( closed ) many seasons have passed me by

[dashing]

WHO: Herian, and the esteemed fighting force of Bronach, Fingon, Helena, Lakshmi, Six & Wren.
WHAT: The Flying Countdown; a diplomatic mission to the Qunari feat. a dragon fight
WHEN: after the Tevinter rescues, slightly vague for flexibility
WHERE: an island in the Boeric Ocean
NOTES: ooc post; content warning for violence and potentially other stuff to be added.

There will be an open toplevel with Herian, then the dragon fight thread for all the combatants that I will GM, and players are also totally welcome to make open top levels for travel to and from the island or any other general RP you’d like to do.

Dragons are especially significant in Qunari culture; although they are not revered in a religious sense, exactly, they represent extraordinary strength. Their death is necessary in order to establish society. High dragons are referred to as "Ataashi," or "glorious ones" in Qunlat.

The Inquisition is known for having successfully felled a number of high dragons over the past few years. The Arishok would like to see them kill a high dragon on an island in the Boeric Ocean that has the potential to be a lucrative source for metal ore and some elements necessary for the production of gaatlok, and peaceful meeting place for the Inquisition and Qunari to develop a rapport, discuss terms of alliance (or at least not outright hostility) and perhaps even an opportunity for an eventual Inquisition outpost.

... They just have to prove they really can kill a high dragon, first.

Some things will have been made very clear: under no circumstances is magic to be used outside of combat with the dragon, and under no circumstances are they to antagonise the Qunari or stir up tension. This is important, especially in the wake of Tevinter. And probably wearing gloves would be wise, too.

Comments

brónach; open

[earthbones]

There are books Brónach has with her on the voyage out, silly slender things not worth what it cost to have them printed but better than thinking of what awaits her. Restless much of the way as if she's never been on a ship (she has, but last time was in a dream that was real and it too had a dragon) and she only ends up on the deck at night, creeping about in the small hours. Most ships she's only known for killing people aboard. It doesn't comfort her to be stuck on one.

But the business of killing dragons is a business Brónach knows well enough, has possibly said as much to reassure because the only thing worse than fighting dragons alongside the foolhardy is to fight dragons alongside the frightened.

(The journey back will find her worse, restless as if she'd shrug off her skin if she could, jaw clamped shut as if to keep it all in. She doesn't sleep. Tucks herself up and under the railing out of the worst of it unless she's under your feet.)

Arriving doesn't suit her but once Delphine came to her and said: will you go to the Thalmor Embassy for me as a guest, and she did. So she can do this. If she fletches more arrows than she needs but blind a dragon, tear holes in the wings to bring it down (her Voice might do that but she'll see how the battle goes, how long her will holds out against advice and commands from these people) so the more she has the better. Her door is left open, as if it will stop her from feeling any less trapped than she already does.