pockets full of stones

[rowancrowned]

FORM: Sending crystal!
SENDER: Thranduil
RECIPIENT: All the Rifters. (Just the Rifters.)
WHAT: Now that the Tourney's done... 
WHEN: The day after everyone returns for the tourney. 
WHERE: Kirkwall!
NOTES: The stunning next step to the Rifter Phylactery p...lot?

I hope we are all somewhat recovered from the Tournament. We should all be very pleased with our efforts. The very warm farewell before the matter of the Anders incursion was a result of your hard work-- all of you. 

And now we find ourselves returned to Kirkwall. I begged patience from many of you, and I thank you for it. Skyhold wishes for us to come and speak with a delegation from the Chantry and the Templars much as the mages did. I will be attending, as will Obi-Wan Kenobi and Araceli Bonaventura. Both are known well to the leadership of Skyhold and very familiar with Thedas itself.

However, we need a fourth for our party, and this I leave to you. Any Rifter is eligible for nomination. I would suggest that you choose carefully. Ideally, our fourth would be familiar with Thedas and settled into the Inquisition, as well as accustomed to dealing with pressure with grace. 

There will be a box outside my office with slips for nominations nearby. Please record your name and the name of your nominee below it. I would appreciate responses turned in with all haste.

Comments

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[aenseidhe]

All those I may have suggested are already on the list.

The rest I either do not know, or do not trust to keep their mouths and indignation in check. [ himself included in that count, tbh. ]

[goldsteins]

And I imagine those who may not be chosen are not allowed to go to hear what is said?

[foxsays]

For those who would look for a candidate, Madame de Cedoux until recently headed Diplomacy for a year. She is a lady who displays the qualities needed for this and more; eloquent, tactful, passionate about that which she cares for, whilst still able to be courteous.

this one public bc reasons - inviting peeps to give their diplomat pitch

[aenseidhe]

For those wishing to garner nomination support, speaking on the platforms you wish to bring to the table here may do you benefit. As many of us aren't personally familiar with all those within the rifter ranks.

[ give him your pitch, people he doesn't know. ]

[sorcerised]

Will we know what you're going to say to them?

I understand if you don't want to speak over the Crystals, but this concerns more than just four of us. If you can't tell us here, will you do it in person? Perhaps some kind of public meeting that we could all attend.

[strangel]

My sestras are being very clever. Sestra Cosima is being here longer, some years. She has gentle heart and quick mind, makes charms to people.

( Sarah is very clever, too, very quick. Makes good con. Perhaps not information to be sharing. )

Sarah is the same, in different shapes, but here less long.

[castintoflames]

I suggest Findekáno. He has the grace and presence of mind that so many lacked in Valinor and on Middle Earth. He also has a generous heart for those in true need. He was High King and worthy of the office where his elders had failed. Furthermore he is strong in battle and he does not let his fear rule him. There is a reason he was named "the Valiant".

[utulien_aure]

Who among the Rifters have been here the longest, besides yourself and those already accompanying you?

[It had never occurred to him to ask that before, but people with proven track records in the Inquisition seemed as good a place to start as any]

[extraverse]

I arrived in Thedas merely months ago. Considering that some Rifters have been here longer than I and have had time to make a bigger impression I might consider them before myself. However, I do have experience with tense diplomacy and negotiations.

That and Tessa suggested I reach out.

[whiskeyandbrimstone]

I'll do it. Vote for me.