faderiftorg | PROJECT: Hostile Powers

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NAME: Kain Ventfort
DIVISION: Forces
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Expertise in Warden things. He'd be strictly interested in things involving the Anderfels region. Fighting, guarding, exploration, etc, he'd be up for anything!

CURRENT WORK: Forthcoming.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: Forthcoming.

NAME: Anders
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: From the Anderfels, speaks the language, likes the weather, Warden

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS:
Bloomingtide 9:42: Weisshaupt Fortress"
Solace 9:42: The Annulment at Dairsmuid
Kingsway 9:42: Stop Red Lyrium Shipment in Rialto Bay

Former Project Leader Lord Conrad Baerendorf: A Nevarran in his late 40s, Conrad is a vital, energetic man from a family of minor nobility. Though his family is best known for its series of extravagant estates, Conrad brings to the Inquisition many ties in the Nevarran court by blood or marriage (or both). He's been helpful in providing insight into the goings-on there and assisting in interpreting the information retrieved by the Time Travel Team, but unfortunately has a penchant for bragging about his accomplishments after too much wine, and his family's business interests stretch further than the Inquisition knows.

Edited 2018-02-05 20:15 (UTC)

NAME: Kostos Averesch
DIVISION: Scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Mage/Templar War veteran with a bonus year of experience in guerrilla warfare with a smaller cell, then experience with the Inquisition since early 9:43. Some ties to northern nobility and the Mortalitasi. Speaks Nevarran and Antivan.

CURRENT WORK: Project oversight, analyzing the cause of the disturbance of the undead in the Grand Necropolis.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS:

Thwarting an assassin in Antiva
Telling people to do stuff
Nevarran diplomacy
Acquiring evidence of collaboration in Nevarra
Figuring out Aunt Berenike

Edited 2018-09-04 02:26 (UTC)

NAME: Nell Voss
DIVISION: Forces
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Knight-Enchanter born in the Anderfels and raised in Nevarra City and Perendale. Native fluency in Nevarran and Ander.

CURRENT WORK: Traveled to Nevarra City with the rest of the Inquisition but that's it so far.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: N/A

NAME: Marisol Vivas
DIVISION: scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Merchant Princess, basically meaning she has status, a smuggling network, contacts and a whole lot of cash that she has built up over the years, as well as family contacts to draw on in Antiva and Nevarra. Fluent in Trade, Antivan, Nevarran & Orlesian. And ice magic.

CURRENT WORK: Currently working on trying to work out what went wrong in the Necropolis.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS:

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NAME: Teren von Skraedder
DIVISION: Scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Was part of a Nevarran rebel cell back in her heyday, has done a few Nevarra-themed excursions

CURRENT WORK: Unofficially disseminating information to and from various merchants regarding the royal succession, generally keeping tabs on what kind of bullshit is going on while trying not to leave any obvious fingerprints

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: None thus far, at least officially.

NAME: Isaac
DIVISION: Diplomacy
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Healer, some brain-breaky magic. Obvious Southerner, here to be an obvious oblivious Southerner if necessary. That's it. He has no compelling reason to be assigned to this. Possibly there was a paperwork mixup.

CURRENT WORK: n/a

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: n/a

Edited 2018-07-26 06:05 (UTC)

NAME: Benedict Quintus Artemaeus
DIVISION: diplomacy
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: diplomacy (ostensibly), apprentice level spirit & entropic magic, fluency in Tevene, connections with the magisterium

CURRENT WORK: Researching the Venatori and their connection to some of Tevinter's powerful families

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: n/a

NAME: Yseult
DIVISION: Scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: ~15 years experience as government spy/assassin, mostly in the north

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: TBA

NAME: Kitty Jones
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Grit, pluck, spunk, etc. Also a background in intelligence-gathering and stealing and spying, though it was fairly amateur hour. Basic combat skills, magic immunity.

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet!

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: Also nothing yet!!

NAME: Max
DIVISION: Diplomacy
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Interpersonal manipulation, information gathering, speaks Tevene with an Orlesian accent, lived in Tevinter, might still have a couple contacts among Tevene pirates and merchants, 100% capable of making nice with morally reprehensible people. Though she'll neglect to mention why, she knows a thing or two about slavery in Tevinter.

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet, but very interested in making herself invaluable.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: N/A

NAME: Colin
DIVISION: Scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Lyrium/smuggling/dealing, trade, healing, getting people to open up.

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: TBA.

NAME: Carla Morir
DIVISION: Scouting
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Counterfeiting, forgery, ciphers, lock picking, infiltration, information gathering, smuggling/bartering. She's a career criminal from SPACE.

