Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
I don't like the idea of Elite going off by herself....
Upon This Sword of Fire (CKII Quest)
- Thread starter Crilltic
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
- Location
- Australia
I suspect that the thread chose to play against a loaded deck.
[] You - Elita
[] Asya - Elita
Plan clingy little sister is a go!
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[] Asya - Elita
Plan clingy little sister is a go!
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- Location
- St. Petersburg
But she is not telling us what this is about. Perhaps she isn't so much investigating them as acting on the information she already has.
Also, to confirm. @Crilltic, is this 'pick one' choice for each of us?
Yeah, leaning to that.
It's not that I suspect him being fishy, but I do suspect his family due to the looks of the assassin, and the backing their group receives. They are far too well-off not to be on payroll of some higher-ups.
[X] You - Brice
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
Symbols would be a good choice too, I assume.
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She's survived this wretched hive of scum and villiany for years. If she's got a lead she doesn't share with us, theres a reason.
- Location
- Germany
Yeah ...
here from the update:
So he hates mages and seems pissed at us (maybe because we stop the assassin) and most likely will try to kill us in the future.
He has way to much say over the guards there and trys to command our sister.
So yeah he will most likely try to kill us and our sister.
[X] You - Brice
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
I figured as much, I just don't like it
Is it wrong I hope Brice was just freaking out his update and will apologize later instead of an evil conspirator would be nice if everyone we meet was not evil.
- Location
- va
You guys do realize that if Brice is the assassin he is both a better fighter than us and immune to our magic.
[X] You - Elita
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
[X] You - Elita
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
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He's likely in league, but BEING the assassin would require bilocation.
And voice changing, instant regeneration.
He was with Flame Guard at the time.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Yeah, how Brice acted was not-okay. If he's not in league with the assassin (which is possible, sure), then he's planning on being an equal partner/powerful player.
Rather than what he should be, which is Prince Consort or whatnot.
Always a risk when someone marries. I don't know enough about the setting to know how prevalent sexism is outside of certain exceptions though. Like, the Ash Maiden and her Daughters could be the exception for all we know (because divinity) and the rest of the setting is fairly biased. Who knows? Either way, in real life, reigning Queens marrying was often dangerous for exactly the reasons you'd expect. It was too easy for the husband to say, "Well, now that a man's on the job...I'm King now, follow my orders."
Rather than what he should be, which is Prince Consort or whatnot.
Always a risk when someone marries. I don't know enough about the setting to know how prevalent sexism is outside of certain exceptions though. Like, the Ash Maiden and her Daughters could be the exception for all we know (because divinity) and the rest of the setting is fairly biased. Who knows? Either way, in real life, reigning Queens marrying was often dangerous for exactly the reasons you'd expect. It was too easy for the husband to say, "Well, now that a man's on the job...I'm King now, follow my orders."
So how do we marginalise the SOB? Or should we play safe and eliminate the problem? I am talking about Brice of course, he has certainly overstepped his bounds. He might get sufficient support to take over Ahervare. Elita is the daughter of their conqueror and unless Crilltic says otherwise, I will assume traditionally women do not rule in this world.
- Location
- Germany
Ehh change the equal partner to him trying to be in control and she does as he says than it would be more correct.
He tried to command her and they aren´t even married. He will try to take over it is only a question of time.
How our sister thinks this marriage is a good thing i can understand. Her postion will be even weak with him as a husband than before. Why because of his behavior towards her.
We already know normal inheritance is down the male line. Ash Maiden threw it into chaos because well...Ash Maiden, but existing power structures do not like this sort of stuff at all.
So for US, we need to each prove ourselves and hold the power by our own strength. Such challenges would be wholly expected.
Not our territory, so our sister calls the shots unless you want to wind up marginalizing her ourselves. Also she's the Intrigue sister, she knows all this as much as we do.
Elita is marrying Brice for a pretty obvious reason. She needs the power he represents if she wants to do more than stay barely floating in the sea of intrigue, and the constant assassination attempts show that it's not sustainable, they just need to succeed once.
Now here's the interesting thing:
-Brice knows Illona's a mage. Granted, it's public knowledge.
-From the way he's acting, he does not know Elita is a mage, very odd if he's directly involved in the conspiracy, because the assassins definitely know she's a mage. She beat the group while visiting us with fire.
My guess is that he's LINKED to the assassins, but not calling the shots, perhaps a separate branch entirely, as he had said himself, siblings killing each other is entirely normal.
pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
- Pronouns
- She/Her
We're not at the limit. We've got 5 more piety points and at least one trait upgrade to go.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
I don't think Brice is an Assassin here. He seemed genuine to me.
He is a paranoid magicphobe who's probably in this for the power, but that doesn't make him an assassin.
He is a paranoid magicphobe who's probably in this for the power, but that doesn't make him an assassin.
- Location
- Canada
Isn't Saulia the intrigue sister? Elita is the learning sister.
Probably the most fertile ground for an investigation would be Brice, the wedding guests, or possibly the knives. Possibly because most of them are dead or wounded and hiding, so I'm not expecting much in the way of immediately actionable intelligence. Though grabbing their sweet anti-magic loot might be useful down the line.
Investigating Brice with Illona may be taking penalties due to how much he hates her guts, but we also don't want to leave Illona too exposed.
[X] You - The guests
[X] Asya - Brice
- Location
- Germany
I would very much favor staying together. If the anti-magic assassin can get away after he got a sword through the chest, then I wouldn't guarantee that he is still out of action. And if he manages to attack Illona while she is alone, she is pretty much helpless.
By the way, is there not even a pool of blood on the ground? And a trail of blood showing where he went?
By the way, is there not even a pool of blood on the ground? And a trail of blood showing where he went?
- Location
- Rockford, USA
- Pronouns
- They/Them
...actually, yeah. Dude got stabbed. Tough or not, he'll be leaking a bit.
You make a point about marginalising Elita. On the other hand, should Brice seize power in Ahervare, we have nasty precedent on our hands. If it can happen in Ahervare, it can happen in Väljad. And there are definitely powerful men who would like that.
- Location
- Massholistan
There may very well be, Asya couldn't get a good look because the window is fairly high.
Yes
The symbols Illona wants to look into are the heraldry and crests Asya saw the Seven Knives carrying. The ones she mentioned that causes Elita to go very pale.
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Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
[X] You - The guests
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
[X] Asya - The Seven Knives
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