11 August 2021 @ 05:08 pm

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Flint & Yseult (but that's just a formality)
RECIPIENT: Riftwatch Leadership
NOTES: Staff meeting closed to Riftwatch leadership (divheads, project leads, anyone who's on the leadership list); someone's out doing fieldwork or something and that's why they're doing a fantasy zoom call.

Threadjacking welcome and encouraged. Flint is red, Yseult is blue.


Given the dramatic shift in the war front, now seems as good a time as any to review the trajectory of Riftwatch's work as it currently stands.

[Says the man who missed a great deal of that shifting warfront; for someone who spent more than a month either in Venatori captivity or sneaking around on foot across the Free Marches, Flint sounds remarkably unaffected. Same old brusque demands.

Yseult sounds similarly unchanged. ]


The Commander and I are once again up to speed on our divisions. It would be helpful to hear what plans you each have already in motion so that we might coordinate and focus our efforts.
 
 
29 June 2021 @ 03:03 pm
SUBJECT: An Offer They Can Refuse
PARTICIPANTS: Wysteria, Gideon, Yevdokiya, Gabranth, and Sawbones
CLASSIFICATION: Private, leadership only
DATE FILED: backdated, after their return from Orzammar
STATUS: complete
SUMMARY: a was team sent to meet with one of the Carta's leaders, a man named Tarash, in the hopes of negotiating a deal that benefits both parties.

REPORT:
As you once placed faith in me, thus do I return that investment with interest: our work with the Carta was successful, and our efforts have yielded much in the way of agreed trade.

Itemized, received:

An oath to smuggle no red lyrium to Tevinter; any further knowledge of darkspawn with the capacity for speech; intel from their spies within Tevinter; the location of a deep roads passage hidden within Kirkwall.

We have in turn granted them:

Near exclusive lyrium patronage; returned intel, primarily from Antiva; sole right to sell pirated spoils; assurance that we will support swaying mercantile regulation in their favor; the promise we will assist in the tracking and dispatch of a thief; interference with Coterie dealings within Kirkwall; our word we will remain available as allies, should they need us in the future.

Numerous as our own assurances seem, many of these offers are fleeting and small. It will take little effort to see them done, and the fellowship and faith fostered will no doubt prove itself a far more valuable asset in the months— or perhaps years to come.

Beyond this, there is little more to be said: all members present performed their duties admirably in ensuring the Carta’s preliminary requests were met with all due discretion, and did not conduct themselves poorly during deliberations. Should you require further verification of my assessment, seek them out, and they shall tell you no differently.

-Judge Magister Gabranth

NEXT STEPS: cash in on these benefits, help chase down and assassinate a member of the Carta that stole from them and fled, and various other minor listings potentially. Lots of opportunity, no apparent loose ends, aww yeah.

NOTES & LINKS: log | spreadsheet
 
 
24 May 2021 @ 03:23 pm

FORM: crystal
SENDER: Astarion
RECIPIENT: every last one of you
NOTES: a sinner is in ur house


Hello darlings. Lovely little world you’ve got tucked away all to yourselves.

Now I know we’re all here for the sake of a terribly important cause, and trust that I have every intention of doing everything I can to possibly help.

That said...well, for the good of our overall endeavors, I’d like to offer my services to the Division most in need of assistance. Oh don’t worry, I’m perfectly capable of doing just about everything necessary, so for the sake of impartiality, let’s remove my qualifications from the equation.

Now. All that leaves is your own, individual, objective opinion.

So. Tell me. Which Division is the weakest link.

[A sharp intake of breath, before he adds, brightly:]

Ah ah. And none of that 'oh but they're all equal in my eyes' goody-goody nonsense. We're doing this for practicality, not brownie points. No, I want you to look deep into your hearts and give it to me just as straight— or as crookedly as you can possibly imagine.
 
 
29 April 2021 @ 10:31 pm
SUBJECT: Chantry Outreach
PARTICIPANTS: Project Haven + volunteers
CLASSIFICATION: Public
DATE FILED: Cloudreach
STATUS: Ongoing
SUMMARY: Project Haven held an afternoon of Chant readings and service to the needy in Lowtown. Donations were taken, food was distributed, and a foundation was laid for future endeavors to build the relationship between Kirkwall's chantry presence and Riftwatch.

REPORT: Our first attempt at outreach within the city went off without incident, save for a few material donations gone astray via local children. The civilians who came seemed overall to enjoy and appreciate the readings and the food, and one hopes they will look forward to, and support, our next endeavor.

NEXT STEPS: Continuing this project and, hopefully, shifting it into Darktown if resources allow. Ideally, Hightown's attentions can be garnered in terms of donations of supplies and labor.

NOTES & LINKS: log
 
 
02 March 2021 @ 11:22 am

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Brother Gideon
RECIPIENT: errbody
NOTES: Content warnings, OOC notes, links to other relevant posts, etc.


Good morning, Riftwatch.

If we haven't met yet, my name is Brother Gideon, and I will be taking over operations for Project Haven, working to cultivate our organization's relationship to the Chantry.

In looking to the Maker and Blessed Andraste for guidance, I hope to bring clarification of our moral cause to those who still have doubts. I will be attempting to work closely with the clergy of Kirkwall and elsewhere, that we may strengthen our message among and gain the support of the faithful.

If you have any concerns or suggestions, or would like to volunteer your time, I can be reached by crystal or found in the infirmary during the day.
 
 
16 February 2021 @ 07:16 pm

FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Theophania Hart
RECIPIENT: Riftwach
NOTES: nah



Hello, Riftwatch. I can't tell from observation if it's the custom to give an introduction--I think it's not--but I prefer this to waiting to catching everyone one-by-one in the hallway or training yard. I'm Lady Seeker Theophania Hart. [Well.] Tiffany. I do the title first so there's no surprise later.

I'm among the newest of your company, permanently, but here to investigate the recent abomination. I'll be requesting records and following up on the leads that I have throughout the course of my work, but if anyone has anything additional that should be said, please, let me know.

For the record, I'm finding the Gallows to be surprisingly comfortable, but maybe that's because I've been on the road for what feels like an actual Age, and the weather is terrible, and I'm suffering what I believe to be a mild case of trench foot. Given the time you've all been having, I'll stop my complaining there.

I suppose that's it, unless anyone has any advice to offer to a new recruit. And you can skip any hazing, I'm much too old for it.