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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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I propose we don't introduce the noble to the criminals, that sounds like it would lock us out of certain actions allowing us to more efficiently extract information from the criminal underworld, as taking those actions would estrange our lieutenant.
Moreover having two networks is just good sense, it allows us to check their reports against eachother.
 
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Need... More.... Planners!!! Seriously, this "mindhole our first lieutenant" business is a bad idea. It'll be not good at all for our starting relationship I reckon, and I want an alternative to vote for that isn't just;

[X] veekie
-[X] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.
Adhoc vote count started by Tolack on Feb 3, 2018 at 11:10 AM, finished with 104 posts and 11 votes.
  • [X] [Julia] Hire her, buy her a home in town near your residence. Somewhere where people coming and going at odd times won't draw a fuss.
    -[X] Her job would be to manage your informant networks in general, particularly sorting through the reports and picking out what's significant versus chaff. It'd also involve independently expanding the networks as funds and opportunities allow after she has settled in.
    -[X] The only ones who are supposed to know her position should be Van Hal, yourself and anyone you specifically cleared for this. For anyone below her, she's to present herself as a messenger or other relay.
    -[X] For your initial meeting, first, ask her if she's willing to accept being memory wiped in the event that she disagrees with certain confidential suggestions, and write a note to herself to the effect of giving consent. If not she'd only handle the more aboveboard networks.
    --[X] If she agrees to a potential Mindhole sound her out on her religious beliefs, particularly relating to Ranald. You cannot feasibly have her work in your base or with your Ranaldite agents if she's not at least open to the idea. If it goes poorly, simply Mindhole her, have Anton reintroduce you, and ensure that she's isolated from the Ranaldite/Thief elements.
    [X] [Greatswords] Greatswords will stay in the castle, except when we're going somewhere publicly, or interrogating potentially hostile persons.Assign two of them as security for Julia
    [X] [Public Report] Plan Points for public consumption.
    -[X] The castle infiltrators were sleeper agents.
    --[X] They have not been conducting any significant sabotage.
    --[X] Their loyalty was secured by a necromantic spell that would kill them if they even thought of betraying their master, or if their master did not meet them for more than a few days.
    --[X] Said master had fled the area the very night an infiltrator got caught.
    --[X] The monsters in the castle walls were previous victims of the spell. Refer to Van Hal's paper on details if anyone is interested.
    --[X] They were lying about having any religious beliefs, but got away with it because nobody could probe them further on Morrite or Shallyan practices.
    -[X] All other castle servants have been examined, their backstories hold up and all future servants would be rigorously examined to prevent more of this.
    [X] [Private Report] Plan For Van Hals Eyes Only.
    -[X] Tell him about everything you learned in the interview. Especially how they produce infiltrators.
    -[X] Give him all information you have gathered on your fellow council members.
    -[X] You have acquired some subordinates.
    --[X] Introduce him to your prospective Number 2 in Julia. In case any unfortunate 'accidents' happens to you(like say, the pseudo-demonic snake), he can pick up some of your networks through her so he wouldn't need to start from scratch.
    --[X] The veterans have been assigned to gather gossip in the cities and the army to get a barometer of events
    -[X] You have a lead on permanently sealing the snake away. Give him as much information on the process as you have, if he's interested. Noting the cost in mirrors and possibly request some assistance with construction(not necessarily his personal assistance, but a recommendation to a skilled and trusted artisan could be valuable) since the damned snake can pop out of mirrors if you're building it yourself.
    -[X] Confess your religious belief in Ranald to him. Mention how the god of Luck had been looking out for and helping you along with your work so far(particularly avoiding being killed by the Shyish-kebabs, and finding leads at crucial moments), and the belief that Ranald as Protector has a vested interest in Stirland's people not being eaten by vampires and turned into abominations by necromancers. The revolutionary thing happens only in places where their lords are actively abusing the people, which Van Hal of course, is doing the opposite of!
    [X] [Orders] Plan Obvious Items
    -[X] There's definitely evil afoot in Drakenhof. Perhaps there's a way to survive investigating this.
    --[X] That said, the castle itself is off limits. You're certain you aren't up to the task. But you can try to send feelers into their periphery villages if Van Hal feels the risks is worth it.
    -[X] The disappearance of your predecessor is very concerning, especially since he's actively trying to sabotage the hunt for him. He must be found, and you've got a lead: Julbach.
    --[X] He's likely involved in the matter of the servant infiltrators and the Stirland League, considering you find it extremely unlikely that all these servants, with a necromancer within a short walk from the castle, were placed without his knowledge. Rolling him up is the next step now that your castle is secured. If you can catch him alive, an interrogation could be extremely fruitful.
    -[X] The Stirlandian League is a cancer eating at Stirland's economy, and it must be destroyed.
    --[X] This would likely be difficult while the previous spymaster is still at large to run counterintelligence, but it can be done.
