The Ghostfence rp: Discussion and Planning #2 Options

[minque]

Time for a new one!


link to the previous one

[bbqplatypus]

My initial plan was for Salms to go mad with soul sickness between the camp and the Ghostgate and begin attacking people. You may have noticed that he's been trying to fend it off for quite some time now. Then Dranas Heleran was going to save Apelles' life, if I recall the plan correctly. Basically, here's how I generally envisioned things going down.

Owing to the shortage of men (and the frank conversation with Apelles, which they overheard and would claim to be a sign of lost faith), the commander of the midway camp (who doesn't really like Salms to begin with) was going to take over the caravan and drag Salms along to be tried and imprisoned in the dungeons at Ghostgate. Then, somewhere along the trail, there'd be an ash storm and/or ash creature attack, and that would be the last straw for Salms, whose Temple has continually let him down as he has been haunted by dreams. Pow, faster than you can say "Ia! Dagoth fhtagn!" he's madder than an outhouse rat.

The camp commander (Sedas Drethan) would die, as would a few of the officers. Then the caravan would have to get there with the people they have. The death of Salms would increase Apelles' suspicion of how the Temple is running things. He'd barge into the office all furious and demand to know why the Legion hasn't been asked to help, etc. He'd write a letter to his boss (or even the Duke himself) to send for additional reinforcements, but it would be intercepted by the Ghostgate commander (as all mail actually goes through his hand-picked Armigers). This would create a struggle to reach the outside world, as the Ghostgate is now effectively isolated, with the Commander's false reports creating false reassurances.

It's clear that this initial plan of mine is too lengthy by itself - we need to get these guys to Ghostgate ASAP. Feel free to co-opt whatever parts of it you like into it, though. Salms could be the mole (though it doesn't quite fit with the hints I gave earlier), or possibly his breakdown could be shifted to after the arrival at Ghostgate. I'd kinda prefer the latter, personally, but I'm not the only person in this RP.

I like several aspects of jackcloudy's plan, as well as Dantrag. Possibly Salms gives in and becomes a patsy to the Sixth House, working with the main mole without actually being the mole.

I think there might actually be Sixth House infiltration at multiple levels, and not just one. If the commander is a mole, he could actually be posing as the "new blood" sent in to "fix" the mess that the infiltrators created.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Nov 30 2009, 10:41 PM