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faderiftooc2018-09-24 10:56 am
rowancrowned) wrote in faderiftooc2018-09-24 10:56 am
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my big fat elf wedding
Several characters also may have noticed his relationship with Gwenaëlle Baudin, formerly Lady Vauquelin, recently revealed as the product of an affair between Comte Vauquelin and his elven maidservant. Given that there are now no reasons to keep the relationship secret for her benefit, and no legal barriers to it, the Provost of the Kirkwall Inquisition outpost will be marrying (1) Gwenaëlle Baudin in a Chantry-sanctioned ceremony come the new year.
✵ TL;DR: As part of the ongoing public relations push to improve the image of rifters outside the Inquisition, Thranduil is converting to the Chant and marrying Gwenaëlle Baudin. Per our beautiful and generous mods, only one of whom said it could only go ahead if titled as the above:
The response will be varied—some people will be scandalized, some people will think it's a bit like a circus act, others will be more open—and reactions will be further complicated by Gwenaëlle's personal situation, with a couple of people in Hightown taking this as confirmation that elf-blooded people are bad seeds who will do things like run off and marry enormous elf-shaped demons if you give them the chance. But no one will bomb the proceedings, and if everyone is well-behaved it could inch forward toward "rifters are normal people who do normal person things and don't burst into flames if they speak the Chant" progress.
THE PREPARATION STAGES
✵ Their wedding will be the last day of the year to allow Thranduil to symbolically begin First Day in 9:45 as a properly Maker-respecting, Thedosian-family-having model rifter, but most weddings take longer than three months to plan, so plotting opportunities are mostly in the semi-frantic run up, for example COMMUNITY OUTREACH (Lakshmi Bai) will be spearheading planning with regards to coordinating with Kirkwall merchants and tradesmen to give help make this political set piece an economic boost for the locals, as well as coordinating associated charitable works.
✵ Anyone in the DIPLOMACY DIVISION and/or CHANTRY RELATIONS might have a vested interest in making sure specific names (of NPCs that they have been courting diplomatically or PCs that they don't want to make a scene) are or are not on the guest list. Ambassador Amsel will have final veto power over that list, and additions she personally approves get preference.
✵ PCs are welcome to hold opinions on the fact that this is happening at all, and are invited to vent them in detail to Thranduil.
✵ Assorted wedding planning minutiae: a lot of this will be general background flavour more than anything else, but characters are welcome to get involved in it so they too can be flavourful while sewing veils and planning flower arrangements.
✵ Gwenaëlle will be involved in the actual planning of the event as little as possible.
THE ACTUAL WEDDING
✵ The reception will be held at the Hightown residence of the Duke de Coucy. The same residence where Gwenaëlle renovated the ballroom into a combat training facility, so they'll have to figure something out.
✵ There will be a log! The actual event is falling in the traditional slow period of DWRP, when we are all sleepy from Christmas and drunk from New Year, so sign-ups here don't necessarily mean you're signing a contract in blood to extensively thread anything, but please express interest if you'd like your character to be in attendance (and in what capacity) so we can figure out the best way to structure it! We will be logging the reception rather than the ceremony for presumably obvious reasons.
✵ Characters can potentially attend either as guests, members of the wedding party or on a professional basis. (Guard duty, serving staff, person-who-hands-Gwenaëlle-a-shot-every-hour as some for instances.)
✵ Characters attending as guests must be suitable or made suitable to rub elbows with Hightown elite for a few hours, can receive invites on the strength of their CR with either half of the wedding party, their personal significance (nobility, connections, rank within the Inquisition) or having petitioned Ambassador Amsel for the opportunity to contribute to the soft power diplomacy and promote their pet causes socially. (If you're going with door number three, they actually have to convince her it's a good idea.)
✵ Characters working the event must have bathed and be able to convincingly seem as if they aren't deciding who among the guests will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
QUESTIONS
INTEREST SIGN UPS
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest??? idefk
BASIS: You know who he is. He'll be boycotting the ceremony bc he's still pissed, but he'll be at the reception, drinking the free booze.
no subject
CAPACITY: Worker - maybe helping serve food or drink.
BASIS: Morbid curiosity about the Kirkwall elite and/or morbid curiosity about the Andrastian religion definitely plays a part but also as a rifter/someone who works in Thranduil's department, he'd want to see the wedding in some capacity for himself but lol at him trying to blend in with the elite as a rifter mage. So definitely a worker. (He would have no qualms about sneaking/ensuring Gwen and/or any friend of Gwen got as many shots, for what it's worth.)
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Gwen’s his bro and for the sake of her wedding going well he will be willing to tell Fifth Blight stories to up to four (4) fancy people.
CHARACTER: Jehan
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Gwen’s kinda cousin, diplo, Chantry brother & Chantry Relations project, overall respectable human, he doesn’t Approve but he’ll suck it up.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Companion of Hawke and Not A Blood Mage per the Official Chantry Inquiry.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest (slash Gwen-wrangler???)