    -[X] This religion business has gone far enough. It's not really your place, but maybe you should step in and deal with it yourself... somehow.
    --[X] There's alternative ways to verifying faith and beliefs than having a priest interrogate them. You could task your city and rural informants to focus on their local practices to identify if theres anything untowards happening religiously.
    [X] [Greatswords] Greatswords will stay in the castle, except when we're going somewhere publicly, or interrogating potentially hostile persons.
    [X] [Public Report] Plan Points for public consumption.
    [X] [Orders] Plan Obvious Items
    [X] [Private Report] Plan For Van Hals Eyes Only. No Ranald Edition
    -[X] Tell him about everything you learned in the interview. Especially how they produce infiltrators.
    -[X] Give him all information you have gathered on your fellow council members.
    -[X] You have acquired some subordinates.
    --[X] Introduce him to your prospective Number 2 in Julia. In case any unfortunate 'accidents' happens to you(like say, the pseudo-demonic snake), he can pick up some of your networks through her so he wouldn't need to start from scratch.
    --[X] The veterans have been assigned to gather gossip in the cities and the army to get a barometer of events
    -[X] You have a lead on permanently sealing the snake away. Give him as much information on the process as you have, if he's interested. Noting the cost in mirrors and possibly request some assistance with construction(not necessarily his personal assistance, but a recommendation to a skilled and trusted artisan could be valuable) since the damned snake can pop out of mirrors if you're building it yourself.
    [X] [Julia] Hire her, buy her a good quality inn room in town near your residence, with the intent of moving her to your underground place once you have fully secured her loyalties.​
    -[X] Her job would be to manage your informant networks in general, particularly sorting through the reports and picking out what's significant versus chaff.​
    -[X] For your initial meeting, first, ask her if she's willing to accept being memory wiped in the event that she disagrees with certain confidential suggestions, and write a note to herself to the effect of giving consent. If not she'd only handle the more aboveboard networks.
    --[X] If she agrees to a potential Mindhole sound her out on her religious beliefs, particularly relating to Ranald. You cannot feasibly have her work in your base or with your Ranaldite agents if she's not at least open to the idea. If it goes poorly, simply Mindhole her, have Anton reintroduce you, and ensure that she's isolated from the Ranaldite/Thief elements.
    [X] [Private Report] Plan For Van Hals Eyes Only. No Ranald Edition
    -[X] Tell him about everything you learned in the interview. Especially how they produce infiltrators.
    -[X] Give him all information you have gathered on your fellow council members.
    -[X] You have acquired some subordinates.
    --[X] Introduce him to your prospective Number 2 in Julia. In case any unfortunate 'accidents' happens to you(like say, the pseudo-demonic snake), he can pick up some of your networks through her so he wouldn't need to start from scratch.
    --[X] The veterans have been assigned to gather gossip in the cities and the army to get a barometer of events
    -[X] You have a lead on permanently sealing the snake away. Give him as much information on the process as you have, if he's interested. Noting the cost in mirrors and possibly some assistance with construction since the damned snake can pop out of mirrors if you're building it yourself.​
    [X] Do you hire Julia Antoinette Massif? If so, describe her duties, as well as where she'll be living and working.
    -[x] At the inn at first, until Mathilda can secure her loyalty, give her advance payment, with slight increase, as you have a important task for her.
    -[x] Her duties are to first, familiarize herself with the surroundings and events that have happened, the current council members, their agendas, the elector count of Stirland Val Halen, Mathilda will give her a summarize version. the agendas of each council members, the agenda of Val Halen, his beliefs, and personality.
    -[x] Her other duties, are mostly to act as your liason, secretary, accountant for handling finances going towards the people in your information network, and any other nondangerous but time consuming jobs you can think of that she can perform easily and substitute for you in council meetings in case you are absent. You will help her brush up on how to run a information network and hire more informants.
    -[x] For now, you have 2 tasks for her to complete, first is to contact a widow of the man that died, and offer the widow a steady job, at the castle or rather if the widow accepts have her report to you to be vetted, and checked, before she can work on her job. Julia is to tell the widow that a friend of her husband, heard about what happened and recommended her as potential servant for hire.
    -[x] The second is more complicated - Everyone has their own agendas and ideas of how the world works and what the best solution to problems are. Take councilor Kashmir, and the grand theogonist, they wanted to spread the worship of Sigma, and you believe that they genuinely believed that by making the people of Stirland worship Sigma, their souls would be saved, and in the process protect Stirland. and since Sigma is both a emperor and a God, that would make the other gods subservient to Sigma, You do not begrudge their goals, and even respect them for wanting to do good, Val Halen in the meantime wants to protect Stirland, normally that would be a mutually beneficial goal, however Kashmir failed to take some matters into account.
    -[x] she is to gather some representatives from the greatswords and army, the representatives are composed of Ulricans, Morrites, Shallyans, local Sigmarites and the various other gods, the army has. She can get Markus and some greatswords to help, and prepare them for a meeting with you and Kashmir.
