Dragon Age: The Aeducan Succession [Stopped]

[Secura]

End of Night Two


Tucked up in bed...

The night passes by without incident, leaving sixteen people to assemble before King Endrin later in the day.

[Secura]

Day Three
Voting concludes at 21:00 GMT, 21/07/10


On the streets of the Commons

The merchants of Orzammar had been busy arranging their wares long before the guards had emerged; it took hours to haul equipment from homes to stalls, and then there was the presentation of it all... cuirasses fixed upon training dummies, swords propped up against walls. piles of sparkling gems and boxes lined with various tonics.

Following the success of the previous day, where they made a total of seventeen gold, the merchants declared that they would be willing to buy any unwanted equipment from the citizens of Orzammar... for a reasonable price of course!

Additionally, they had some new wares for sale:

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The Chameleon's Clasp
Trinket
+2 Constitution, cannot be tracked
This item requires a minimum bid of six gold and can be worn by anyone.


The '1' Ring
Trinket
+1 Strength, +1 Constitution, +1% chance to escape from an encounter
This item requires a minimum bid of six gold and can be worn by anyone.

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In the Throne Room of the Royal Palace

The king's guests assembled in the Aeducan Throne Room to see that their esteemed host's usual seat was empty; the tanned-skinned Warden was stood in front of it, arms folded and eyes constantly scanning across the room until everyone was in and the doors were shut.

"I am glad to see that you all made it through the night safely", he said with a soft smile visible beneath his trimmed facial hair, "but we have urgent business to attend to."

Duncan turned around and picked up a sizeable warhammer that had been resting on the edge of the throne, then turned back to the crowd and urged them all to look over the well-crafted weapon. He could see that many struggled to lift it, such was the strength of it's previous wielder, and he contemplated retrieving it immediately... but Endrin had been insistent, they had to see for themselves where their suspicions had led.

"This belonged to Reenk Roink", the Grey Warden continued, "and I am sure that you all know what the insignia upon the stone means."

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The expressions of the crowd turned sour upon seeing the imprint upon the warhammer's stone, and a stark realisation hit them; it was johnhughthom who spoke up first.

"So... Reenk Roink was a member of th-"

Duncan interjected with a sharp nod and a sharper glare; his smile had vanished entirely, and his face bore signs of disdain and regret over the actions taken by the guests. The Grey Wardens and the Legion of the Dead shared much in common, and he felt that there was a sense of kinship between the rarely-trusted Wardens and shunned Legionnaires, particularly when it came to the darkspawn.

"It is likely that he rejoined his fellow legionnaires in the Deep Roads; as I understand it, it's rare that a legionnaire enters Orzammar, and we have no idea what brought him back to the city."

The audience stirred, muttering among themselves until a loud thud shook everyone to the core; ArpeggiateTHIS had dropped the weapon, but Duncan actually welcomed this interruption, using the break in the chatter to speak again.

"Regardless of this turn of events, the king wishes for you to select who you find most trustworthy to have his discarded weapon, in addition to your usual duties of finding the culprit for Lady Dordan's death", Duncan continued, before taking the heavy maul from the hands of a struggling noble and leaving the attending guests to begin their debate.

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Reenk Roink was Legionnaire Roldim.

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He was neutral!

Alive: (16/17)
TheFlax
Double A
Beskar
Pinman
Renata
civplayah
Chaotix
ArpeggiateTHIS
Yaseikhaan
Khazaar
Romanic
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Captain Blackadder
autolycus
johnhughthom
God Emperor

Fled into the Deep Roads:
Reenk Roink

Regarding selling your stuff:

• To sell an item to me, send me a PM with a price you want, and we'll haggle. :P
• Once we're agreed on a price, you'll get the gold immediately and I'll sell your old stuff the next day.

Regarding the items of the fallen:

• Simply vote with the item's name first and the name of the player you want to have the item second, which would be warhammer: Secura in this case
• Remember that the winner is announced in-thread, but you won't be made aware of the item's effects unless you win it.

