Well, we can get Speed the Wheels or Indolent Offical charm. One speeds up while the other slows down a bureaucratic task by up to Essence degree. Instant, 1 day, 1 month, 1 season, 1 century. Thus, using StW, something taking a century can be done in a day.
Currently not enough XP to flash buy tho.
Speed the Wheels sounds pretty damn fantastic though, that could get the Ghost Water up to snuff with astonishing speed! Also, have a very short Omake about a young Great House representative headed for the big city in support of Shining Metropolis. I wanted to write a bit more but this was what came out. Kana is really excitable tho.
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V'neef Kana was excited! She'd been chosen to travel to Luseng to set up the Houses buisness interests in the Satrapy now that things had solidified. Luseng had long been a vital part of the V'neef trade network, and the fact that it was open again was wonderful! For a time it had seemed inevitable that it would be destroyed or otherwise co-opted by hordes of Anathema, malicious Fair Folk, or even one of those nasty Deathlords, but the new Satrap, Sesus Ulyssian, had worked miracles! Truly, he must be as blessed by the Dragons as rumor said!
While the majority of the land of the former Satrapy of Luseng was still in enemy hands, Sesus had gone out of his way to ensure that the great treasures of Luseng remained in his hands. He had then proceeded to maximize the strength and growth of the area under his control. Luseng was now known across the Realm as a shining city of trade, culture, and wisdom. Its ruler was acclaimed as a genuine Philosopher King, who ruled Exalted and mortal alike with a benevolent and munificent hand.
That was not to say he hadn't also displayed the martial strength characteristic of his House. He had pushed back all the would-be invaders and made of his land a fortress. It was said that he killed Anathema himself, and annihilated entire armies almost single handed! Truly, House Sesus had produced a scion of impeccable strength in this one. Strength that had only been enhanced by his tutelage under the legendary, if eccentric, Admiral Zao. He was even that great warrior's chosen successor, and he'd killed the equally legendary Cathak Polemgaos in single combat! *
squee!*
Kana calmed herself. She had been sent to ensure that the various trade agreements that had been in place before the recent crisis were still valid. Trade was the lifeblood of Luseng after all, and House V'neef wanted access to the beautiful metropolis of rumor. Kana knew that she wasn't the only representative on her way to Luseng. Merchants and bureaucrats from all of the factions of the mighty were traveling there from across the Realm, eager to take part in the new prosperity that Sesus Ulyssian had brought to a once doomed Satrapy.
It was Kana's duty to ensure that House V'neef furthered its goals, and strengthend its positions. If that meant she got to see a city that was said to rival the Imperial Capital in beauty and grace, well that was just her good luck wasn't it? Luseng's reputation had grown so great, that it was now regarded as
the place to be by young dragonblooded.
There was always new opportunity in Luseng, new chances to make your fortune or your name. According to reputation, Sesus Ulyssian was truly his master's successor, following in the same odd footsteps, always on the lookout for talented and competent young Dragonblooded, and if her briefing was to be believed he had attracted a number of talented Outcastes and dynasts, training them in his own inimitable way to the level of sheer excellence. It seemed that what mattered most to him was how effective a prospective dragonblooded ally was, rather than who they knew.
Luseng's reputation had grown so great so swiftly, that a good recommendation from it could get someone work almost anywhere in the Realm or its satrapies! Kana was looking forward to meeting this dynamo, and perhaps seeing how much truth there was to the rumors of his greatness. Though things had stabilized in the Realm of late, the throne still stood empty, and an ally such as Sesus Ulyssian did not come but once a lifetime!