    [X] You have a squad of Greatswords assigned to you as bodyguards. Do you keep them somewhere nearby while you're at home, or do you leave them in the Castle?
    -[x] some of them are to guard Julia and help her with her tasks, if possible have them in disguise when going out in public.
    -[x] The rest can just stay at the castle, and be ready on your call.
    [X] [Hire] Yes. She will work with the hired retired soldiers to setup a tavern in Wurtbad; where she will work from and where reports will flow to.
    [X] [Greatswords] They are stationed at the castle.
    [X] [Julia] Hire her, buy her a home in town near your residence. Somewhere where people coming and going at odd times won't draw a fuss.
    -[X] Her job would be to manage your informant networks in general, particularly sorting through the reports and picking out what's significant versus chaff. It'd also involve independently expanding the networks as funds and opportunities allow after she has settled in.
    -[X] The only ones who are supposed to know her position should be Van Hal, yourself and anyone you specifically cleared for this. For anyone below her, she's to present herself as a messenger or other relay.
    -[X] For your initial meeting, first, ask her if she's willing to accept being memory wiped in the event that she disagrees with certain confidential suggestions, and write a note to herself to the effect of giving consent. If not she'd only handle the more aboveboard networks.
    --[X] If she agrees to a potential Mindhole sound her out on her religious beliefs, particularly relating to Ranald. You cannot feasibly have her work in your base or with your Ranaldite agents if she's not at least open to the idea. If it goes poorly, simply Mindhole her, have Anton reintroduce you, and ensure that she's isolated from the Ranaldite/Thief elements.
    [X] [Greatswords] Greatswords will stay in the castle, except when we're going somewhere publicly, or interrogating potentially hostile persons.Assign two of them as security for Julia
    [X] [Public Report] Plan Points for public consumption.
    -[X] The castle infiltrators were sleeper agents.
    --[X] They have not been conducting any significant sabotage.
    --[X] Their loyalty was secured by a necromantic spell that would kill them if they even thought of betraying their master, or if their master did not meet them for more than a few days.
    --[X] Said master had fled the area the very night an infiltrator got caught.
    --[X] The monsters in the castle walls were previous victims of the spell. Refer to Van Hal's paper on details if anyone is interested.
    --[X] They were lying about having any religious beliefs, but got away with it because nobody could probe them further on Morrite or Shallyan practices.
    -[X] All other castle servants have been examined, their backstories hold up and all future servants would be rigorously examined to prevent more of this.
    [X] [Private Report] Plan For Van Hals Eyes Only.
    -[X] Tell him about everything you learned in the interview. Especially how they produce infiltrators.
    -[X] Give him all information you have gathered on your fellow council members.
    -[X] You have acquired some subordinates.
    --[X] Introduce him to your prospective Number 2 in Julia. In case any unfortunate 'accidents' happens to you(like say, the pseudo-demonic snake), he can pick up some of your networks through her so he wouldn't need to start from scratch.
    --[X] The veterans have been assigned to gather gossip in the cities and the army to get a barometer of events
    -[X] You have a lead on permanently sealing the snake away. Give him as much information on the process as you have, if he's interested. Noting the cost in mirrors and possibly request some assistance with construction(not necessarily his personal assistance, but a recommendation to a skilled and trusted artisan could be valuable) since the damned snake can pop out of mirrors if you're building it yourself.
    -[X] Confess your religious belief in Ranald to him. Mention how the god of Luck had been looking out for and helping you along with your work so far(particularly avoiding being killed by the Shyish-kebabs, and finding leads at crucial moments), and the belief that Ranald as Protector has a vested interest in Stirland's people not being eaten by vampires and turned into abominations by necromancers. The revolutionary thing happens only in places where their lords are actively abusing the people, which Van Hal of course, is doing the opposite of!
    [X] [Orders] Plan Obvious Items
    -[X] There's definitely evil afoot in Drakenhof. Perhaps there's a way to survive investigating this.
    --[X] That said, the castle itself is off limits. You're certain you aren't up to the task. But you can try to send feelers into their periphery villages if Van Hal feels the risks is worth it.
    -[X] The disappearance of your predecessor is very concerning, especially since he's actively trying to sabotage the hunt for him. He must be found, and you've got a lead: Julbach.
    --[X] He's likely involved in the matter of the servant infiltrators and the Stirland League, considering you find it extremely unlikely that all these servants, with a necromancer within a short walk from the castle, were placed without his knowledge. Rolling him up is the next step now that your castle is secured. If you can catch him alive, an interrogation could be extremely fruitful.
    -[X] The Stirlandian League is a cancer eating at Stirland's economy, and it must be destroyed.
    --[X] This would likely be difficult while the previous spymaster is still at large to run counterintelligence, but it can be done.
    -[X] This religion business has gone far enough. It's not really your place, but maybe you should step in and deal with it yourself... somehow.
    --[X] There's alternative ways to verifying faith and beliefs than having a priest interrogate them. You could task your city and rural informants to focus on their local practices to identify if theres anything untowards happening religiously.
    -[X] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.
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@veekie

