GLRP:EMs:Royal Spies:2010-2011:Blood Feud3
Blood Feud
Untitled Part III
Mission 89, December 28, 2010 - Training #14: Observation
With Minister Grey taken away for violating the Britannian Peace Act, Lord Kendal appointed Philip Stafford (Queen Dawn's Private Secretary) as the temporary head of the Ministery of Security. A training exercise comprised his first official interaction with the Spies.
During the training, Sarah Paumera directed the Spies to check on Minister Grey at his home in eastern Britain. All they found, however, was a message in his log book.
Log, by Magnus Grey
Mission 90, January 4, 2011 - Pip's Day Out
Before the Spies first mission under their new leader, those gathered in the underground base snooped through a suspicious backpack belonging to Philip. In the pack was an opened letter addressed to Dasha of the Meer from Queen Dawn, a blank check signed by Lord Kendal, a Royal Signet Ring, and a torn scroll with “B Chosen attacks Cove nd Moon.”
Letter, by Queen Dawn
Sarah Paumera soon arrived and suggested the Spies look in a bookcase in the base library. Hidden within, a kryss engraved with “Swap in crates of fresh vegetables” – a message from Lord Grey. Without knowing why, the Spies scrambled to gather crates of fresh foods while Sarah delayed Philip at Castle British.
When Stafford arrived, he said that they would be delivering a shipment of supplies to aid the Meer at Queen Dawn’s request. The Spies, accompanied by Philip, would gather the supplies from the Deuce's Vinculum Inn and then transport them by foot along a rather dangerous road instead of using the moongates.
Once the crates were gathered, the Spies headed south along the road through the jungle. Not long into the journey, a ratman gang attacked the caravan…causing Philip to hide.
Continuing down the road, the Spies neared Mistas. Just before the bridge, Philip ordered the Spies to continue on ahead while he hid under a large plant. Just south of the city, a contingent of Juka welcomed them to the area with an ambush.
A book of orders on the Jukan leader said that they believed Britannia was about to declare war. The Juka had apparently slain someone they thought was a Britannian Royal Guard who had information regarding an attack. Strangely, Philip didn’t want to be bothered with this information, and ordered the Spies onward.
Orders, by Warlord Kabur
Fortunately, several Spies ignored his orders and snuck away to find the ‘guard’s’ body. At small camp, an order shield and a book of orders lay near a corpse. Not far away, a partially buried dragon helm indicated the Bane Chosen’s involvement.
Orders, by ...
Philip had continued on with the Spies towards Lakeshire but was attacked near the bank of Pormir Priin by daemons and Bane Chosen. The battle stretched into the healer’s grove to the south before the Spies emerged victorious.
Arriving in Lakeshire, the Spies met with an eternal named Satharn. Philip ordered the crates to be delivered, not knowing that the Spies were giving the Meer crates full of fresh food, not his questionable crates.
Philip then asked to meet with Dasha to personally deliver the Queen’s letter, but was rebuffed by Satharn who would not reveal the Meer’s sanctum. Eventually, Philip begrudgingly agreed to give the letter to the Eternal before abruptly leaving.
The Spies returned to Britain and shared their misgivings about Philip with Sarah.
Mission 91, January 11, 2011 - Framed
Philip started the evening’s meeting by saying that both Lord Kendal and he believed there was a traitor working against Britannia. He said that his own investigation uncovered rumors that a daemon had been causing problems.
He said that his suspicions had been confirmed the night before when the wingless servant of Ankausvidlem was murdered. Allegedly, the evidence pointed to Bertrand , the Spies’ advisor, as the suspect. Philip then confronted Bertrand, who believed this must be a jest. In the end, the helpful daemon was arrested and hauled off to the Yew Prison to await trial. Philip then dismissed the Spies, saying he had other business.
With Stafford gone, Sarah Paumera appeared and led the Spies through a secret passage into the Britain sewers. A magical lever then teleported each Spy to a small house in Paws, the hideout of Magnus Grey. Lord Grey said that he wanted to speak to the Spies about what had transpired, but first he had a surprise.
Magnus had managed to rescue a crate of honors which Philip had ‘misplaced.’ He and Sarah proudly handed each Spy a cloak embroidered with their current rank. Two Spies, Galen and Neptune, had earned the highest rank (King Listener) twice, and were promoted to Assistant Royal Spymasters.
Next, the Minister discussed the situation with Bertrand and the murder of Ankausvidlem’s servant. Since the accusation against the daemon didn’t make sense, Magnus tasked the Spies with investigating the crime. He gave the coordinates of the scene of the crime, a small house in Britain. First, however, the Spies were to sneak into the Yew Prison and rescue Bertrand before any Bane or Conclave assassins could get to him.
The Spies arrived just in time to thwart a group of the Conclave’s destroyers from breaking into Bertrand’s specially warded cell. The daemons put up a fight, but ultimately failed in their mission. Bertrand was then taken to the dilapidated house center of the Hedgemaze to hide until he could be publicly exonerated.
With their main mission completed, the four Assistant Royal Spymasters headed to the coordinated of the gargoyle’s house in Britain. The scene of the crime.
Within the house, they found a broken knife in a pool of dried blood, but no further evidence. Fortunately, however, the trees outside the house concealed far more damning evidence: a Bane Helm and a Royal Signet ring… The same ring found after Mirendel’s abduction. The same ring both Lord Kendal and Philip Stafford wear…
Mission 92, January 18, 2011 -
Orders, by
Mission, by Philip Stafford
Demonic Religions, Vol. I, by Sigmel of Umbra
Corruption Magic, by Kahler
Orders, by Kerom
Mission 93, January 25, 2011 - VirtueBane
Letter, by Lord Kendal
Reports, by Philip Stafford
Reports, by Magnus Grey
Orders, by Miegen
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