closed | landsmeet!

[cozen]

WHO: Bastien, Benedict, Byerly, Gela, Josias, Tiffany
WHAT: Riftwatch goes to the Landsmeet and (hopefully) unmasks an aspiring Venatori king.
WHEN: Nowish
WHERE: Denerim
NOTES: OOC post! Starters/dividers will be in the comments after we discuss.

When anyone in Ferelden speaks of "going to the city," they inevitably mean Denerim. There is no other place in the kingdom which rivals it: Not in size, population, wealth, or importance. It is the seat of the Theirin family, the capital of Ferelden, the largest seaport, and, by ancient tradition, the meeting place of the Landsmeet—an annual council for which all the nobles of Ferelden gather, held for almost three thousand years except odd interruptions during Blights and invasions. The sight of a king asking for—and working to win—the support of "lesser" men is a source of constant wonder to foreign ambassadors.

Comments

[bouchonne]

"Don't hold back," says Byerly with a lift of his eyebrow. "I assume she told you."

There has been a bit of a change in Byerly here. Back in his home territory, he's just a less expansive, a little quieter, a little more watchful than in Riftwatch. He talks a bit less and smiles a bit more. It might just be because he's on a job, to be fair - but it seems a bit more than that.

[altusimperius]

"He likes lovers who can take a bit of pain," Benedict replies with a waggle of his eyebrows, clearly allowing his imagination to do some of the lifting here. "Which his lady friend doesn't, but I suppose the Queen's got a reputation, after all. Incidentally-- I happened upon some of his correspondence. He's been doing a lot of legwork for someone trying so hard to look disinterested."

Tapping the tips of his fingers together, Bene smiles-- the challenge is bringing out something mischievous in him, digging for gossip and working to uncover hidden motives.

"I found dossiers from third parties on his competition for Queen Anora. He's in the game, all right."

[bouchonne]

Byerly purses his lips. The thought of a sadist marrying the Queen - Well, it certainly shouldn't bother him, because sadism in the bedroom does not equate to sadism in one's soul, and also the Queen can take care of herself in that respect, and also probably the Queen won't be having much sex with her husband. But, well, it does bother him, a little. Especially the thought of it becoming known that a husband is of that sort.

"With ulterior motive?" Byerly asks, fluttering his fingers to give a vague impression of casting magic which should, in turn, give an impression of Venatori.

[altusimperius]

"...hard to say." Benedict schools his expression into something rather more businesslike, tossing his hair in the way he does when he's mentally changing gears.

"I didn't see any of the hallmarks of Venatori involvement. That doesn't mean they aren't happening, just that they weren't obviously recorded in the time it took for me to scan his documents."

He squares his shoulders. "I didn't recognize any of the names from Tevinter, anyway."