I don't agree with the mindholing of Julia, at least how it is. It's not a targeted thing and it does not require consent, so there is no reason to bring it up with Julia beforehand. Because if somebody you just meet asks if you would consent to being mindwiped...well that can go wrong in a lot of ways. If she disagrees with what is being asked of her, then we can just mindwipe her and go on our way. But she won't disagree. She knows she is being asked to work for the spynetwork of Stirland, she knows she might have to deal with morally nebulous things in the span of her work. If she didn't suspect that she knew what she was getting into, she wouldn't have come. Bringing up the fact we can mindwipe her before getting her to work with us is unnecessary, and potentially a dealbreaker. Better to keep the threat of mind wiping her close to our chest unless it becomes necessary.

Also, while I agree with being honest about dealing with Ranald, I don't agree with trying to convert people, let alone Abelhelm. He is a controversial god, and for a good reason, most of the people who follow him are criminals and Grey Wizards, not Elector-Counts or most people in good standing. In some ways, Mathilde should get a pass for worshiping him because she is a Grey Wizard, so it won't be that big of a deal. But also...I don't feel like Ranald would be a good fit for Abelhelm. Yes, Ranald the Protector might be appealing to him, but Ranald is a multifaced god that delights in irony and misfortune, including to his followers. A more fitting god would be Morr or even Verena. Oh, and most importantly, his problem isn't with Sigmar, the problem is with the Grand Theogonist and the politics and 'supremacy of Sigmar over the other gods that do work'. Trying to convert him might insult him.
 
Tolack said:
Need... More.... Planners!!! Seriously, this "mindhole our first lieutenant" business is a bad idea. It'll be not good at all for our starting relationship I reckon, and I want an alternative to vote for that isn't just;

[X] veekie
-[X] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.
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Dude, read it. It specifically asks if she's okay with being memory wiped, which if she rejects, we have a job for her anyways. There are two conditionals for Mindhole:
1) She agrees to learn about the secret side of things.
2) But chickens out from handling it.

If she minds Mindhole, then 1 will fail, and she happily deals with our aboveboard informant.
If she doesn't mind Mindhole odds are she's not going to let small things like criminal involvement and proscribed cults slow her down. So she won't be.
 
Tolack said:
Need... More.... Planners!!! Seriously, this "mindhole our first lieutenant" business is a bad idea. It'll be not good at all for our starting relationship I reckon, and I want an alternative to vote for that isn't just;

[X] veekie
-[X] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.
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agreed.
 
