Oh I Would Walk 500 Miles | Catacombs Escape Planning Post

[coquettish_trees]

WHO: Everyone already in the catacombs (Audra, Bene, Coupe, Lexie, Loki, Norrington, and Thor) and Everyone who fell into this mess (idk who you all are but I'll edit your names in if you say 'here'!) and Everyone coming to get them (Iorveth, Jang, Kitty, Kylo, Resa, Silas, Six, and Yseult)
WHAT: Planning our Walking Tour of Tevinter
WHEN: End of Solace, first half of August(? more? cause damn)
WHERE: Underground, above ground, mountains, forests, let's see it all!
NOTES: CW: Havering, me cussing, #friggadeservedbetter

SOME MAIN QUESTIONS I THOUGHT OF! (will edit for more that come up)

Catacombs Peeps:

General:

Do... do we have the goddamn survival skills for this? (I'll put a toplevel where we can talk about who can do what that'd be helpful)

What resources do we have with us, given this was definitely a surprise excursion? Some of us are like... wearing gowns.

Plot Choice Related:

how are we finding our way out of the caves?

are we heading to the Imperial Highway, or are we all paranoid enough to try to avoid it?

if we do, are we fighting our way through, trying to do a sneak, or fucking off into the mountains?

how deep in that freaking forest are we going?

where are we finding shelter in the country, and if with the common folk, are we sneaking into their shit or approaching them for aid?

oh hey, a rift! and some rescuers!

Everyone:

The Traveling Chantry Show!

Who's getting put in the wagon? (besides Frigga [rip])

Since we're still in Tevinter, my guess is this is a traveling Northern Chantry Show so

who knows enough about it to be our Chantry Brothers? (lololol) what's everyone else doing?

are we talking our way through those patrols or heading into the desert?

which of you besides Lexie is literally never going outside ever again?



Map for Travel Reference:



A for Minrathous, dotted line to B where we emerge from underground. C is the checkpoint. D is where we meet the Inquisition team. R is where the rifters get picked up. M is for meeting (don't @ cass about the alphabet scheme here) where the inquisition folks coming from Kirkwall meet those already in Tevinter and proceed on to D to meet the escapees. And then everybody together homeward in the brown line!

Comments

Resource Check!

[coquettish_trees]

Let's just take inventory, shall we?

<b>Name:</b> ...yr character's name! <b>Team:</b> Escapee/Rescuer/Rifter <b>Helpful Skills/Traits:</b> <li> and suggested ways <li> and places they <li> might be utilized <b>Useful Inventory:</b> weapons? money? food? kitchen sink? what'cha got <b>Current Status:</b> are you able-bodied? injured? mentally shut down? need extra considerations? going to have difficulty helping in any specific ways, including with the skills you put above? <b>Other Notes:</b>

[rathercommon]

Name: Kitty
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Burglary skills! Including lockpicking, scaling things, stealing things. We need shit out of Tevinter caravans? She can get it.

Magic resistance! Good for fighting some motherfuckin mages.

Paranoia, definitely she is going to be pushing to stay off the beaten path as much as possible

Some combat skills

A shit-ton of charm, helpful if they're going to be working with the Peasantry out in the Tevinter countryside

Kitty's traveled this path once before. Also she knows a helpful and friendly Tevinter farmer family they can crash with to patch up their wounds, thanks to a prior mission she went on.

Also she has a mabari and if DA:O taught us anything it's that mabari can bring an endless supply of slobbery cakes. So uh we won't starve...?

Useful Inventory: Will be bringing plenty of nasty but nutrient-dense food. Will have knives and money, as well - she's going to ask the Inquisition for rescue-funds to take with, so she'll have a purse they can draw on.

Current Status: Currently in perfect health, however she has barely ever been outside of a city so she will be zero help when it comes to mountain/forest survival

Other Notes: Please don't bring the corpse

[hwaaaitsme]

We are bringing the corpse.

[rathercommon]

why

[hwaaaitsme]

Because I forgot the camping fridge so we have to shove her in the one in Kirkwall.

[thorndergod]

Yet another thing Loki failed at.

[coquettish_trees]

there’s a knife in Thor now some crazy how it’s not Loki’s

[coquettish_trees]

(why is it formatting like that? Who knows.)

