Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
[ ] Plan: Start with the Reason
-[ ] He's only got two accusations he's made, Trespassing and Thievery--and the latter requires him to admit that he's been supplying a hostile Felag with arms and armaments, since you've otherwise been very careful not to touch a damn thing that belongs to him, which means you can safely deny any such accusations as a fabrication. So he's going to start with Trespassing and try to use that to sow doubt as to your intentions. Time to counter that, and fortunately, you have an angle--after all, Horra shouldn't actually know when you trespassed unless he's gotten it from his daughter or his sanctum. If it's the former, you know she's not your friend, and if it's the latter, then he can't admit to having it, which means he has to lie about it.
-[ ] So, start with the tale of the curse upon Steinby. Bring out the Scorn-Pole, tell the tale of the spell that befell your father, the company that marched into the hills to find the source of the curse, the Troll that was guarding it. That you and your fellows unraveled the spell upon it, and when the Troll emerged later, that through clever words you brought it to believe that it had been betrayed by the one who offered it a 'Home' in this place, as long as it defended the Scorn-Pole--one that, you would note, made use of a horse head taken from the sireling of the prize winning horse Stronghoof, brought to a contest hosted by Runar by one Hasvir. Now, while it is entirely possible that this is a coincidence, or a false name, the fact that when you gave pursuit to the Troll you had outwitted, it led you straight to Horrby, and then was promptly struck down by Horra Hasvisson through a dagger bearing the power of the Sun, before being ground to dust by his son Hasvir, does strongly suggest a connection.
-[ ] Further Strategy and elaboration: Use the Scorn-Pole Incident as our inciting factor, leverage how the preponderance of evidence pointed towards Horra desiring to reignite a feud that had long been quiet, evade the Trespassing accusation by focusing on your pursuit of the troll and leaving the question of how much you actually learned there up in the air. Straight up deny any accusations of thievery because we didn't take a damned thing--except in the case of the ballista, in which case, explain that you acquired this on a shipment going to the camp of Jordan Sharkmouth and his Felag, bandits who have been menacing the people of the north. Explain the make of the ballista, the discoveries you and Sten made of it and its likely origins, and then draw a connection between a short fellow wreathed in shadows discussing matters with him, and the sudden infusion of sun-infused armaments currently being wielded by the Lurkalings, Sun Infused weapons that you yourself witnessed Horra wielding. Isn't that something how dwarf-designed weapons are appearing from his workshops, while weapons no dwarf could hope to forge are appearing in a war in the deeps. Why, it's almost like they're meddling in each other's politics
I meant On Discord, sorry, there's no Secret Cabal aside from DMs. But here's the revision.
Long story short, @Imperial Fister , is it still Trespassing if you're pursuing a Troll and it happens to run onto someone else's property?
-[ ] He's only got two accusations he's made, Trespassing and Thievery--and the latter requires him to admit that he's been supplying a hostile Felag with arms and armaments, since you've otherwise been very careful not to touch a damn thing that belongs to him, which means you can safely deny any such accusations as a fabrication. So he's going to start with Trespassing and try to use that to sow doubt as to your intentions. Time to counter that, and fortunately, you have an angle--after all, Horra shouldn't actually know when you trespassed unless he's gotten it from his daughter or his sanctum. If it's the former, you know she's not your friend, and if it's the latter, then he can't admit to having it, which means he has to lie about it.
-[ ] So, start with the tale of the curse upon Steinby. Bring out the Scorn-Pole, tell the tale of the spell that befell your father, the company that marched into the hills to find the source of the curse, the Troll that was guarding it. That you and your fellows unraveled the spell upon it, and when the Troll emerged later, that through clever words you brought it to believe that it had been betrayed by the one who offered it a 'Home' in this place, as long as it defended the Scorn-Pole--one that, you would note, made use of a horse head taken from the sireling of the prize winning horse Stronghoof, brought to a contest hosted by Runar by one Hasvir. Now, while it is entirely possible that this is a coincidence, or a false name, the fact that when you gave pursuit to the Troll you had outwitted, it led you straight to Horrby, and then was promptly struck down by Horra Hasvisson through a dagger bearing the power of the Sun, before being ground to dust by his son Hasvir, does strongly suggest a connection.
-[ ] Further Strategy and elaboration: Use the Scorn-Pole Incident as our inciting factor, leverage how the preponderance of evidence pointed towards Horra desiring to reignite a feud that had long been quiet, evade the Trespassing accusation by focusing on your pursuit of the troll and leaving the question of how much you actually learned there up in the air. Straight up deny any accusations of thievery because we didn't take a damned thing--except in the case of the ballista, in which case, explain that you acquired this on a shipment going to the camp of Jordan Sharkmouth and his Felag, bandits who have been menacing the people of the north. Explain the make of the ballista, the discoveries you and Sten made of it and its likely origins, and then draw a connection between a short fellow wreathed in shadows discussing matters with him, and the sudden infusion of sun-infused armaments currently being wielded by the Lurkalings, Sun Infused weapons that you yourself witnessed Horra wielding. Isn't that something how dwarf-designed weapons are appearing from his workshops, while weapons no dwarf could hope to forge are appearing in a war in the deeps. Why, it's almost like they're meddling in each other's politics
I meant On Discord, sorry, there's no Secret Cabal aside from DMs. But here's the revision.
Long story short, @Imperial Fister , is it still Trespassing if you're pursuing a Troll and it happens to run onto someone else's property?
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