REPORT | Mage jobs for mages - Rd 1

[wythersake]

SUBJECT: Mage Jobs - Round 1
PARTICIPANTS: Isaac, Kostos, and a lot of other people
CLASSIFICATION: Unofficial
DATE FILED: Backdated pre-Forgetti
STATUS: Ongoing
SUMMARY:

Some Riftwatch mages are doing side jobs to advance their gross little agenda. This is what we got done in the first few months. There are more jobs available.


REPORT:

These aren't official documents, but they exist in the world, and your characters can encounter them.

• A survey of spirits at former Circles and battlegrounds, with focus to Kinloch Hold and Dairsmuid.
• A collection of evidence regarding the magical nature of anchor shards, and anchor-bearers.

Details under cut.

Kinloch Hold Survey –

Sent to several historians in Nevarra and Ferelden with an interest in the Blight, connecting each other as contacts.

Isaac takes care to underline that the investigation was conducted by a veteran of the Fifth Blight, and was overseen by a Mortalitasi-trained Medium. Both the historical record and the spiritual presence can be confirmed, supporting the concept as a broader investigative technique.

Should they wish to further explore the practice, he’s supplied a list of events and witnesses to check against. Some of these are things like the Battle of Ghislain. Others are the sites of particularly ugly Rebellion losses.


Dairsmuid Survey –

Circulated quietly among surviving family members, and then very loudly by performers in Rialto.

Isaac has compiled (and embellished) a profile of a young woman whose grisly death was re-enacted by spirits. He's commissioned a popular balladeer to write a heart-wrenching song about her. Literally heart-wrenching: Alongside emphasis on her innocence and virtue, it describes the way she got stabbed in lurid detail. True crime, with a perfect victim.

He's done his best to make sure it gets played in Divine Beatrix's hometown. Like, a lot.


Anchor Evidence –

Sent to a handful of “Aequitarians” who Isaac doesn’t trust, and thereby given to both the Chantry and the Libertarians.

It outlines that:

• Anchor shards can reinforce the Veil, as do some schools of magic.
• Shards grow in power over time, and cause the development of recognizably magical effects: Shields, bolts, etc.
• These effects are reactive to magical silencing.
• They're somewhat reactive to lyrium.
• In ten years of study, no anchor-bearer is known to have acquired multiple shards, despite increased exposure to Rifts.
• This implies an alteration to one’s state of being, rather than a physical injury.

He asks for advice in disproving that anchor-bearers are mages, as this is a sensitive matter to Riftwatch. It'd suck if anyone leapt to conclusions.

NEXT STEPS:

Pursue these, do new jobs, do neither.

NOTES & LINKS:

• OOC Job list
• IC Announcement
• Spirit Survey Log
• Anchor Evidence-Gathering: Viktor, Ennaris, Mobius, Cosima, Keen, Petra, Barrow, Hermione, Vega