Zedman7054 said:
@veekie

I don't agree with the mindholing of Julia, at least how it is. It's not a targeted thing and it does not require consent, so there is no reason to bring it up with Julia beforehand. Because if somebody you just meet asks if you would consent to being mindwiped...well that can go wrong in a lot of ways. If she disagrees with what is being asked of her, then we can just mindwipe her and go on our way. But she won't disagree. She knows she is being asked to work for the spynetwork of Stirland, she knows she might have to deal with morally nebulous things in the span of her work. If she didn't suspect that she knew what she was getting into, she wouldn't have come. Bringing up the fact we can mindwipe her before getting her to work with us is unnecessary, and potentially a dealbreaker. Better to keep the threat of mind wiping her close to our chest unless it becomes necessary.
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Hence. It's probably not going to happen, but we DO need a plan for what do we do if she disagrees.
If she disagrees with mindhole, she works with the non-sensitive stuff and we have the Ranaldites do the thieves guild thing for a mirror network. We use Mindhole a lot. Anyone with issues with it really should be informed up front that this is a possible risk anyways. It's simple information security here.
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Also, while I agree with being honest about dealing with Ranald, I don't agree with trying to convert people, let alone Abelhelm. He is a controversial god, and for a good reason, most of the people who follow him are criminals and Grey Wizards, not Elector-Counts or most people in good standing. In some ways, Mathilde should get a pass for worshiping him because she is a Grey Wizard, so it won't be that big of a deal. But also...I don't feel like Ranald would be a good fit for Abelhelm. Yes, Ranald the Protector might be appealing to him, but Ranald is a multifaced god that delights in irony and misfortune, including to his followers. A more fitting god would be Morr or even Verena. Oh, and most importantly, his problem isn't with Sigmar, the problem is with the Grand Theogonist and the politics and 'supremacy of Sigmar over the other gods that do work'. Trying to convert him might insult him.
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Word of GM is that he's currently receptive with Ranald's ideals, since thats how he does things to begin with. If you disagree, I believe there's one no-Ranald vote floating around to use.

The issue here is that nobody around him is helping with his faith, the Sigmarite is driving him away from it at full speed, while theres a lack of any other faiths to actually talk about it. So why not see if he's receptive to the idea? I don't really want to chance him continuing to slide down the crisis of faith slope as an Elector. That way lies Chaos.
 
[X] [Julia] Hire her, buy her a home in town near your residence. Somewhere where people coming and going at odd times won't draw a fuss.
-[X] Her job would be to manage your informant networks in general, particularly sorting through the reports and picking out what's significant versus chaff. It'd also involve independently expanding the networks as funds and opportunities allow after she has settled in.
-[X] The only ones who are supposed to know her position should be Van Hal, yourself and anyone you specifically cleared for this. For anyone below her, she's to present herself as a messenger or other relay.
[X] [Greatswords] Greatswords will stay in the castle, except when we're going somewhere publicly, or interrogating potentially hostile persons.
[X] [Public Report] Plan Points for public consumption.
[X] [Private Report] Plan For Van Hals Eyes Only. No Ranald Edition
-[X] Tell him about everything you learned in the interview. Especially how they produce infiltrators.
-[X] Give him all information you have gathered on your fellow council members.
-[X] You have acquired some subordinates.
--[X] Introduce him to your prospective Number 2 in Julia. In case any unfortunate 'accidents' happens to you(like say, the pseudo-demonic snake), he can pick up some of your networks through her so he wouldn't need to start from scratch.
--[X] The veterans have been assigned to gather gossip in the cities and the army to get a barometer of events
-[X] You have a lead on permanently sealing the snake away. Give him as much information on the process as you have, if he's interested. Noting the cost in mirrors and possibly request some assistance with construction(not necessarily his personal assistance, but a recommendation to a skilled and trusted artisan could be valuable) since the damned snake can pop out of mirrors if you're building it yourself.
[X] [Orders] Plan Obvious Items

Since the Julia stuff isn't in a plan I just removed the Mindhole part. We can choose to introduce her to the theives later if we need to, but we're going to be easing her into it. No need to throw her completely into our network before we really know her. These things can't be rushed.

I also grabbed the no Ranald edition of the private report, I don't think we should interfere with Van Hal's religious beliefs. I would prefer not dumping new information about the council on Van Hal either, he's pretty deep into his paranoia at the moment. Feeding it could lead to him doing something regretful, but I'm not too worried about it.
 
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To start with, i'm not sure I want to go with veekie's plan, I nontheless vote.
[X] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.