[justice_is_blond]

How does this keep happening to him?????

[coquettish_trees]

A true puzzle for the ages

[altusimperius]

Name: Benedict
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

throwing money at problems to make them go away

spooky magic that seeds confusion and panic in adversaries

knowledge of the local culture and to a lesser extent the geography, also the northern Chantry!

ostensibly capable of being charming and persuasive

will do basically anything to save his own ass

Useful Inventory: A fair amount of money & a single fancy dagger Just In Case

Current Status: Injured & mentally shut down for sure, undoubtedly will have some trouble coping with the stress of the situation but as a result will have less of an Attitude Problem than usual. Basically in Save Me Mode.

Other Notes: could potentially be a Chantry brother??

[summerfae]

Name: Resa
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits:

VERY PRETTY

HAS A PRETTY GLAIVE

IT'S PINK AND IT SPARKLES

HAS MORE THAN NO SKILL WITH SMACKING PEOPLE WITH PRETTY GLAIVE

very very good at convincing people to do what she wants

like, suspiciously good

mysteriously resistant to fire

Other mysterious skills that she's probably only going to bust out in an emergency situation

looks and convincingly acts like the least threatening person ever, is very threatening, can & will kill someone without hesitation or regret

Useful Inventory: Her VERY PRETTY glaive, some healing potions, some $$$, probably coffee because MAKER FORBID SHE GO WITHOUT IT

Current Status: In perfectly good health, not a lot of experience with roughin' it, but she's willing to learn and is motivated to make sure that people that she doesn't want to die don't die.

Other Notes: but like if she doesn't care about you dying or not don't expect her to stick her neck out for you

[limier]

Name: Coupe
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Hitting things

Dispelling things

Alienating people

Wilderness survival skills & tracking

Knows [widens fingers a smidge] this much Ancient Tevene

Useful Inventory:

Cool flaming sword

Cool not-flaming knife

Minrathous guard’s uniform

Sending crystal

Anger issues

Current Status:

Uninjured and pissy.

Will start to lag as time goes on without lyrium.

Other Notes:

Coupe will strongly advocate for avoiding checkpoints/fighting where possible, and pushing into the forest as much as they can.

GIVEN THAT THEY’RE A BUNCH OF NOBLES AND A DEAD BODY, this might not be feasible until there are Rifters and reinforcements, so persuasion’s on the table. She won't be pushing the dead body argument, but will make it very clear to anyone who's not Loki or Thor that she thinks it's a huge risk that will slow them down.

Will want to sneak into commoners’ shit rather than approach directly, on the grounds that they could be endangering them if they’re found to have harbored them — but will actually listen to and heed disagreement on that one.

Also OOC, I’m super flexible & easy with whatever we want to do.

can i post this in the wrong place twice

[luxating]

Name: Lux
Team: Rifter

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Some cool light magic.

Minor wilderness survival skills — like, RL Scout Camp level.

A can-do attitude.

Useful Inventory:

An umbrella!

A cat.

Current Status:

Possibly recently concussed, I have to decide.

Other Notes:

We should approach people directly & be upfront about it!!!!

Since I also play Coupe, I’ll be juggling a bit what parts I stick her into, to avoid casturbation.

Again: OOC, I’m super flexible & easy with whatever we want to do.

[hwaaaitsme]

Name: Loki of House Asgard
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

General knowledge of shady backroads across Tevinter.

Very high charisma. Good at persuasion and deception when he has to be.

Illusion Magic

Healing Magic in a pinch.

Shapeshifter

Useful Inventory: A considerable amount of money, an indeterminite amount of knives, and some food nicked from tbe catacombs. Also his mom's corpse that we absolutely will not be referring to as a corpse. SHE IS JUST SLEEPING.

Current Status: Loki is exhausted and at the edge of a depression and anger precipice. He will be using magic to keep his mother from rotting and probably carrying her. He can help but he will be a whirlwind of emotional turmoil.

Other Notes: He will be fuckall useless with Northern Chantry stuff, he worships the old gods. As you do.

