I've been thinking pretty much the same as Artemis here.
If Qohor requires all-out military high-CR-units, city-burning intervention, they'd be of some use there.
Otherwise, they gonna be Sarnor-based, with maybe some assigned to halp against CoS, as Wyldhunt fey gonna have some unique perspectives all-around.
Next month, I want to test out tactics for Westeros on Norvos and Qohor.
- Gating troops directly into a city (Norvos)
- maintaining air-superiority over a major population center with hostile fliers expected (Qohor)
- having the Legion build highways while marching (both)
- precision bombardment of enemy strongholds in urban areas with Steam Cannons and Beetle Bombs (likely primarily Qohor)
Those things all could do with a dress rehearsal under live fire before we try to conquer half of a continent that way in an afternoon.
I've been thinking pretty much the same as Artemis here.
If Qohor requires all-out military high-CR-units, city-burning intervention, they'd be of some use there.
Otherwise, they gonna be Sarnor-based, with maybe some assigned to halp against CoS, as Wyldhunt fey gonna have some unique perspectives all-around.
Maybe assign a kill squad to help in the Reach, another to hunt down remaining hostile Undead in Sarnor, and one or two in reserve for Qohor or wherever else they might be needed. Gogossos seems like it would be the best place for reserve teams to be stationed, IMO. There are plenty of dangerous creatures for them to hunt in the surrounding jungles so they won't get bored.
Next month, I want to test out tactics for Westeros on Norvos and Qohor.
- Gating troops directly into a city (Norvos)
- maintaining air-superiority over a major population center with hostile fliers expected (Qohor)
- having the Legion build highways while marching (both)
- precision bombardment of enemy strongholds in urban areas with Steam Cannons and Beetle Bombs (likely primarily Qohor)
Those things all could do with a dress rehearsal under live fire before we try to conquer half of a continent that way in an afternoon.
I'm not sure if Qohor won't be worse than Westeros in total, but we can try.
For me a scenario like Tyrosh, with moderate infiltration from real monsters and few truly dangerous hostiles is best case, most likely its much worse.
I feel like Devils are looking reeeeeal closely at our tactics here and taking notes. Melticulously.
When the time comes to deal with Slavers' Bay we gotta real change up our tactscs and strategies, lest we run headfirst into countermeasures of theirs.
The "New Tally" feature that just got added below the text window will probably be convenient once I get used to it, but right now I keep seeing it out the corner of my eye and thinking I have a something quoted.
Melisandre of Asshai had long ago learned to keep perfectly still, not one motion, not one breath straying to give away impatience. It had spared her pain as a novice, injury and death as a wanderer in distant realms, and even her soul upon the Precipice of Night. Yet outward control did not inward serenity imply, and the laborious checking and re-checking of their assumptions against each new piece of information gleamed from prisoners, new made allies, old sources and the bodies of their foes could wear upon the mind. She was quietly thankful to her Lord that she had not been assigned an administrative calling, shepherding the faithful in dark times.
For a moment she felt His hand near, not the blazing fire of rage nor the unwavering light of determination, but more like warm sunlight flowing all around her, a moment's comfort before the trials yet to come.
And trials there would indeed be. There were over a hundred and fifty true devils in Astapor alone, not counting imps and their ilk, and as many as five hundred throughout Slaver's Bay. By raw strength they might be able to topple all the cites save New Ghis where their grip was lighter, but no servant of Asmodeus would ever make use of such crude tactics. Plans were in place to bind the notables of the city with pact and willing oath, from short-sighted patricians trading their souls for a bag of silver to priests tempted into apostasy. By the plans they had uncovered in four months' time the lands of the Ghiscari would be bowing openly to Asmodeus and devils would walk freely under the light of day, having earned the privilege with all due legality.
In Lord Vanor's words, "Were one to set aside the matter of eternal damnation this city might even be in better hands."
