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[admirably]

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 (cinematic). Thanks!!

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WOW A MILLION YEARS AFTER THE FACT but hi there, I would love for Faolan to get to know Hans. He's sort of the spy that Sigrid is apprenticed to, an Unseelie that has infiltrated the Seelie and while the monarchs know of him, hasn't been detected or caught yet. I'd love for him to run into/get to know Hans, figure him out somehow, and then... Not do anything with that information bc he's another spy and he's got no reason to do anything with it. As a background on Faolan (bc almost no one knows his canon hahahaha), he's the king's chief spy/assassin/mercenary/best friend, and he is really good at the whole spying/assassining thing. Celegorm kind of sent him to infiltrate/steal the Simaril while the battle happened, but then the Simaril wasn't there and Celegorm got himself killed, so now Faolan has moved on to tutoring Sigrid. And thatttttt probably won't come up bc I'd like to keep Faolan's identity a secret if possible, but I'd love to play with what I already mentioned, if you're game/interested?

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YES, HELLO, AWESOME. I'm totally game for Faolan figuring out what Hans is up to, especially considering Hans isn't really trained as a spy, he's just an exceptional liar, so he's likely to foul up covering his tracks somewhere! Does Faolan use an alias in the Seelie court, or is he more like a in-the-shadows-I'm-Batman kind of spy? EITHER WAY, yes I'm definitely interested in having him find out, because even if he doesn't do anything with that knowledge, it's going to make Hans super wary, and that's fun. :|b

[reticence]

PERFECT!!! Faolan doesn't use an alias in the court, no, but he doesn't really know that many people from the Unseelie court so he'd kind of just deep under cover? Sigrid knows who he is and Ned possibly knows who he is, and Celegorm knows who he is although he's ostensibly dead as far as everyone is concerned. Beyond that, he's hidden. The monarchs know of the presence of a spy so he's been keeping a low profile and he has plans to leave with the Stark party, whenever that happens, but in the meanwhile, he'll be aroundddddd u3u Having him find out bc he's kind of a professional at this and just being like "eyebrows raised" would be definitely interesting to play with. I have no intention of revealing Faolan any time soon though so I just want to make sure that however way we work this out, his identity is safe ;3;

[admirably]

Yesss excellent. Whether or not Hans finds out someone is onto him is totally up to you! He could not find out at all, or find out but not know who it is, or find out who it is but not know he's from the Unseelie court to because he'd have no way of knowing that. If he finds out someone is onto him he'll just assume it's a Seelie, anyway! :|b SO however that shakes out is your call! We can play it by ear, too, and see exactly how far Hans gets into things, since a lot of that depends on whether or not he's able to gain the trust and friendship of the Seelie.

[reticence]

excellenttttttt faolan finding out and then playing it by ear sounds like our best bet from there? depending on how he finds out it might be obvious, we'll see haha. do you have any posts, etc. set up for him right now that i could toss faolan at? i'm so bad at being able to check the comms most days (and right now i am replying from email while i'm at work oops <<)

[admirably]

COOL, SOUNDS GOOD. I've got an open log here with Hans battling monsters but also just being around Caer Glaem, so feel free to hit him up anywhere there!