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A Song of Dragons and Duty (Dragon Age Quest - 3rd Thread)
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[X] Post guards to secretly guard Adaron's cousin's wedding against unsavoury types.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
The hidden guards should be enough. As Advent below says increases our powerbase in the capital will help us out a lot.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
The hidden guards should be enough. As Advent below says increases our powerbase in the capital will help us out a lot.
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[X] Post guards to secretly guard Adaron's cousin's wedding against unsavoury types.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
These two work out best for dealing with the Arl's son and gives our faction a more secure stronghold on the Capital.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
These two work out best for dealing with the Arl's son and gives our faction a more secure stronghold on the Capital.
I also agree that going to the wedding is overkill, and we're trying to be low-key about our beliefs regarding the Chantry so I think it's best not to fling our disregard to their faces, especially as I don't think we can escape scrutiny or a confrontation if we personally attend.
Forming alliances with the City Elves at this point could be an important asset. They already know that we are not they kind of nobles they're used to so they have a backing or at least a security net that means they have an out of the city if needed. We can use this alliance to form a spy network, especially since Adaron, our brother is already a known face around the area so he'll be even more effective.
[X] Post guards to secretly guard Adaron's cousin's wedding against unsavoury types.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
Forming alliances with the City Elves at this point could be an important asset. They already know that we are not they kind of nobles they're used to so they have a backing or at least a security net that means they have an out of the city if needed. We can use this alliance to form a spy network, especially since Adaron, our brother is already a known face around the area so he'll be even more effective.
[X] Post guards to secretly guard Adaron's cousin's wedding against unsavoury types.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
18. Week in Denerim, Day Two, Part I
Ebanu8
Emperor of the Downtrodden
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Week in Denerim
Day Two, Part I
Day Two, Part I
[X] Post guards to secretly guard Adaron's cousin's wedding against unsavoury types.
[X] Form alliances with the City Elves in secret.
It was a sunny day today, and you woke up feeling well-rested.
"That was good night's rest," You said, stretching your limbs, "Now then, time to reply to Adaron."
You thought carefully about Adaron's invitation – you wished the very best for the man, and did not want to inconvenience him in any way.
And a sad realisation sets in that your presence would only damage things, given your reputation. Hence, you quickly penned your regretful reply to Adaron.
Dear Adaron,
I'm sorry to say I cannot attend your wedding. I'm happy that you're happy, but me being there will only worsen things; you and I both know I'm hated enough by the Chantry Mothers that know me, and I have to remain inconspicuous. Nonetheless, I can spare Serah Ruby and her Knights to patrol the area and help the wedding proceed safely.
You have all my well wishes, and may your cousin be blessed with good fortune.
Your brother,
Aedan
Sealing the letter, you quickly nudge one of the spies and said, "Bring this letter to Adaron, and patrol the area around Denerim's Chantry with Serah Ruby and her Knights – ensure the wedding proceeds safely. In the meantime, have the rest of your number infiltrate the Alienage and prevent unsavoury characters from causing trouble there."
"By your command, My Lord," Said the spy.
With that done, you quickly dressed for the day in simple clothing with your sword and shield equipped, and make your way towards the Alienage.
IIOII
When the City Elves beheld you entering their grounds, many were initially suspicious of you and your intentions, some of them keeping eyes of mistrust fixated on your form. The guards outside seemed perturbed that you would visit such a place, but otherwise ignore you.
"Why is that man here?"
"Maybe here to exact a toll, perhaps?"
"Just keep your eyes away, don't pay him any heed."
This was not how I imagined it would start, You thought, Then again, I'm not particularly well-known around here, and for all they know, I may well be a potential bully come to stir trouble.
"Well, well, who do we have here?"
You turn to find a Human man striding towards you, the same mistrust reflected in his eyes.
"Not many days we encounter a noble walking into a place as rundown and rickety as this," Said the man, "So why are you here? Come to stir trouble, kidnap some of us, maybe even sell us to slavery? Because if you do that, there'll be a lotta trouble for you."
"You can tell?" You asked, "I was sure I disguised myself quite adequately."
"Your posture, your demeanour, your mannerisms, all of them speak of you as a noble," Said the man, "Now, tell me your reason for being here, or…"
The man moved to draw a dagger and point it towards you, but was quickly intercepted by an arrow knocking it out of his hand. Following this, your spies surround him and point their own daggers at him, the steel bare inches from cutting him.
"…Alright, wasn't expecting this," Said the man, "You have Elves working for you?"
"Elves who willingly went into my service," You said, "Now, let's be civil and talk, alright?"
The man simply sighed, and said, "Alright, we'll talk. If you don't mind, please ask them to lower their weapons. No need to have further violence, yeah?"
You motion for your spies to lower their weapons, though before you can talk further, you are quickly interrupted by a familiar voice shouting, "Couldry! What the hell is going on!?"
You find Adaron stomping towards your location, an angry look in his face.
