PLOT POST ↠ EMPRISE DU LION, PT. 1

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EMPRISE DU LION

Happy Snowmageddon, Fade Rift! At least those of you in the eastern half of the US. Everyone else, happy January, be glad you don't have to shovel any snow. But your characters just might, because it is time for the Inquisition's forces to move in to Emprise du Lion. Located just on the other side of the Frostback Mountains, Emprise is a very large region, snowy, rocky, and currently overrun by Red Templars, who scouts report have taken up residence in the hills and are capturing locals and travelers and forcing them to work mining red lyrium. A map of the region is available here and marked with key locations like the Inquisition's camps and main areas of Red Templar control.

ARRIVAL

The first large contingent of the Inquisition's forces will arrive in Emprise on Wintermarch 25, aka January 25, with others to follow. You can begin slightly forward-dated RP immediately. Any and all characters are welcome to go to Emprise, and may arrive whenever their players like. The terrain between Skyhold and Emprise is difficult but they are quite close together, so as with the Fallow Mire, characters may travel back and forth between them as their players prefer. We just ask that you don't RP in one place one day and the other the next and then back to the first the next, etc.

RIFTERS

Rifter characters will also be arriving in Emprise du Lion. We have created a top-level on the IC Post for arrival threads and more information about the situation the rift drops them into this time is provided there. Their initial arrival through the rift is closed to this month's new rifters only. Get ready to fend for yourselves!

LOGISTICS

We're trying something a little different this time and have broken the IC Post into a few different top levels for different areas (in addition to the top-level for arriving Rifters). Each of these provides more specific information about an area of Emprise and Inquisition activity in it. You are welcome to post in one, two, or all of them if you like. We hope that breaking things up this way will help make clear what types of things are happening where outside of mod-run plot, and will make it easier for players to identify and pursue new CR opportunities based on what tasks their characters are interested in.

CLOSED QUESTS

We will be offering additional mod-run, limited-slot quests for Emprise du Lion. These will include, among other things:

• The forward press into Suledin Keep to take control of the fortress.
  
• Rescuing prisoners from the Red Templars and shutting down their mining operation.
  
• Handling Valeska's Watch, an abandoned Grey Warden fortress that now poses a danger.
  
• DRAGONS.

So please refrain from having your characters solve those problems independently in the meantime.

Sign-ups will be posted tomorrow along with some basic info about each option to allow you to prioritize between them. If we have more people interested than we do slots, participating characters will be chosen by RNG.

TENTS & TASKS

As in the Fallow Mire, we'd like to help facilitate some easy opportunities for new CR. Feel free to sign up for either or both of these with any or all of your characters. Participation is 100% optional. The deadline for these sign-ups is Monday 1/25 @ 8:00pm

• Anyone who is interested in being assigned a random tentmate (or two, depending on numbers) should sign up here and we will use RNG to pair you up. Tent Assignments Here
  
• Anyone interested in being assigned a random partner + task to complete together can sign up here. These will not be anything as in-depth as plot and may be a little weird depending on how drunk inspired we're feeling when we make them up. Task Assignments Here

Comments

QUESTIONS

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If you have questions for us--OOC confusion we need to clear up, things you would like your character to do or pursue that we haven't addressed, requests for plot info, etc.--please post them here!

Re: QUESTIONS

[stabsbooks]

So Cassandra's in-game personal quest Unfinished Business involves tracking down and fighting various apostates/templars on behalf of what's left of the Seekers. One of the apostates, Gordon the Frank, is in the Emprise near Sahrnia. Can I have her basically go and take this guy out on the Emprise log (along with whoever wants to tag in and help her), or is this something that would need to be approved on the Plot Request page?

[maladgogo]

When it comes to the Rifters in their own little area, are they required to thread between themselves or can they each post a top level and play that as they see fit? bc I feel like that may lead to a little bit of exclusion without proper communication between us all. Also, if I get up a top level for Guy coming through the rift, will I be able to have him wander into elsewhere after all's said and done? I don't want him to potentially leave the others if they're still in danger but I also do want him to start developing CR.

