oerth,our allies and ourselves.(Sure it wiped out the Red Armada)

Also the structure of the UC sits poorly with us since we don't really have a defined chain of command or even really want one. We do what needs to be done.

Not to mention we aren't more in favour of tech than the Fae are.

We do have some respect for what the UC achieved, however, as well as the idea behind the UC. Not much in the way of friendship on a societal basis we will judge individuals on their own merits however, a group should not be punished for the action of a single being.

Our population consists of Drow, Yuan-ti , Humanoids, Chromatic/Deep Dragons,giants,robots,Tarrasques and some Hempolanders as well as the former undead formerly of Rauxes.

My persona in this IR is Kalanyr

He's good aligned, rather cynical and depressed and has a deep insight into evil because he was evil for quiet a long time, no one knows how long ago he switched sides but its clear he planned to betray Lolth since sometime before the start of the IR. However he bided his time carefully, and waited for his opportunity. He currently has demigod status and is trying to become a God of Magic, Acceptance and Freedom (an Oerthian Eillisteraee) however his followers and portfolio include Yuan-ti,humanoids and giants as well as drow.

He currently thinks the UC are rather sad if they accept a member who would drop burning hydrogen on the innocent.

 

[Reprisal]

The News...

The following are excerpts from popular print media in the United Commonwealth of Toril. They are back issues, but they will help us all understand how Forrester no longer controls the UC at this stage in the game. The main line of concern is the way the CPT Government and Presidency has approached the happenings in Greyhawk and the ramifications they will have on UC society.

--=The Commonwealth Times=--

PHOENIX RISING: CAN LESAGE RESURRECT THE AILING LIBERAL MOVEMENT?

In my humble opinion, I believe she can. Recent developments within the Commonwealth Assembly have led many political analysts to believe that the seemingly invincible Commonwealth Party of Toril has been beginning to show signs of weakness. This weakness is definately something the Liberal-Democratic Party under Lesage can capitalize upon. And while the particular reason as to the reason of this weakness is unknown at this time, there have been rumours of terrible occurences in the Realm of Greyhawk.

Rumours, unfortunately, they will remain for as long as Prime Minister O'Tagh and President Forrester remain on the commanding heights. It was shortly after our explorers discovered Greyhawk that the CPT government steamrolled the "Bill 316b: The State Secrets Act" through both chambers of Parliament. Only forty-five minutes after the bill was passed in the Senate did Lord Forrester give the Presidential Assent.

Though there was a riotous protest from across the Assembly from Opposition Leader, Erika Lesage of the Liberal-Democratic Party, there was little she could do to stop the Government and Presidency from completely controlling all information coming into the UC from the Realm of Greyhawk. Shortly after, Miss Lesage took an extended vacation, leaving Neilan Darisek in charge until her return... if she returned.

For a long while, President Forrester continued mounting costly operations into Greyhawk and with Prime Minister O'Tagh in power, a fellow CPT member, there was little the opposition could do to stop these "aid missions."

It was only until less than a week ago did things start to change... though you wouldn't have noticed it if you were looking for it. The Prime Minister no longer walked with that characteristic bounce in his step. O'Tagh appeared to have lost his sense of invulnerability, and started to act nervously around the media. Though President Forrester attempted to head off this feeling of impending doom by appearing on countless broadcasts and meet-and-greets, the feeling remains.

Whatever this feeling actually is, it appears that the long overdue change in government is nearly upon us... The current government is approaching its fifth year in this term, and is Constitutionally obligated to hold an election very soon and according to recent opinion polls, things do not look good for a CPT re-election. ... Continued on page A15... (Not really, hehe.)


* * * Time folds forward * * *


--=The Coalition Sentinel=--

A NEW GOVERNMENT, A NEW ERA

As you shoud all know by now, the general election of the Commonwealth Parliament has shifted the lion's share of political power from the once mighty CPT to the Liberal-Democrats under the new Prime Minister, Erika Lydia Lesage.

In her Inaugural Address, the Prime Minister stated that she would "strike down the dangerous State Secrets Act" and "bring Justice, Order, and Good Government back into the forefront." While Forrester remains President for at least another two years, he will no longer be able to act with impunity in relation to foreign affairs. While this is a relief for much of the Commonwealth Proper, there has been a quiet disproval among citizens of the Humanoid Alliance. "It's just not right," a young hobgoblin woman told the Torilian Broadcasting Corporation, "whenever the Alliance finally gets a leg up on true equality, the Coalition seems to push us back down. Forrester and O'Tagh were great leaders. Confident leaders. Real role models for the rest of us. Too bad the Technocrats cannot see that..."

Though tensions between the Alliance and the Coalition have been relatively high in these past few months, political pundits believe that there is no danger posed to the strength and unity of the Commonwealth. Opinion polls display plainly that despite the recent election, more than seventy percent of the population in the United Commonwealth strongly support the actions of the new government.

In a recent interview, Prime Minister Lesage told her people that she held a cautiously optimistic view of the Commonwealth's future. President Forrester, on the other hand, has not been available for comment since Lesage's Inauguaration (his last public appearance to date)... Continued on page A12...


* * * Time Keeps Slipping... * * *


--=The Commonwealth Sun=--

GENOCIDE IN GREYHAWK: COMMONWEALTH TO BLAME?

Shortly after Prime Minister Erika Lesage struck down the State Secrets Act originally passed by the previous CPT government, a startling revelation came into focus. It appears that the United Commonwealth has been involved in a lot more than "aid missions" into the Realm of Greyhawk... In fact, Government and Presidential sources report that Commonwealth forces have been, at least in part, responsible for perhaps one of the greatest cataclysms in the history of Oerth (the proper name of the Realm of Greyhawk).

((The article goes on to tell of the fusion bombardment of Oerth in some detail...))

The question we must all ask now is what we should do now that the actions of President Forrester and the former government have come to light? The opinion of the great majority of residents in the Commonwealth Proper are calling for the immediate resignation of President Forrester. The more hardcore CPT and Forrester detractors are calling for the immediate, forceable impeachment of the President and the subsequent criminal trial of all responsible parties...

The current government, under Prime Minister Lesage, has the new Justice Minister, Neilan Darisek, under the white-hot spotlights of the Torilian media for days now repeating the statement that the government cannot, and will not, release a final course of action until all of the information is available.

The Justice Minister has released a statement that he will send out a call to the leaders of the Oerth powers to bring their information to him and his recently constructed Committee on the Ethical Utilization of Commonwealth Forces Abroad... Continued on Page 116...

* * * The Present * * *

As of this moment, the new government will be concerned with making right the transgressions of the former administration. Lesage will call for a meeting of representatives of Oerth to gather information and input as to how this ... terrible development will play out. Anyone and everyone, please give the UC your input. For the record, the current government had no idea that such actions were occuring on your world, due to the State Secrets Act (now rescinded), and wishes to appropriately rectify the situation.

That last part is important!