BASIS: Here to look pretty and help keep Gwen from opening a Rift via physically biting the Veil open with her teeth. Probably with the judicious application of booze, snark, and being a safe person to rip into.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Gwen's kinda aunt, Thranduil's kinda bro, respectable if you squint. Pinky-swears not to fight Iorveth.
Re: INTEREST SIGN UPS
CAPACITY:A guest! Whatever Thranduil wants him to be. He'll be there for his bro and literally nothing else, honestly.
BASIS: Bffs? Do Tolkein elves need groomsmen?
no subject
CAPACITY: Paying for the thing
BASIS: The bride's fake grandfather/the groom's weird pseudofriend
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: I'm assuming she'll be there as Herian's plus-one.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: There's free wine right
CHARACTER: Kitty
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: She likes the folks involved
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Look, he's found it hard to stop looking out for the bride after briefly warding her townhouse, it's fine, he's very good at letting things go. (If semi-friendly acquaintance with her wouldn't get him in the door, he'd ask Herian very nicely, because this is a major social event he would prefer not to miss. Also he is weirdly fond of Gwen. Both things.)
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest or guard, whichever would be most appropriate for ~diplomatic purposes~
BASIS: Bud 2 Gwen, works for Thranduil, very good at being blithely cheerful even at awful people. But also not bad at all at guarding stuff & since he's an elf mage that might be better than setting him loose to rub elbows.
add'l note: I'm considering throwing his hat in the ring for project lead, poss. Chantry Relations, between now & December, which may make him more viable as a guest vs The HelpWELL HE'S NOW CHANTRY RELATIONS LEAD so let's see if that lasts to the wedding!!!
no subject
CAPACITY: Lakshmi's Go-for
BASIS: Conscripted to help Lakshmi keep things on the rails APPARENTLY. Grudgingly hanging last minute garlands, probably.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest, might be willing to do them a small Inquisition discount on wine if they ask nice
BASIS: An actual baroness to help class up the party.
CHARACTER: Yseult
CAPACITY: Either
BASIS: There to glean whatever intel possible from the guests. Capable of looking classy and mixing in polite society + is an actual native Andrastian human to help with numbers, or can play some sort of part if it's helpful. Could play staff if that was best for intel-gathering purposes for some reason, but wouldn't straight up volunteer just to help.
no subject
CAPACITY:
flower girlthe vip telling every judgemental guests that he thinks the wedding is very fantastic he hasn't been to a wedding in 300 years (an exaggeration, and a lie, he was at one just a month ago)BASIS: sometimes calls thranduil dad on purpose
uuuuhh would obviously offer to help with the wedding?? that's what relatives do right. help with the wedding. he'll be on his fanciest behaviour. which is honestly not much different than usual. and will, like, slyly avoid topics about thranduil converting to the chant
no subject
CAPACITY: A guest
BASIS: The former head of diplomacy and current diplomat, Petrana has cultivated and maintained connections in Hightown and will be useful as another 'good' rifter in attendance. And a wedding invite is the least Thranduil owes her.
CHARACTER: Gervais Vauquelin
CAPACITY: A guest
BASIS: Gwenaëlle's uncle, representing the Vauquelin side of the family and demonstrating a mage's ability to behave in polite society.
Re: INTEREST SIGN UPS
CAPACITY: A guest?
BASIS: Nobility, somewhat acquaintance of Gwen?
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Genuine curiosity, interest in Gwen, and also, Sonia loves a good wedding. Who doesn't love a good wedding?
no subject
CAPACITY: Awkward loose thread ex you have to invite out of politesse.
BASIS: How can he not show up and drink and blackmail and fuck a bridesmaid??? Does Thedas have those?
Also:
CHARACTER: Galadriel
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Her cousin is having another marriage to Thranduil, of course she has to attend.
no subject
CAPACITY: Reluctant guest unless Thranduil wants her in the party i guess??
BASIS: gently checks the sometimes calls thranduil dad box. she'll also help with any prep work that thranduil needs, because even if she thinks this is dumb, she'll be damned if he isn't going to have the most slamming wedding possible.
no subject
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Gwen's personal witch basically, Thranduil's friend, Fifth Blight veteran, Celene's scandalous advisor no stories thanks. A bonus Kieran to hold up all that veil I guess.
CHARACTER: Araceli Bonaventura y Castell
CAPACITY: Guest
BASIS: Gwen's friend, invested in this whole rifters as people thing + member of Chantry Relations. Is an example of a good rifter, will do her utmost to help in all of this as another one in attendance.
CHARACTER: Yngvi
CAPACITY: Guest / guard???
BASIS: Literally his lady's dwarf, grudgingly Thranduil's dwarf, all shined up by Guilfoyle he is the fanciest boy. Will wrangle any drunks or idiots out the door as necessary.
CHARACTER: Deaco
CAPACITY: The Church
BASIS: There to inspect as a member of The Chantry so he can write back on all of it and because someone has to oversee this farce.