Melisandre had found herself smiling at the jest, dry and bitter as the salt fields of the east, in spite of herself. "Be that as it may, if the lesser devils think the plan is four moon-turns from fruition we should assume three or even two. We need to slow the tide, or better yet turn it. Bleed the interests of Baator here so deeply that the Sons of the Harpy prove a credible threat."
The young inquisitor did not quite scoff at the notion, but the priestess could read the sentiment on her face clear as the noonday sun. "It does serve to lay down one's ultimate victory, even if it is unlikely to be achieved. We can at the very least make a dent in the devils on this side of the veil, kill those notables already ensnared, and remove the halls where the 'Blessed' Unsullied are remade. The time to walk in the shadows is over, the time of fire has come."
"While I could hardly match the rhetorical flair, I broadly agree. We have three choices; hunt down as many devils as we can, forcing the cultists of the Lord of the Ninth to summon others less adept in this task, strike at the temples where the Unsullied are made anew to directly deny the military build up and possibly claim some lore for ourselves, or undertake a campaign of mass assassination more broad then the one in Meereen last month, hopefully drawing the devils to protect their mortal pawns or else lose months or perhaps years of effort. As Wisdom Denys' meeting with the deimavigga showed we cannot afford to do more than one, dividing our forces on the attack risks defeat in detail."
What strategy do your agents adopt?
[] You have eyes on some of the devils and the more you kill the easier it will be to scry and remove the others, trim back the baatezu presence in Astapor
[] Strike at the forge-temples beginning with the one in Astapor in the hopes of impeding the build up of enhanced Unsullied
[] Last month's tactic writ large and with more intelligence, assassinate Baator's carefully cultivated pawns
[] Write in
OOC: Nothing you guys did not suspect, but yeah. If this were say a demon infiltration of this scale Slaver's Bay would already be burning. Much like Viserys though Asmodeus likes to be methodical with his plans.
OOC: Nothing you guys did not suspect, but yeah if this were say a demon infiltration of this scale Slaver's Bay would already be burning. Much like Viserys though Asmodous likes to be methodical with his plans. Not yet edited.
Melisandre of Asshai had long ago learned to keep perfectly still, with not one motion, not one breath straying to give away impatience. It had spared her pain as a novice, injury and death as a wanderer in distant realms, and even her soul upon the Precipice of Night. Yet outward control did not inward serenity imply, and the laborious checking and re-checking of their assumptions against each new piece of information gleamed from prisoners, new made allies, old sources, and the bodies of their foes could wear upon the mind. She was quietly thankful to her Lord that she had not been assigned an administrative calling, shepherding the faithful in dark times.
For a moment she felt His hand near, not the blazing fire of rage nor the unwavering light of determination, but more like warm sunlight flowing all around her, a moment's comfort before the trials yet to come.
And trials there would indeed be. There were over a hundred and fifty true devils in Astapor alone, not counting imps and their ilk, as many as five hundred throughout Slaver's Bay. By raw strength they might be able to topple all the cites save New Ghis where their grip was lighter, but no servant of Asmodeous would ever make use of such crude tactics. Plans were in place to bind the notables of the city through pacts and willing oaths, from short-sighted patricians trading their souls for a bag of silver, to priests tempted into apostasy. By the plans they had uncovered, in four months' time the lands of the Ghiscari would be bowing openly to Asmodeous and devils would walk freely under the light of day, having earned the privilege with all due legality.
In Lord Vanor's words, "Were one to set aside the matter of eternal damnation, this city might even be in better hands."
Melisandre had found herself smiling at the jest, dry and bitter as the salt fields of the east, in spite of herself. "Be that as it may, if the lesser devils think the plan is four moon-turns from fruition, we should assume three or even two. We need to slow the tide, or better yet turn it, bleed the interests of Baator here so deeply that the Sons of the Harpy prove a credible threat."
