WAR TABLE | Silent Plains | OTA

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WHO: Cedric Carsus + Viktor, Hermione, OTA
WHAT: Loot division
WHEN: Don't think about it too hard.
WHERE: The Silent Plains, along the Southern Tevinter border.
NOTES: OOC Info

Riftwatch is invited to help capture an Imperial supply wagon by the People of the Silent Plains, who have some complaints about the balance of power between them and the Exalted March troops.

Their scouting has led to the discovery of the supply caravan's route and other details needed for the attack, but they lack the manpower to pull it off alone. The last time they did this, though, they got less than what they considered their fair share of the supplies, leading to a current shortage bordering on a crisis. They're counting on Riftwatch to help tilt the scale further in their favor.

On the other side of this argument, the Marchers will argue that they put up more manpower and take greater risks for these joint endeavors—they provide footsoldiers, and more of them, while the People are smaller in number and more often ranged fighters and scouts who stay out of direct danger.

Riftwatch won't have enough sway to dictate the division of the loot, but it may be able to tip the scale toward the People, convince the People to be content with a limited share, or both at once.


x. CLOAKING DEVICE REPORT
x. PEOPLE OF THE SILENT PLAINS WIKI


[ ooc note: a report about general outcomes will be turned in on the 28th. backtagging still welcome! ]

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I | THE PROBLEM

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While preparing the ambush, both sides argue their case:

None of this would be possible without the People's scouts, and their deep knowledge of the land — but partnering with the March has left them hungry. Loudest among today's contingent is Eryx, a young elven mage whose forehead splits with scar.

His counterpart is Powers, a bullish man of twenty. The March takes on great risks for these raids; and he'd know, having been assigned to them constantly this past year. Attaching elves to field expeditions has meant less hostility from the local Dalish, so his abrupt promotion from stablehand to footsoldier has come with no shortage of danger.

The two have nearly started a fistfight by the time Riftwatch arrives. They can be talked down, further agitated, or taken aside for your own conversations.

Cedric, for his part, will offer the quiet word that armies don't stop eating for fairness. What the March doesn't carry out of the wagons, it's likely to take from the surrounding towns.