→ THE SERPENT OF NEVARRA

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Inquisition agents have uncovered a potential problem in the nation of Nevarra: a Tevinter mage by the name of Virellius has recently been noted in the company of King Markus, and rumors comment on how strange it is for a new advisor to be so closely heeded. There is evidence to indicate Virellius is a member of the Venatori. Having the Nevarran king under their sway would give the cult a great deal of power and hinder the Inquisition's ability to operate in the north. → Send an agent to eliminate the advisor, as well as his supporters, by any means necessary. A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Ayse Thevenet writes to her daughter regarding Virellius. Benevenuta takes the matter to the Inquisition, Dorian, Nerva, Taashath, Rafael (?) and Zevran get involved. ROADTRIP TO BENNY'S PLACE. Enjoy staying with her terrifying family for a while. Ostensibly, Benevenuta and Dorian are representing the Inquisition to negotiate with contacts of Ayse's for [SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE/SUPPORT FOR THE INQUISITION]. Nerva and Taashath are "bodyguards". Zevran and Rafael are...??? Aides???? Zevran keep that assassin thing on the DL buddy. (Openly assassinating people in foreign courts is like, hella rude. So don't get caught doing it, as a rule.) COURT ESPIONAGE. MURDERING VIRELLIUS. Actually doing the job that is the cover for their presence, lingering to be shocked by his death and preventing it from being connected directly to the Inquisition / their entourage. ROADTRIP BACK TO SKYHOLD! LET'S ESTABLISH When we want to start??? How do we want to do it, one post + subthreads? How we want to kill Virellius??? Are we hustling for money or supplies or some warriors or something? What are we offering in exchange, is it Dorian's hand in marriage? Who's job is it to put Nerva in some clothes like she's a person?? Can we take the Qunari guy to a fancy court party can we do it can we can we can we.

Comments

[liberalum]

starting: whenever is good for me but maybe we wanna pattycake hands at the mods so we don't miss out of anything we don't want to miss out on.

how: one post + subthreads is generally a good!

how do we want to kill virellius: how do we kill someone on the sly? find out when he's alone and send in one or two people, or create some kind of distraction/commotion at a public place and sneakily stab him in the parts or something, divert him to a secluded location and push him off a cliff, dress up like venatori henchmonkeys and make it look like they did it, send spirits and corpses until they spirit and corpse him to death, slip a powerful laxative into his wine...

hustling: maybe we want to hire out a mercenary group based in nevarra who have some defected renegade templars/rebel mages in their ranks so we're poking with sticks. if we find a nevarran dorian likes and you get him drunk enough then maybe.

nerva + clothing: not dorian's but he will by god dance with her.

qunari guy + fancy party: yes.

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i mean im definitely here for a venatori shitting himself to death

[keeperofmagi]

seconded

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that's three votes for virelvis

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how does the last weekend of january sound to do

[liberalum]

im pro it

[apostasia]

this and the strippers is what we're doing for my birthday essentially

[keeperofmagi]

starting: I'M CoOL WITH WHENEVER now that i'm back on the horse sort of she says with 50 tags in her inbox it's cool i'm fine there's nothing wrong what are you talking about

one post + subthreads is good for me, makes it easy to track

murder: locked room murder mystery!!!!!!! let's make it look like a suicide that looks like a murder that looks like a suicide. I like the laxative one. Nerva will suggest running him through with a sword. I will suggest slow acting poison, or poison that is somehow triggered by a catalyst (hey this is fantasy) that can be administered accidentally by someone we want to frame or figuring out if he's allergic to shellfish and lacing all his food with shrimp

poisons that look like heart attacks are good too, because there are no toxicology reports in thedas!!!!

hustling: money for warriors / favours is always good, marriages are good, and nerva 100% approves of selling off dorian

clothing: someone who has a death wish

qunari plus party: yes. yes we can.

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LOCKED ROOM MURDER MYSTERIES!!! i love the catalyst + framing somebody ideas. i feel like laxative death is our frontrunner and im so thrilled with that. HA HA FUCK TOXICOLOGY!!!

nerva we aren't selling dorian he has to come home with us. but im pro the warrior thing i think u and samm are on the same page.

so zevran then ok zevran it is

[keeperofmagi]

can we pretty please sell of dorian

just for a little while

[ungovernable]

no.

[ungovernable]

how does the last weekend of january sound to do

[keeperofmagi]

sounds thumbs up to me

[quietblade]

starting: good for whenever! How long is it to Nevarra, though? I read somewhere that going to Val Roy alone takes like a week. =/

murder: Taas is all for violent murder fight so it's a good thing he's not in charge of planning. I'm all for death by diarrhea because what better way to prove the Venatori is a huge shit?

hustling: Warriors sound good! Poor Dorian, though.

clothing: He'll... pass. Or hold her still while someone else wrangles on a dress.

party: Fuck yeah! He's okay with being an exotic weird spectacle and will even wear chains or something if needed to not frighten everyone.

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its definitely gonna be a bit of a long haul! i think we will have to get word of mods on exact details but. we are definitely gonna have time to do the threads because hot damn those travel hours.

nothing makes me happier than the thus far unanimous support for laxative murder. genuinely.

WE PROBABLY WON'T SELL DORIAN i mean unless they offer us a really good deal. what if it's a really good deal????

yes definitely let dorian and benny be in charge of draping you in sexy chains, enormous guy they've never met before this trip 8)

[quietblade]

every party with a pair of nobles need their scary bodyguards covered in chains okay

not that I'm suggesting putting chains on Nerva

okay maybe I am

but for srs he'll just pretend to be really stupid or something and just stand near a door and read people's lips.

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im all about this!! he can get the sweet plot relevant infos in the court espionage part of this wild mtv romp.

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i mean extremely serious inquisition mission

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how does the last weekend of january sound to do

[quietblade]

Sounds good!

[ombranera]

How: Post + Subthreads hell yeah!

How to MURDER: Depending on if they want to make it look like a statement of some other organization, an accident, or natural causes, Zev has thoughts, plans, and proven methods.

Hustling for Money: YES the Inquisition needs the funds, and it would be a sign of good faith hand do their reputation well to have the backing of such a prominent Nevarran family. In return- yes, dorian's hand. Or Nerva's- they like them bitey, right?

Nerva in clothes: Zev Volunteers as Tribute.

Qunari and Court party: Yes? Yes. Yes please.

[ungovernable]

i think we are all agreed on HOW

we may be drifting into benny's SPECIALIST AREA at least in terms of weapon in that the leading vote rn is "make him shit himself to death". britt put forward possibly having a dupe deliver the poison unknowingly in order to frame someone else! i was thinking benny could design the poison/catalyst after dorian accidentally gives her the idea, but zev would probably be the best person to do the delivery?

zev we can't sell inquisition agents even if they'd get us mad bank

ZEV'S JOB IT IS

everybody is pro qunari party im about it

[ombranera]

No one ever pays attention to elves. Give him some time to get the makeup on his face to cover his tattoos right and to change his hair, and no one will ever know.

e'll have to practice his fereldan accent but i think he can swing it.

BUT MONEY

[ungovernable]

how does the last weekend of january sound to do

[ombranera]

sounds GREAT! I'll bump Zev's thing to the first week of feb, it'll work pretty well.