Speaking of Braganza's Beseigers, do you mind shedding some light on their background? From what I could find, they were founded and hired out by Borgio the Besieger, so I'm curious how they ended up working semi-permanently for Barak Varr.
FTFY.
Apart from having broken our word? And this being borderline necromantic research? Or possibly drawing the wrath of the tomb kings? Or them possibly being right and this being one of Nagashs Dark Lords, in which case we get bonked, which is good because of what everyone else would do to us for setting something like that loose?
I think I can answer about why they now work for barak varr, they got hired for the k8p campaign and did fairly well, then when that finished Gretel embedded herself with them and went around adventuring based from k8p and then when barak varrs offer came through she convinced varr and the besiegers to work together.
Canon-wise, he assumed power in Miragliano in 2485.
Between these and Nordland, this would make three Imperial provinces which Mathilde had a hand in turning over half their territory to inhuman occupiers.
The issue is that her explicit orders come from the Priory of the Spear, not the fellowship. I'm not sure how they relate to each other exactly in the modern day, but at least some members of the Fellowship certainly object to this bit here:
Mathilde didn't make any binding promises on what will happen to the tomb though? She kicked the final decision up for the higher-ups to work out between the Priory and the Colleges. We could ostensibly investigate more closely if we wanted to stick our oars in - and looting tombs isn't anywhere near necromantic research, look at how many attempts the Empire made at stealing stuff from Nehekhara.
Yes, I was wondering more about how Barak Varr landed a semi-permanent contract with the Besiegers when they are supposed to be tied to Borgio in canon - they were working as mercenaries to send money back to Borgio in canon.
Don't be silly, everyone knows Hochland is a fictional place that doesn't exist.
Either her bosses know she's with the Priory, or are even members themselves, and it's fine, or they don't know, and she isn't going to tell them.
And neither are we, because that sort of information is valuable enough to keep in the bank.
Mathilde would probably be equal parts amused/horrified at inadvertently causing the Bright College to shift from a practical and direct bunch into flashy performers filled with nobility lol.
I took that to mean that Aloza had divided loyalties and was advancing the Priory's agenda undercover, but she's also officially an agent of the Fellowship. It's a moot point though, the Colleges aren't going to be reporting Aloza and getting her into any potential trouble - they'd be working with her Priory contacts (who she got orders from) to settle the matter quietly as agreed.
Wait, so Borgio contracted the Besiegers out for the long-term with Barak Varr knowing that he'd be unable to call upon the Besiegers if he finds himself at war at some point?
A pissed off boss fight of a rough level with Alkharad as a start. Honestly I'd prefer to just chat nicely with Karitamen but I admit a fondness for the character.
Nagash lieutenants in the past where named "the nine dark lords", or something to that effect. We lack details, both during his fights with Nehekhara and with Sigmar, except that Arkhan was one of them at some point, and that they were bad news. Some were vampires, some were liches, and some were other unique powerful undead.
If the tomb is suspected to hold one of Nagash's lieutenants, that would put them on par with Melkhior or Vlad. I don't know how the actual canonical Tomb King compares, but IC Mathilde would be mad to go disturbing an evil of that potential strength that's currently not doing anything.
I dunno how much to trust the wiki but apparently some enterprising jackass threw chaos artifacts down that tomb that the Skarab is unwillingly guarding, so its definitely not a place to disturb for more than one reason.
That part is probably going to be butterflied. Virtolle is not going to be taken over by a mere 40 chaos cultists under Gretel's watch. Not with the Besiegers and Barak Varr backing her up.
The chaos cult was already in place when Gretel rolled in, part of her takeover involved slaughtering the cult in question and burning the old Vitrolle to the ground before building a new Vitrolle on the other side of the river:
If she'd been asking the organisations that Alonza actually belonged to, MAthilde probably wouldn't have gotten much, but she didn't. She asked the Colleges and the Dwarfs, neither of whom are Inquisition organisations.The update did say that Inquisition-type organizations generally stick together to protect their own so asking about the background and business of this Tilean Hunter would've been on a need-to-know basis. Gretel inquiring about the Hunter investigating her would've been suspicious, especially as Gretel is supposed to be acting inconspicuous without revealing her connections. So nah, I don't think Gretel would have been able to get all this information as fast and detailed as Mathilde did, nor would she have extrapolated the right conclusions.
Yeah, I was referring to Altdorfers being so eager to risk their city by displaying Nehekharans artifacts that Mathilde threatening to go digging around at the slightest hint of a tomb was taken completely seriously
The Tomb Kings managed to sack Altdorf three different times - I'm sure they could make a decent show at conquering the southern Empire if they really wanted to.
There´s iirc plenty that could be quite amiable so long as you arrive with the intent of being a diplomatic envoy instead of thief or, god forbid, a conqueror.
