CALLING ALL SEELIE

[knightscode]

Hello everyone!

As you may be aware, the Unseelie are currently transporting a prisoner known as Raonil (or Isengrim) to Maupertius.

Having found this out through Unseelie leaks Lancelot urged Kaldur to tell Ridire, who said 'well go get him then'. Since Kaldur was busy, he kindly bounced that task back into Lancelot's lap.

(Thanks bro.)

So Lancelot will be looking for volunteers! However, since he has been warned there may be an Unseelie spy in the ranks he will not be advertising that -- he will be doing it subtly.

What This means:
★ Lancelot will advertise that he is now helping Seelie Marshal Gwenllian and they are going to have training sessions. These will be Open to All Skill Levels. It will be made a point of that if you have never held a weapon you can come and learn. If you are an expert, Lancelot can help you learn Shard Manipulation which he learnt form Reynard. That will boost the strength/speed/etc of your character!
★ Lancelot and Gwenllian will then make a private assessment based on the way everyone who turns up behaves and go to some people to recruit them into the negotiation/ambush team. They will not inform this team of the later part of the plan. Everything will be a little need-to-know to try and avoid leaks where possible.
★ Lancelot and Gwenllian will also start to recruit for another team who, if the first team succeed, will be a second ambush on Reynard using Raonil/Isengram as bait. Note that No success is guaranteed on getting hold of Raonil so this team may need to stall or regroup or do something else but Lancelot will need to get one prepared regardless because he is planning ahead.
★ Lastly, there will be a final plan, that only a few people will be aware of, to regroup everyone (+ possibly a few extra trusted people) to make an attempt to claim Maupertius if this all success.

Full Plan with other details and considerations is here for the curious. Nothing is set in stone -- this is the plan being made ICly and it can ICly fail at any point and disaster can descend. I cannot stress this enough!

SO.

Tell me what you would like to do! PLEASE NOTE you can absolutely come to training and not get involved in anything else. The training will be set up as an open log so you can hang about with anyone else getting taught by a friend who volunteers or by Lancelot or whoever! I want this to be a good opportunity for everyone to mingle, as well as get involved in other things!

If your character cannot attend the training but you would like them taught at another time, they can contact Lancelot to ask. Equally, if they would not ICly turn up but you want them trained or volunteered let me know and we can fashion a way to drag them sideways into it.

However, I'd like to get an idea of how many people are coming and if you'd be interested in putting them forward for any stage of the plan so we can gauge how things might go trying to gamble on getting Raonil off the Unseelie.

TEXT AREA TIME:

<b>Character:</b> <b>Skills:</b> Are they a great fighter? Negotiator? World class mage? Let me know! <b>Volunteering for:</b> Are they just coming to train? Would you like them considered for a negotiate/ambush team? <b>NOTES:</b> Anything else! Do they need persuading? Are they likely to betray everyone? Are they out of Caer Glaem at the moment but you'd like them to meet up somewhere?

Comments

QUESTIONS

[knightscode]

Feel free to inquisition me or yell at me here! Note that some things may be unclear or not defined yet because I am waiting to see who ends up on the team and let team members decide things according to what the Unseelie do / the range of skills available

FAQ

[knightscode]

Where did Lancelot learn all this?

A mixture of places! He spoke at length to Reynard while in Maupertius, before his betrayal, which is where he learnt the name Isengrim. After his betrayal he spoke to Ridire who thought Isengrim was dead, maintained a friendship with Waver Velvet which helped him piece together what happened.

It was a post from Kaldur which drew his attention to the wolf being alive, who was being informed by Artemis.

Who will win?!

Nobody has to necessarily win or lose! What happens is mostly in the hands of the Unseelie, and how they deal with being approached by the Seelie team. Lancelot has a plan that assumes he gets the wolf, of course, because nobody plans to fail, but OOCly I don't mind if he fails or if he doesn't how it happens or if everyone teams up or whatever!

What will he do if he fails?

Probably regroup and try something else.

