Dec 5, 2015 10:51 am
This was one step, the first step, of a much bigger plot. The biggest plot the skaa had ever hatched. The nobility of Mantiz, a small city in the Western Dominance, would be overthrown. Some murdered, some merely replaced by skaa sympathizers, or, skaa themselves. Before a plan could unfold, however, you needed security. One of you had heard of Sastren, a coppercloud rumoured to be the very best at hiding people and plots. Before she would help you, she needed proof that you were serious, and she needed work done. Her request brought you here, to a the Letorneau plantation a half days forced march from Mantiz. Skaa work the fields while house guards wander amongst them, chastising those who slow their pace and whipping those who stop or fall in exhaustion. Here, somewhere in the house that overlooks the fields, is a notebook with detailed observations of suspicious skaa activity within the city of Mantiz. Sastren wants the book.
You were lucky. Several coincidences have made this job easier. Some of you with skaa blood are familiar with a family or two that works the plantation, and an order from the Canton of Finance requested an obligator visit the plantation and review and authorize the most recent batch of transactions. Above all, Zara Latorneau, the minor noble who oversees the plantation - and a fiercely renowned coinshot - is away on her annual trip to Luthadel to visit with the families her plantation supplies. The plan is simple: get in, find the notebook, take the notebook, and get out.
So, here you all are in the ashen fields overlooking the plantation. Beyond the plantation fields sits a quaint wooden house with statues of mythical beasts equally spaced around the perimeter. The sun hangs low in the sky, night will be upon you within the hour.
Beat: 5 minutes
You were lucky. Several coincidences have made this job easier. Some of you with skaa blood are familiar with a family or two that works the plantation, and an order from the Canton of Finance requested an obligator visit the plantation and review and authorize the most recent batch of transactions. Above all, Zara Latorneau, the minor noble who oversees the plantation - and a fiercely renowned coinshot - is away on her annual trip to Luthadel to visit with the families her plantation supplies. The plan is simple: get in, find the notebook, take the notebook, and get out.
So, here you all are in the ashen fields overlooking the plantation. Beyond the plantation fields sits a quaint wooden house with statues of mythical beasts equally spaced around the perimeter. The sun hangs low in the sky, night will be upon you within the hour.
Beat: 5 minutes