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

I'm going to confess this before anybody else does: I was thrown in jail for the duration of last night and thus prevented from carrying out my night actions. Roleblocked.

As you can see, there were no kill attempts made last night, and it only takes a rational townie to come to the conclusion that I should be lynched.

Before town makes an unnecessary kill, I'd like to plead my case before you and try and prove my innocence.

I am a dwarf, and a noble dwarf at that. As previously mentioned, I carry a Dwarven Shortsword and a set of Heavy Dwarven Armour, which add 1 to Strength and Constitution respectively. The first mafia kill attempt was made with an axe, I seem to recall. I do not have an axe, although I cannot immediately prove this to you.

My night actions are not kills but an investigation of sorts. As a noble dwarf, I am searching for a bride with whom I will begin a legacy. On night one, I investigated Romanic and found him to not be a female (am I right, Romanic?). Last night I attempted an investigation on Renata, but was thrown in jail before reaching her location.

Either way, it's up to you whether I should be exiled or killed, but let me assure you that you're making a grave mistake in thinking that I am scum. I've got nothing more to say that can redeem myself in your eyes, although I hope you will all consider my comments and make the connection for yourselves that I'm telling the truth. If not, you can always lynch me next round.

[johnhughthom]

Imprison: Mr THIS

Your story seems plausible, but until a better alternative comes along I think you would be best behind bars.

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

Imprison: Mr THIS

Your story seems plausible, but until a better alternative comes along I think you would be best behind bars.

Imprisonment, rather than plain exile, would be a much more rational view to dealing with me. Imprison: ArpeggiateTHIS.

[Reenk Roink]

A messenger carries a note:

Dwarves of Orzammar:

I suggest you take a look at the one called Chaotix, his words, and his actions, during last round, and consider what I told you. I would suggest nothing but an all out vote for execution for him. The one they call civplayah is worth looking at too.

As for my weapons, I'd give them to none among you as punishment for your stinginess. However, I guess Double A could borrow them to help against the Darkspawn. I will recollect them after the Darkspawn are defeated.

Imprisoning ArpeggiateTHIS seems very useless, if you are truly concerned about him, simply have him blocked again at night, that is to say IF the blocker wasn't working for the Darkspawn themselves...

P.S: To atone for your sins, please raise 20 gold and a trinket of value, and have it aside for me when I triumphantly return after you have defeated the Darkspawn.

[Renata]

Arpeg, what's the in-game purpose of this bride thing, given you wanted me to be it?

[Double A]

We haven't heard from God Emperor in a while... vote: God Emperor

[Chaotix]

All right. I see the sense in Romanic's suggestions. I'll take this into account in the future.

However, I'd still like to see Arpeg with his full reveal.

And I'd also appreciate some of the votes coming off of me.

[seireikhaan]

... very well. Unvote: Chaotix

Vote: God Emperor

For now, anyways. I have a hunch that this deal with Arp is either accident or setup.

[Secura]

A little over one hour remains for votes and bids.

The current bids stand at sixteen gold for the Clasp, ten gold for the Ring. :3

[Beskar]

Vote: God Emperor

Susipicious minds.

[Secura]

The phase ended at 9pm GMT, thus I will have to discount both Beskar's vote and the late bid I received a few hours ago.

However, following a serious spate of broken rules, QuickTopic mistakes and more, I'm in half a mind of whether or not to outright end the game now because I feel that everything's in tatters currently... for me, things couldn't be going any worse in terms of the behind-the-scenes stuff.

I believed that I had made the rules crystal clear and that any PM featuring QT links stressed that you must be careful what name you're posting under, and still rules are broken and mistakes are made... if this was any standard game, I wouldn't mind, but in this game every single role has an impact and has it's enemies/allies, and these occurances are tearing apart the foundations I've worked hard at for the last two months.

