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lelιana ( adorable нereтιc ) dragon age. ([personal profile] fightingale) wrote in [community profile] faderiftooc2016-04-12 07:49 am
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OOC: antiva mini-plot quest thing & sign ups

Hello, Fade Rift!


I come to bring tidings of a mini-plot mission thing orchestrated by the lovely Josephine and considerably-less-lovely Leliana. This plot will be set in Antiva and will require around eight participants, although that number may be increased if there is a lot of interest. The mission itself is gently timey-wimey for the sake of sign up flexibility, but will be roughly set between 1st-5th May, including travel time.


But what, tho?
A summary:
Leliana has collected information concerning a Merchant Prince in Antiva who not only is trading in slaves, but is supplying said slaves to Venatori. She wants his operation shut down and any intel that can be gathered, and any slaves to be freed. This Merchant has been colluding with an Orlesian noble who, while not personally involved in the smuggling, hold some sway in Orlesian court and has remained resistant to the Inquisition despite effort to schmooze. Josephine wants to make use of his diplomatic potential and perhaps some blackmail and threats to connect him with the Venatori and slave trade are now necessary.

The group travels to Antiva to deal with these issue on behalf of the Secrets and Connections branches of the Inquisition, although undeniably this is being dealt with in a Secrets capacity.
A team of roughly 8 will be sent to Antiva, and then how they divide themselves could come down to tactics discussed by the players involved, although the Orlesian noble will try to climb down some ivy to escape and maybe need a back up team to intercept him, because he is an A+ duellist. Fun and shenanigans, investigating, some NPCing (by me!) and then a return to Skyhold with a range of 1 to 5 new additions, depending how things go.


But why, tho?
There are three goals.
For Secrets: take down a Merchant Prince who has some shady smuggling ties with slavers who has been rumoured to be supplying some of his “merchandise” to Venatori, acquire all information and books relating to Venatori dealings. Whether he is brought back to be interrogated/face trial/etc or killed can be left up to the players and how they interact with the NPC.

For Connections: the Orlesian Noble involved in this would be brought back to Skyhold as an “honoured guest” so Josephine can work her terrifying diplomatic magic and let him know he is at the Inquisition’s mercy and he will henceforth act as an asset to the Inquisition.

For The Good of Skyhold: the Merchant Prince has a legendary trio of chefs that work for him, the envy of many in Antiva and masters of cuisine from across Thedas, with an obvious specialty in Antivan. Leliana and Josephine want his chefs to be recruited so people stop demanding Antivan Chefs. (These chefs are actually Tal-Vashoth who left the Qun to follow their culinary dreams.)


But who, tho?
Leliana and Josie will be behind the scenes, and the mission itself is open to anyone!
Those counted as Leliana’s scouts/baby spies would be ensured 4 of the slots, if they express interest. People who lied to Leliana regarding Anders probably would be blocked from involvement because she is petty and forged of salt, HOWEVER if you can think of a passable reason why they should be considered anyway/would be super useful then just note down what it is and we’ll chuck you in the RNG selection anyway >8]b

Sign ups will close 24th April to allow a few days for plotting/discussion and then the log will go live on 30th April.

Sidenote: I am still in Denmark and juggling some family stuff so there may be occasional instances of RP delays, but when this log goes up it will be my priority, so hopefully it will not be impacted at all.


ETA: due to arranging a sort of last minute trip to the UK, I'm tweaking the dates a bit - sign ups will close the plotting comments posted 22nd April, and I will post the log on the 1st May so that I'm not awkwardly overseas and trying to NPC stuff in an airport. Hooray!
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[personal profile] parkourprince 2016-04-12 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Blanche
Character: Legolas
Class/Specialisation: Ar...cher? Hunter / warrior, tolkien!elf.
Particular Qualifications? He can be sneaky as needed, walks silently, he can see and hear far, he can put people to sleep (AND NOT JUST BY PUNCHING THEM lmao), snipe from afar, fight well, see in the dark well, be politically savvy if needed... JUST POKE ME if this should be more in depth 8D
Notes: FREEDOM
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[personal profile] serannas 2016-04-12 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Megan
Character: Ellana Ashara
Class/Specialisation: Mage/Shapeshifter
Particular Qualifications? Mainly just a do-gooder who has fought a bit in combat. In a group fight, she's big on protecting her allies with barriers. Plus now that she can shapeshift into a small bird, she would love to get more experience scouting out situations to be of use to the Inquisition.
Notes: Magekid who wants a pseudo-scout merit badge and to SEE THE WORLD!
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[personal profile] ombranera 2016-04-12 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Belle
Character: Zevran
Class/Specialisation: Rogue / Assassin
Particular Qualifications? The Ombra Nera, a sneaky sneak to end all sneaky sneaks, a native that knows the area and has connections, and his reputation holds some weight if they wish to use it.
Notes: lied about Anders but. Apology gifts of nug armor and shoes. Come on brosis t-t give him a chance.
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Re: SIGN UPS.

