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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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Wiggy said:
I would pay real money to see an elven prince demand Thorek stop working on a project. Kragg might come team up with him out of pure spite.
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He walks into Tor Linthal under diplomatic rights, gets a shock when he sees a grey lord and a runelord talking to each other peacefully, and gets a second, bigger shock when the two close ranks against him with a "WTF are YOU doing here, mate?"
 
IronFist said:
The point is, Saint Grey probably didn't explicitly tell him to go to Ulthuan.
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Could even spin it as "She meant for him to go to ruin Malekith's day", and Eltharion would probably react with "a shame he landed on the wrong shores, then".

Also hard to blame the Empire on account of the Empire being divided at the time and getting its shit wrecked, so trying to point the Waaagh at a much stronger polity rather than the Empire getting wiped out is clearly a better move. That Saint Grey tried to point the Waaagh at a faction far better suited for dealing with Greenskins at the time or a universal enemy is also wise. That the Waaagh ended up somehow in Ulthuan despite the magical protections that should have made landing there impossible is something no one could have predicted or intended.
 
Regardless of the truth, I really don't think Mathilde will mention it to Eltharion, only have the thought of Saint Grey the second flash through her head.

We as a thread have a habit of rationalizing things and feeling the need to explain ourselves, but sometimes that's really at odds with being a trained member of an order which trains people to protect and safeguard secrets. There's nothing to gain and a lot to risk from saying it.
 
Beyond the notion of sharing College legends (I don't think we should) what are the pros and cons of talking to to Eltharion the Grim of all elves though? I decided to make a list on that

Pro
  • We are an expert on killing Greenskins, he might even have heard of us though the Waaghbane paper
  • As elves go is is a rather direct person. I remember way back Boney pointed out that not all elves are sneaky and political when I expressed disbelief at one of their admirals burning down Marienburg. That Elf Batman is on the blunter end of the spectrum is good for us not only because Mathy is used to dwarfs, but also because it is faster to deal with someone like that. Well OK to be fair you could deal any elf as bluntly as you like, but the more subtle and indirect ones are likely to take it worse
  • He knows a lot about Waystones, if we could get him to help it would be a significant advantage
Cons
  • Eltharion is not known for any kind of diplomacy with outsiders, he might well be abrasive and demanding as well as dismissive of the demands of other parties. He might not even internalize what it means that we are balancing multiple sides for instance which would lead to demands which the Empire alone might be able to fulfill, but which we cannot give into thanks to say Kislev or the dwarfs
  • His driving duty is to protect his homeland and Ulthuan as a whole, not the entire world, he might take a better safe than sorry apporahc to us messing with the things said homeland needs to not sink
Anything else you guys think I missed?
 
Boney said:
"What are They?"
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This question and the full length sequence that follows it is fuckin amazing, because Mathilde delivers a *comprehensive* answer based off of a lifetime of study in a few hundred words. A paragraph of answers that took *years* both in game and out of game to refine and deliver as our insight into the divine. It isn't a full picture and Mathy would never say it was, but it's fucking *one of the most whole and complete pictures that anyone has ever gotten* and Eike is getting it delivered *early*
 
"Ladies, Gentlemen, Eldritch Abominations, may I have the pleasure of introducing you to Prince Eltharion of Yvresse, who is here to report on the status of the waystone project to his superiors in Ulthuan. Please show him all of the respect an elf of his position deserves.

Eltharion, may I introduce you to the rest of the team. This is Lord Hatalath of the Grey Lords. He and his kin are older than the Sundering, and recognise no authority but their own. This is Lord Thorek, one of the two greatest runelords in the Karaz Ankor. He has spent centuries delving into the darkest depths of the earth for lost secrets. Baba Niedzwenka of Kislev is the scariest monster in enterity of the Sea of Claws, and I mean that literally. Also from Kislev is Ice Maiden Zlata of the Ice Court. She's doing her best.

Rounding out the locals are Vicereine Cadaeth, who has grafted an entire forest onto her soul (which is super hot), and Lecturer Sarvoi. Don't let his mild manner fool you, in his spare time he seduces Druchii Sorceresses.

Lector Aksel is a high priest of a religion that has been in stalemate with the deadliest forest on the continent for millennia, and is also here on a passport I personally forged.

Finally, there are my brothers and sisters from Altdorf—Lords Magister Egrimm and Elrisse of the Light Order, Magister Tochter of the Jade Order, and Magisters Johann and Maximilian of the Gold Order. We have spent our entire lives turning our minds, bodies, and souls—again, literally—into weapons with which to spite the Chaos Gods.

All of them are here today by my personal request."
 
Unrelated to Elf Batman, but at some point I want to put just the 3 golds, Johan, Max, and Zlata, on a task together :V ;) Or alternatively have her and all three elf members on the same task, goldilocks and the three elves.

Synergies? Bah, name-based jokes are clearly the way to properly manage a project like this.
 
BeepSmile said:
Presumably his parents were murdered by an elf criminal in an elf robbery gone wrong.
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His father died in battle against Grom's Waaagh.

Tasoli said:
Also if you play as him he starts the game right beside The Superman The Cavill. The joke just writes itself.
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Though Cavill was mainly a Witcher reference. (And the fact that Henry Cavill is a fan of both Warhammer Fantasy in general and Total Warhammer specifically)
 
Nerdasaurus Rex said:
What I find interesting is that apparently Kurnous is cheating on Isha to be with Rhya.
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It's probably a mutually consensual thing. Isha pretends not to know what Kurnous does during his long vacations 'visiting' Rhya while Kurnous pretends to know nothing about what she and the Dancer are up to in the meantime and acts as if two certain goddesses were completely unrelated to his wife.
 
I mean, there's something very funny about meeting Elf batman and Elf Gerald. Not many people are going to have fun day with those two
 
Tasoli said:
Also if you play as him he starts the game right beside The Superman The Cavill. The joke just writes itself.
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Mopman43 said:
Though Cavill was mainly a Witcher reference. (And the fact that Henry Cavill is a fan of both Warhammer Fantasy in general and Total Warhammer specifically)
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It'd be amazing/hilarious if, in the scenario Eltharion supports the Waystone Project, he chooses to send a capable subordinate to join.
 
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