TEAM: Bastien, Ellis, Wysteria REPORT DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
ASSIGNMENT: The Merchant-Prince Daniello Bassadoar, up until recently, supported the Inquisition, but he has abruptly turned towards neutrality. We need to figure out why. Diplomacy has gotten their hands on a large shipment of books; your mission is to accompany this shipment and, while in Bassadoar's home, find out what happened to dampen his enthusiasm. The best team will be made up of people who can chat about books (especially romance novels) for hours.
DETAILS: Although he'll accept the shipment and allow their presence, initially Prince Daniello will be distant and difficult to speak with for any length of time, leaving handling the shipment and hospitality to his wife and staff. His young wife, Tomasia, will be friendly in a way that occasionally gives way to looking very sad, but impossible to crack if pressed. Both will say that their newfound neutrality is a matter of principle.
Information as to what’s gone wrong will actually come first from the couple’s nanny, who tends to their toddler, Agostino. She’ll steal a moment during one of the child’s naps to sneak aside with a Riftwatch member and tell them that the little-seen, occasionally-heard child she’s been caring for is not sick and is not actually Agostino at all.
Acquiring further information could occur in one or both of two ways:
Catching Daniello alone with his collection of books and engaging him in conversation about them—which he’ll do, warming up to the subject by fits and starts as he seems to momentarily be distracted from his other problems, and will eventually soften him up enough (and make him consider the Riftwatch representative allies enough) that he’ll break down. Have you ever seen a 60 year old man cry?? It’s very sad.
Snooping, which will turn up cryptic correspondence alluding to the continued good health of Daniello’s young nephew Salvestro, who anyone familiar with his family tree will know does not actually exist. Confronting him with the letters will make him admit to the truth, but in a much more confrontational way, including initial attempts to bar the team from leaving and instead have them tossed in his dungeon so they can't do anything that would endanger his son..
However it's found, the truth is that Agostino was taken by Tevinters some months ago. The boy currently residing in his nursery is a Tevinter—a slave’s orphan, as far as Daniello and his wife are aware—who was given to them to help them maintain the appearance of normalcy, which they’ve been instructed to do if they want their boy kept alive and someday returned to them. Whether Daniello and Tomasia consider Riftwatch to be trustworthy allies who might help them get their son back or self-interested enemies who might give away the game and get their son killed will depend on which of the approaches they took.
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The Heart of the Matter
REPORT DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
ASSIGNMENT: The Merchant-Prince Daniello Bassadoar, up until recently, supported the Inquisition, but he has abruptly turned towards neutrality. We need to figure out why. Diplomacy has gotten their hands on a large shipment of books; your mission is to accompany this shipment and, while in Bassadoar's home, find out what happened to dampen his enthusiasm. The best team will be made up of people who can chat about books (especially romance novels) for hours.
DETAILS: Although he'll accept the shipment and allow their presence, initially Prince Daniello will be distant and difficult to speak with for any length of time, leaving handling the shipment and hospitality to his wife and staff. His young wife, Tomasia, will be friendly in a way that occasionally gives way to looking very sad, but impossible to crack if pressed. Both will say that their newfound neutrality is a matter of principle.
Information as to what’s gone wrong will actually come first from the couple’s nanny, who tends to their toddler, Agostino. She’ll steal a moment during one of the child’s naps to sneak aside with a Riftwatch member and tell them that the little-seen, occasionally-heard child she’s been caring for is not sick and is not actually Agostino at all.
Acquiring further information could occur in one or both of two ways:
However it's found, the truth is that Agostino was taken by Tevinters some months ago. The boy currently residing in his nursery is a Tevinter—a slave’s orphan, as far as Daniello and his wife are aware—who was given to them to help them maintain the appearance of normalcy, which they’ve been instructed to do if they want their boy kept alive and someday returned to them. Whether Daniello and Tomasia consider Riftwatch to be trustworthy allies who might help them get their son back or self-interested enemies who might give away the game and get their son killed will depend on which of the approaches they took.
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.