Normally, he would totally be down for lying and sneaking their way across the countryside--so if he is calm then he will be all for it. If he is an emotional wreck (exceptionally so), he will prefer to stab anything in the way. He should probably not be in charge of determining when they do whichever one of these things they decide to do.

[letoldthingsdie]

Name: Kylo Ren
Team: Rescuer/Rifter? idk how this chart works ok
Helpful Skills/Traits:

He can use The Force™. Specifics on his Force abilities can be found here.

Also a decent tactician

Just so it's listed here - mind probe people, freeze them in place, and throw them like they weigh nothing with just the flick of a wrist.

He has the charm of an wet, angry, cat that is trying to attack you

Also comes with a Mabari

Useful Inventory: Lightsaber, Probably carrying supplies for those being rescued, no you can't have his money
Current Status: He's breathing and he can hit things
Other Notes: Nope

[thorndergod]

Name: Thor
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Battlemage, so trained in combat

Knows the land and language

Can potentially recognize people approaching at a distance and know if some would be enemy or ally

Lot of endurance which is helpful due to what he's carrying

Useful Inventory: Hammer, staff, some money, some food that's stolen from the catacombs, waterskin, really good boots.

Current Status: Currently carrying a corpse most of the time, not mentally firing on all cylinders, not all that patient and calm right now.

Other Notes: If the corpse goes missing he's gonna smash.

Re: Resource Check!

[whiskeyandbrimstone]

Name: Jang "Jane" Zhensen
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Illusion Magic

Combat magig

Sneaking around war zones

Wilderness Survival

Healing Magic

Guns

Useful Inventory: A gun, bullets, food and various supplies, sending crystal, a pouch with 5 lumps of Ghost Rock.

Current Status: In fine health, ready to go and help these people.

Other Notes: Has a bit of Chonic Hero syndrome, so that may effect how she does things. Also, she's not going to talk about why, but people may be upset at her magic if they look closely at it.

[hassaran]

Name: Yseult
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits: Speaks Tevene, expert at disguise and talking her way into/out of things, can fake being a Chantry sister, actually is an assassin, the usual rogue skills (b&e, sleight of hand, etc.), some basic wilderness survival skills but more like someone who's prepared to go camping than like Bear Grylls 'drop me in the woods with just a knife and I'll be fine for a month' shit

Useful Inventory: Coming from Kirkwall, so will be bringing some supplies (food, water, money, basic medical supplies) in addition to the fake Chantry wagon and some extra lay brother/sister robes and stuff

Current Status: Fine.

Other Notes: Is not really a team leader/order-giver type, but she'll be The Adult around here if she must.

[swordproof]

Name: Six
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits:

Physically very strong and a very capable warrior. Six is trained in most weapons, but she prefers to use a greatsword and is extremely proficient with it.

She's very good at taking orders; she's used to being a mercenary and then was being trained, so she's good at hearing what she's told to do and doing it without question.

SIX IS YOUR TANK. She also knows how to do combat healing (wrapping wounds, etc).

It might not be super useful, but she's actually very intimidating (20 charisma, baby) and can be used for that purpose, even if she might not be super into it.

MABARI FOR TRACKING, YO. It's still quite young, but she's a strict trainer.

Useful Inventory: Greatsword, her set of armour, a little bit of money and her mabari!

Current Status: Super able-bodied and very determined; Six wants to do everything she can to help the people get back from Tevinter because her sister is/was there and she's incredibly nervous about it. She wants to make sure all of this is a success so she can get to Adalia asap.

Other Notes: HELLO

[aenseidhe]

Name: Iorveth
Team: Rescuer

Helpful Skills/Traits:

lived in the forests/outside of civilization for like 100+ years, he'll be your survival dude

he'll put on the chantry robes but he won't like it and he's pretending he's taken a vow of silence

0 charm so you don't want him talking anyway

hella combat skills, specifically archery, see: grand tourney

hunting, skinning, trapping, fishing, sleeping in trees, etc etc nature boy

can absolutely be a leader and give orders, may do it unbidden on (sort of) accident

hella tracking

idk

Useful Inventory: weapons (swords, daggers, bow, arrows), rations and water, some tent building stuff, some money but not a ton, idk basic stuff you'd take when you're going on a trek across the continent??

