Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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He didn't slow Alberich down at all actually. Alberich had set time periods that he had to do the ritual in. Alric already failed to protect at least one of his charges. If we take down Alberich here there is next to no credit available to him.
Actually, this specific example of the Daemons knowing, I'm not so sure about. Because, see, I'm not sure he knew about Heidi when he ran into the Realm of Chaos. That is, all he would have known about Heidi -- if he knew anything at all -- is that of her identity as Countess Whatsername-Not-A-Lahmnian.
Heidi only became revealed as a Haupt-Anderssen after he was in the Realm of Chaos, and only became Empress after. So, Alberich doesn't find out about the Heidi thing until after he returns from the Realm of Chaos. Which means that tons of Daemons probably don't know about it.
((Unless he was scrying on the Realm of Man while in the Realm of Chaos, but in that case, it's impossible to predict what other terrifying secrets he might have picked up about the Empire so who the hell knows anyway.))
That's why I think the Daemons in the Realm of Chaos aren't relevant for this, whereas anything in the physical realm might be.
Though, granted, my bigger hope is being able to squeeze him for information on his Cultist network and connections, and be able to hand off that information to somebody else and let them roll up a network of Chaos cultists.
Uh. I think that if it did come to AP expenditures (we still probably have some AP remaining in the "spend some time on the Alberich job" mini-turn) it would be well worth it to interrogate somebody in order to roll up a bunch of Chaos cultists? Like... while it's always great to take out a scary Chaos Cultist, it's even better to be able to take out a potential network or any contacts he might have had too?
That's the job of the Grey College in general, in general?
We can always say "I'm too busy with delicate business to do this" but the truth is that, uhm... ... the Waystone Project isn't super timing-sensitive? Like, we can spend years on it? The Elves are Elves; they're long-lived. They can wait years if need be.
What we can't -- well we can, but we shouldn't -- do is skive off and do a minimum job. But we aren't actually rushing against a deadline. And we're not in an under-siege warzone like Karak Eight Peaks used to be at the start, so there's not that kind of risk or danger either.
Nobody is forcing you to both take an "insanely busy schedule" and to progress through that schedule at maximum speed.
And in fact given that we're working with both Elves and Dwarfs, we probably shouldn't do this as fast as possible, and in fact should get all our ducks in a row rather than going "C'mon we've been doing this for 2 years, we should hit the big button to start the project already."
[X] Kill: Dragonflask
Erasing a possible threat to the empire completly and making sure nothing remains but a pile of ash, which should not leave any great complications. And interrogating the carriers should lead us to his hideout at least. Also being known as flashy blunt instrument might lead someone to underestimate Mathildes sneakyness in the future.
Erasing a possible threat to the empire completly and making sure nothing remains but a pile of ash, which should not leave any great complications. And interrogating the carriers should lead us to his hideout at least. Also being known as flashy blunt instrument might lead someone to underestimate Mathildes sneakyness in the future.
How did Alric slow him down? The ritual is on schedule, by definition that means that up to this point Alric has done nothing of note to stop it. He might have inconvenienced Alberich in some way but we have no way of verifying that.
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Alric did his duty albeit for ulterior motives, he did guard the remaining victims, so let's just give him his due credit which is guarding the would be victims, so we don't trample anyone or leave him too bitter about not being the one to stop Alberich.
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Oh. Well, then. Drop the "Haupt" from the name and try this line: "I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mister Anderson."
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Another thing to note is that this isn't the sort of situation where you can try to play all sides and get along with everyone. Sometimes, getting along with someone and siding with them for favors means that someone else will not like you, until you decide to give up that side and join the opposing one. But doing so removes their trust in your reliability because clearly you turn on your allies. Giving Alric credit is likely to get Mira mad and have her question if Mathilde is actually a trustworthy ally, and Alric isn't going to trust Mathilde just because she gave him some credit because she clearly took most of it anyway. Everybody ends up mad and salty and we end up the losers.
Instead of trying to half ass two things, let's whole ass one thing.
Instead of trying to half ass two things, let's whole ass one thing.
AP? No, we don't have to personally handle this. We already recruited the Longshanks. Turn him over to them.
Alberich himself would know he is the last of his line, he is noble and a proud one so he would know his genealogy. It is safe to assume that if someone went for a stroll through the realm of Chaos there are daemons who know everything they know. Now the empress later said publicly 'I am part of that family' so the daemons with the inside knowledge would know she is bullshitting
Just because I did not vote to play as his caretaker does not mean I want Mandred dead, we got him a horsey and everything.
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1. Unfähiger (germam) = incapable OR unfit OR incompetent
A really unflattering name.
