>>5216849“Subtler means than what?” he demands. “We have not told you of our plans for that city.”
“Then may I ask what they are?” you ask, as respectfully as you can manage.
The Chaplain leans back, tilting his noble, wattled chin upwards and looking at you sidelong.
“You have an inkling already, I sense,” he says quietly.
“An army of Dragonborn, to smash and burn it wholesale?” you ask.
“Maybe,” he admits. “in time, of course. At first… Raids, with what forces we can muster at present, upon vulnerable communities. To take their people, for their blood, to fuel the creation of these Dragonborn. I… Have been made to understand that human blood is SOMEHOW vital to the process of their creation.”
You nod.
“So you propose to kidnap whole communities, leaving no witness of survivor?” you ask.
“You understand the gist,” he says. “We can destroy their food production in this way as well, and provoke fear. Perhaps manoeuvre orc warbands into place, to explain the attacks…”
“And if a survivor escapes?” you press, impetuous for your standing, dedicated your purpose. “If the Paladins mount a defence?”
“We unleash what Dragonborn we have upon them, and destroy the apish acolytes of the foolish false gods above!”
The Chaplain has great faith in the martial merit of the ‘perfected’ Dragonborn… Perhaps not misplaced. Still, it may be worth offering you input. After all, with all you have achieved, he cannot help but have great faith in YOU, also; it is why you were even afforded the great prestige of this meeting!
What do you suggest?
>Approve of his plan [specify any adjustments which you would make]>Suggest allying with The Incubus, who ahs control of a prince of Hawksong, to install a puppet monarch on the throne and disband or corrupt the Paladins into uselessness—a devilish shadow-coup with plausible deniability!>Suggest using your Goblintown allies, Eastern beastfolk business-partners, and demonic enthrallment to smuggle drugs in and humans who nobody ill miss out—subvert their society and get a steady supply of blood in a decades-long long-con!>Propose assassinating the Archmage, who is suspicious of your race’s involvement, and the installation of Head Chimericist Henzler as his replacement, to gain access to the advanced magical facilities of The Mages’ Tower, so as to speed up Dragonborn product and to strengthen your army with chimercism!>Suggest that you forget Hawksong altogether for now, and focus on building an empire in the Southlands, where your people are already stronger and better-established—it will buy Edwin a comfortable lifetime without invasion, and in decades to come, you can turn one human empire against another!>Write-in 