CLOSED: HALAMSHIRAL - THE DISPUTE

[faderifting]

WHO: Adelaide, Andra, Bellamy, Cyril, Inessa, Jehan
WHAT: A team of Inquisition agents mediate a dispute between nobles
WHEN: Late Solace
WHERE: The estate of Baroness Vondelet, about a day's ride outside Halamshiral
NOTES: No tag order! Will be GMed. Starts with a single thread but a separate group may be split off to complete an additional objective later depending on how things develop.

The ball is a small one, a dozen or so nobles--none more elevated than a comte--from this region just outside of Halamshiral and their relatives and guests, even some wealthy and prominent local merchants, hoping to marry their children into a title. It's held in the home of Baroness Vondelet, a tasteful (by Orlesian standards) mansion with a ballroom not quite large enough for the party, which spills out the wide doors onto the garden terrace to chatter and fan themselves and find respite from the close, overheated air of a space packed with both people and candles.

The Inquisition's presence has drawn definite attention, a subject of whispers and speculation, and a lot of dance cards presented in front of faces in hopes of securing the bragging rights over their fellows. Support is more common than disapproval in those met in the crowd, but uncertainty or apathy are stronger than either. Orlesians have many other concerns at present, and it's not clear so far that the Inquisition is something they ought to care about. Mages and elves will, when noticed at all, occasion the usual distrust, disdain, and confusion, but nobody has made a scene just yet.