CURRENT WORK: Nothing yet.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: TBD

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SUBJECT: War Table Op: Once More Into The Berg
PARTICIPANTS: Anders, Alan, Ciri, Inessa, Jamie, Prompto
DATE FILED: Let's pretend it was back in June
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: A team went to the First Warden's birthday party pretending to be entertainers as they tried to gather information. They juggled, eavesdropped, looked a little ridiculous... and managed to achieve their goal and find out some stuff.

REPORT:

Lord Baerendorf,

I am glad to inform you that none of the group sent to the First Warden's party suffered serious injuries other than, perhaps, to their pride when they wore what was sent with us to wear. I hope no drawings were made. We have returned safely with information that I hope proves useful.

Those gathered appeared to represent every human nation, but more north-leaning than south, and a heavy topic of their discussion was transporting something from their nations to the south and the difficulties presented now that the war has ended in Orlais. The Deep Roads are one of the options they seemed to seriously be considering, something that our Wardens can perhaps assist more with.

Speaking of Wardens, it was overheard that dissenters have been subdued. This does not bode well for any hopes of an alliance against Corypheus with the full Warden forces, and using them does not seem that practical at the moment because it appears no one at the party knows what Corypheus is doing or planning, including the First Warden. They've a lot of people in a network, but that network apparently isn't learning about Corypheus.

A project was mentioned, some Tevene word that none of us can recall exactly, but I'm fairly certain we'd know it if we heard it again. Unfortunately, writing notes down wasn't precisely a smart move in the middle of a party. There were also a few uncovered faces none of us recognized, but might if we saw them again.

I found it noteworthy, also, that there seemed to be some tension between the mages and non-mages. Historically Wardens don't divide like that too often, though my time at Vigil's Keep suggests it's not entirely an aberration.

I am free for any further questions you may have. I am not sorry that the costumes do not appear to have made it back with us. The next time you ask me to wear bells I swear I will create a glyph that chimes like bells when it senses motion and stick fifty of them in your rooms. With all due respect.

Respectfully yours,
Anders

NOTES & LINKS: The log

SUBJECT: Rogue assassin in Antiva
PARTICIPANTS: Beleth Ashara, Kit, Kostos Averesch, Nikos Averesch
DATE FILED: Firstfall 9:43
STATUS: Complete (Ongoing Consequences)
SUMMARY: An Inquisition agent was given counterfeit orders, prompting the unsanctioned assassination of Brianda de Trueva, a wealthy merchant with connections to the royal family, and an attempt on the life of Guiomar del Lunar, one of Antiva's Merchant Princes. The agent, Vintner, was intercepted and brought back unharmed, in full view of del Lunar, leaving no doubt that the Inquisition did not intend him harm, but nonetheless also leaving Antiva outraged about the death of de Trueva and the close call.

REPORT:
Lord Baerendorf:

I have spoken to you already, but for your records, Vintner is in custody and has explained that she believed the orders to be genuine despite the out-of-date cipher and felt time was too of the essence to confirm them first through other means, which helps approximately not at all. She is fortunate that the decision about what to do with her is not mine to make.

We have received four letters from Merchant Princes and one from the royal prince who was involved with Brianda de Trueva. They are varying degrees of outraged and threatening. In summary, they would like an explanation, and various routes of trade will be cut off and various allies will be informed if said explanation is not to their satisfaction.

As I understand our options, we could inform them of the breach and subsequent misunderstanding, which may cause them to think us incompetent, or we might say that Vintner went rogue intentionally, which may also make us look incompetent, but at least on a more granular scale. It may also make them insist more vehemently on receiving her head, but perhaps not. Surely Antiva has enough assassins to understand that these things sometimes happen.

I assume this decision is not yours to make, either, but please pass along my recommendation that we attribute the assassination to Vintner. I am sure we can find another head to send if no one is willing to take hers.

Again, for your records, regardless of whether or not it is what I would have suggested, the dwarf did an impressive job convincing the agent to back down; the Scoutmaster exhibited impressive aim; and I will do what I can to ensure that my brother is not a problem.

K.A.

NOTES & LINKS: Log

SUBJECT: Royal Dragon Hunt
PARTICIPANTS: Herian, Elros, Alistair, Maglor
DATE FILED: a few days after the dragon hunt was completed and prior to the Inquisition returning to Kirkwall - early-mid Haring.
STATUS: complete/in progress (we’re still threading, backtag city etc)
SUMMARY: Inquisition agents accompanied King Markus to Hunter Fell on a Royal Dragon Hunt, which was basically “beat up the dragon until it’s so near death a feeble elderly man can kill it.” There were two dragons, rather unexpectedly, but no member of the King’s court (King included) were harmed, the Inquisition agents behaved themselves, and King Markus got to kill two dragons instead of just one.