"Slim Couldry, he is not an enemy!" Adaron shouted, surprising Couldry, "He is my brother that I spoke of!"
"Your brother? Oh, wait, you mean this is the Aedan you talked about?" Said Couldry.
"The very same," Said Adaron.
"Oh, er… my apologies, sorry for earlier, I meant no disrespect," Said Couldry, "I didn't realise you were Adaron's brother, honest!"
Resisting the urge to laugh, you said, "It's forgiven, Couldry."
Adaron similarly relaxed as did your spies, and he then said, "Now that's done with, shall we talk somewhere more private?"
IIOII
You were in the Hahren's personal house, now standing before Halendrian of the Denerim Alienage and Adaron's father, Cyrion, and several other members of the Elven community.
"So, you are Aedan Cousland of Salthaven," Said Halendrian, his voice smooth and soft, but slightly hoarse from old age, "I must say, it is a pleasure to finally meet you."
"The pleasure's all mine," You said, "And I've come with a proposition; I wish to form an alliance with the Elven Alienage."
Immediately, the gathered Elves speak in hushed but fierce whispers, and Adaron flashes you a look of concern.
Halendrian harrumphs to garner their attention as he says, "Calm now, all of you. Let our guest finish his speech before we go making assumptions, alright?"
"But how can we know if he delivers what he promises? What if he's merely lying to us, or that he somehow deceived Adaron?" Said another Elf.
It was Cyrion who then spoke, "My son is no fool; are you insinuating that he cannot tell friend from foe?"
"I-no, Sir Cyrion," Said the Elf, "My apologies."
Cyrion nodded with satisfaction, and said to you, "You may continue, Lord Aedan."
You then take a deep breath, hoping for success with them; they'd be invaluable allies with the right training and funding.
What shall you say to convince the City Elves of the merits of alliance?
[] Promise them the chances of a better life.
[] Promise them the chance to expand into the city under a new administration.
[] Promise to protect them from any discrimination under your rule.
[] Write-in
A/N: Three-hour moratorium in progress. Use this time to discuss your plans.
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Second option is the only real one we can do. That combined with a better live just not in our lands since we already took in more people. The third one is telling them to come with us which we can't do. If we get them to support our faction we can leverage that with Lohgain and Anora to install better people that will keep them save and the Arl's son can be removed since without us at the wedding he will still show up and our Knights can take him, prisoner. With him, in our possession, we can force the Arl to remove him as heir or depose the Arl if he won't play ball.
Ebanu8
Emperor of the Downtrodden
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Do note that you can promise to give the City Elves full-time military training as a possible incentive.
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That would require us to send a lot of armed soldiers into the territory to train the elves which very rightly would be seen as infringing on other domains and attempting to incite rebellion.
Ebanu8
Emperor of the Downtrodden
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I did not say you had to do it in the Alienage.
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Where else can we do it? the entire city and most of the surrounding area is part of the Arling so unless we are shipping hundreds of elves out and back to the city that plan is still dead on arrival.
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we can't promises to improve thing for them in Denerim any more than if a random noble promises to make thing worse for the elves in Salthaven especially since the noble in charge of Denerim is a particularly racist and cruel douche
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No he isn't the son is the father isn't anything like that. And yes we can because unlike a random Noble we actually have the backing to cause that change in the Capital itself. We have Loghain and Anora the supreme commander/2nd in command of the Kingdom and the Queen/Actual 1st in command of the Kingdom. If we didn't have their backing in the city then we wouldn't be able to do anything.
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not sure about this but since Logain is most of the time in the capital and if I recall didn't mention about restarting the night elves or at the least thinking about it. shouldn't he be able to train some?
kelgar04
Knight Watcher
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His son is the current noble who runs Denerim we actually don't know enough about him to make a guess at which way he could jump.
kelgar04
Knight Watcher
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Wouldn't hurt to talk to him about it he would have fairly ready recruits in the Alienages since most elves want to get out of the ghetto there as well as earn a decent wage.
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No the son doesn't run anything. The father is very competent and constantly working that is why he ignored and gave the son anything he wanted so he would let him work. He likely doesn't care either way and would back Loghain and the queen as the obvious stable choice.
He mentioned that the elves were extremely effective during the war and our endorsement of using other races is likely to cause him to start something like that again.
kelgar04
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No I meant his son was the asshole and that we knew very little about the farther.
I wasn't referring to the son having any power outside of what his farther gave him or let him get away with.
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The son has no power. He holds no official position or any other post. He is just rich and a noble. His father let's him get away with things because he doesn't know about the truly horrible things he does because the father is busy actually doing his job.
kelgar04
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He has a lot of power in the title of being the heir no one will want to fuck with him because of that since he can use what influence he has in his position to get someone locked up and bully his way around town because no one outside of a peer or superior will tell him to shove it.
This isn't a Modern Democracy it a middle age society blood matters and places like Ferelden in DA tend to be better than antiva or Oralis at promoting for skill but the issue is still there.
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