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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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GrimTheMad said:
I'm just imagining Boris working up to the idea of asking the terrifying magical assassin who's still a relative stranger (but he's quite certain he has a good read on her) to murder his father for the good of Kislev and the world, and she solemnly agrees-

then breaks out a floor length list of possibilities and asks him how exactly he wants this murder done, cause she has ideas.
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That's just the sort of white glove bespoke service you can expect when you go to the best of the best. It's gonna make it hard to find a better service provider next time he needs to get some assassinations done.
 
Obviously we won't necessarily be able to achieve this, but the ideal outcome in my eyes would be that:

-The Tsar dies in a perfectly reasonable manner that doesn't draw suspicion or thoughts of foul play.
--A body is present and can be examined, and no irregularities will be found.
-There are witnesses present able to corroborate that there was no foul play.
-The Tsar dies relatively quickly and doesn't undergo undue suffering, and dies in a way that preserves his dignity.

Using Illusions to kite some particularly dangerous beasties towards one of the Tsar's hunts, then surreptitiously sabotaging him during the fight, all without leaving a hint of our presence among him or his guard, would be more-or-less my preferred outcome here.
 
Just remembered since we're in Kislev, did we ever got a follow-up on why Drycha was going on rampage there in particular, and if that Boyar she's supposedly targeting was up to anything shady?
 
Raikazin said:
That's just the sort of white glove bespoke service you can expect when you go to the best of the best. It's gonna make it hard to find a better service provider next time he needs to get some assassinations done.
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There was even some moral contemplation of the needs of the many at the cost of the few. Because this isn't some back-alley mugging. We are professionals, with moral standards. We only kill people when we have a reason to!
Redshirt Army said:
Using Illusions to kite some particularly dangerous beasties towards one of the Tsar's hunts, then surreptitiously sabotaging him during the fight, all without leaving a hint of our presence among him or his guard, would be more-or-less my preferred outcome here.
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I will point out that getting eaten, or nibbled, doesn't mean quickly or without suffering.
 
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Redshirt Army said:
Obviously we won't necessarily be able to achieve this, but the ideal outcome in my eyes would be that:

-The Tsar dies in a perfectly reasonable manner that doesn't draw suspicion or thoughts of foul play.
--A body is present and can be examined, and no irregularities will be found.
-There are witnesses present able to corroborate that there was no foul play.
-The Tsar dies relatively quickly and doesn't undergo undue suffering, and dies in a way that preserves his dignity.

Using Illusions to kite some particularly dangerous beasties towards one of the Tsar's hunts, then surreptitiously sabotaging him during the fight, all without leaving a hint of our presence among him or his guard, would be more-or-less my preferred outcome here.
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Agreed on all counts. Hopefully we can arrange for him to die fighting a Manticore or horde of goblins or something, something to at least give him the end everyone already expected.

My ideal is that we arrange things so well even Boris isn't certain we were involved.
 
Redshirt Army said:
Using Illusions to kite some particularly dangerous beasties towards one of the Tsar's hunts, then surreptitiously sabotaging him during the fight, all without leaving a hint of our presence among him or his guard, would be more-or-less my preferred outcome here.
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Yeah, and on top of the lack of suffering, that has a ton of things that can go wrong, along with us also likely killing people around him that sacrificed themselves to save his life, etc.
 
Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I like the skaven murder idea. It accomplishes most goals, and also gives Boris a reason to centralize control over the Boyars.

Or, we could provide a murder scene that implicates a Boyar disliked by Boris if we want extra brownie points.
 
If we just want Vlad dead it's probably not going to be too difficult; see Mathilde casually stealth-murdering Skaven who were hopped up, fully alert, and ready for combat. Unless he has serious magical protection at all times, something we've largely concluded he probably doesn't, then killing him shouldn't be much if any more difficult than that. No, it's the add-ons like 'make it seem like an accident' that pose the real problem, IMO.
 
