GLRP:EMs:Royal Spies:2009:Pauper's Plan:Notes4

Title: Notes

Author: Lord Casca

I write the following words to document the great task before me. A game of chess requires aggression, subterfuge, and precision. Aggression will be handled by others, the Servant of Astaroth

on one side and the citizens of Britannia on the other. There are two sides, and I pretend to be the king for the side I play against. Subterfuge is the nature of my role. To insure precision, I take

these notes. . . . I put aside all the duties of a proper king, handing these tasks to the hands of those I know to be incompetent and foolish. I have no desire to govern

properly what will be laid to waste. Going through the notes, I will weaken the system by replacing competence with mediocrity. I see a scribe who will make a most amusing choice as a

general. I see a spy who was left to rot. I see a saboteur as a trade minister. . . . A mouse stands against me? Amusing. I suggested to my idiot aid that I

saw a few rats in town, and he was quick to find someone to place traps. . . . Unfortunately, public opinion sits with the rat. I have removed the traps in hopes of appearing

benevolent. . . . I am allowing the Spymaster to train a new group of spies in hopes of finding recruits for my true master. I also believe if will keep him

saw a few rats in town, and he was quick to find someone to place traps. . . . Unfortunately, public opinion sits with the rat. I have removed the traps in hopes of appearing

benevolent. . . . I am allowing the Spymaster to train a new group of spies in hopes of finding recruits for my true master. I also believe if will keep him

his price. He will keep silent about what will happen shortly in Trinsic. Melissa will do her job without interruption, so any failure will be on her part. . . .

I had to kill Joseph because apparently Magnus Grey actually has some competent people working for him. I must keep greater track of these new spies. I have asked James to give me a

complete list of these new spies and summaries of their activities. He seemed confused by this request, but a few comments about � making sure I, at least, know these heroes� names�

helped persuade him. . . . Blackrock hurt my Masters in the shadow of Moonglow. The material is powerful and must be looked into. Beyond a few works to � steal� the

material from my own Royal stockpiles, I have people spying on blackrock researchers and mining more of the stuff south of Britain. . . . I have no real problem

with the meer, but I wanted to see this new blackrock poison in action. Adding an impediment to Magnus Grey� s work and mentoring a promising new necromancer were added benefits.

. . . The orcs were failures. They lost their blackrock toys and a few chieftains. I despise incompetence. I heard the crop problem has spread to their foods. I hope

they all starve for failing me. . . . I tried to deal with a few loose ends related to Michael of Moonglow, a promising blackrock researcher I have

borrowed from. Unfortunatly, the Royal Spies are starting to become a problem. . . . I gave Andrew the list as soon as I heard of Magnus Grey� s desperate

plan to infiltrate my group and learn the identity of � the Pauper.� . . . Andrew only managed to kill a few spies with his inattention. Pathetic. Oh

well, his roll is secondary with the invasions � pushed back.� . . . One of the plans I� ve been working on lately is gathering a few large groups of malcontents and

miscreants and turning them into Pauper� s army. While I can misuse the Royal Guard and the Shadowlords have much greater armies, I want to insure an exit strategy should my true motives

be discovered. . . . My armies are gone, killed in secret by some powerful group. Since Magnus Grey� s reports are getting shorter and shorter, maybe the Royal

Spies? . . . The Royal Guard commander was so incompetent he either broke the law in a pointless way or got himself framed. Either

way, I can start moving other people into place. . . . I love the variety of tools I can misuse as king. Diplomacy is one incredible one. I have a Cyclops tribe bothering

Tokuno now. Since my master� s eyes will turn to these islands soon, best to be ready. . . . I have started changing laws and hiring new people to enforce my � vision�

for the Virtues. I am curious who will be too timid to move against me, and who will show they need to be removed. Morton and Xavier show a certain level of brutality I can respect.

. . . Blackrock is so useful. Irate monsters rampage across Tokuno thanks to its magic. Wonderful. Now to start the search. . . . I have had Magnus Grey

arrested. His spies are remarkably competent and hopefully soon dead. . . . My efforts at the volcano have been foiled. . . . I have sent Morton to

clean up a few � loose ends� in Tokuno. He does a remarkable job. It is a pity he failed to capture James though or wipe out the High Council. . . . My masters want the

Bell of Courage found and destroyed. I think a fake bell will bring the true one out. . . . The artifact protecting my castle has been destroyed. It is time to

move to another place anyway. Andrew had some trouble with the remaining spies again. . . . Magnus Grey has escaped, and Morton has been killed. I underestimated my

enemy again. Not a mistake I will repeat. . . . Lady Dawn was not killed by that fool pyromancer or the necrosculpter. Now she is talking with platinum dragons and

fighting for Luna. My masters want me to look into her destiny. I have had several wisps captured. I hope to torture their knowledge of the future out of them.

. . . Blackrock bombs against my enemies and their greatest weapons? A simple plan that I� m surprised Melissa did not consider. . . .

I have lost the means to produce more bombs, but it doesn� t matter. I have gotten the answers I need from the wisps and will join my masters. The end of this war is near.

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