Discord
Changelog
All eyes turned across the large oak table to Eternal Flame Mythalanir as he rose to speak.
“We have been successful in this endeavor, despite what some of you may think. First, I have already spoken to many of you just how cunning and ruthless this ‘Aznar Thrul’ proved to be. I would have missed a golden opportunity to advance our goals had I followed the ‘leader’ of my faith in the Burning House and refused him. By allying with him, we have gained influence over him in the future. And trust me, from what I have seen, being Tharchion is only the first of his ambitious goals.
“Aznar Thrul is already a powerful wizard, and will be a strong counterbalance to the power we have long feared Szass Tam has solidified all too well. With the decree I helped Thrul draft to repay Tam for the humiliation he put him through, the two now hate each other. That will go a very long way in preventing any faction in Thay from becoming too powerful and hence a threat to what we are doing - and the regions around Thay, of course.
“In addition, we have vaulted the faith of Kossuth to a status never before seen in Thay -even in decades past- and we have a new and powerful force which can be used to subtly work against the Red Wizards: that of a popular and feared faith.”
He could see others at the table scowling at him, while yet others were nodding their head in approval.
“I wish I could have saved all our agents that Thrul used, but he would have grown too suspicious. He was going to kill them all anyway for the fact that they knew it was his magic portal that allowed the Salamanders to ravage the Alaor, that he was the evocation Red Wizard dressed in pink at the beck and call of Szass Tam, and because he thought *he* should have been the only one to have been in the presence of a god - despite the fact they did the work of retrieving the necessary artifact to do so - not to mention the very robes he now wears!
“Thrul needed to believe that Kossuth took Willo Goodman, Georenos Kurm, Drom, Gnoryc'yrych, and Gorkal in sacrifice because they were not worthy of having been in Kossuth’s presence and because there was just too many people to try and keep quite. It was all I could do to convince him that Kossuth had purified and returned Raevyn and Moneteria Fiscala to serve him, and that they could be trusted. Anymore and the ruse would have failed. The trials we set for our agents with...’his’...help,” he paused as he had almost spoke the name-that-could-not-be-uttered out loud “made them decide who really among them stood the best chance of surviving as vengeful double-agents in service to Thrul.”
“But Thrul is very canny and obviously trusts no one - not even me. The two who survived will be watched closely by his apprentices and his many new powerful agents for a time until they are called upon. Just as I am sure he has me watched closely by that damn apprentice of his...”
“Red Wizards trust no one, or they don’t remain Red Wizards for long,” interrupted by a female voice on the opposite side of the table. Slowing standing to full length with her simple red robes tumbling down from the cowl around her head and shoulders to her feet, the white mask she wore crafted to the contour of her face almost made it look like it was a part of her. “And I for one, applaud your effort, Eternal Flame. I know many of you have reservations against allying with known Red Wizards,” she paused as a few chuckles went up around the table “But doing so is a necessary evil and one that in the long term will be a benefit to us.”
Behind the porcelain mask her eyes moved to survey all those seated, “And I bring word of a new threat recently uncovered. One which can be further used to ingratiate some of our agents to the Red Wizards or the faiths and powers associated with them, and further our plans. We must move soon for an ancient enemy of Thay is almost ready to act...”
“We have been successful in this endeavor, despite what some of you may think. First, I have already spoken to many of you just how cunning and ruthless this ‘Aznar Thrul’ proved to be. I would have missed a golden opportunity to advance our goals had I followed the ‘leader’ of my faith in the Burning House and refused him. By allying with him, we have gained influence over him in the future. And trust me, from what I have seen, being Tharchion is only the first of his ambitious goals.
“Aznar Thrul is already a powerful wizard, and will be a strong counterbalance to the power we have long feared Szass Tam has solidified all too well. With the decree I helped Thrul draft to repay Tam for the humiliation he put him through, the two now hate each other. That will go a very long way in preventing any faction in Thay from becoming too powerful and hence a threat to what we are doing - and the regions around Thay, of course.
“In addition, we have vaulted the faith of Kossuth to a status never before seen in Thay -even in decades past- and we have a new and powerful force which can be used to subtly work against the Red Wizards: that of a popular and feared faith.”
He could see others at the table scowling at him, while yet others were nodding their head in approval.
“I wish I could have saved all our agents that Thrul used, but he would have grown too suspicious. He was going to kill them all anyway for the fact that they knew it was his magic portal that allowed the Salamanders to ravage the Alaor, that he was the evocation Red Wizard dressed in pink at the beck and call of Szass Tam, and because he thought *he* should have been the only one to have been in the presence of a god - despite the fact they did the work of retrieving the necessary artifact to do so - not to mention the very robes he now wears!
“Thrul needed to believe that Kossuth took Willo Goodman, Georenos Kurm, Drom, Gnoryc'yrych, and Gorkal in sacrifice because they were not worthy of having been in Kossuth’s presence and because there was just too many people to try and keep quite. It was all I could do to convince him that Kossuth had purified and returned Raevyn and Moneteria Fiscala to serve him, and that they could be trusted. Anymore and the ruse would have failed. The trials we set for our agents with...’his’...help,” he paused as he had almost spoke the name-that-could-not-be-uttered out loud “made them decide who really among them stood the best chance of surviving as vengeful double-agents in service to Thrul.”
“But Thrul is very canny and obviously trusts no one - not even me. The two who survived will be watched closely by his apprentices and his many new powerful agents for a time until they are called upon. Just as I am sure he has me watched closely by that damn apprentice of his...”
“Red Wizards trust no one, or they don’t remain Red Wizards for long,” interrupted by a female voice on the opposite side of the table. Slowing standing to full length with her simple red robes tumbling down from the cowl around her head and shoulders to her feet, the white mask she wore crafted to the contour of her face almost made it look like it was a part of her. “And I for one, applaud your effort, Eternal Flame. I know many of you have reservations against allying with known Red Wizards,” she paused as a few chuckles went up around the table “But doing so is a necessary evil and one that in the long term will be a benefit to us.”
Behind the porcelain mask her eyes moved to survey all those seated, “And I bring word of a new threat recently uncovered. One which can be further used to ingratiate some of our agents to the Red Wizards or the faiths and powers associated with them, and further our plans. We must move soon for an ancient enemy of Thay is almost ready to act...”