2. Krieglitz
A) Krieg (germam) = war
B) Litz has no translation or deeper meaning from the past. It is the name of a german river through.
The translation/interpretation of their new family name is something in the direction of: "the fought over river".
What? Where the heck did that even come from?
Alric's available information, at most, points to him being able to squeeze a favor out of the Empress, because having a Haupt-Anderssen fall to Chaos, returning and enacting a fell ritual is the kind of scandal no Empress wants hanging at her back, and would be grateful to a Lord Magister for cleaning up.
If he comes into close contact with Alberich, then there is a chance that Heidi not being a legitimate Haupt-Anderssen might become a relevant matter, whether because it came up in the dialog, or follow up actions to figure out when and how he returned might potentially expose her.
I've seen the scene in Final Destination. You could just shove a fish of the right size into the guy's throat and hold his nose shut until he dies. Or the budget version of shoving a fish in his mouth and then choking him out.
Or use the hypnotic musk to make him to it himself.
Capture is directly counter to our goals here:
-Prevent Chaos winning - Done whether captured or dead.
-Keep Heidi's origins away from scrutiny - Failed if captured and interrogated, tied up loose end if dead.
-Steal Alric's credit - Done whether captured or dead.
Not possible - the only person who knows what we agreed to with Mira is Mira, and the only people we told are Regimand(+stretching the costs ) and Horstmann(who only knows we got him his shiny new medals, but not what was spent for it).
None of them will spill.
The main threat is that an existing Haupt-Anderssen can call attention to the Empress's lack of credibility. Its not about the information, its about him specifically.
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Except all other possible explanations like her being somebody that was thought/faked dead, being hidden away for some reason like threats or the most likely reason, she is illegitimate daughter of somebody in the family. All of which would dodge Alberichs accusations.
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Not sure why it'd be suspicious.
Leaving aside the duty all Magisters have at fighting Chaos there's also the fact that Alric is doing this for the credit so it'll be very easy to assume that Mathilde wants the same thing.
Dunking on Alric would just make Mathilde look even better - she's a new LM specialised in vampires, orcs and skaven who is suddenly doing a better job fighting Chaos than the Magister Patriarch of the Lights.
Eh, I'm not so convinced. Alberich might think he's the last of his line, but that's just knowledge or belief about his status; "Thinks he is the last Haupt-Anderson." Until he gets confronted with somebody going 'I'm a Haupt-Anderson!' it doesn't become relevant, at which point, he might be able to gather proof or write it down or whatnot.
Basically what I'm saying is, papers or information in the physical world might be more credible or believable than "whatever Daemons in the Realms of Chaos" might know. If Alberich left any caches behind, they'd be of relevance in the physical realm; whatever he left in the Realm of Chaos would be, well, not relevant.
Now granted, I'm not sure how his arrogance would play in here. On the one hand, his arrogance might mean that he'd assume that he'd never lose, which means he wouldn't have any 'in case of my death' contingencies. On the other hand, maybe he's spiteful enough to have such contingencies. Not sure. It's possible his only 'evidence' would be first-hand accounts of "That woman is not any family of mine!" and so the problem dies with him.
Though anyway, again, I think a more relevant and important possibility here is "Whatever he might know about Chaos plots and Chaos cultists in the Empire" or "whatever caches or boltholes Alberich might have". That is probably something very valuable, if we can get him to cough it up, and something I'd love to be able to get my hands on.
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Not so suddenly if people payed attention to the Karag Dum expedition and the whole "Pulling Vlag out of the Warp" thing, which might not be available to the general public but certainly to the Colleges.
Well yeah, but how well do the excuses hold out to investigation? The idea behind this action was to keep the empress from having to roll those dice at all, that is why we stuck around in the first place instead of sending a letting off to Mira and going on our way.
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I already confirmed with Boney that we can dissapear him for interrogation. There is no risk if we do that, just adjust the transcript as needed. In the meantime Hoclander can roll up the chaos cult and everybody wins.
Yeah see, you lose me at pinching his nose shut. It sounds too tame for the violent evil blood god ritual, I imagined a fish that eats his throat from the inside, then parody-Alien scene, then cue CGI blood splat on the camera.
Haven't read the whole discussion yet, but would Dragonflask or Branulhune be more deceptive?
I know that no one has seen us use Dragonflask, I imagine since it's custom that it's traceable but they have to go through to Altdorf.
How signature(?) is Branulhune to Mathilde's identity? Do the runes glow blue so people with connections to an information network can link it to Mathilde?
His associates might still know something inconvenient when they are caught.
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