Will we make public the sacrifice or not? I don't think the majority of Essos has to see the ritual. I say lets have the followers of the Old Gods spread word of a feat of sorcery to properly end the festival and launch the fleet.
For the ritual proper, can we have the treants sacrifice the ala second to the last before we bleed the wight lord? I imagine it would be cathartic for them.
I think that the ritual should be private, or at least kept to those that have a fair enough understanding of magic. The scale of the killing will raise flags in people's minds when they view it, it will (as i see it) be used as anti-Viserys propaganda fodder (to those that did not see the fiends directly, but only heard about it), and might also incentivise others to do the same, like how Rohar did when he looked at Viserys' success with magic. And a) they might do it to people that do not fall under our criteria for sacrifice b) that will leave less things for us to sacrifice, and c) add competitors to the whole "sacrifice market" (unless that is an infinitely sized, uh, 'consumer group'?)
There remains the issue of you basically saying to her face that you thing she is a stupid bimbo. Doesn't matter if she is or not, you still don't tell people that.
That was totally not my intent.
[Be straightforward with the woman "Lynesse Hightower, you are, from what little I saw,
a very clever woman who, because she was born in Westeros, has been prevented from using her mind to the fullest (I can't imagine the frustration).]
I was trying to get across that "You are smart" "You have been denied the opportunity to make use of that" "I am suggesting to you two, I feel, great ways by which you can engage your brain and take control of your future"
So, if my words lead to the impression that I want Viserys to imply "I think you are a stupid bimbo," What words would, you feel, get across the concepts I am trying to relay?
But what about the awkward level three Wizard with Charisma as a dump stat and the social skills of a house fly? Lynesse could wrap that poor unfortunate neophyte mage around her finger without even trying.
And she could do it multiple times in a place like SD. I don't want mage duels being fought over her, illicit summoning done to kill rivals for her affection, secret deals with Devils to secure more power to impress her, etc. She's an unstable element that would be better off in Oldtown.
This is actually something that I'm also
mildly concerned about actually.
@DragonParadox based on what Viserys' reads on Lynesse, and
on the institutional culture of the scholarum (very much more IC knowledge than OOC), does Viserys think that she might be a negative influence on the institution? (edit: not sarcasm, I am actually only mildly concerned on this. it feels weird man)
and her innate need to manipulate men to exert her own power, means she will seek out those who are within her means to influence.
I feel that the habits that served her in the past (due to that being her only option to have some agency) will be replaced by her
reality warping over time, and the realisation that she has at least some control over her fate. More than she had by a large margin. (Edit: though some mild diplomancing to help show her that it is unnecessary, might work well/be needed)
(edit edit: i very much disagree with her having an 'innate need', I think it is a learned behaviour over time from when that was the only option she had to have agency. Of course, this will take some time for her to break the habit of).
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