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The Mayor’s Minutes for Feb 28, 2018
A New Mayor’s Minutes make their appearance at the Landing’s Moot Hall as Mayor Cruxophim summarizes recent events. You might also be able to peek at the Mayor’s proposed Emergency Plan to the Council that was in a sealed message bag. It did say Council, Militia, and other select pertinent individuals. Hello Pertinent! Take a bow!
Category: Towns
Topic: Wehnimer’s LandingDate: 02/28/2018 11:25 PM CSTFrom: FLAYED-ANGELSubj: Mayor's Minutes [RE: Mayoral Candidates, Freedom of Magic (Yes, Even Demonology), Perimeter Watch, Congratulations, BONUS: A Secret Countermeasure.]Posted within the Lobby of Moot Hall is a Public Notice, written in pale ink on glossy black parchment. The Notice is dated for the 28th of Fashanos in the Year 5118, and reads as follows:
Esteemed Citizens and Allies of the Landing, The final Candidates for the Wehnimer’s Landing Mayoral Elections of 5118 have been announced, and it is with great pride that I note them to be Leafiara Autumnwind and Lylia Rashere. Campaign season is currently scheduled to begin on the 3rd of Charlatos, so like many of us, I look forward to a good deal of scintillating discussion during that time, leading up to the voting window from the 24th to the 27th. And of course, both Candidates are highly esteemed citizens of the Landing and valued acquaintances, so regardless of the outcome of the election… we stand to benefit from excellent leadership in the year to come. As many of you know, the Council recently saw fit to approve my proposal to lift the archaic ban upon extraplanar summoning within the confines of the town, a request which has passed my desk numerous times during my tenure in office. To those uncertain or in doubt of this decision, let me clarify once again that such does not mean any lapse in safety or security for our fine town, and any sorcerers utilizing such without a proper measure of control will still be subject to the law for any subsequent charges pursuant to such. Many other towns have long seen fit to abolish such antiquated laws, and this change is a portion of the legislature that I hope to pass before leaving office. Ultimately, it is my desire to allow our citizens greater freedom in both their religious and magical practices, in the progressive spirit of what I believe the Landing embodies: unity, acceptance, but also strength in diversity. In matters of supplementing defense, I have been in discussion with Fahlo regarding his voluntary examination of our defensive perimeters for possible weaknesses that might be exploited by invading forces. He is currently looking for others to aid in an additional volunteer watch of sorts, particularly throughout the labyrinthian complex that is the Burrow Way tunnels. Any interested in discussion of such should seek either him or myself out for further information, and — once again — I would encourage any with such ideas to feel free to seek out either me or one of my Advisors as available, or to leave such suggestions on the blackboard recently placed just outside my office. In other news, congratulations are in order for four more individuals: Kips, Suprie, Ammina, and Luxulle have all attained the illustrious prestige of completing their final training in their respective professions. My heartfelt congratulations to them all. Signed and Sealed, – Cruxophim, Mayor of Wehnimer’s Landing
[OOC NOTE: As a matter of security, the following is obviously privileged information. HOWEVER, if your character is one who is interested in such matters, and I overlooked them or simply don’t know them, feel free to drop me a line either on here or IG sometime — I’d be more than happy to loop you in and include you as one of the people I may have consulted with, provided it makes sense.]
A sealed private document is hand-delivered to the individual members of the Town Council, Militia Captains Shinann and Stormyrain, and other select pertinent individuals (including some of the current Mayor’s appointed Advisors) on the morning of the 28th of Fashanos in the Year 5118. After several pages outlining the extremely classified nature of the material within, the following is written:
— OUTLINE FOR EMERGENCY SECURITY PROPOSAL 759: OPERATION PARAMETERS — As you know, the wanted seditionist and mass-murderer known only by the alias Rone has continued to plague our town for the last two months, eluding capture at every turn even when cornered; during the course of this reign of terror, he has wantonly assassinated dozens of individuals in service of whatever deluded notion of “justice” he adheres to, and has sown a dire measure of dissent and discord throughout our town… the seeds of which I fear we shall be reaping for some time to come. I presume we all stand in agreement that this individual must be stopped. For the past three weeks, myself and several of my colleagues have been diligently formulating a stratagem to deal directly with this threat. We have come up with a course of action through which I firmly believe we can apprehend this heinous criminal without undue harm (so that he may face proper justice) or collateral damage, a chief concern given his callous propensity for such. Despite the unverifiable — and potentially fabricated — nature of the subject’s “intel”, he may ostensibly possess some preternatural means of scrying or espial, as postulated by Advisor Xorus, so it is my belief that no measure of precaution is too great when dealing with unknown factors… especially when those factors have displayed no compunction about murdering those who stand in their way. As you may also know, I have spent nearly all of my personal time — when not attending to the various duties of Office — exhaustively researching a means by which to ward our town from the numerous threats — both mundane and occult — which seem to be visited upon us near constantly. While this research is not yet completed in full, both myself and the various trusted academics and scholars pertinent to this matter that I have consulted with have come to the following conclusion: that a small portion of this comprehensive research might be surgically modified to create a means by which to nullify and disable the “ethereal mist” the terrorist uses as his primary means of escape, which is no doubt the sole reason he has not been apprehended thus far. We have seen evidence of such already with Stephos DeArchon’s use of a single rare magic nullification crystal, which resulted in the culprit sustaining injury and the provided the closest instance of his capture to date; while the quick-witted devil still narrowly escaped by taking Lylia hostage at knifepoint (and, by my understanding, through some manner of induced mana-paralysis), this has demonstrated that such a tact will likely provide our highest chance of success. Disabling his phasing ability should allow us to arrest him with minimal threat to our security forces and — more importantly — any innocent bystanders that this craven individual may find in proximity, especially if enacted in conjunction with a coordinated trap to accost and subdue him; unlike the prior reckless means used by DeArchon, this will have the additional benefit of being a specifically targetted attack, affecting only the intended subject through the use of the blood which we now possess, and will allow others to retain their abilities. Myself and several individuals of venerated knowledge (who would largely prefer to remain anonymous at this time, if possible, out of concern for their own safety) have verified and authenticated the veracity of this research, as you will see in both the attached dossier and further supplemental material provided in future. As a further measure of precaution for the benefit of those involved, I wish to privately enlist Captain Stormyrain as a secondary overseer, given the subject’s current specious claims against me. It is my belief that Stormyrain’s own talents and knowledge will mesh well with this task; however, if she is either unwilling or unable to fulfill such as a result of her numerous other duties as Militia Captain, I will seek another such reputable individual for this role. What I seek now is your approval to proceed with the preliminary stages of this operation, with further updates to be provided as progress is made. If approved, we will operate publicly under the ruse of establishing preliminary groundwork upon the warding project, which — while not nearly complete by my exacting standards of safety and reliability — will nevertheless provide enough of an incidental and convenient truth for these purposes. My research on such is public enough knowledge and involves the work of a large enough volume of consultants to make it perfectly plausible; we will simply omit the part where we are building this initial framework specifically for the purposes outlined above. I await your response in this matter, and hope you will understand why I have updated this proposal to emergency status given the swiftly rising death toll. […CONTINUED ] Signed and Sealed, – Cruxophim, Mayor of Wehnimer’s Landing
— Wheels & Skulls Department
You see Blood Mayor Cruxophim the Blood Reaver.
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