[X] The Imperial Times, Final Draft: Included in the link is a variation of that logo with a depiction of Viserys in Dragon-form and Planetos guarded by his wings during his rest, depicted upon the title page. -[X] Details: The Broadsheets will each have an Arcane Mark differentiated with each Issue #. This will make tracking them with a proper ritual and foci (the Marker key) simple for any properly trained mage or expert. The Broadsheets will be hardened by sorcerous means, the batches not being overly bulky, enough that there's no reason that Viserys couldn't do it himself to maximize potential Hardness rating. --[X]Finally, while true that many of these will be pointlessly lost, or at least have access restricted as people either cast them aside from baseless superstition, or the enemy gets better at disposal, that doesn't mean that attempts to maximize its spread and retention shouldn't be made. We have Inquisition assets in two of the locations they are bound for. Where possible, they will ensure some of them stay in circulation. -[X] Foreword from Viserys: See the Plan Segment provisioned from@TalonofAnathrax'spost. -[X] Editorials: In addition to statements from yourself above, as well as other information collated together seeking to inform people of the state of the world, nothing that a well-traveled sailor could not pick up in a port, but purged of the most outlandish inaccuracies and seeking to educate and inform--hopefully the fact that most of what is happening in the world is actually quite riveting when given the right prose will keep people passing it along as-written. -[X] You will also try to include an editorial on the Grand Tournament, since everyone else got a foreword about the Traitor's Tourney, why not regale the continent on the mighty deeds of daring that the visitors accomplished over that month instead of whispering and screaming of abandoned duty? After all, you are the rightful King, not Robert. Why should he get the final say? --[X] Create a serialized set of stories and fables, supported by visually expressive art. ---[X] They would tell about Fey, the kind we deem acceptable, about how to spot Devil/Demon/Daemon cultists, about the spheres and so on and so forth (the point is twisting the narrative of those supernatural creatures that are seriously affected by it, to more sensible and useful direction, while also giving general population a minimal understanding of basic concepts we want them to know). --[X] Propaganda Posters:Pro-Imperium propaganda along the lines of recruitment for the the imperial institutions—Legion, the Scholarum, the Inquisition, the Imperial Administration, the Diplomatic Corpse, etc. These will come in the form of illustrated posters captioned by truespeech. -[X] For the Inquisition the posters will be along the lines of security and trust, focusing mainly on the need for citizens to cooperate and share intel for the good of the empire. (the Inquisition recruits on their own, that shouldn't be messed with). The themes of this poster will focus on the various threats that the Inquisition regularly squares off against -- mainly fiends, but also Deep Ones. -[X] For the Legion the posters will focus on the need citizens to cooperate, but also on recruitment. These will be images of glory and righteousness, of liberation and justice. Your basic army recruitment stuff, but embellished as much as we can. They'll illustrate how the Legion defends the Imperium, brings law to godforsaken cities, frees whatever slaves they come across, etc. It's a rallying cry to join in, to see the nearest recruiter, etc. -[X] For the Scholarum again the need to cooperate, but this one is more an advertisement that they're a legal and certified means of magical expertise, be it for crafting or other things. This could be split in two different approaches—the first being like some university's advertisement, detailing the courses and the resources (geared towards those who are more interested in learning and research), and the second being a call to duty for all eligible mages to rise to serve (this would mirror the Legion posters in a way, with an obviously arcane bent to it). -[X] For the Diplomatic Corps and the Imperial Administration the general idea is to portray how vital their jobs are and what lives they touch. For the latter, for example, focus on the imperial works in progress, how the materials are being shipped there, the roads being built to connect the Imperium in full, etc. "One Empire". It basically writes itself. --[X] Create a series of politically charged caricatures: Varied by region. -[X] 1. The Warlock of the West -[X] 2. Thirst -[X] 3. Stolen Legacies -[X] 4. Important Matters -[X] 