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prince "you sit on a throne of lies" hans ([personal profile] admirably) wrote in [community profile] fairywoes2014-08-10 07:29 pm
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HI GUYS. I've got something of a heads up/plotting post for you today! You see, Hans here got assigned by Morla to infiltrate the Seelie court in disguise, attempt to wheedle information out of various Seelie subjects, and pass said information on to Ganondorf. Morla granted Hans a magical ring that disguises not only his appearance (so those he has met will not recognize him) but also his true court allegiance. Basically, Hans will appear as a humble knight native to the Drabwurld, come to Caer Glaem to pledge his service to the Seelie. Great news, right?

Morla assigned Hans to stay at Caer Glaem for a season, so this will be a slow-burning plot with Hans focusing on building a rapport first with various Seelie, especially those with bounties, before stealing any information. So! A couple of things:

  • Though I won't be using an alt account or alt icons, Hanseelie will not be recognizable as himself. He'll look more like your run-of-the-mill stock knight character (but still a ginger, because gingers represent). Also, he will be going under a pseudonym, obviously, one he picked up while traveling to Caer Glaem, and you can bet he'll have invented some tragically heroic backstory for his alter-ego.
  • If your character gets CR with Hanseelie, that certainly doesn't mean later they'll have to forfeit information! I'm all for building the CR up and Hans not getting anything out it.
  • If you do want to use this plot as an opportunity to get your character or the Seelie in hot water, I'm happy to work with that, too! And at any time, as well. My goal is to make this plot as fun and smooth for everyone as possible, so Hans can either end up cutting a serious blow to the Seelie court, or learning nothing at all! It all depends on how ye Seelie players want it to go.
  • Down the line this plot will expand and there also will likely be opportunities for Hans to be found out. Because really, what's the fun in just letting him get away with it?
  • Hans will be keeping up appearances as himself on the lockets so those aware of his true character won't get suspicious about where he's gone. If anyone asks him, he'll say he's at Mair.


    • UM YES I think that's all I have for now! Hanseelie will be arriving at Caer Glaem on the 10th or 11th and I'm planning to put up a log for that. Shoot any questions, comments, ideas, etc. to me here or on Plurk ([plurk.com profile] cinematic). Thanks!!
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    kingsdaughter: (They better not be pervier than Bain)

    [personal profile] kingsdaughter 2014-08-11 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
    Sigrid is an apprentice spy--apprenticed to someone sorted into Unseelie House, no less--and I'd love to play with this a bit. She has some very loyal birds who hang out, chill, feed their families, and let her know if they see anything of note. Particularly stuff like this! Though it should be emphasized that plenty of factors go into her finding things out. First, a bird has to notice a thing. Second, they have to deem it important enough for Sigrid to know. Then, they have to go find her and tell her the thing. We are not exactly talking about a complex video camera system, so whatever information she learns of Hans' identity can be cherrypicked (try to imagine how a bird would describe a human face and you will see what I mean).

    I'm also willing for Hans to learn this and that about a rival spy and make things dangerous for her as well. I'd prefer she not be totally blown, since I don't want to end her usefulness as a spy, but she's been going by the alias "Friend" for all practical purposes, and if Hans wants to learn of the existence and purpose of Friend, that could potentially be a thing to play with (the purpose being to minimize bloodshed and conflict on both sides). So now that a bunch of toys are in the sandbox, let's figure out a castle.
    admirably: (✘ and in justice deliciously squared)

    [personal profile] admirably 2014-08-11 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
    Ooh, awesome! SPY BIRD NETWORK, COOL. Hans has been in his Seelie disguise since Morla transported him to Mair, SO the birds could possibly pick up on the fact that he came from there? He'd find some way to explain it away, but someone knowing he came from Unseelie territory would definitely throw him for a loop and she's certainly welcome to become suspicious about him because of that. :|a

    And yes, it would be cool for him to be suspicious about Friend, too! Depending on what kind of actions "Friend" takes, he'd be more inclined to dig for information. That really comes down to whether or not she interferes with his plans, but he'd definitely be interested in there being another spy around what what they're trying to accomplish. So we could play that by ear depending on what kind of actions she takes as Friend?
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