This is my first small-sized game and only my second overall, and I'm really at a loss with how to proceed with this now; I feel as though the game is ruined. :/

[Secura]

End of Day Three


Inside the Throne Room

By the end of the third day, it had become clear to Duncan that the king's guests seemed to be making some sort of headway into finding Lady Dordan's killer; where before there had been baseless accusations, now there were solid arguments based upon evidence, circumstantial or otherwise. The Grey Warden cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the crowd.

"I must applaud you on your progress today", he smiled wryly, "it seems that, in your quest to find the the Lady's killer, you have set aside any claims to Reenk Roink's discarded warhammer... most commendable."

The tanned Warden handed the heavy-set weapon to his nearby second, who struggled to carry it out of the room; Duncan chuckled lightly to himself, before turning back to the guests and gesturing for a spokesperson to come forth.

Chaotix knelt before the throne, and triumphantly stated "with my efforts, we have collectively decided to throw ArpeggiateTHIS into the prison cells for the night!"

Duncan nodded silently while the crowd murmered in agreement with Chaotix; before the Grey Warden could even contemplate issuing an order to detain ArpeggiateTHIS, the palace guards had already dragged the new inmate away without protestation.

"Before we depart for the night, I believe that there is something you should see", Duncan continued, passing a handful of scrolls to the various guests, "it appears to be a request for business, perhaps one that you may consider should you have the time and coin"

You unfurl the scroll to read a neat, purposeful script:

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Esteemed guests of our honourable king,

The quill is mightier than the sword; why waste your hard-earned coin on material trappings when you could spend it on information about your enemies and allies?

The Watchers will gladly exchange their information for your coin; whether it be existing information or a target of your choosing, you can be assured that our service works to a high standard and will yield results.

Simply drop a slip of paper with your target and an amount of gold that you'll part with into the Squealing Nug's tips jar and we will do the rest.

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As you prepare to sleep, you find a second scroll placed neatly upon your bedside table, and you unfurl it to read a somewhat haggard text, though you assume that this is to maintain anonymity:

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LoRDs aNd lADIes!

TheRE ARe ENemIeS aboUNd AnD wE hAVe tHE MEaNs TO hAnDLe iT!

ClEAN, eFFicIENT, DEADly... tHeRe iS NO fINEr blAdE iN OrzAMMaR!

LeAVe aT leAST fIVe GOLd (tHoUGH mOrE WOuld bE nICe!) aNd A nAmE iN a deaDdrOP, aNd yOUr eNEmiEs WilL bE dEAlt wITh...

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Start of Night Three
Night will end at 12:00 GMT, 25/07/10 or sooner if I have received orders from everyone!

Imprisonment
ArpeggiateTHIS: 9 - Pinman, Renata, civplayah, Chaotix, ArpeggiateTHIS, Romanic, spL1tp3r50naL1ty, johnhughthom, God Emperor

Alive: (16/17)
TheFlax
Double A
Beskar
Pinman
Renata
civplayah
Chaotix
ArpeggiateTHIS - Imprisoned
Yaseikhaan
Khazaar
Romanic
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Captain Blackadder
autolycus
johnhughthom
God Emperor

Fled into the Deep Roads:
Reenk Roink

Sincerest apologies for the late writeup... I've had a bit of a struggle with motivation to carry on since I made that last post, but I'm back on track now.

In regards to the two scrolls, you simply PM me if you wish to use their services, with an offer of gold, and I will forward it to the respective parties.

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

*Rattles cell bars*

Thanks for letting this continue despite everything. It's a great game and it'd be a shame to end it over a few idiots and fools.

[Secura]

Thanks for letting this continue despite everything. It's a great game and it'd be a shame to end it over a few idiots and fools.

I currently work at a windsports centre, and recently someone crashed one of the quad bikes that we use for patrolling the beach into a building causing a few hundred pounds worth of damage; following the incident, only the senior members of staff are permitted to use them, even if lower-ranked staff (such as myself, the only woman to have done so at a competency rate on par with the men) have received full training for it... and I kinda found myself saying "why have the actions of one person ruined things for forty others?"

That same principle extends to this game; I'm not going to punish everyone for the actions of a few people, so I've just carried on...