TEAM: Jenny Lou, Alistair, Ket REPORT DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
ASSIGNMENT: A team is tasked with sneaking Revered Mother Adalberta of Perendale (not present in the city at its capture, obviously) into the Anderfels to meet with Chantry leaders in Hossberg. As a native Ander who trained in Hossberg, it's believed that Adalberta's personal connections will help her accounts of the invasion be believed and convince the local Chantry leaders to help spread the truth and support resistance. Unbeknownst to the Revered Mother, the team is also smuggling a recently-retrieved eluvian into the city to facilitate future work.
DETAILS: Revered Mother Adalberta is about 60 and in good shape, the sort of woman who does lots of brisk walking and vigorous gardening. She'll bear the rigors of the road with good humor and resilience, and will do her best to help out and do her part rather than expecting to be waited on, though she'll occasionally need some assistance with the roughest terrain and obviously can't defend herself. She's a very earnest woman, but with a quietly dry sense of humor and clearly deeply troubled by the war and its impact on her homeland, which she hasn't visited in a few years.
Orders are that no one outside of Riftwatch is to learn of the eluvian, but that protecting Revered Mother Adalberta is the #1 priority. These goals may come into conflict at the border or when attempting to get into the city, forcing the team to risk either Adalberta or the eluvian or themselves in order to circumvent security. The team will need to keep watch while she meets with leaders at the local Chantry, but must also be careful to remain unobtrusive--not only do they need to avoid detection by local authorities, but they also don't want to give the impression that the Revered Mother is under any sort of duress. As long as they do that, the meeting will go well--Adalberta has several old friends among Hossberg's clergy, including now-Revered Mother Seguina (who it turns out is actually a distant cousin). It won't be an easy talk, they will speak for hours, late into the night, but in the end Adalberta's report will be that she thinks they believed her, even if they do still have some reservations. Ultimately, unless you'd prefer some form of failure, the team will get her back to Cumberland safely and the eluvian installed in a safely-hidden location in the city of your choice.
The authorities in Hossberg aren't particularly wary, because so far nobody has made much attempt to infiltrate the city, since it's so far away and who cares about the Anderfels. The native resistance is their main concern, and the group will see signs of its influence like those previously reported if they go looking, mostly in the form of wanted posters and graffiti, which most often takes the form of dead crowned griffons, quotes from the Chant, or the arms of House Augustin. The authorities also aren't dumb though, and Adalberta isn't a totally unknown figure, so if you'd like to add the complication of the government getting wind of her presence to force some escape hijinx, feel free.
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REPORT DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
ASSIGNMENT: A team is tasked with sneaking Revered Mother Adalberta of Perendale (not present in the city at its capture, obviously) into the Anderfels to meet with Chantry leaders in Hossberg. As a native Ander who trained in Hossberg, it's believed that Adalberta's personal connections will help her accounts of the invasion be believed and convince the local Chantry leaders to help spread the truth and support resistance. Unbeknownst to the Revered Mother, the team is also smuggling a recently-retrieved eluvian into the city to facilitate future work.
DETAILS: Revered Mother Adalberta is about 60 and in good shape, the sort of woman who does lots of brisk walking and vigorous gardening. She'll bear the rigors of the road with good humor and resilience, and will do her best to help out and do her part rather than expecting to be waited on, though she'll occasionally need some assistance with the roughest terrain and obviously can't defend herself. She's a very earnest woman, but with a quietly dry sense of humor and clearly deeply troubled by the war and its impact on her homeland, which she hasn't visited in a few years.
Orders are that no one outside of Riftwatch is to learn of the eluvian, but that protecting Revered Mother Adalberta is the #1 priority. These goals may come into conflict at the border or when attempting to get into the city, forcing the team to risk either Adalberta or the eluvian or themselves in order to circumvent security. The team will need to keep watch while she meets with leaders at the local Chantry, but must also be careful to remain unobtrusive--not only do they need to avoid detection by local authorities, but they also don't want to give the impression that the Revered Mother is under any sort of duress. As long as they do that, the meeting will go well--Adalberta has several old friends among Hossberg's clergy, including now-Revered Mother Seguina (who it turns out is actually a distant cousin). It won't be an easy talk, they will speak for hours, late into the night, but in the end Adalberta's report will be that she thinks they believed her, even if they do still have some reservations. Ultimately, unless you'd prefer some form of failure, the team will get her back to Cumberland safely and the eluvian installed in a safely-hidden location in the city of your choice.
The authorities in Hossberg aren't particularly wary, because so far nobody has made much attempt to infiltrate the city, since it's so far away and who cares about the Anderfels. The native resistance is their main concern, and the group will see signs of its influence like those previously reported if they go looking, mostly in the form of wanted posters and graffiti, which most often takes the form of dead crowned griffons, quotes from the Chant, or the arms of House Augustin. The authorities also aren't dumb though, and Adalberta isn't a totally unknown figure, so if you'd like to add the complication of the government getting wind of her presence to force some escape hijinx, feel free.
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.