>>5686601It’s Arun. His network of informants reported back earlier than usual.
Johannes is actively hunting anyone that might pose a threat to the monarchy financially. Several of the senior members’ close associates have been arrested or disappeared. He’s getting closer to taking down Red Winter with each passing day.
The seniors’ usual tactics won’t work against someone like Johannes. He’s not the type that could be bribed. Not the type to be easily threatened (or even find), and his personal life is barely known. Even if they somehow manage to kill him, there’s still the other reiters he commands.
What they plan to do is pinning the blame on other individuals instead. He has Red Winter in his sights, but he doesn’t know the inner workings of it yet. From what Arun could find, they are using him as an opportunity to remove certain junior members or associates that they deemed as liabilities. They never intended on forgiving those guys, especially the ones that spearheaded the plot that eventually spiraled into the destruction of Steel Beaks.
"The associates have the same idea."
Getting rid of the seniors is a rather difficult task, as unlike most of Red Winter, they have many benefactors and business partners in the legitimate world. Destroying such safety nets are the associates’ current goals.
"Those apothecaries [Cris and Zeal] are making deals with the market district. Restaurants in North Clawflash have begun selling their.. medicinal drinks."
It’s a dangerous game that those two are playing. Their territory is South Clawflash, not the North. If the seniors find out that they’re conducting business on their territory without their consent, they are going to get punished pretty severely.
The later weeks of this month will be especially important — with the seniors preoccupied and afraid, this is the moment where the associates could convert or disable their allies, assuming they don’t attract the attention of that reiter.
"The two have asked for a favor from you.."
>Accounting issuesA feast scheduled to take place in North Clawflash, in the neighborhood of wealthy merchants. Some of these are disliked by the ones working for the associates, and they request that their financial records are compromised. While a large social gathering, it is quite an exclusive thing. Only a few people can show up.
Sira and Dao will handle this — she is very skilled at replicating handwritings and falsifying them.
>Medical tamperingA family requested the death of their grandfather. Conflicting beliefs on how they should run their dairy business. They had just learned that he will undergo a medical operation in Graceborn, a sea side province in the far south, populated by Serpents. Due the such a short notice, the only person that can go there in time is Warin.
Red Winter barely has a presence there. She’s on her own, for the most part.