[personal profile] easternseaqueen 2016-04-12 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Ardruna
Character: Isabela
Class/Specialisation: Rogue/Duelist/Swashbuckler
Particular Qualifications? Though she doesn't talk much about the details, the fact that Isabela hates slavery is well-known (and Leliana may be aware of how she freed the last shipment of slaves she was supposed to transport). Also, Isabela has shady smuggling ties. She'll know which strings to pull and may already be aware of of some of the movements of the slave operation. Oh yes, and Orlesians hang slavers--Isabela will make a particular note about that. And did we mention she has ships of her own? And crews at her command? She could arrange to intercept the shipments. And HELLO, HE'S A DUELIST? ISABELA LOVES TO DUEL PEOPLE AND IS ALSO AN A+ DUELIST.
Notes: Technically one of Leliana's agents anyway. She insists she didn't lie about Anders, she simply didn't do anything to give away his presence. Leliana might not have forgiven her, but Isabela brings some strong assets to this ploy.
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[personal profile] arlathvhen 2016-04-12 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Ema
Character: Beleth
Class/Specialisation: Rogue / Archer / Bard
Particular Qualifications? She's a trained archer, currently training as a bard, is a sneaky sneak elf, and good at charming people.
Notes: She's one of Leliana's bardling spykids, proved herself during the soiree, and wants to continue showing that she's capable. Also she really wants a vacation and going to Antiva and taking down slavers sounds lovely.
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[personal profile] foxsays 2016-04-12 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Mhairi
Character: Araceli Bonaventura
Class/Specialisation: Rogue / Duelist (sort of) / Bard
Particular Qualifications? Basically would have the duelist spec but with rapiers rather than daggers with parkour bonus, A+ stealth and rogue skills as expected of a thief, speaks a language that's very similiar to Antivan (Zevran can vouch for that one), known to be very pro-personal freedoms and previously went to Antiva to help rescue Zevran
Notes: Bard in training, proved herself at the soiree, and Leliana knows that she's a queensguard back home with parkour bonus
Edited 2016-04-12 08:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] demonicbeauty 2016-04-12 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Wizera
Character: Ariadne
Class/Specialisation: Spy/Thief
Particular Qualifications? She's a parkour princess. Her heightened sense of hearing allows her to hear from great distances and detect things like pulses and fluctuation (lie detector). She has talons that can cut through most surfaces. She's also incredibly cute and easily dismissed.
Notes: Cole has been urging Ariadne to get involved with Leliana for some time. He would vouch for her (something we could possibly play out beforehand? idk)
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[personal profile] doneisdone 2016-04-12 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Cami
Character: Teren von Skraedder
Class/Specialisation: Rogue/shady individual
Particular Qualifications? Leliana would likely know that she worked as a spy for a long time and is good at information gathering for the ends of... whatever her employer wants, pretty much. She's good in combat as well (dual-wield, two stilettos) but her strength is in subterfuge.
Notes: She would probably want a cover story for why she's going along, since she doesn't want everyone and their brother to know that she's not just a seamstress/Warden.
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[personal profile] singularwill 2016-04-12 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Britt
Character: Solas
Class/Specialisation: Rift Mage
Particular Qualifications? Always happy to kill anyone who is enslaving anyone
Notes: actual apostate hobo
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[personal profile] gatheringstorm 2016-04-12 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Isana
Character: Korrin Ataash
Class/Specialisation: Mage/Knight-Enchanter/fledgling Rift Mage
Particular Qualifications? She's been to Antiva before, both to rescue Zevran and many times before then. What she lacks in subtlety/diplomacy, she might make up for in knowledge.
Notes: So very pro-freedom.
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[personal profile] aggregiopavali 2016-04-12 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Vivien
Character: Fenris
Class/Specialisation: Warrior/Hitting things really really hard/Using his lyrium infused abilities to scare the shit out of everyone
Particular Qualifications? He's been chasing down slavers for quite some time according to canon. He will want any excuse to chase down more
Notes: Anders deserves everything he gets.
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[personal profile] arsebiscuit 2016-04-12 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Stacey
Character: Sera (Maria loves you, babe, but it's hard stealthing in all that armor)
Class/Specialisation: Thief/Tempest
Particular Qualifications? A burning desire to embarrass all Nobles and slavers and to rescue the little people?
Notes: Fire! Bees! Elaborate scavenger hunts! Also Friends of Red Jenny.
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[personal profile] qunari 2016-04-13 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Tempest
Character: The Iron Bull
Class/Specialisation: Warrior/Reaver
Particular Qualifications? He's a whole lot of muscle, and tactically pretty savvy. He's also got an axe to grind when it comes to Tevinter slavers.
Notes: Ben-Hassrath, remember?
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[personal profile] foxsays 2016-04-23 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
For the sake of having an ~official~ thing, I'm happy just having a short note of some sort in Araceli's inbox requesting that she do this because since Leliana knows her previous job, she knows she would just go off and do such assignments when she is required! But no pressure/rush, we can backdate that too.
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[personal profile] ombranera 2016-04-23 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Sis he'll bring back a whole damn case of that brandy if she'll take him back and forgive him T^T
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Re: SOLAS

[personal profile] singularwill 2016-04-22 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
awwweeeesooome i'd be up for threading it just because our group thread is going so slow that it would be nice to get some CR with her :'|
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[personal profile] singularwill 2016-04-22 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
just do it like the inquisitor and jump :'|

Gavin did it - Korin caught him
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[personal profile] singularwill 2016-04-22 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And totally fine, just hit me up whenever you're up for it :)
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[personal profile] demonicbeauty 2016-04-22 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. Airy's sickeningly eager to please, so that'll be entertaining.