player plot | meanwhile, in orlais,

[cozen]

WHAT: While the Orlesian court winters in Halamshiral, a contingent from Riftwatch has been invited to spend a week visiting a potential financial supporter (an old friend of Alexandrie, Byerly, and Bastien) and her collection of academics and artists, where they can engage in whatever combination of philosophical conversation, fancy-dress dancing, hunting for sport, and sneaking around that suits them.

WHO: Anyone. We tried to include reasons for anyone from any division to tag along. The Diplomacy angle is obvious, but for Forces there's the need for protection on the road (and in the Bard- and Chevalier- and now ghost-infested city). For Research, the Baroness is a big supporter of the University who will also have some professors &c. come around as well, so it's a chance to befriend both her and her circle of friends for nerd network reasons. And for Scouting, Halamshiral in the winter is a great place to snoop around and/or steal things.

HOW: You can go here for an open log, no sign-ups required. You can use it as a lowkey hangout log if you want to just write your character getting lost in an ice maze (non-dangerous garden variety), or you can do something more serious with the local politics and Veil situation. That's the main thing.

There are two other things you can do:

1. Reply here to receive a custom scenario for your character to have to deal with. You can incorporate it into your RP to whatever degree you want (play it out, reference it in another thread) or just reply to us OOC to tell us how your character would respond, so we can take it into account when writing the report about how Riftwatch went over with everyone during the visit. (These are closed! But feel free to invent your own scenarios of a similar kind.)

2. If your character has their own thing you want them to get up to in Halamshiral -- like if they have relatives to visit, or if you'd like them to steal an eluvian or otherwise do something of notable consequence -- and you want to use this plot as a backdrop and excuse for them to be in the area, you can! Just submit your own plot or info requests as needed. (Dropping in on a cousin to say hello: no plot request needed. Your character uncovering an enemy conspiracy in Orlais: plot request needed. If you aren't sure if what you want to do needs its own plot request you can ask us in the comments.)

WHEN: Now. No preplanning we die like men.

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[overharrowed]

After a consultation with Petrana, Julius opts to encourage Phillippot not to send his daughter away but instead to journey to the Inquisition with her. In Skyhold, he can oversee any education, as well as ensuring her care and comfort. From observation, Julius can suggest that any initial objections can likely be smoothed with a reasonably sized donation to the cause. In addition to both mages' considerable persuasion skills, Petrana adds the prospect of a private code to allow Phillippot to stay in contact with herself and Julius directly. Assuming he accepts their offer, they plan to stay in touch regularly, allowing them to genuinely help Joya from afar and (coincidentally) to get a sense of how the Inquisition mages are handling education these days.

Regardless of any ongoing backtags, the course of action set at this point.