5. The Great Rulers -[X] 6. Absent -[X] 7. No Help Coming -[X] 8. Dragging You Down --[X] Start serializing a "Monster's Manual", focusing on common threats to the individual regions. Ideally, these segments could be bound together to eventually form a complete manual around the time space for it is given to some other document. -[X] "An Exile's Journey, Part One" In addition to the mentioned free informational document section, we will produce a serialized re-telling of our adventures, putting our utter genius with words and public address to use. --[X] "Greetings, gentlefolk of Westeros. My name is Viserys Targaryen, though I am known by many others. If you would give me but a moment of your time, I would like to tell you a story, a story of a young boy and his infant sister, cast out into the world to fend for themselves." ---[X] In short, explain how we were forced into exile by Robert Baratheon, carried to safety in far off Braavos by the loyal Ser Willem Darry in order to avoid the horrific fate which befell our kinfolk when King's Landing fell to Lannister treachery. ----[X] We grew up in Braavos, untroubled by the events of the world as children so often are. Eventually Ser Darry passed and magic returned to the world. We struggled, faced hardships and monsters, but grew strong. We gathered friends, loyal companions all, and we helped to defend Braavos from inhuman threats which now plague so much of the world. -----[X] And then we had to leave our comfortable home in Braavos, not for any wrongdoing on our part, but due to threats levied against the city that had welcomed us. Jon Arryn, the Hand of the Usurper, threatened the well being of Braavos, to block its traders from all Westerosi ports. Rather than force our friend the Sealord to decide whether to defy the Usurper and watch his city wither, or cast us out of our home, we voluntarily departed, going once more into exile. ------[X] All was not lost, however, and soon we set foot upon unfriendly shores, the pirate's haven of Torturer's Deep. Through force of arms and powerful magic, the island was cleansed of the cutthroats infesting it, so that a new city could rise, one founded on principles we learned growing up in Braavos. We had a new mission, to rid the Narrow Sea and Essos of slavery. -------[X] Our successes came quickly, wiping slavers from the Narrow Sea that had previously gone unopposed for centuries. That success attracted the Usurper's fearful gaze once more, and for a third time he sought to chase us from our home, this time with a grand fleet, one bought and paid for with Lannister gold. This time we chose to make a stand. --------[X] To Be Continued -[X] "Master of Puppets, Pulling Your Strings" A serialized story from the perspective of a member of the Golden Shields, chronicling their life from the streets of Lannisport, their tutoring in magic and their willingness to swear fealty to Tywin, and then the betrayal of that loyalty when he binds with magic what should be freely given. --[X] "I was expecting to have to make hard choices. Tywin Lannister--a hard man, they said. But he always paid his debts. But as time went on, I was the one bleeding coin, every smashed head a grout, every trampled cobbler and miller boy a loose halfpenny. And in the end that's all we're worth to a man who sits on top of a mountain of gold. Coppers." The story then chronicles his misery at being forced into more and more heinous (and worse still, counterproductive) deeds by Tywin, culminating in his capture by agents of Viserys Targaryen and freeing at our hands. ---[X] "They were scared. That was the part that always stuck with me. They were scared, not angry. A red haze settles over me, over us. And then there's fifteen broken bodies strewn across the ground. One of them only a little younger than I. 'What was the point?' I had thought. What did this slip of a girl do to the mighty Tywin Lannister?" The horror this deserter feels at his actions, on Lannister orders, is palpable. ----[X] "I expected the block for what I did, if he was feeling merciful. T'wouldn't have surprised me if I was bound for the noose. The blood on my hands will like as not never wash off for all my days. But that doesn't mean I get to take the easy way out. Not while it's still going on." A prisoner in his own body, he takes the first opportunity to escape that he can, nearly dying on the way out. It ends with him gratefully swearing fealty to us. Special attention should be paid to making people empathize with him and then making the binding out to be as viscerally horrifying as possible. The objective is to make Tywin out to be as monstrous as possible and provoke outcry against his hiring practices.
