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

[A note penned in a quick, sharp pointed hand.]

I was told by Mme de Cedoux to speak to someone in Northern Powers about contacting my family to see if they would help us with Nevarra and become an ally of the Inquisition. I will warn you that while my family status is good - well. My family and I are not close. Never have been. However, I'm a member of this organization and even a slim hope is a hope, right?

Anyways, contact me if you want more information.

Malum B Draco, of the Family Draco, Mage of the Inquistion.

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:

Edited (HTML PLS) 2018-02-04 03:32 (UTC)

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

These are tasks that members of the Northern Powers project (and their friends) might be asked or ordered to take on. If you’re interested in signing up for one, reply by the stated deadline. Results might not be strictly RNG—if someone is obviously a bad choice and it would be stupid to put them in charge of something, they’ll get skipped—but I’ll do my best to make sure things rotate and get spread around.

Tasks are long-term projects that any number of characters can sign up to help with. These will generally be sparse on details and heavily handwaved things that involve desk work—things like cracking ciphers or sorting through messages—that are mainly intended to provide some background flavor and a more solid idea of what your character is working on off-screen.

— Tasks will be assigned to multiple characters, basically whoever signs up for them, so you can use working on those tasks together to build CR, or you can say your character takes their part to their room and works alone because everyone else sucks.

— Tasks won't have specific, planned payoff—we won't tell you in advance that cracking a cipher will allow your characters to learn X. But future assignments might be based on information that would be gleaned from those tasks, and we'll give credit where it's due. E.g., a future assignment or mission might be like, "Thanks to Bobby and Ahmid cracking this code, the Inquisition knows that Nevarra is moving a shipment of bears into the capital and needs to intervene."

— You don't have to submit a report or specifically RP about the task.

— If the task gives you an idea for a player plot or something you want your character to discover in the process and spearhead something more in-depth regarding, that is so cool and I love you, please do it.

Assignments are mini-plots that will be given to one or two people to RP however they want sometime in a broad window of time. They usually won’t be complicated and won’t have huge individual impacts. The goal is more to give you guys work for your characters to be doing and talking about and new places to visit. Some specifics:

— The character or characters from Northern Powers who are tapped to take on an assignment can bring a couple additional people of their choosing, but they’ll be on the IC hook for poor judgment if they choose to take a known bull into a known china shop.

— You don’t have to RP the assignment itself. E.g., if it’s boring to RP your characters being on their best bland behavior for nobles, you can handwave that and just RP them drinking and venting in a tavern afterwards.

— You can make up small details that don’t have a material effect on the assignment—give NPCs names and personalities, add minor complications, etc.—but don’t do anything major, like deciding the whole thing is a trap and your characters are nearly assassinated, without checking in first.

— It’s fine if you don’t succeed! If you want your characters to fail at their objective then that’s RAD, I LOVE IT, and it might mean they succeed at something else they weren’t trying to do. On the other hand, succeeding might have unforeseen consequences. So just do what’s fun and IC.

— If you don’t file a report, it never happened.

Missions are larger and more plot-like and may have more specific requirements in terms of timing and outcomes.

Edited 2018-06-06 05:39 (UTC)

If you’re interested in any of these, respond with the form at the bottom by February 15. The first two are things that need to happen soon, the other two can be delayed if no one is interested or has time right now.

MISSION: ANDERFELS SURVEILLANCE
WHAT: We have more questions than answers about the situation in the Anderfels, so a team will be sent to do some high-level surveillance. And by high-level, I mean please take some griffons. Objectives include locating and getting a head count on the demon army, if it still exists; identifying any other obvious military force or activity; and gathering news and information from the locals in the border towns.
WHERE: Hunterhorn Mountains.
WHEN: Before Drakonis 15.
WHO: 3-4 Northern Powers project members, who can each bring a Plus One from their CR as long as it makes sense IC. Desired skills include the Ander language, griffon riding, acting, sneakiness, survival/camping, and familiarity with the region.

ASSIGNMENT: INQUIRY OBSERVATION
WHAT: The Pentaghasts are conducting an inquiry into Nevarra’s second-most powerful family, the Van Markhams. The Inquisition will be invited to send delegates to be impartial observers of the process and outcome—presumably because the Pentaghasts want someone to back them up and tell everyone else it was fair. The delegates will go observe, then report back to group so they and decide with the Diplomacy Division how to move forward.
WHERE: Nevarra City.
WHEN: Before Drakonis 15.
WHO: 1-2 Northern Powers people, who can have a Plus One or Plus Two as long as it makes sense. Must have manners good enough to spend several days in a foreign court.

ASSIGNMENT: TRACK SMUGGLERS
WHAT: Trace leads on red lyrium and slave smuggling through the streets of Rivain and Antiva until you find a slaver who will be willing to talk if you break enough fingers.
WHERE: Rivain and Antiva.
WHEN: Sometime in Drakonis.
WHO: 1-2 Northern Powers people, who can have a Plus One or Plus Two as long as it makes sense. Ability to navigate seedy underbellies and punch people until they start talking.

ASSIGNMENT: PARTY IN PERIVANTIUM
WHAT: New-money Laetan mages with no interest in maintaining the current social order and a reputation for courting scandal and curiosities have extended an invitation to the Inquisition to attend one of their gatherings. Go make a good impression and don’t lose your temper over the use of slaves, and maybe the Inquisition will have some new allies in Tevinter.
WHERE: Tevinter.
WHEN: Sometime in Drakonis.
WHO: 1-2 Northern Powers people, who can have a Plus One or Plus Two as long as it makes sense. Mages who usually have to stay in the background at fancy parties can show off this time. Must be able to not punch slaveowners in the face.

CHARACTER: ASSIGNMENT(S): If you’re interested in more than one, list in order of preference. NOTES: Time conflicts, whatever else you think is important.

CHARACTER: Anders
ASSIGNMENT(S): Anderfels Surveillance, Party in Perivantium
NOTES: Both/either would be second in priority to the phylactery plot for him, and he's... not the sneakiest or best at acting. But he tries.

CHARACTER: Nathaniel Howe
ASSIGNMENT(S): Anderfels surveillance.
NOTES: March is better for me.

CHARACTER: Vandelin Elris
ASSIGNMENT(S): Party in Perivantium, Inquiry Observation
NOTES: partaaay

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.

CHARACTER: Korrin
ASSIGNMENT(S): Track Smugglers
NOTES: Korrin's focus is on the rifter/templar plague plot first and foremost, so depending on how long that goes on, I'll have to bow out of this. But if the timing works out, I'm on board.

CHARACTER: Nell
ASSIGNMENT(S): Anderfels Surveillance, Track Smugglers, Party
NOTES: what is time anyway

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

PROJECT: Hostile Powers

PERSONNEL

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REPORTS

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INBOX

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Kain (Secondary)

Anders (Secondary)

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Nell Voss (Secondary)

Re: INBOX

Marisol Vivas ( primary )

ASSIGNMENTS & MISSIONS

Initially dated 20-15-2017

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