It depends. Blood God's domain? Definitely. Plain of Bones? Definitely. Mountains of Mourne? Definitely. There is a place in the Badlands called the Giant's Stomping Ground, and I can imagine there being the skulls of Giants in there. Orcs like to fashion giant effigies of Gork or possibly Mork that look like skulls. The Nehekharans have giant skulls on principle as a result of their Bone Giants in the form of Hierotitans or Necrolith Collosus. The Northern Wastes are likely to have giant skulls on account of the big monsters and giants up there. Lustria and the Dragon Isles have utterly gigantic Thunder Lizards walking around that cause earth tremors whenever they walk, so I imagine they can have mountain sized skulls. Albion has some Bonegrinder Giants that might have died up there, so I imagine there are some gigantic skulls in there.
That is not an excuse we can use with Mira and there is a connection with this case and the Empress because the murders are linked to the murders of the Haupt-Andersons and Heidi is claiming to be a Haupt-Anderson who was missed/the murderer was caught before she was selected as the next victim. I am not advocating to loudly proclaim this connection, I am saying that if people correctly guess that we are doing this for the Empress we have a valid answer that disarms suspicions.
Hmm. I don't remember this part. I mean, just taking Mathilde as an example, even though she's an LM, Algard as the Grey Patriarch should, in theory, be able to give her orders. I assume the other Orders operate the same way.
That said didn't we recruit Egrimm before Alric's failure r.e. the Supreme Patriarch duel, something I imagine that displeased Alric yet he couldn't stop a Magister, let alone a Lord Magister, from leaving.
If such a situation were to occur I don't think he would let Mathilde die. Looks much better to not only save the Unfahigers, but also a fellow wizard, an LM at that. It would put him into Mathilde's good graces, maybe even allow him to take all the credit in recompense, plus might be the beginning of drawing her into his camp, or at least away from Mira's.
Alternatively, the death of a LM would let him play up the threat, get back the chair and usurp the Waystone Project through Egrimm and Elrisse.
I'm operating under the assumption that neither of the lights available to us is an idiot. They know why we are investigating Alric and if we negotiate a deal with Mira to sabotage him they will know that too. No amount of "Um, Akushually I'm helping him" is going to convince them and it definitely isn't going to convince Alric himself that us ruining his chance to keep hold of his position is a favour to him.
I love the assumption that any baked goods/gifts are tested for poisonAlternatively, the death of a LM would let him play up the threat, get back the chair and usurp the Waystone Project through Egrimm and Elrisse.
In unrelated news, we might want to send any congratulatory baked goods from Panoramia's mom for an extra round of poison testing.
I love the assumption that 'iron gut' Mathy needs to worry about it.I love the assumption that any baked goods/gifts are tested for poison
I'm sorry but I don't get the reference.
There are jokes in thread about how these has not been a food in quest, from fancy shrimp or moth old brine meat, that mathy has not been able to nom.
Why? I don't remember particular emphasis put on Mathilde eating anything, except pies in an apocrypha.
Fwiw, I remember commentary on Mathilde not knowing fancy food after the T29 Celestial social, what with 'bubble wine' and:
In addition, we know she's eaten slugs:
And I wrote a joke omake about shrimp after the Celestial social:
