Truth or Dare: The Imperial Court

[madame_de_fer]

WHO: Select Orlesian and Fereldan Nobility and the Inquisition
WHAT: Josephine and Vivienne have orchestrated a good-will soiree in response to this dastardly rumor.
WHEN: Drakonis 15, Evening
WHERE: Skyhold Great Hall
NOTES:
- A list of nobles in attendance can be found here. The list was provided by the mods but there will be no npc support for them. Play away.
- A secondary outside party is being held in the valley in the tent town for anyone who couldn't/wouldn't attend and/or behave in the fancy pansty party.
- The goal of the evening is to clear up a spurious rumor about Cassandra and Leliana, with secondary goals of establishing the Inquisition as a respectable presence in Thedas (and fish for more money). Any major disruptions that would Game Over the court approval should probably be brought to the advisors and/or mods.



To say that Josphine has far outdone herself with this little soiree would be the understatement of the year. The Lady Ambassador has pulled out all the stops in providing a festive and yet elegant stage for this political intervention. Because sometimes gossip can be more deadly than a sword.

The Great Hall of Skyhold has been converted into a grand receiving hall, glittering with hundreds of lights around the room, in addition to the repairs accomplished to the original chandeliers. Of course, there has been artful placement arranged so there are a few shadowy corners for rendezvous of the more suggestive nature. Just in case. The majority of the floor has been cleared for dancing, and a fine troupe of musicians have been installed for the bulk of the evening's entertainments. Some members of the Inquisition have plans to entice attendees with their own artistic performances in addition to the group of mages performing illusory tricks to oohs and aahs.

For those who feel their energy flagging, there are chairs set against the walls, with a few tables interspersed between. Servers hired for the evening circulate the crowds with wine, fine Orlesian and Nevarran reds as well as crisp whites from Antiva. Refreshments are set out on buffet tables, tasteful and extravagant nibbles, including imported cheeses, spicy saucisson, dried fruits and nuts, and the highly sought after deep mushroom and anise petits fours that are all the rage in Orlais.

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

"It's not like the Seeker chick can't be reasoned with. Kind of. But she's very, uh, demanding. And it's easy to say the wrong thing around her." He shakes his head, sighing. "And I dunno what it is this elfy magicaly chick did. I don't know her. Like, I might've met her like once? But I don't know. So yeah, she must've done some wicked awful shit if this is happening and even Sina didn't get locked up for her...accident."

He says. With a sneer. Way to paint them all like demon-happy portal-hopping fade-openers, Sina. "So, I don't really care if they keep her locked up forever or whatever. It's not my business. What is my business is being made to swear, like, allegiance, or whatever? I gotta follow orders if they're given so I don't, y'know, get my head cut off or something. And if those are the kinds of threats being made to the rest of us by association? Uncool. Is there any, like...response, from us, as a group, this loosely associated group? Or would that just get us all locked up?"

[foxsays]

"I know the type. She wishes only to hear exactly what she wants to hear, the moment she does not, she bites your head off and resumes the accusations once again. I find it very tiring, it sometimes makes me wonder how she came to be so high within the ranks if that is the attitude she has in life." Certainly none of the guards, not even the normal rank and file would ever get away with such behaviour in Castileos, they'd be made to publicly apologise before all their fellow guards for such behaviour and to those they treated as such. It only makes her more suspicious of the Chantry, of the way it ties to Orlesian politics and the Game, of the power it holds. "An accident is an accident, Sina's shard sits in her chest and she had been upset - do we know that we couldn't do the same? What I know about Galadriel is that she can speak to you within your own head, and alter your perception of what is around you."

Sina she will protect, as a sister, as a dear friend. Galadriel she will gladly put out of the picture as much as she can although truth be told she knows now what the path before her feet is.

"I have not worked so hard to gather information on Thedas for all of us, and worked with Marcel to keep a good reputation to have it ruined by two women on differing crusades because they believe that their wills are above all, and Galadriel does not care for us so we cut our losses with her entirely, or those who believe she should be grouped in. There is nothing to be gained but guilt by association. At the moment, we let the dust settle. I speak with the Lady Nightingale regularly, and she has a far cooler head, and she sees much further and without the blinkers of the Seeker. We wait for the moment to present itself, after all, while there are native shardbearers now, I still believe we outnumber them. Leverage is important, and the Inquisition has a very large house to get in order."