SIGN-UPS: TENT ASSIGNMENTS

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Sign up here to be assigned one or two random characters for yours to share a tent with.

[wickedchase]

Please and thank you for Twisted Fate!

[gatheringstorm]

For Korrin, please!

[twelvelabours]

For Hercules, please

[dragoon_pride]

Signing up Kain!

[aforethought]

For Melys, thank you!

[chainlightning]

Merrill please!

[slipshot]

for GAVIN and CECIL thanks!!

[issala]

Eyyy

[foxsays]

Araceli, please!

[harthad_uluithiad]

At least Sam doesn't take up much room.

[aceso]

For both Christine Delacroix and Ellana Ashara.

[hugeinorlais]

For Varric and Galadriel please!

[dalishious]

Just for Merrick here

[salvatore_underfoot]

Salvatore please! Tanks :)

[unbrokenoath]

Signing Kaisa up

[middle_of_calibrating]

For Garris, thanks.

Re: SIGN-UPS: TENT ASSIGNMENTS

[stabsbooks]

Cassandra too why not

[justice_is_blond]

For Anders, please!

(But not with Garris, please, because of recognition, and Korrin because of opt-out post.)

SIGN-UPS: RANDOM TASKS

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Sign up here to be given a task for your character and one other randomly chosen victim to complete.

[wickedchase]

And another!

TENT ASSIGNMENTS

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Tent 1
Cade
Korrin

Tent 2
Christine
Kevin

Tent 3
Anders
Salvatore

Tent 4
Twisted Fate
Araceli

Tent 5
Gavin
Harding

Tent 6
Beleth
Isabela

Tent 7
Varric
Ellana

Tent 8
Mal
Cassandra

Tent 9
Cecil
Kas

Tent 10
Merrill
Kallian

Tent 11
Samwise
Melys

Tent 12
Jamie
Merrick

Tent 13
Garris
Hercules

Tent 14
Kaisa
Galadriel

Tent 15
Evie
Asher

Tent 16
Kain
Maria

TASK ASSIGNMENTS

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Team 1: Evie, Twisted Fate
Assignment: Someone has scattered rude and occasionally blasphemous snow sculptures throughout the village. Knock them down before the elderly faint and decide to blame the Inquisition.

Team 2: Kain, Korrin
Assignment: You're not sure exactly what they're building-- someone said a basic palisade wall around the camp, someone said scaffolding for the bridge-- but they need trees cut down. Take this giant two-person saw and get to it.

Team 3: Melys, Merrill
Assignment: A family of raccoons has moved into a corner of the storehouse and is defending their territory. Relocate them by any means necessary.

Team 4: Araceli, Kas
Assignment: You know what would be really useful? Snowshoes. String together twenty sets and make sure to test some out.

Team 5: Samwise, Varric
Assignment: Red Templars' bodies are piling up. Strip them of valuables as quickly as possible to limit your exposure to the lyrium.

Team 6: Galadriel, Salvatore
Assignment: The Inquisition needs a look-out post along one of the trails between camps. Pick a tree and construct a platform up in its branches.

Team 7: Garris, Kaisa
Assignment: Somebody has to skin all these snofleurs.

Team 8: Anders, Jamie
Assignment: The four soldiers taken by the dragons on Wintermarch 29 need letters written to their families. Leave out the screaming.

Team 9: Isabela, Kevin
Assignment: As the inquisition takes out red templar encampments, they need to make a record of citizens freed, confirmed dead, and still missing. Start tallying.

Team 10: Beleth, Kallian
Assignment: Everyone else is asleep. You're on wolf watch. Don't let them near the tents.

Team 11: Asher, Cade, Hercules
Assignment: While on scout rounds you come upon a crying child whose puppy has gotten stuck between some icy rocks. Save it and return them both to the village before the wailing bursts eardrums or draws wolves.