OOC Kingdom of Ashes IV - Who's yo' daddy?

[Laurel]

I could be crazy but.....

On another note....
Am I right in saying that the msot important plan, as of the moment, is this:
1) The Circle of the Phoenix is going to travel to Caer Albion, to scout, and perhaps to plan some daring-doings
2) AB will be enlisted to use the Bluestar's forces to run interference on the Isle of Mourning. You hope to negotiate so that, should be find the blades, you can at least get a crack at them before they end up with ol' Blue - Eye.
3) Some sort of action will be taken, post-plan, in Caer Albion. Mik/Archon may be able to hire some mercenaries to help out. You also have Dwarves, Black Orcs, Ninjas, and the actual Army of the Phoenix to bring to bear, should you choose to.

I'd say number one in some fashion has been agreed upon by all- We have to go to Caer Albion and the six of us must be part of (or the whole of the group) that goes to help.

Number two in the same way has been agreed- we must do something to slow down the forces on the island or get the blades off before the draconids find them. AB is about all we have that could lead and succeed in such a mission.
?Would he be calling upon the forces of the bluestar to help him or would he be taking our troops? I thought it was Bluestar forces, but want to ask.....
And I think we realize that unless we can convince him otherwise, the blades will go North. Leaving us with only possibly being able to keep any, if we obtain them, from Caer Albion.

Number three I am not sure on.... what mercenaries? Is this another Arhconus runs off and makes a deal for everyone
Only after we get to Caer Albion will we know what or if anything more can be done. All the other forces need to be ready to be called, of course. Then with the minute man approach we can use those forces as needed- strategically

 

[The_Universe]

As of yet, you have attracted no Green mages (druids) that you are aware of - at least in part because there aren't a lot of Green mages out there. L'Aurel's probably the only one any of you have met, with the possible exception of Link's daughter....

 

[Laurel]

As of yet, you have attracted no Green mages (druids) that you are aware of - at least in part because there aren't a lot of Green mages out there. L'Aurel's probably the only one any of you have met, with the possible exception of Link's daughter....

Except the regent or former regent of Hywrl... or did he die?

 

[The_Universe]

I'd say number one in some fashion has been agreed upon by all- We have to go to Caer Albion and the six of must be part of or at first the whole of the group that goes to help.

Some sort of scouting by the circle should be done, regardless of whether you're ultimately going to bring some of your forces to bear in Caer Albion. The type of aid you offer should ultimately be decided by that.

Number two in the same way has been agreed- we must do something to slow down the forces on the island or get the blades off before the draconids find them. AB is about all we have that could lead and succeed in such a mission.
?Would he be calling upon the forces of the bluestar to help him or would he be taking our troops? I thought it was Bluestar forces, but that will just ensure that the bluestar gets the blades after the fighting.

I thought the idea was that he would use his own troops, freeing yours up for use elsewhere (like Caer Albion). You are unware of the numbers/types of troops he has, as of so far.

And I think we realize that unless we can convince him otherwise, the blades will go North. Leaving us with only possibly being able to keep any, if we obtain them, from Caer Albion.

Right. That's the way it stands in the status quo - since he's risking his people's collective butt, he wants to be able to reap the reward (which he has assured you is to your benefit, anyway).

Number three I am not sure on.... what mercenaries? Only after we get to Caer Albion will we know what or if anything more can be done. All the other forces need to be ready to be called, of course. Then with the minute man approach use those forces as we can- strategically

There are mercenary troops out there, generally operating on or around the Wall. Mik has proposed (but has not posted) hiring between 1000-2000 mercs using his share of the treasure, for a period of approximately 60 days. This would take them off of the wall, which could be dangerous, but as Oceanus has proven, the Bluestar seems capable of getting his troops across it, at least, with impugnity. So, mercs off the wall is probably not all that big of a loss.

After the 60 days is up, he's hoping to have acquired enough adventuring funds to renew their contract, or barring that, offer the merc leaders lands and titles in the Phoenix Kingdom, should it ever come to pass.

I'm speaking for Mik from memory, so I could have it all wrong. But that's what I *think* his idea was.

 

[Laurel]

Secondarily, you hope to:
1) Find out more about AB's oath, and why he's always gotta be such a ragin' bitch all the time.
2) Assuming he doesn't tell you, find out from an associate, maybe even Blue Eye himself.
3) Through whatever means necessary, break him from his oath
4) Make him marry Jaine and legitimize the child, obviating the need for a fetus-teleport spell, at sword-point if necessary.
5) Force them to live happily ever after, under pain of torture. (this will likely be achieved by removing all of AB's brooding equipment, and installing floodlamps to minimize shadows.

L'aurel's been able to figure out some things she thinks are right about AB:
1) Even if old blue unbound him, he wouldn't see it that way- there is only a very specific way he- yes he- would relinquish the oath.
2) He made the oath to save lives, many lives, lives of those he cared about, our lives.
3) He will lead you to a conclusion, but then will not tell you if you are right or not... so asking him will not get us far. Broody- it's problem if we knew we would just feel bad, so he can't tell us for our own sake.

For the baby:
1) AB can't be forced into it, or else why not force someone else.
2) Jaine won't have the baby as pawn of Bluestar, so once oath is broken he better know how to reassure her it won't happen again.
3) He likes her but with his oath won't be or get close to anyone.... afraid good ol' blue will use and twist it or them.
4) Find out if Jaine even still loves Archonus... if she could/does have feelings for AB...

Taking away the broody equipment and installing floodlamps are a good idea no matter what

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

As of yet, you have attracted no Green mages (druids) that you are aware of - at least in part because there aren't a lot of Green mages out there. L'Aurel's probably the only one any of you have met, with the possible exception of Link's daughter....

Dorn has to be a Druid-- he raised Xath...

So, there's at least two that we know of.

 

[The_Universe]

Except the regent or former regent of Hywrl... or did he die?

He's still alive, I just forgot about him.

 

[The_Universe]

Dorn has to be a Druid-- he raised Xath...

So, there's at least two that we know of.

You've also seen Dorn turn undead and use a straight sword. He's obviously a special case.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

So-- we get a body double that is "Jaine's sister" (but, it's really Jaine... so, the body double is actually pretending to be the real Jaine while the real Jaine is pretending to be her own sister)... and "Jaine's sister" is pregnant... but, 7 months from now "Jaine's sister" "dies" in child birth and Jaine adopts the child as her own.

 

[Laurel]

Dorn has to be a Druid-- he raised Xath...
So, there's at least two that we know of.

I'm confused.... but nothin' new there.