PROJECT: Corypheus' History

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CORYPHEUS' HISTORY

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While all projects are ultimately geared toward stopping Corypheus, this one focuses specifically on identifying the scope of Corypheus' abilities, his personal origins, his motives and thought processes, and the lost methods and rituals used to lure and imprison him, in an effort to find any weaknesses that may be exploited to defeat him.

DIVISION: Research
LEADER: Enchanter Julius	STATUS: Active

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Reports for project-relevant research, missions, etc., can be filed here. The provided form is a template; feel free to add additional fields if you need them.

<blockquote style="text-align:justify;"><b>SUBJECT:</b> <b>PARTICIPANTS:</b> <b>DATE FILED:</b> <b>STATUS:</b> Ongoing / Complete / Abandoned <b>SUMMARY:</b> Briefly, what was this about? Stick to 2-3 sentences. E.g., "A team went to Orlais to attempt to acquire the perfect cheese. Bandits ate it before they arrived, but in exchange for killing the bandits in vengeance, the dairy owner gave them his secret recipe." <b>REPORT:</b> The actual IC report delivered to the project leader and archived with the project records. This can be as short or as long as your character would make it and should (hopefully) (if your character isn't a total slacker) include project-relevant information, such as the cheese recipe. <b>NOTES & LINKS:</b> Any other notes, links to relevant logs or inbox threads, etc. </blockquote>

Recover Magical Gadgets from Vimmark Chasm

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SUBJECT: Recover Magical Gadgets from Vimmark Chasm
PARTICIPANTS: Cassandra Pentaghast, Nathaniel Howe, Morrigan, Korrin Ataash, Thranduil
DATE FILED: Firstfall 9:42
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY:Revisiting Corypheus' prison in the Vinmark Mountains, near Kirkwall, and bringing back anything that might help the Inquisition's team understand more about Corypheus' weaknesses and how he might be defeated.

REPORT:
The prison was found partially collapsed, but in the interest of not wasting time or money on frivolities like "safety measures," and with no one wanting to look like a wuss in front of anyone else, everyone on the team voted to move forward anyway. There was a minor encounter with darkspawn, but no one was seriously hurt. The team managed to collect various artifacts of interest to be brought back to Skyhold for further study, including:

A collection of offerings from an altar within the prison

Six chalices apparently used for blood magic, likely to bind Corypheus himself (the other two were buried in rubble and not recovered)

A few unsettlingly large finger bones and spinal discs

A Grey Warden badge

A bundle of half-decayed papers

A mysterious and creepy orb
The orb was found by Thranduil. Luckily, his first move was to show it to Cassandra, rather than to hide it away and heed its strange call. Though he was reluctant to give it up, mumbling something about his "precious," she managed to get it away from him and tuck it safely away before anyone could place it on the altar and summon Malvernis.

NOTES & LINKS: Link to the original report + log

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SUBJECT: From the Top Down (War Table)
PARTICIPANTS: Isaac + Val, Yngvi, Marisol, Vane, Alistair
DATE FILED: 11/10
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: By coordinating a handful of the Inquisition's shadily-connected members, Larius' smuggling contacts were identified. Off-screen, Marisol, Yngvi, Vane, and Val were able to snatch some letters. (Cleared with participants OOC)

REPORT:

Enchanter,

What sort of a name is Larius? I won't claim mine the height of craft, but at least it doesn't shorten to Larry.

Don't mistake me, I've known a Larry or two in my day, and they were charming enough. Not Montsimmard Larry — what a prat — but the others: Perfectly benign. Unremarkable. You hear Larry, and what you picture isn't sinister and vanished.

Even Montsimmard Larry. I think that prat's alive.

As Warden Alistair had the Warden angle covered (ideal: I don't care for Darkspawn), I reached out in pursuit of other leads. Mssr. de Fonce was able to connect me with Madam Lajoie, whose studies of mundane lyrium have occasionally necessitated discrete shipping; Mssr. Yngvi was in turn able to turn eyes out below ground, among the Casteless.

Lady Vivas and Mssr. Vane were most helpful in identifying potential overland routes, and in acquiring direct correspondence. I'd assure you that this was all done by above-the-board by legal means, but frankly I didn't check.

I've taken the liberty of marking a few likely routes upon the map — it may be worth contacting the Scoutmaster (or Enchanter Delacroix) to follow up. Most of them haven't seen Warden Larry in a while, and none of them have since the Conclave. He was reliable, but not personable. No one shed a tear or raised a round in his probable memory. They're working with a templar now, apparently without complaints, so Larry really must have been dreadful.

I suggest in the future we investigate a more dashing Warden. Dantes, or Nightblood, perhaps. I'd even settle for a Valentina.

Cheers,
— Isaac

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Alistair

Val

Yngvi

Marisol

Vane

Planning Plurk (For my own reference only)