[Fenrir and Reinward have been tasked with staging a coup in the city of Westgate to stop the evil vampire lord the Night King from doing the same. Just recently Cavu returned with some concerning news and an offer...]
DAY 545 (30th Eleasis) (August) cont ...
Fenrir and Reinward talked to Cavu, but they were confused. Neither of them knew how to plot a coup and their ideas were very random.
Reinward considered a plan that involved infiltrating the Vampire Keep and complaining about the Night King. Effectively asking to 'talk to the manager.'
Fenrir initially thought of just leaving Westgate. Cavu said it was up to him.
'But what do we do? If we stay, what are we meant to do?'
'Didn't Random draw you up a plan a while ago? Who to get on side, what factions to talk to and bribe, there was a list of things to do wasn't there?'
Fenrir knew of 'Random's New Plan' and he had been following it - mostly - and while he knew what (for instance) "2. Kill the Croamarch" and "5. Have support of mercs" meant and how to achieve an individual item, he had no idea of how to fit it all together into something that wouldn't just fall to bits as soon as the lever was pulled on the coup.
'It wouldn't be fun if it was easy!' commented Cavu to some rather stern looks.
'Sorry,' went on Cavu. 'I don't know what to tell you. You both know Westgate better than I do now. You are the Commander of the Watch and the Crownbearer of Ilmater. You have a King in Waiting armed with the "Piecemaker", you have Thistle Thavalar lined up for marriage, you have the Mercenaries on side... If anyone is best situated to bring back the King to Westgate its you chaps. If you are going to go for it, then just go for it!'
Fenrir and Reinward eventually decided to give it a try. A large donation of 200,000 gold each definitely helped a little with the making up of their minds!
Cavu also gave 50,000 gold that was the second part of the payment to the Mercenary Guild.
After Cavu left the house (and presumably Westgate) Fenrir did the rounds again. First he went to see Gwendeth to check on the wedding plans, then to Palla the White to give her the rest of the money.
He got home about eight o'clock. Gelly came to speak to him. She said she thought there was a spy in the house and that it was likely one of the 'house rogues' called Carlos Del Mare.
She also said;
''
Whenever anyone goes out of the house, out of any door, they are tailed by Night Masks. I've a feeling that something big and invisible sometimes flies over the house at night, but that could just be my paranoia!
''
Fenrir had already had a long day but he decided to drag Carlos out then and there.
'I've heard you've been spying on us!' he accused.
'No I've not! You can't prove nothing!' came the quick reply.
Gelly was called in and said, 'well explain why you go off to the pub and speak to unknowns?'
'So?' he asked.
Fenrir went full 'demon winged intimidation' mode and said, 'I'll ask this once only, who did you speak to and what organisation are you with?'
'Wot?' he cried. 'You hired me to keep my ear to the ground! I talk to people, even Night Masks to try and find out about incoming threats.'
After about half an hour of this sort of talk Fenrir had had enough and said;
'We'll pick this up later. Sleepy time!'
He cast Painful Slumber on Carlos and then stuff him inside a barrel. He gave fifty gold to Gelly.
DAY 546 (Shieldmeet)(August)
Veddic took the barrel away in the morning. Fenrir went to work.
He did a bit more on setting up bounties for Vampire Hunters. The Watch did offer bounties for wanted individuals, and occasionally for dangerous beasts, but they'd never offered a blanket bounty on something as nasty as vampires.
Still, 5000 gold was not a bad starting price and Fenrir also arranged that anyone bringing solid information about vampires was to be given 50 gold.
To get the big reward a vampire with a stake in its heart had to be provided.
He also set about making a new law that anyone 'harbouring a vampire' would have all their assets seized. This law, he decided, would be applied ruthlessly, with an idea to it providing the money to pay the bounties.
Bounty Hunters were to register with the Watch.
He went to talk to Jenner Fields, one of the Westgate Judges to start setting up all the legal aspects of this.
Fenrir also decided that a special squad of Watch "Vampire Inspectors" would be set up, starting with a cleric or two to get the ball rolling.
Fenrir then had information on Vampire habits and weaknesses copied up by scribes and given out to all Watchmen. He also arranged for three cart loads of garlic to be purchased so that it could be distributed around all the Watch houses and posts. Five hundred mirrors were also put on order. Every Watchman was to be given a whistle.
Reinward went to talk to the clerics at the Temple of Ilmater. He wanted to use them as "Vampire Verifiers", to check that any vampire remains that were offered for the bounty were not just dead people and actual undead.
After work they both went along to see the Night Parade. Fenrir wanted them to plant dreams into the heads of the people of the council about how great it would be to have a King back in Westgate. They said they would see what they could do.
The "female" members of the Night Parade wanted to have sex with them, but the both declined. They then had a brain wave and decided to send over all the people they had sleeping in barrels. The Night Parade could then take them away and do whatever awful things they wanted with them.
By my calculation the prisoners they gave over were:
1. Blackthorn
2. Reaver Lord Dynarth Bloodcowl
3. Jorkronas Kyletchi Urdo (as a sloth)
4. Drydal Trant
5. Carlos Del Mare
Veddic would deliver them all at his earliest convenience.
When they got home they were met by Jasper who told them that 50 chickens had been delivered.
There was a note that read:
'I know who you are! And I know what you did! Enjoy the chickens!'
Fenrir thought it might have been from Shaymer. He told the servants to give the chickens to the poor.
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