The entire party will be sailing the short distance to Jader on a friendly merchant’s vessel, then splitting in half—Matthias and Ellis to Ferelden, Edgard and Adrasteia to Orlais—where they’ll further divide up again to investigate villages independently.
Matthias will visit three villages in eastern Ferelden:
Alnwick, not far from the northern coast, experienced a significant rockslide from the cliffy mountains surrounding it on the night of the invasion, which leveled half the homes and killed several residents. The local mayor will be very defensive about this rock slide—apparently someone from Denerim came by and determined it was a natural occurrence. But she saw someone on the cliffs that night! She’s very sure! She’ll march Matthias up to show him where, and there will indeed be signs of a hastily-vacated camp near where the rock slide originated. Some empty bottles near the camp, which were written off by previous officials as liquor bottles, will smell very much like lyrium to a nose that knows better.
Hurtlepool, in the Bannorn, is closest to a bridge connecting South Reach to the West Road that was destroyed. The local townspeople will be quick to point their collective finger at a woman who stayed in the inn the night of the incident, whose Fereldan accent was not very convincing. She arrived with a traveling companion who continued on without her, then vanished during the chaos after the bridge’s noisy collapse. She didn’t leave anything behind in her room, but as he travels further south to Wanborne, he’ll be able to find people reporting someone of her and her companion’s same description traveling along the same road he’s taking, passing through the same places.
Wanborne, in the Southron Hills, was torched, fields and all. A herd of druffalo stampeded through the (only) street, which the locals think was intentional rather than them being spooked by the fires. They’ll report the same woman and mysterious company seen in Hurtlepool stayed there a few days prior, with a second companion who remained after she left. The companion—named Gerald, they say, Gerry for short—stuck around to help them clean up and was very nice and very helpful and certainly not mixed up in any of it, but they’ll point Matthias in the direction he came from. In that direction, there’s a crumbling ruin before any village, and within it an intact eluvian. (Whether Matthias destroys it or finds a way to bring it back is up to him and something that can be hashed out in the rookery post if you want!)
After this, they’ll all meet back in Jader on a predetermined day to catch a ride back to Kirkwall. (This is where and when the NPC’d log for Ellis and Adrasteia will occur! There may be an opportunity for Matthias to arrive on the scene later in the log or do something with the aftermath, depending on how things go—I’ll check in with you if/when that’s possible.)
Most of this is occurring solo, so here is a catch-all rookery post for chatter/banter, reporting in with findings, talking about what to do about things, etc.
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The entire party will be sailing the short distance to Jader on a friendly merchant’s vessel, then splitting in half—Matthias and Ellis to Ferelden, Edgard and Adrasteia to Orlais—where they’ll further divide up again to investigate villages independently.
Matthias will visit three villages in eastern Ferelden:
After this, they’ll all meet back in Jader on a predetermined day to catch a ride back to Kirkwall. (This is where and when the NPC’d log for Ellis and Adrasteia will occur! There may be an opportunity for Matthias to arrive on the scene later in the log or do something with the aftermath, depending on how things go—I’ll check in with you if/when that’s possible.)
Most of this is occurring solo, so here is a catch-all rookery post for chatter/banter, reporting in with findings, talking about what to do about things, etc.