Current Status: able bodied and pissed, let him murder something

Other Notes: Iorveth will vote to go around the patrols and through the forests/mountains/nature. unless he's particularly annoyed at the time. then he will want to murder.

late

[winterwinds]

Name: Audra Hawthorne
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

mage

necromancy and elemental stuff is her jam

she is probably the only person who isn't freaking out right now

she's a good cook so even if they find garbage she can make it taste decent.

Useful Inventory: she has a very impressive staff that makes her voice sound Vaguely Threatening and Otherworldly and it constantly generates a wind that ruffles her clothes and hair and sometimes snaps off a little lightning bolt so she's very impressive looking.
She did manage to grab her bag so she's got some food and water and some other stuff as well as the research that she and her buddies stole from the Tevinters about Corypheus which i need to do a thing on.

Current Status: She's probably kind of tired of dealing with literally everyone but otherwise in good spirits.

Other Notes:

[coquettish_trees]

Name: Alexandrie
Team: Escapee

Helpful Skills/Traits:

exceptional horseman, if that comes up

fluent in Tevene

absolutely bomb at talking her way through a n y t h i n g

more than decent at sleight of hand

no longer squeamish about cutting or throwing knives into a bitch

Useful Inventory: a good-ass dagger, a small fortune in jewelry, some catacombs food, that’s literally it, she was at lunch.

Current Status: uninjured physically but spellshocked af.
The Good: this means she won’t be bitching about anything at all, including but not limited to: walking forever, the sun touching her, menial camp labor, sleeping on rocks, and carrying supplies. She will take direction easily and generally without argument.

The Bad: her ability to be charming is very nerfed, she’s going to wake up screaming a few times before she trains herself to stifle it, surprising her (which is easy) might mean her trying to shank you

The Ugly: when not stunned and minimally responsive, she’ll be disproportionately irritable and liable to snap and dig at people or weeping at the drop of a hat.

Other Notes: Constantly trying to stop Loki and Thor from killing each other, will be part of the “the body is coming with us you can’t convince me otherwise” voting block.

[hassaran]

So like what parts of this are we RPing?

[aenseidhe]

maybe we can just pick and choose what we like in our own top levels in the rifter log? since this is the team grabbing them? and then obviously the part where they meet up with the rifters can be done there too

[hassaran]

definitely rifter arrival stuff should be done in that post, and open stuff for the trip back also, that's a good point.

if people want to do things that occur before meeting the rifters though, or even stuff beforehand that they know is definitely closed to a certain set of chars that doesn't include new arrivals, i think that should go in a different post so that it doesn't confuse the rifters or overload their post with stuff they can't play in

pretend this is the right journal

[sclavus]

ahh yeah that makes sense. i think fun things to rp would be:

- getting into the traveling chantry show disguises
- possibly trying to play off the traveling chantry show disguises at a patrol or whatever
- arguments civil discussions on what ways to proceed, ie through the patrol or around into the forests
- possible fights??

[altusimperius]

I'm fully down for all of these

[swordproof]

i am down for all of this

especially six trying to act as though a six foot tall muscular woman is 100% a chantry sister

[sclavus]

take a vow of silence with iorveth :V

[hassaran]

obviously she's a traumatized veteran of the orlesian civil war who has sworn herself to the service of andraste in thanks for seeing her through the horrors of battle

[dirth]

she could absolutely play a French accent and sound truly clemence posey

[coquettish_trees]

Is pre-rifter catacombs travel biz (caves, checkpoint 1, mountains, etc) going in the Mod Plot log or should it become a top level in this new and exciting log that either someone else should make or I will on Monday when I get home from faire?

[coquettish_trees]

Also: scenes of interest to meeee

- some kind of camp, maybe in the mountains
- barn sneaking (perhaps being caught by the owners thereof?)
- let’s squabble about fighting vs mountains/forest

[letoldthingsdie]

You guys I'm so excited. I'm so down for chantry disguises and just *everything* Kylo knows like barely anything about Tevinter Chantry stuff but maybe he can pass off as tall and imposing that no one will bother asking him questions idk. Basically wherever ya'll need me. He will be right in his element with the rift closing and rescuing so there's that.