MOD POST ↠ HALAMSHIRAL

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HALAMSHIRAL UPDATES

Open Log

The open log for Halamshiral is here! Please pay particular attention to the OOC note, which states that any public character actions in the log may be taken into account for plot purposes: If PCs are visibly helpful in some way that may raise the Inquisition's standing and encourage Orlesians to listen to and work with them in the future. On the other hand, if your character behaves badly or strangely in the market that may harm the Inquisition's reputation and bargaining power (or enhance it, if they're particularly dashing and interesting about their bad behavior and direct it toward the right people).

We really are going to go through every thread in order to do this, but if you want to help us out by directing our attention to things of note that are taking place in public, that would be great! Please do so by commenting here.

Since we were so late in getting this up, threads in this open log may be used for either July or August's AC, even if they're started in July.

Closed Quests

The teams for our closed quests are:

ALIENAGE: Ciri, Sabine, Jamie, Eirlys, Hermione, and Martel

CARAVAN: Sadira, Bruce, Aveline, and Walker

DISPUTE: Andra, Cyril, Inessa, Bellamy, Adelaide, and Jeannot

We'll get these started ASAP! If your plans have changed or the fact that this is now more OOCly August than July doesn't work with your schedule and you're no longer interested in participating, please let us know right away--we had many more sign-ups than slots, this time, so we can substitute in other characters if necessary but need to do it soon.

Player Plots

In addition to new War Table operations (!!!), we're working on a list of suggestions for player plot topics and IC pursuits. This includes both (a) canon missions/operations that we don't plan to incorporate into the modplot and would be glad to see players take on themselves and (b) general concepts, areas of interest/research, and underrepresented perspectives that it would be cool for people to explore. So if there's something you think is cool about Thedas but don't plan to use in a plot yourself, or perspectives you'd like to see highlighted, this would be a great time to let us know. You can comment on this post or add vague ideas to the plot request page.

Comments

Re: QUESTIONS

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So I would like to know if they are going to be gaping at templars or glowering at them or throwing garlands of flowers at their return?

And, ahah, what about Grey Wardens?

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There won't be any gaping or garland-throwing for either group--the locals will be a lot more concerned with the Inquisition's presence as a whole than with whatever affiliation those within it may have.

As with elsewhere in Thedas, Templars are a fairly normal sight and are considered defenders of the faith and generally regarded as heroes, while Wardens are also generally regarded as heroes but are treated with more caution. Opinions on both may have soured somewhat due to the Anderfels issue and the general destruction caused by the Mage/Templar war, but Halamshiral has been directly touched by neither and has plenty of other problems.

The nobility may ask questions but treat it like an exciting adventure story/juicy gossip, and if the local peasantry knows much of what's occurred they won't care about it, given their own concerns about eating, rebuilding, possibly rioting, being conscripted into an army, etc.