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The issue with pretending to be skaven is that it might f9rce Boris to yeet an army into the Hell Pit, which is not something we want.
 
How about pretending to be Kurgan? We have examples of their weapons to look at, and they're a nearby Chaos worshipping faction that they'd need to be preparing for anyways.

Alternatively, if we can manage to get a matrix on him, triggering Sleep while he's mid-fight or mid-ride is probably a good way to make it look natural.
 
Didn't we make a magical greenhouse for Panoramia at one point? In the green tower, IIRC. How likely is it that she doesn't have any lethal plants in there at all?
 
He died in canon to a bunch of Goblins and it went generally allright? As allright as the sudden death of a monarch can go. Just a general attitude of "Well, if you keep on charging into battle, sooner or later your gonna end up mistepping". Dying in battle isn't suspcious in of by itself in the warhammer world, espesically given just how much Vlad get into fights.

So, i doubt if we manage to make it seem like Goblin death, that people are gonna overly investiage it. Now, if Vlad dies to suspicious circumstances, sudden heart attack, choked etc, that can't be convinently be explained away like "A goblin hit him really hard with a sword" Then i do think people would be looking into Mathilde's direction, because as Boris stated just now "Your order carries a certain reputation".

I don't think we'd be very high on the list of suspects, but if people are doing their due dilligence Mathilde, as a resisdent shadowmancer who do occasionally visit Kislev should be on that list. Not a huge danger unless we really fumbles stuff, but something to keep in mind, if we do go for a more "assassiny" route, instead of "Blame it on Destruction/Chaos forces battle"
 
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[X] Yes

Khorne cares not from whom the blood flows. Take this kings skull and our ascension to becoming the Everchosen draws ever closer!!
 
Dragonofelder said:
Gonna have to be a very tall glass if we want to use the We


Wear the Crown of Domination but enchant it to look like our hat. Problem sorted.
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Wear our hat and enchant it to look like the Crown of Domination, and enhant the Crown of Domination to look like our hat and wear it on top.
 
Wiggy said:
Everchosen sounds like a sweet gig, but I have to ask, would the crown of domination work with our hat? Because it might be a dealbreaker if we have to give up the hat.
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According to the wiki:

"The Crown of Domination is a simple band of black gold, with eight points pointing inward affixing it to the skull of the wearer. It could be worn beneath the battle-helm of the Armour of Morkar and contained a setting at the front, made to contain the Eye of Sheerian"

It doesn't interfere with fashion.
 
Codex said:
According to the wiki:

"The Crown of Domination is a simple band of black gold, with eight points pointing inward affixing it to the skull of the wearer. It could be worn beneath the battle-helm of the Armour of Morkar and contained a setting at the front, made to contain the Eye of Sheerian"

It doesn't interfere with fashion.
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If Archaon's helmet is part of the Armor of Morkar, I suppose that means that Morkar also had those absurd horns.
 
Boney said:
"But still I ask, why? What brought them here?"

"Athel Loren's actions are hard to understand, but when they have come to the Empire, it has been with specific targets in mind. And in this case, it seems to have been the local Boyar."

"The Praag Kalashiniviks were loyalists to Tzarina Kattarin," Ljiljana notes. "The Resvynhaf Kalashiniviks managed to avoid the purges of Tzar Pavel, but perhaps that was a mistake. Perhaps they were meddling with something that drew the attention of the Forest Spirits. If you wish it, Tsarevich, the Ice Court could investigate them."

He considers her for a moment before nodding. "Do it. If anyone is trying to thaw out that monster, they need to be found and killed."

Ljiljana smiles. The Ice Witches have been on the outs with the Tzar, and you think you just saw them get their in with his heir. "The Widow will see it done."
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EternalObserver said:
Just remembered since we're in Kislev, did we ever got a follow-up on why Drycha was going on rampage there in particular, and if that Boyar she's supposedly targeting was up to anything shady?
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tldr vampire things
 
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