Considering details of planning now.
 
runeblue360 said:
We're pretty much trapping a fingerking in a mirrorcatch box. I kinda want to see if we can turn it into an engine :V.
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No demon-powered engines, please. In fact, no demon-powered anythings, please. :o

Tolack said:
Need... More.... Planners!!! Seriously, this "mindhole our first lieutenant" business is a bad idea. It'll be not good at all for our starting relationship I reckon, and I want an alternative to vote for that isn't just;

[o] veekie
-[o] No Mindhole. No mentioning Mindhole. Just, no.
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I agree. Mechanically, I recognize it is very very useful to be able to make an offer that's "off the record" by mindwipe rather than pinky-swear. But practically, it really disturbs me, both for the ethical consideration of expanding from previous usage that was mostly "ignore me" to this "I'm going to treat you like a savefile", and the bad habit of memory-wiping our own side and relying on magic rather than proper vetting, and on top of that there's the nature of magic in Warhammer which is prone to, well, Snakehunts and other stuff. So in light of the demand for planners, here's a set of alternatives. Keep in mind that veekie posted separate blocks, so you can mix and match votes for parts of both.

[X] [Julia] Plan Until Further Notice
-[X] Provisionally hire her. Politely state that you're going to have to do a little more vetting before she can be employed in the more sensitive bits.
-[X] Start paying her and rent a place for her near the Palace-Shrine. Do not tell her about the Palace-Shrine or the thief-priests at this time.
-[X] For the moment, set her to sorting through the reports and gossip that you're receiving.
-[X] Raise the subject of what gods she and her family revere. Mention that Ranald is the patron of the Grey Order. See how she feels about Ranald, but try not to be too blatant about your own degree of devotion yet.

(Intending to use an action double-checking her next turn, but that's for then.)

[X] [Greatswords] Keep some Greatswords in shouting distance whenever you're not doing something undercover. They can't accompany when you're sneaking in as washerwomen or visiting the Palace-Shrine, but you've learned the scary way that it's very nice to have Greatswords somewhere close, even if not right next to you. Keep some near Julia as well, if Julia will accept this.

[X] [Public Report] Plan Points for public consumption.

(as veekie, here)

[X] [Private Report] Plan Spilling Some Beans
-[X] Tell Van Hal everything you learned from and about the infiltrators
-[X] Introduce Van Hal to Julia, and otherwise keep him updated on the general state of your network of contacts and informants
-[X] Tell Van Hal about the innkeeper as a contact to message you when you're out of the castle being inconspicuous
-[X] Tell Van Hal about the other councilors: Anton has a Jade Wizard relative, Kasmir isn't just a zealot but was picked to favor the Theogonist over the Elector Count.
--[X] You're sorry you didn't say this earlier. You, too, expected Kasmir would have the sense to keep his zeal directed towards Sylvania. Apparently not. But since it's happened, let's bring up things of this sort.
-[X] You have a lead on getting rid of the Thorned One, but it involves baiting it out and trapping it with mirrors. Van Hal should know about and be allowed to veto any such plans.
-[X] Confess your belief in Ranald to Van Hal, how Ranald is patron of the Grey Order in general and watches over Mathilde in particular in the Incident of Cat and Sword, and suggest that Ranald is the sort to give a free hand rather than loading one down with obstructionists.

(For the record, we mentioned Schultz and Talabec already)

[X] [Orders] Plan Doublehof
-[X] You could focus on looking into the present state of Drakenhof. Send informers to villages in the vicinity, and look for people who fled or defected from there recently. This would tell us what's going on now.
-[X] Or you could look for records about it. Vampires 'live' long enough that bards and loremasters would probably know something about the current inhabitants of Drakenhof. This would tell us what sort of people we're facing.
-[X] The disappearance of your predecessor is very concerning, especially since he's actively trying to sabotage the hunt for him. He must be found, and you've got a lead: Julbach.
-[X] You've got a whole bunch of friends now, but you could always use more!
-[X] The Stirlandian League is a cancer eating at Stirland's economy, and it must be destroyed.
-[X] The spell used by the informants is like nothing you've heard of before. You want to investigate it, and see if you can detect or replicate it.
-[X] The ledgers are in, the disloyal nobles are rounded up, the castle is secure. You should do some long-term planning and reflect on what's gone well, what's gone badly, why things went that way, and how to make sure things go better in the future. (Commits to Training actions)
 
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