[mesmerism]

Character: Piper McLean
Skills: Fighter and Negotiator. She has good battle reflexes and can strategize by virtue of being a demigod. She has charmspeak, which is basically persuading others to do things.
Volunteering for: Training definitely. She's fresh from sword training at her canon point, but feels she can improve. I'll tentatively sign her up for possibly being picked for the negotiation team. I definitely want her to go out into the world and do stuff with her fellow demigods, so it may end up being that those plans and Lancelot's overlap and she can't go with the latter.
NOTES: I don't think so! If Piper ends up being one of Lancelot's choices, I'll let you know her schedule. If not, then just the training is good!

[knightscode]

You already found the log so I don't need to link you BUT -- do you have Lawkamercy type event plants you wish to not disrupt?

[skennen]

Character: Connor
Skills: Assassin, excellent fighting and stealth skills. Also possesses super strength and can turn into a giant bear now.
Volunteering for: He'll show up for training and if it works out ICly, I'd be cool with him being considered for a team!
NOTES: He's not loyal to either faction and so may make Questionable Decisions based on what he thinks is right, but he's not likely to outright betray the team, either.

[knightscode]

He can come hang out in the log Here either way, but! Event wise -- does he have lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt?

[fell_to_hell]

Character: Nico di Angelo
Skills: Sword fighter and has some negotiation skills (I mean, he convinced Daddy Hades to fight in a war against Chronos so...). As for supernatural powers, have a handy-dandy Google Doc for that! He's been sword fighting for 3 or 4+ years, and has natural battle instincts by virtue of being a demigod. He wouldn't mind more training as a negotiator, though, and neither would he say no to learning how to make his Shard useful.
Volunteering for: He'll come for training, and he'll also volunteer for things that come up, unless they overlap with his own plans for this month/next month. Mid-month he's off on a quest with Elincia and other demigods, so...yeah....
NOTES: Nah, no persuading needed, really. Nico's happy to keep up with his training and learn new things for it.

[knightscode]

Pretty sure this will overlap with him dealing with Lawkeamercyariadne among other things, but! He's still welcome to come train for a bit of course!

[starspangled]

Character: Steve Rogers
Skills: Super soldier - literally. Enhanced strength, speed, endurance, durability and healing factor. Plus a cool shield. Also a good team player.
Volunteering for: Training. Rescuing prisoners of war is something a little near and dear to his heart, so he'd definitely be up for that too.
NOTES: He doesn't buy the whole "the Unseelie are you enemies" thing and sees a lot more gray area than strict black and white. He's also been at the Station but he does need to come back to the Seelie castle for his uniform.

tbh I just like using this icon

[knightscode]

HI MI

just fyi Raonil is a PoW but he's also charged with war crimes by the unseelie, so he's pretty much a grey area himself too! He's been kept in a dungeon prison for ages, and is clearly mad, but he's charged with murder (including children).

But at the same time Lance is pretty convinced he's being delivered to reynard as payment and may well be tortured.

But Lance partially wants to use him as bait

SO. You can't get more complicated grey area than this.

[knightscode]

Obviously he can come hang out in the log Here either way, but! Does Steve have lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt?

[knightscode]

Hello! Just doublechecking -- if I have the team leave the 10th, that way able to smack a few shadows and do lawkamercy and qualify for a boon before they leave (I'll include a thread for that in the log) would steve be good to come? Bear in mind they'd icly be gone for a few weeks at least since then!

[devotedqueen]

Character: Elincia Ridell Crimea
Skills: She's a pretty great fighter, on the ground and as a mounted unit (your local cleg knight at your services!!) She's also a great negotiator, being well, a queen and all. She's also a healer.
Volunteering for: Training. However, anything else depends on whether or not it overlaps with certain plans already prepared this month. That being said, if anyone on the ambush team would like to be taught how to heal, Elincia can help them there and give them one of her own staffs. (also if anyone wants her to try and contact Sose the Sylph to give the sylphs a heads up, Elincia can try her hand at that)
NOTES: Elincia is pretty against the war and has been pretty honest about it so she'll definitely do her best to avoid harming other shard holders. That being said though, she really can't look the other way when people start torturing others etc and will step in.

