SUBJECT: Tall Tales
PARTICIPANTS: Wysteria & Viktor, Gela & Laurentius
CLASSIFICATION: Public
DATE FILED: Harvestmere (oops)
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: In an effort to improve the reputation of and public sympathy for southern mages and Rifters, pamphlets are surreptitiously distributed around Orlais and Ferelden (with mixed results).

REPORT:

Messere Silver—

Regarding our recent propaganda efforts:

I've been informed by Serah Viktor and Madame de Foncé that their work was entirely uncontested. By all accounts, they seem to have had a lovely time following what appears to have been the exact letter of their assignment. I've included their remarks behind this cover page should you require additional information.

All this said, I hope you won't confuse me for being overly critical of either party when I say that, upon a very brief review of the material in question, I spotted what I believe to have been an entirely accidental oversight. Their notes make mention of a chance encounter with a Mother Natela who has been overseeing the care of aging Templars. While neither Serah Viktor nor Madame de Foncé saw any particular reason to befriend Mother Natela (though they seem to have asked her a great deal of questions regarding the long term effects of lyrium, which Madame de Foncé has recorded at considerable length; see attached), I find myself wondering whether someone here might see the value in sending a message along to the woman. Given the Conclave looming on the horizon, I imagine a member of the southern clergy evidently so sensitive to the troubles of Templars might find one or two relevant remarks worth speaking in front of that audience.

As for myself and Serah Baynrac (who was kind enough to do a considerable amount of the talking while we traveled in Orlais)— I'm pleased to report that, in addition to papering some of the local notice boards and so on, that we were able to slip a number of pamphlets into the newsletter of one of the region's local Chantries. As the Sisters had other concerns at the time, I trust the pamphlets to have gone unnoticed by anyone who might have removed them prior to the newsletter's distribution.

Pass word should you have any questions or require additional assistance.

Faithfully,
Brother N.L. Vesperus
(Beneath this proper sign off is a little circle, a smile inside. Gela’s handwriting accompanies it, scrunched up small along the bottom of the paper: Orlais is lovely this time of year!)

NEXT STEPS: Scramble an impromptu letter writing campaign to recruit Mother Natela since Wysteria and Viktor were too busy having a great time to recognize the political implications. Meanwhile, definitely don't follow up Orlais. Everything is fine there and went great!! No one was run out of town for being suspected Tevinter spies!

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