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JULY ASSIGNMENTS

The teams for the assignments are as follows, and details for each one will be posted in the comments as quickly as we get them finalized. (We're doing them not-all-at-once because two of them have a much shorter deadline than the rest and need to be posted more quickly, etc.)

— Crossing the Crossroads: Marcoulf, Solas, Sorrel, Steve
— I Got Better: Coupe, Iorveth, Merrill, Wysteria
— Divine Intervention: Ilias, Isaac, Thranduil
— Venatori Gone Wild: Bastien, Colin, Leander, Nikos
— Never Forgive: Julius, Darras
— Building Bridges: Barty, Brienne, Teren, Val
— Cooler Than Being Cool: Barrow, Cosima, Fingon, Matthias

Relic Recovery is on hold for next time because that's just how the teams worked out. If you didn't sign up for assignments and wish you had, we'll have more soon! And if you did sign up for assignments and wish you hadn't, hahaha sucker.

Jk, just let us and your teammates know if you need to back out for any reason.

RULES

OOC, the only two rules regarding these assignments are: (1) they must be RPed in some way, not entirely handwaved, and (2) you have to file a report by the deadline. Otherwise, you can handle them basically however you want. For example,

— Format: You can write a log addressing the main action/meat of the assignment, handwave that and do a log or crystal post that’s instead focused on deciding what to do about the problem or discussing how it went after the fact, or whatever else, as long as you RP about the assignment’s substance in some way.

— Personnel: You can limit the assignment to only the assigned team, if you prefer, or you can take other people along, whether that means involving just one other specific character to go for some specific reason or turning the assignment into an open log/discussion that the whole game can participate in. Just make sure everyone on the team is on board with whatever you decide.

— Content: If you want to add obstacles, problems, pit stops, etc. to your assignment, you can, as long as they’re reasonable given the scope and spirit of the assignment. For example, if your characters are tasked with finding a lost child in the woods, it’s fine for them to accidentally wander into a bear’s den or to get caught in a storm that causes a flash flood in a ravine, because those are hazards that make sense given the assignment and its setting, whereas finding a zany artifact that causes bodyswaps or assassinating Corypheus would be outside the scope.

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COOLER THAN BEING COOL

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TEAM: Barrow, Cosima, Fingon, Matthias
DEADLINE: August 5, 2019

ASSIGNMENT: Efforts to eradicate the red lyrium in Emprise du Lion have been ongoing, but hampered by the prolonged freeze—now going on four years of bitter cold, even in the summer—that both encourages the red lyrium's growth and has made keeping a population of workers and soldiers in the area increasingly unviable. It's also just damn difficult. As there's no artifact anyone has seen in Emprise du Lion in these last four years that's helpfully labeled "SOURCE OF ETERNAL WINTER," a team will be tasked with researching possible causes and methods of weather control to get a better idea of what people should be looking for on the ground.

DETAILS: Rather than stomp off to Emprise du Lion to search for something without having any idea what it is they're looking for, the team is being sent in pursuit of information. Since actually entering Tevinter to look through the libraries there is not feasible at the moment, the team will instead be following up on two other sources of information on non-Circle-approved magic.

The first is a Tevinter expatriate and merchant currently residing in Antiva. Not a mage herself—which is why she left, decades ago—Devrenix Alfonsi (née Valynus) has since married an Antivan and made a name for herself trading in Tevinter goods and knowledge. A quiet name. She'll initially deny having any secret stores, but if the team discloses what specifically they're searching for and why and maybe makes sad eyes or something, she'll let them into the back room, where the shelves are lined with books, artifacts, and devices.

The books will be largely useless, but a plate enchanted to be eternally warm might be helpful, and she'll have a device made of perpetually spinning rings that she says turns more or less quickly as a measure of arcane energy flowing around it. If someone casts a spell—or silences the area—she'll be able to demonstrate it speeding up and stopping, accordingly. She'll be willing to part with both, but only at significant expense—which is perhaps a bit higher, rather than lower, due to her awareness of their desperation and noble cause.

The second is an old Orlesian collector, Didier Duret, who, actually, loathes magic and mages, and has accumulated a sizable library of books on magical theory, including books forbidden by the Chantry to be kept in Circles, because—as he'll explain at passionate length—the Chantry has been conspiring with mages this whole time to control the world, all of it, and that's why they aren't just killed when they're discovered as children, which would be the smart thing to do. But thanks to his extensive knowledge, he knows what's up, and he knows the thunderstorm that struck his house last year was an attempt to assassinate him.

He'll be hostile to Riftwatch as a concept and will lose his entire shit if he knows that anyone present is a mage or rifter, but if he's given a different impression, and especially if they don't tell him they're with Riftwatch at all, he'll be happy to take them on a tour of his library. His collection will include a single, very old book on ancient Tevinter's use of magic to alter the weather for farming purposes. Some of it will be illegible, but the portions that can be read will have diagrams of what look a lot like crop circles, and advise lining those designs with blood from between six and a dozen slaves to ward off hail or encourage rain over particularly important pieces of land.

If you have any follow-up questions to any of this or want to know what happens if X (and don't feel comfortable making it up), feel free to ask!

QUESTIONS? If you have questions specific to your assignment, reply to this and we'll answer them. If you have general questions applicable to every assignment instead of just yours, ask here.