Enemies, allies, theories, tasks, etc.

"A deep game, my friends, with many pieces on the board," says Pel "As yet I do not clearly see whose hand it is that moves them all against us. A masterful player, to be sure, but we've a few moves of our own to make before contest ends."

Enemies and others to watch out for

The Lords of Dust
The Emerald Claw - known to have negotiated with the Tyrants
The nations of Breland, Aundair and Thrane
uh, King Boranel
The King's Dark Lanterns
The Tyrants and Boromar allied crime families
The fake Wandering Wolves - who/what are they?
The fake Pel - who is it?
Sharri d'Deneith and House Deneith
Uncle Aeromus and House Orien
Lucan and Grilsha
regular old Bounty Hunters - I really do hope we run into some, actually.


Allies and potential help

House Phiarlan (intel and PR)
The Native
Brand's boss's daughter - (forgot her name, if I ever knew it) she could probably help w/travel, our reputation in Orien, getting through to Hackrazet?
Lady Elaydren - compromised by apparent spies in House K'nieth
Cardinal Hetrion - hindered by Thrane's war stance
Lucan Drosa - Thranish spy
Verodin Atrelioth - Thranish paladin
The church of the Traveler - dicey but potentially useful
Chance - preist of the Traveler and casino mogul in Sharn
The Traveler him/herself - why not?!?
Captain Alastair of the Golden Dragon
The Swords of Liberty - Brelish anti-monarchist revolutionaries (are they just Brelish? what's their deal? Classic movements of this type are often composed of a wealthy merchant middle class, or disgruntled peasants)
Ambassador Avadarrn of Karnath
Lysander's contact in Zilargo
just thought of him - Halas Martain?
our friends at Clifftop Guild including...

Elias Volan (mage) and his band which at last count also had a rogue, a cleric and a bard.

Hackrazet, Farmer Demon - surrounded by House Orien guards.
Tyman Karch - wealthy merchant of Fairhaven, has a paper and printing concern in Sharn
Cord Lanner - former enemy, current status unknown
Moloch - Daask Lt., status unknown

Theories and questions

Who is ultimately behind this? How are the Lords of Dust involved?
Is this a monolithic conspiracy or is a single individual/organization pulling the many strings?
Who would stand to gain by this war?
Is King Boranel a mover in this or is he being manipulated? Has he gone mad?
Why have the Wolves been specifically targeted? Who wants us out of the way and why?
How did they know about Gareth's Gear? Did they know we own it or were they just targeting Tock?

ok, well, I guess that's just questions. Answering some of these will help formulate the theories...and suggest more questions, I'm sure.

Suggested actions

Before we go to Xen'drik I suggest we do the following:

1. Make contact with our...contacts in House Phiarlan. They may be our best conduit for info/msgs in and out of Sharn and can help on several fronts.
a. General intel gathering - no one's better for this
b. Spreading positive WW PR thru bards and such. Manipulate teh scuttlebutt.
c. Vampirism cure research at Morgrave - I'd suggest they approach Elias Volan for this job, and he can put to good use the education that we paid for.*
d. If needed, Elias could likely also get general geo-political knowledge from Morgravian scholars as well. I'm sure the war is a hot topic on campus.
e. Sniff out Swords of Liberty as a possible resource
f. perhaps employ pamphleteering by SoL, poss. using Tyman Karch somehow**
g. if discoverable, Pel is curious about the fates of Cord Lanner and Moloch
i. find the spy in House K'Neith?
k. anything else?

*when all this is done we ought to set up a WW sholarship at Morgrave. or maybe just a Pel Grant. Ooooh!

**got the seeds of a scheme in mind how to do this, i'll put them at the end.

2. Pel would like to get a message to Chance at the Traveller's church in Sharn, whether through Phiarlan by some other means. The msg would re-state the Wolves innocence, breifly explaining where we've been, and point out that the "Pel" in Sharn is not Pel (if he hadn't already figured that out). It would likely include some cryptic phrase that would prove the sender's identity. Pel would ask that the truth be spread through the church's grapevine, with an appeal to render us aid when and where possible. (I blew a feat on having clerical clout and I expect it to pay off, damnit!)

3. Get similar messages to as many of the following as possible, however we can:
a. Ambassador Avadarrn
b. Brand's "girlfriend"
c. Captain Alastair (where is the Golden Dragon currently? what's it's schedule?)
d. Lysander's "gnomie" in Zilargo
e. Lady Elaydren (w/warning about spies)
f. Tyman Karch
g. Anyone else we can think of

These notes would all need to be be cryptically bland enough to escape undue scrutiny, yet with clues that mean something to the intended receiver.

4. Find a way to revive Tock. Shipped to Zilargo/vice versa?

5. Maybe have "Gareth" make an appearance in Sharn, perhaps filing some kind of claim on the shop. Pel can't do this, obviously, and the only person I can think of that might be able/willing to is Chance. I'm not married to this idea - it has some complications.

6. Once we have a better idea of what the vampire cure is, it may be needful to locate William before we head out - depends on what it is. I'm really excited about this idea and can't stress enough how important I think it is. Not only will it solve the William/Sharri/House Deneith problem, it could potentially do the same for Lucan, or anyone else who doesn't want to be a vampire anymore, thereby revolutionizing the entire undead economy!

7. Any other ideas, anyone?


a pamphleteering scheme might work as follows - If Karch and the SoL (or others) can be contacted and are willing to help, Master Karch's facility could be "broken into" and the necessary supplies "stolen". This would divert suspicion from Karch when tracts produced on his equipment begin to appear.

Before any of that of course, Pel will send a Message to Tyman Karch (Pel takes 10 on his diplomacy when composing this, giving him a 20):

Dear Master Karch,

Appropriate salutations.

I wanted to express once again my gratitude for your patronage, and the pleasure of having met you and your lovely family, despite the mildly unpleasant events of our journey.

I regret to say that due to the current circumstances, the speculative venture we discussed has been temporarily put on hold. My stating this may cause you some suprise at this missive, but may also allow you to correctly conclude that a certain politician is not who he claims to be, nor that my associates, whom are also known to you, have committed the acts which have been reported of them.

Though our proposed business matter cannot be pursued at this time, it may be possible for you, if you are willing, to lend some rather invaluable aid to our just cause, such as would greatly put us in your debt. If so, we will attempt to contact you again, either directly or through a verifiably trustworthy representative.

An appropriately pleasant closing statement.

Your Truly,
P of the WW