The young inquisitor did not quite scoff at the notion, but the priestess could read the sentiment on her face clear as the noonday sun. "It does serve to lay down one's ultimate victory, even if it is unlikely to be achieved. We can at the very least make a dent in the devils this side of the veil, kill those notables already ensnared, and remove the halls where the 'Blessed' Unsullied are remade. The time to walk in the shadows is over, the time of fire has come."
"While I could hardly match the rhetorical flair, I broadly agree. We have three choices, hunt down as many devils as we can, forcing the cultists of the Lord of the Ninth to summon others less adept in this task, strike at the temples where the Unsullied are made anew to directly deny the military build up and possibly claim some lore for ourselves, or undertake a campaign of mass assassination more broad then the one in Mereen last month, hopefully drawing the devils to protect their mortal pawns or else lose months or perhaps years of effort. As Wisdom Denys' meeting with the deimavigga demonstrated, we cannot afford to do more than one, dividing our forces on the attack risks defeat in detail."
What strategy do your agents adopt?
[] You have eyes on some of the devils and the more you kill the easier it will be to scry and remove the others, trim back the baatezu presence in Astapor
[] Strike at the forge temples beginning with the one in Astapor in the hopes of impeding the build up of enhanced Unsullied
[] Last month's tactic writ large and with more intelligence, assassinate Baator's carefully cultivated pawns
[] Write in
OOC: Nothing you guys did not suspect, but yeah if this were say a demon infiltration of this scale Slaver's Bay would already be burning. Much like Viserys though, Asmodeus likes to be methodical with his plans. Not yet edited.
Here's an edited version of the chapter, @DragonParadox.
What I'm thinking is, have the Slaver's Bay present forces focus on grabbing that devil lore from the Unsullied production areas, and Viserys and the Companions will go around hunting devils as rapidly as possible, hopefully drawing out a strong response. If we can decapitate a head of this snake, that will considerably slow them down.
What I'm thinking is, have the Slaver's Bay present forces focus on grabbing that devil lore from the Unsullied production areas, and Viserys and the Companions will go around hunting devils as rapidly as possible, hopefully drawing out a strong response. If we can decapitate a head of this snake, that will considerably slow them down.
More than that we need to do everything possible to show up at the summoning of the Pit Fiend so we can hopefully take him out and stop whatever it was he meant to help them with.
That seems like it will have the rather predictable end result. Asmodeus has people who directly report back to him managing Hellven.
If we're okay with tossing some angels to the wolves, then yeah, but I'm pretty sure they'll be exterminated with extreme prejudice and forced to move, in which case we might be able to offer them some new digs in a bit of a fait accompli.
But they're intelligent enough to know how much they can actually bite off. Point is, they wouldn't be deniable in the least by the end of things.
More than that we need to do everything possible to show up at the summoning of the Pit Fiend so we can hopefully take him out and stop whatever it was he meant to help them with.
That seems like it will have the rather predictable end result. Asmodeus has people who directly report back to him managing Hellven.
If we're okay with tossing some angels to the wolves, then yeah, but I'm pretty sure they'll be exterminated with extreme prejudice and forced to move, in which case we might be able to offer them some new digs in a bit of a fait accompli.
But they're intelligent enough to know how much they can actually bite off. Point is, they wouldn't be deniable in the least by the end of things.
[X] The present group will focus on slowing down production of more Enhanced Unsullied with the tangential goal of recovering infernal lore that went into their creation.
-[X] As they have not been drawn away from their research until this point in the month, Qyburn and Elaheh may lend their assistance toward recovering infernal lore to this group.
[X] Meanwhile, Viserys, Richard, Dany, Garin, Mereth, Teana, Benerro and the Seeker will utilize the information gained on devil forces in the region, and rapidly hunt down as many heads of this snake as they can manage. (All accounted for as available at this point in the month).
-[X] If in the course of your information recovery of corpses or prisoners you happen to uncover information regarding the calling of the devil managing this entire operation, you will of course stop to consider how best to use that information.
