[X] Resolve to spend some more time with Balerion.
[X] Meraxes being worshipped as actively as she is is a fine thing - except we know of the danger that grows
alongside her.
-[X] Talk to Zherys and Meraxes, try to ensure she doesn't "return to life" for
a while longer so that we won't have to worry about
the 15th getting
proactive.
[X]
Visit Vialesk again
-[X] Talk to Star Admiral Kharban of the Splendid Armada, get him
more fleshforged creatures if he so desires (likely).
--[X]
Attempt to secure a military alliance against Deep Ones.
-[X] Grab the crafting orders we made, make new ones.
-[X] See if the Council of Vialesk has
changed their mind about setting up Planar Terminus station - with all the
trade we brought in with us.
--[X] Imply that if they don't, they will greatly lose out on the trade, since we'll look into opening one in the Emirate of Mardja anyway.
[X] Visit the Emirate of Mardja, inquire about setting up a Planar Terminus station there.
[X] Look further for mercenary companies capable of effectively fighting Deep Ones.
-[X] Asking around in Mardja seems a good start, what with us having made a defense pact.
[X] We already got the crafters and Enchanters from Vialesk and Hampa, now would be the time to try and get more from:
-[X]
Dalaqua (focus: crafters/artisans, also any enchanters we can get).
-[X]
Zerbat (focus: artisans, also any enchanters we can get).
-[X]
Dawa (focus: crafters (fishnets), also any enchanters we can get).
-[X]
Kela (focus: crafters (
massive amounts), also any enchanters we can get).
[X] Look into the situation between the Emirate of
Kela and the Wyrm
Galzerai - learn the truth about their relationship insofar as we can, there is a
possibility of us manning a rescue mission of sorts, in order to get Kela's resource support.
[X] Look into the possibility of bringing
more Marid Emirates into your war on Deep Ones:
-[X]
Dawa (fishnet-wielding units, said to have been excelling in the last war).
-[X]
Kela (huge amounts of crafters, so possibly war-machines of sorts..?).
[X] Attempt to have a meeting with
Althazi the Deathless - learning his price for use of his forces against Deep Ones,
and looking for guarantees he won't establish a foothold on Plane of Balance once those are vanquished.
[X] Visit the Gith Monastery again.
-[X] Gather the ordered items.
-[X] Offer more fleshforged creatures
-[X] Gather the promised lore on Psionics (basics) and Aberrations (all they can share).
-[X] Make new item-orders:
--[X] 1 [1/day, Slotless, Unaugmented (7 ML)] item of
Zealous Fury (6,854 IM).
--[X] 2 [1/day, Slotless, Unaugmented] items of
Hustle. ()
--[X] 1 [1/day, Slotless, Augmented (15th ML)] item of
Empty Mind (3,672 IM).
--[X] 1 [Slotless, (15th ML)]
Third Eye: Conceal (24,000 IM).
--[X] X-amount of [(15th ML)]
Third Eye: Conceal (effective
Psionic Mindblank items - 12,000 IM per item).
[X]
AFTER TIAMAT'S FORCES ARE DEALT WITH:
-[X] Hunt for some Winter-touched creatures Beyond the Wall.
--[X] Variety is the answer here, grab animals, monsters, Fey - anything possible, really. (High-level Divination guarantees some good non-Mindblanked finds right off the bat)
--[X] Have them handed over to Djinn for their research on cleansing Void-corruption.
-[X]
If there is time - look into setting up a counter-trap to those Efreeti hunting the Char-Serpent(s) in Oil-seas of Plane of Fire.
[X] You have received reports of Inquisition on the creatures you once encountered beneath the King's Landing. While your Empire is fairly progressive towards the non-humans, same most assuredly can't be said of Westeros as it is now - sooner or later,
something will happen, either they'll be discovered and rooted out, or some corruption may get to them, those forced to hide away from the rest of the world in fear.
-[X] Visit the Rat-folk beneath the King's Landing, try to convince them to move cities - Sorcerer's Deep will freely offer them a safe haven if they agree to become your subjects.
[X] Arrange a personal meeting(s) with the remaining 2 rulers of Lorath - attempt to persuade them into joining the Empire, claiming economic growth and stability as reasons, grease the wheels where necessary by bribes.
-[X] Additionally, look into "the Shadowbinder" who started a school in Lorath - while the regulations used in it clearly make it seem like a preparation for joining The Empire, we are curious about sich a mage - since we had only limited contact with Shadow-mages so far.
[X] Meet with the Candlekeep Courtier, hash out what he needs for him and his Fey to be more effective at the task we put him on - we are talking gear, we are talking consumables, we are talking potential House of Mirrors support.
[X] Have
the talk with Stannis - the Storm God can do
much for the realm, and
him personally. So far he seemed a goal-minded man, so we believe he'll see the merit in converting to the just and practical God of First Men.
-[X] In case of success, also retrieve the Heart Tree from the Storm's End - putting an exact fleshforged copy, with permanenced (Diamond dust) Fire Resistance, on it.
[X] Meet Galeneia, the daughter of Merling King.
-[X] If she succeeded in getting the lore on forging the water-spirits, barter for it.
[X] Look for a way to contact the "exiles" of Faceless Men under the false persona of Liu of Qarth - under the pretenses of relaying to them the research of the tablet you completed.