[knightscode]

You already found the log so I don't need to link you BUT what are you plans this month? So I can work out if they clash.

[nottame]

Character: Toboe
Skills: He's no expert, but he can fight effectively in the way that a canine can. He's reasonably quick, slow to tire, agile, and has the senses of what he is,
Volunteering for: At the least, he'd be very up for observing training, or seeing if he can find a place in it all. If there was even a chance of him winding up on a team, he'd probably ask several questions with regards to the whats and whys of relevant plans, but he'd be willing to serve as a lookout, defensive fighter, etc.
NOTES: He's not human, hence the if he can find a way to take part in training! He wouldn't be able to hold a weapon let alone be trained in one! Returning to if recruitment, again, he'd ask questions - who Raonil and Reynard are, what they've done, and exactly what the plan for them would be. It's unlikely that anything coming to my head would absolutely put him off of tossing his figurative hat in altogether, however (except perhaps any firmness on killing Raonil that might be settled on, based on the immediately-available information).

Character: Anthony
Skills: He's a messenger - likely above-average in quickness and overall fitness. He has all but literally no finesse as a fighter but heck yes he'd be willing to improve, and he's held a sword before.
Volunteering for: Training would be a definite, and on the off-chance he'd qualify for a team, 'twould be an honor to aid his fellow Seelie Travelers.
NOTES: Nothing that comes to mind!

[knightscode]

I'm assuming Toboe isn't comfortable enough here to let down his glamour-y defence and let people know he is, in fact, actually a wolf?

JUST B/C YOU KNOW

THE CREATURE THEY'RE GOING TO GRAB IS



ALSO A WOLF

[wilder]

Character: Zelos Wilder
Skills: Hella good fighter. He's skilled with a sword, elemental magic and healing among other things. Though he wouldn't really bring attention just how much skill/power he has at the training because he's never one to show his full hand and he'd rather check out what the other Seelie's are like. WHAT IS TRUST. If anyone wants to be skeptical of him, we can totally do something with that.
Volunteering for: Just training. He wouldn't sign up for a mission he doesn't know the full story behind, especially since he isn't convinced the Unseelie are evil.
NOTES: Nothing else I can think of??

[knightscode]

YOU ALREADY FOUND THE LOG SO I DON'T NEED TO LINK YOU

I am just replying so you don't feel left out, hello.

[accredere]

Character: Athelstan
Skills: He was trained by a viking. Also there's the whole ex-monk thing
Volunteering for: He would come and observe the training. Currently he's of the belief that war is not the answer, so he would be all for negotiating over fighting.
NOTES: This boy is so loyal it's gross. Of course he has yet to find some alpha male leader to be drawn towards. If asked to join as a negotiator he would agree with only a bit of hesitation over not know specifics.

[knightscode]

HEY
He can come hang out in the log Here either way, but! Event wise -- does Athelstan have any lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt? Just so I don't book you out then drag you off


Also monks are fine too. Original myth Lance was a monk nothing wrong with monks.

[tough_love]

Character: Princess Looma Red Wind
Skills: Blunt, rage-filled instrument of war. Just point her in the direction of what needs crushing and she's on it.
Volunteering for: She's coming to train / show off, but she wouldn't say no to being on the ambush team either. In fact she'd be eager to see real battle.
NOTES: She would not likely need persuading. However, she would likely need a very short leash held by someone with a great deal of patience.

[knightscode]

Imagining her on the team cracks me up because I just keep picturing Lance quietly telling her to not swing the hammer at people.

ANYWAY.

She's already hanging out in the log either way, but! Event wise -- does she have lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt?

[kingsdaughter]

Character: Sigrid
Skills: Bird communication and good interpersonal skills and a high investment in diplomacy.
Volunteering for: She can't actually come, but she will hold negotiations over the lockets if necessary. She wants to reach an agreement with the Unseelie team and doesn't think there's any sense in bloodshed when their focus is on Reynard and not the prisoner escort contractors.
NOTES: She'll be away for a few weeks so her involvement would be necessarily from afar.

