[Player Plot] Protecting Val Gamord from Darkspawn - Pt 1

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WHO: Bethany Hawke, Teren von Skraedder, Ciri, Merrick, Inessa Serra, Kain Ventfort, Aleron Darton, and Amelie Durand
WHAT: The Marquise of Val Gamord has called to the Inquisition for help, and the Inquisition has answered.
WHEN: Last week of Harvestmere, first week of Frostfall
WHERE: Val Garmond, in Orlais.
NOTES:Based off the war table mission. OOC details are here

Val Gamord is a small village in rocky hills, surrounded by walls, and presently very cold. Outside the walls, a sizable and semi-organized force of darkspawn has gathered. Reaching the village without passing through the darkspawn requires traveling along a narrow path to reach a small opening in its gates. The main road and entrance to the town are blocked and being battered by darkspawn on a nightly basis.

As noted in the original War Table Operation from DAI, Marquise Bouffon has already committed her handful of personal soldiers to the Inquisition's cause, so the town's only defenses at the moment are its walls and the efforts of the farmers and merchants who have taken refuge there. They'll all be exhausted and incredibly grateful for help. Several will be quarantined and suffering from blight sickness. (Note: They can't be saved; if the team does attempt to put through the Joining, they'll die during the ritual.)

Marquise Effiloche Bouffon will be a gracious host and very thankful for the team's efforts. She will call everyone involved noble a lot, and refer to herself as humble and devout; there will be some apparent truth to that, as her personal home is small and sparsely decorated, for an Orlesian noble's estate. She'll allow the team to stay there if they desire and feed them well. Once the darkspawn have been driven away, she will be particularly eager to see the team leave the town without lingering or asking any further questions. She will permit them to stay at most an additional day before insisting that they leave.

Comments

[doneisdone]

The mage seems the skittish sort and the Seeker is... one of Those, but Teren is reassured by the presence of a second Grey Warden, aka the only other reliable tracker of darkspawn. As Bethany's chosen Captain of Team Sneaky, the Senior Warden has directed Ciri to take Aleron around to the opposite side of where the enemy has clustered. She keeps Amelie nearby so she can keep an eye on her and, if necessary, prevent any of the creatures from getting too close.
Never mind that Amelie's a mage-- the Inquisition's lousy with the damn things, and all one can do is hope they know how not to murder their allies.

Crouching behind the cover of a half-rotted stump, Teren's gaze darts from the darkspawn making their way toward the fracas, and the other side of the road, where she expects Ciri to take position at any moment. ...with the Seeker. He knows to cover his nose and mouth in a darkspawn fight, one hopes.

"Stay behind me," she mutters to Amelie, "...call out if you need cover, and stay out of our bloody way when there's close contact. If you catch the Blight it'll be on your own head, so keep it on your shoulders."