REPORT:

Lord Baerendorf,

Here is my report of the Dragon Hunt you requested myself and the rifter Elros attend. We decided to take with us one of his kinsman, Maglor, and Alistair of the Grey Wardens.

The mission to accompany King Markus on a royal dragon hunt and ensure he was able to add the honour of dragon slaying to his legacy was a success. There was an unexpected deviation from our intended strategy, with the arrival of a second mature dragon, but the assembled team conducted themselves admirably; all showed themselves capable and efficient fighters, and I believe their conduct entirely respectful and appropriate. I am happy to report that King Markus slew not one dragon, but two.

Elros and Maglor conducted themselves extremely capably in combat with the dragon, and I think they were a credit to both the Inquisition and others who have come through the rifts. At Elros’ request I pursued an audience with King Markus, which proved enlightening. He did express some concerns with the Inquisition’s links to Orlais and the rifters, but I am cautiously hopeful that Elros’ praise of the King’s determination in protecting his people from conflict, and the performance of Elros and Maglor in combat may prove grounds for more positive consideration of rifters in the Nevarran court.

If you should have any questions regarding the matters of this report, I am more than happy to elaborate. I thank you for choosing me for this assignment, and hope all matters are to your satisfaction.

Yours respectfully,

Knight Enchanter Amsel

NOTES & LINKS: Dragon Hunting Log

originally posted 13/12/17 I think?

Edited 2018-02-07 06:14 (UTC)

SUBJECT: Redeeming the Inquisition's reputation in Nevarra
PARTICIPANTS: Marisol, Carver, Kostos, Nell, Morrigan, Benevenuta.
DATE FILED: immediately on their return on [mumbles vaguely]
STATUS: Completed mission, on-going project (threading ongoing also)
SUMMARY: A team went to Nevarra City to figure out who was behind the Necropolis disaster and determine who might have wanted to harm Inquisition agents, damage the Necropolis, or set Nevarra against the Inquisition. Investigations followed, they have some leads, won back some favour from the Nevarran court and have acquired a possessed corpse to try and figure out what went wrong with the mummies and how to fix those remaining in the Necropolis. More investigation is required to resolve the situation but progress has been made.

REPORT:
Enchanter Averesch,

Many thanks on accompanying the party Carver and I assembled on the mission to the Nevarra City. You already know the particulars, so I will keep this brief for future reference.

Our investigation quickly established a link between Tividar Nancollasand his lover, Estoris. Tividar, you will recall, is the guide that accompanied Inquisition agents to the Necropolis before locking them in and indiscreetly boasted of his involvement with a fictionalised account. Estoris is a soporati who departed Tevinter a decade ago.

While our investigation of Estoris had its challenges, we have made progress. I am not yet willing to rule out ties to the Venatori, but both he and Tividar merit further investigation. It seems very strange that when our main adversary is Corypheus that a man with a Tevinter lover should just happen to lock the Inquisition in with dead who were so ready to kill.

Myself, Benevenuta and Carver successfully gained access to the Necropolis, escorted by the Mortalitasi. We investigated for any clues of what had happened, and to see if we could find out anything at all about dead. While there was a limit to what we could find, we did uncover that there were still a number of the revered dead within the Necropolis in the same condition that they were during the attack, requiring that they be locked up to contain them.

Morrigan proved invaluable. Her knowledge of the Orlesian court and its machinations allowed us to identify an Orlesian spy within the Nevarran court. Not only did this win favour for the Inquisition and stand to show that we do not favour Orlais in all things, but it allowed us to acquire a further asset.

Berenike Averesch is presently housed in the Gallows, carefully shackled and caged, and kept under guard, with access granted only to yourself. I hope that your expertise mean we can uncover what was done to the dead, and what can be done to reverse it. Whether it allows us to determine who did it and why, or if those questions must be answered in order to cure the dead (words I had never expected to write), I am sure restoring the dead and having proof of who is responsible for this do great things to restore the Inquisition’s standing in Nevarra.

With your permission, I would like to look to pursuing this matter further. All is not bleak in Nevarra, and we have won a few more ears willing to listen to our account of things, but there is much still to be done.

Faithfully,

Marisol

NOTES & LINKS:
sort of relevant network post/thread
Mission log

DIVISION: Scouting	LEADER: Kostos Averesch
STATUS: Active	ASST LEADER: n/a

PERSONNEL

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Kain (Secondary)

Anders (Secondary)

NPCs

Kostos Averesch (Primary)

Nell Voss (Secondary)

Marisol Vivas ( primary )

Teren von Skraedder (secondary)

Isaac (Secondary)

Benedict Artemaeus (primary)

Yseult (Primary)

Kitty Jones (Primary)

max (primary)

Colin (secondary)

Carla (Primary)

REPORTS

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Initially dated 20-15-2017

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