[marred]

Character: Luke Castellan.
Skills: He's fantastic with a sword and in combat.
Volunteering for: Training and the shard manipulation learning.
NOTES: I have Zuko in the Unseelie team so I'd rather Luke come and gain some information and not be recruited. He'll be coming for this reason, even if he hopes for a possible recruitment — I want to make it fair/give someone else the spot/not burn myself out!

[knightscode]

Just so you have a link, he can come hang out in the log Here obviously even if he isn't going to come!

[aeviternum]

Character: Arthur Pendragon
Skills: GREAT at everything. Except feelings. :E No, Arthur has swords skills, can help plan stuff and has plenty of training experience.
Volunteering for: I'd like him to be part of the ambush team if he could be, he'd probably try and lead it, or want to lead it because it's all about wanting to be a big part in Reynard's downfall. He could also help training? If needed.
NOTES: I think ..he could help with the training sessions, he'd deal with the noobs, who need sword skills from scratch. As much as he hates/does not hate to admit, he's not the one to come to for shard expertise. He's still ..having issues.

[knightscode]

He can come hang out in the log Here either way, but! Event wise -- does he have lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt?

Also I can stick up a seperate log if you want Lancelot to grossly spill his feelings and insecurities and explain this to Arthur until he starts to become uncomfortable.

[thenameofscreen]

Character: Koriand'r (Starfire)
Skills: Her skills definitely lie more in combat than anything else. She has the physical endurance, strength, and speed to be considered an extremely dangerous opponent, can take pretty serious beatings, and has training in the martial arts of her home world. Her powers are listed and detailed in full in her journal!
Volunteering for: Training for sure, and ambush team if it doesn't end up being in conflict with other potential plans (related to the demigod squad plans).
NOTES: Star is playing it somewhat cautious but for the moment she's somewhere between neutrality and loyalty to the Seelie court. She hasn't met anyone Unseelie yet that she's aware of and without knowing their side of the story she wouldn't be quick to pass judgement. There's no chance she'd flat out betray the team if she ended up along for things, though.

[knightscode]

She can come hang out in the log Here either way, but! Event wise -- does she have lawkamercy type plans you would not wish to disrupt? And when does the demigod squad leave, mid month I think but when? I think it might clash because it's a long-ish trip.

latest ever but

[greywater]

Character: Meera Reed
Skills: Fighter, mostly trained in gorilla warfare, but she has a level head on her so if she needs to speak or negotiate she can probably do that, too.
Volunteering for: She'll honestly go wherever she's needed.
NOTES: None that I can think of.

[knightscode]

Oh hello!

Do you have any lawkamercy type plans this would clash with?

also late forever

[knightspirit]

Character: Tsurugi Kyousuke
Skills: he's REALLY GOOD at non-lethal combat. insofar as kicking a soccer ball at his enemies would constitute "combat." but his raw kick power is insane and he has some stupid powers to add onto it. both a good leader and an excellent team player. also really sharp at observing people—that actually used to be his job. he's been working on swordsmanship since he arrived but he's still pretty mediocre. IMPECCABLE FOOTWORK FROM YEARS AND YEARS OF SOCCER PRACTICE??? totally a legit and relevant skill
Volunteering for: came for training, open to the idea of him getting recruited! he has no plans to cause any conflict with.
NOTES: whether or not he joined would really depend on how the conversation went down! he's super against the war and factions in general but these days he keeps shoving himself into sticky situations anyway because he's an idiot he wants to save as many people on both sides as he can, so basically he'd just need to be convinced it jives with goals.

[commandertoolbelt]

Character: Leo Valdez
Skills: He's not the greatest fighter ever, but he can use a hammer, and has the battle reflexes of your average demigod, and he has pyrokinesis on his side.
Volunteering for: Training mostly, but he'll go wherever! He doesn't have much else to do at the moment.
NOTES: He kind of doesn't know have a clue what any of this is about, but other than that, I don't think there's anything worth noting.