SCOUTING DIVISION

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SCOUTING

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The Scouting Division encompasses traditional scouting, tracking, and reconnaissance work, along with more espionage-focused tasks like surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and cryptography. Their overarching goal is make sure that whatever the Inquisition wants to do next, they have the information they need to pursue it as efficiently, safely, and successfully as possible.

LEADER: Yseult
PROJECTS: Elven Artifacts, Hostile Powers

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[inagutterson]

SUBJECT: Scouting the Undercity of Kirkwall
PARTICIPANTS: Yngvi
DATE FILED: Justinian 30
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: Spending time blending into the Undercity to learn about the major players in the criminal circles of Kirkwall.


REPORT:
A report delivered in the middle of the night, rife with spelling mistakes, crossings out etc.

Discovered the following list of names, think they might be worth bothering with but don't go sending people that don't know what they're doing in the Undercity, they'll go scuttling off or you'll end up with folk bleeding everywhere. Won't want me saying I told you so.

Carta and Coterie still top of the heap, as expected. Thing going on with the Coterie but you ain't paying me enough to go take knives for you or to get people talking like that but not many things make folk that shifty in the Coterie unless it might be not knowing where the wind blows.

Starting from the bottom, almost all of us have to so take your lumps: Sewer Rats just getting edged out by Dead Men, what can you say about any of that really? The Poison Tits are tits but bit higher up than those two but that's neither here nor there. Really thought that the Deepstalkers were in the Carta's pocket so something happened that's smarting someone somewhere but again, pay me more and I get you more but we know what'll happen so there we go.

The Lowtown Demons would be better if they were are actual demons? Got some protection racket going on, not like folk have that sort of coin as is but it's getting real dicey with that. Might fancy having a butcher's at it. I would. But what am I, just the skivvy.

We've got the Dragon's Teeth, aspiring to glory, leader doesn't half love the sound of their voice like a Vint but they're not. Then it's The Knuckles, and no, I have no idea how that stupid a name scrambled so high but a mean lot, lot of punching, should see the face on the thing that's in charge, just looks like a pound of meat with some piggy eyes shoved in it. The Red Whispers are a shady bunch like you'd expect, half-expected to see something from the Red Iron involved but no, didn't get a word out of them but they do have tongues. Not like the dwarves that cut them out.

Anyway that's your lot for now but I have family dinners so if there's more I'll follow up. Lowtown Demons aren't highest up but if we have to do something about anyone first, I'd start there, it'll unsettle people to go for the middle instead of the top or the bottom as usual.

NOTES & LINKS: post; given the nature of this and (unbeknownst to him) unrelated elven disappearances, Yngvi will still be keeping an eye on this situation.

[arlathvhen]

[ Enough willpower is exerted to not send the letter back with spelling and grammar corrected. Instead, a letter is delivered to him later in the day. ]

Thank you for delivering this report, doubtlessly collected at no small risk. I will ensure that the information does not go unused.

The Carta and the Coterie's positions are indeed in their expected locations, and you need not pry further into those for the time being. They are institutions that have been here for far longer than we have, and I have little doubt they will still be here after we are gone from this city. Best not to stir up a wasps' nest without a remarkably good reason, else you will just get stung. Keep an ear out for more information regarding these shifty activities of the Coterie, but don't go out of your way to pursue it for now.

I find myself in agreement with your assessment of favorable beginning targets. From both their positions and their malicious activity among the residents of the Undercity, the Lowtown Demons seem as good of a start at weeding out the criminal element as any. If we're careful about taking them out, we can avoid creating more chaos, and perhaps take steps in assuring the residents that we are here to aid them. I have little doubt in my mind that their goodwill would be a great benefit.

Thus, I would like you, if you see fit, to focus your investigation on gathering more information about this gang. I would like particular attention paid to the top members of the group, along with their standing among other gangs. Do they have any allies, any particular sworn enemies, etc.

Please respond with an estimation of the resources (both monetary and manpower) that you will need to begin gathering more information. Once that has been settled, you may begin at your earliest convenience.