[X] Visit the Dornish tourney in a guise - the lords shall be
properly briefed on many a thing.
[X] Loot the entirety of Mercury Lake in PoE.
[X] Grow Heart Trees for provinces with active Inquisition Bases (provided enough sacrifices/items are available for that).
-[X] Stepstones
-[X] Tyrosh
-[X] Lys
-[X] Myr
-[X] Braavos
-[X] Pentos
-[X] Mantarys
-[X] Tolos
-[X] Naath
-[X] Eastern Basilisk Isles
-[X] The Three Snakes
-[X] Western Basilisk Isles
[X] Grow "Plant Growth"-type Hearts Trees for the following greens (provided enough sacrifices/items are available for that):
-[X]
Golden Desert Tree seeds
[X] Have someone talk to Laenor - the man clearly wanted time away from troubles, after all, he's been through much... but his knowledge may yet be of use for the coming generations. If he doesn't mind teaching in Scholarum..?
[X] Have Dany use her Half-Celestial form's Hallow SLA with the Tongues spell attached to blanket the area where our normal SD MirrorVision broadcasts and performances originate from, ensuring that all the recipients understand everything said on the broadcast.
[X] Restore the documents and the lore recovered from Ymeri's mansion in Volantis via the ash-to-book ritual.
[X] Have the library of Storm's End copied.
[X] Recover the lore of the Many-Faced-God written down by Faceless.
[X] Have some Druid Creature Leshi/Treants busy themselves with increasing the population of the following magical plants acquired previously:
-[X]
Cassil seeds
-[X]
Flame Clove seeds
-[X]
Arkas Grass seeds
[X] Have the 20 lbs of Void-touched Jade handed over to Djinn Cryomancers for their research in cleansing Void Corruption - with the
full tale we know of it.
-[X]
Preferably, those shouldn't be consumed in the process - but we
can live with it if the results would look
really promising.
[X] Have the Efreeti Wish-slaves, summoned alongside the Devils last month by their True Names, handed over to Shaitan/Djinn officials - perhaps making them into a propaganda move for all of Genie since the practice is as abhorrent to
all of them.
[X] Have school-temples of Zathir opened in Opaline Vault, Armun Kelisk, and Vialesk (and Mardja if possible).
[X] Open a temple of Yss in Vialesk (and Mardja if possible).
[X] With several educational institutions off-plane accepting the offer of student exchange, it would but make sense to keep an eye on it.
-[X] Djinn Criomancers - will read lectures in SD for a month (12th month).
-[X] Djinn Auxiliaries (Mystic Rangers) - lore needed for training acquired, we can train Mystic Rangers (starting, 12th month).
-[X] Djinn Order of Stormweavers (
Stormcasters) - agreed in principle, but need to free up a Master to visit beforehand - unknown when available.
-[X] Shaitan War Academy (
Warmages, Diviners, Officers, and Engineers) - tentative agreement, bureaucracy needs to be pushed through to start the exchange - either visit the Shaitan leader or send diplomatic envoy throughout several months.
-[X] Shaitan Guild of Shapers (
Magewrights) - accepted student exchange.
[X] The lore of the Faceless Men is perilous indeed - presenting a danger to the very beings of those who may attempt to follow it without the sort of pact the Faceless have in place- but maybe, just
maybe, there are those in your realm who will take such a path. You cannot in good conscience set aside the potential power this path may lead them to, and the potential usefulness of such assets.
-[X] Talk to Ysandrix, some of our Fiends, maybe Vesill, potentially some of the most proficient humans (read: Inquisitor-level). Make the dangers clear and apparent, even
we won't be able to blunt those.
-[X] With Faceless seeking to bring Yss into the millennia-old pact, to better guard the Domains of [Death] from the Void, perhaps something on a smaller scale can be done to other gods of your realm? Inquire Zathir, Yss, the Ferryman, Old Gods, Weeping Lady, and the Goddess of Silver Moon if they'd be willing to grant knowledge and power to someone in such a way - and for what price.
[X] Have Bloodraven!Varys get all of the Dragonbone outside of the Red Keep and into our possession and replaced with fleshforged fakes so that they can't be ritually used against the resurrected dragons.
[X] On-screen show of efforts against poverty in The Empire.
-[X] Efforts already available in SD - as a general policy kept in mind - are being spread everywhere we can:
--[X] We provide the basics to the needy (food, housing).
--[X] We have a job board for job seekers and employers looking to make job offers more visible.
--[X] We provide various forms of education for children and criminals (reading and writing, a trade skill).
--[X] We run massive businesses and government services that employ people.
-[X] Further ways we can fight poverty:
--[X] Get the Iron Bank to do microcredit (possibly backed by Divination?) or facilitate investor/entrepreneur links.
--[X] Have a vote on how to stop rampant magitech from crashing huge swathes of our economy.
[X] The Faceless Men that left Braavos - and the territory of your Empire - are unlikely to remain civil about practicing their rites with your Empire
actively expanding its borders, and leaving them little place to do so.
Eventually, they'll have to be dealt with, one way or another.
-[X] Have Inquisition cross-reference cases of Assassinations/"peaceful deaths" that match the patterns of Faceless Men, and work even more closely with House of Mirrors, the Zomok Seer, and even the Divination-capable Companions on free time,
if needs be, to find such events outside the Empire's borders.
