OPEN - Rooks, Pawns, Bishops and Knights

[madame_de_fer]

WHO: Vivienne and OPEN
WHAT: Catchall post for Madame de Fer to get to know the players great and small in the Inquisition.
WHEN: Wintermarch, all month
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: There's a specific bit for the Council members, but the remainder is open to everyone. Anyone who's been wanting CR with Viv, feel free to assume your character got one of the vaunted invites and tag in!

For the Council
Early in Wintermarch, all members of the Council receive a gilded paper invitation. No impersonal sending crystal for this message. The contents invite all the Councilors to join Madame de Fer at the hot spring for a day of relaxation and massage. To her mind, this is no frivolous social gathering meant to impress or irritate the others. (Though if either of those become true, that is useful as well.) There needs to be a dialogue enough amongst them that they do not dither away precious time and resources having to renegotiate their relationships upon meeting. That and none of them are any use to the Inquisition if they are tired, weary, and not well taken care of.

Some of her most comfortable chairs and lounging couches have been brought to the hot spring, and tables set with with a full tea service, both sweet and savory, and a few bottles of champagne. There's even imported Antivan cheese wheels, for the eyes, not for snacking. She is determined not to be caught out letting any of the others languish behind in attending to the important business of self-care. Anyone who brings up anything of a political or divisive nature, however, will find that they are most unwelcome. Relaxation and learning more is the point, not to posture and jockey. Not today.


For the Advisors and Companions
All the advisors and previous companions of the Herald likewise receive Spa Day invitations, albeit the day after the Council. Thank the Maker Sera is not around to make a mockery of such generosity. Knowing that Cullen is most likely to be the most stubborn about leaving that musty office of his, Vivienne plans to drag him along by the ear like an errant child if he dawdles too long in arriving.


Open to All, All Month
Before everyone can scatter to the four winds on business following the start of the new year, Vivienne sets out to some business of her own. She needs to know as much as she can about anyone within the Inquisition who might be a considerable piece in the Game, whether they are aware of such or not. Invitations to join her at her balcony begin to go out to anyone of interest: mages, templars, second sons of minor nobles, people from out of the rifts. For those whose invitation falls in the mid-afternoon, it is to join her for tea. Others receive invites for drinks, well after the dinner hour, but clearly with the intent of having uninterrupted time for getting to know the other better. As much as anyone is allowed to learn more about the Iron Lady.

Comments

[gatheringstorm]

Out of respect for Vivienne's efforts in providing this treat for them all, Korrin does her best not to zone out during that explanation. It's not easy, but if there's pop quiz about it later, she'll probably manage. That last part actually makes her snicker. If there's one thing she can agree on with the woman, it's plaidweave.

"Alright, it's worthwhile just for that. I did have the misfortune of spotting a rifter who actually preferred that. And he was going to wear it in Emprise du Lion during our scouting mission, too. Nothing screams 'low profile' like bright yellow.

[madame_de_fer]

"Maker help us..."

It is not often that Vivienne invokes the Maker verbally but that atrocity is certainly justification for it. Her personal opinions on the rifters are not set in stone beyond 'we will see' and some exceptionally cautious watches of their behavior. Anything or anyone that falls out of the Fade is rather suspect, in her opinion. The late Herald being an exception and only by way of having been an astounding woman, possibly indeed sent by Andraste herself. In time, the Iron Lady might come to trust, even befriend some of these newcomers, and has indeed marked a few special ones for a more thorough look. But caution and learning more is always the prudent course of action. Especially if they are given to hideous yellow by preference. Ugh.

"Please tell me you convinced him of the foolishness of such a notion before departing."

[gatheringstorm]

"Oh, yes. Between Sam -the mage Sam, not the little guy- and myself, we were able to remind him that our mission was one of scouting. Fighting a high dragon would kill any chances for a low profile. If he wants to encounter one that badly, he can wait until we head back and have the numbers to properly deal with them."

Much as Korrin loves a challenge, she also loves living. Taking on a high dragon with one or two others is suicidal. She'll pass on that amount of recklessness, preferring better odds.