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[Fanofgaming]

"I don't know exactly how long he's controlled these lands. I would presume that it was handed down to him by his father when he was younger. As for power of decision, yes; I have complete control over these lands while Lord Blackrose is away."

[leone313]

"Then maybe you can start looking over these documents." He hands Thomas the original proposal and a contract form. "A quick decision would be much appreciated."

[Fanofgaming]

Thomas glances over the documents. "You can't seriously expect me to give away land that belongs to someone else, can you? I'm sure that Lord Blackrose would be justifiably furious if I were to do that. If you like, however, I can arrange for you to be given a place to stay here and you can wait for him to return. I'm sure that, if your offer is reasonable, he will seriously consider it."

[leone313]

"I guess I could stay for a while, thank you for your hospitality. In the meantime, could you at least look at the figures and tell me I you think this is an offer worth bringing to your master? And I'd also like to send a message to mine, do you have a messenger available?

[Fanofgaming]

I'll look over it, but I'm not sure what the value of land is here. I'm sure it is much higher where I'm from. I think he'll be happy to see that people are interested in making offers, if nothing else. Unfortunately, though, I don't have any messengers here. Just a bunch of guards.

[Taricus]

Laythe thought for a moment then spoke ((To Kathos))

"This way. If you're going to get drunk, you might as well here. Should save you the taste of the cheap stuff."

Laythe gestured to the door on her left.

((Avitus:))

"It involves you becuase of two things. First is the offers you sent out, second being the fact you're an advisor. William was exiled due to damn well ruining my plans..."

[leone313]

In Vale:
"Please inform me if any of them goes back to Talama then, so I can give them a letter. I guess I'll will go to my room now, thanks for receiving me."
In Talama:
Avitus remained silent for a moment. "That must mean he his the cause for the lack of response from some of the unaligned nobles? Truly regrettable indeed. And the winter wont help either, we will have to wait a full season to start all over again. Anything else you would like to discuss? When the times will be less... stressful, I'd like to see you about that university project I have. I may have found the perfect building."

[Fanofgaming]

Thomas smiles. "Thank you for coming. The guard will escort you to your room."
...The guard escorts you to your room.

[Taricus]

((Avitus:))

"Very well then. Nothing more to say here. You are both dismissed."

[leone313]

"Goodbye, your highness." Avitus left the throne room and the Palace.
He was heading to the Hacturi embassy where he heard a pretty decent architect resided.

Go to the embassy and meet with Hugo.

[Dwarmin]

A short time afterwards, a messenger arrives with a letter for Queen Laythe...

Spoiler: Letter to the Queen (click to show/hide)

Queen Laythe

   I have spent the better part of the last few days walking the city, and have found a certain anger is slowly building up due to the lockdown. Many citizens have family and friends who are currently camped out around the gates, and as we all know, the nights are beginning to get very cold. I have taken the liberty of distributing some aid and sucor to them-food and blankets, and help with rent. For those that rely on travelling outside the city for their business have also been affected. I know your majesty did the right thing in ordering this action, but I must request an action on the nobles part to calm the populace.

I am willing to make a public speech to calm the fears of the public and inform them of our progress, if you would allow it-of couse, her majesty is equally as able to do so, but I only offer my self to spare you the backlash that may come from this.

   Eagerly awaiting your decision

Tala Alanis

The messenger-who seems quite young and very well spoken. He's got a very distinctive sort of uniform on-one with the emblem of the House Alanis upon it, an eye in an open palm.

"The Lady begs your forgiveness that she could not attend in person as of this moment, but if you wish to summon her, she will be ready by the evening. We will await your majesties decision."

[Taricus]

((Tala:))

"Fair enough. In the event that a Riot does occur, tell her to point it at the Hatcuri. Dismissed!"

[Dwarmin]

The messenger nods and vanishes as if he was never there. How did he do that?

------
'Tala' had gathered a good number of people at the gathering-even here, she had done her usual style. She had converted an abadoned warehouse into a meeting area. There was a giant pots of warm soup and bread being handed out, a massive lit hearth, quiet cheerful music and-not that many guards. She was not afraid of these people-which was to say, they were her people now. Most of them were just hungry and nervous about what was going to happen. She had taken the time to listen to them...something a true 'Noble' would never do, she supposed.

'Tala' thought back to her own bitter winters, alone on the streets-lean times, those. What you wouldn't do for a little warmth, how desperate you might become...even a little bit helped.

She recieved the message from the Queen in silence. Time for a speech-kept mercifully short, naturally.

Action: Tala helps the citizens with food, warmth and rent out of her own pocket-and gives a public speech in support of the Queens decision, allaying the fears of the populace and ensuring them the lockdown will end soon/the lockdown won't be repeated soon. She also tries to raise her own influence in the eyes of the people as well.

((Reposted and modified my action, because it's easy to get ignored in this game ))

[NUKE9.13]

It is now Winter

The Storms for which the Coast is named have blown. Their strength is spent, and the air is calm. But no peaceful spring mornings await us; the still air cools, snows blow down from the eastern mountains, bringing with them the sound of marching boots, and the drums of war. [3] The winter is average.

[4] Tales spread from border villages. The Dragon Empire has mustered forces, and an army marches for the Storm Coast as we speak. It is not a massive invasion, but rather an expeditionary force. But that is the Empire's way; should the general be at all successful in his conquests, reinforcements will surely be quick to arrive.

Things that happened this autumn:
-A metric shit-tonne of stuff.
-The Archbishop of Moun emerges to be more zealous than expected. He employs a mercenary captain as a 'Peacekeeper', and, having executed the leaders of the Eastern Shrine Church, sends him to Ligoria to track down those who fled its destruction.
-Lady Tala joins the Ligorian army and commences training.
-The weylandish mercenary receives the consequences of his actions. He dies in Galam, and his actions have little effect on the political arena of the Storm Coast.
-This Druid fellow gets employed by a herbalist
-William heads north, into unclaimed lands. He has an... adventure in a small castle, which ends with the former baron dead (suicide), the baroness dead (william, made to look like it was the baron), half a dozen priests dead (william and entourage), the steward dead (william), half the guards dead (...william), the castle seized (william), the remaining guards and townsfolk who tried to reclaim the castle dead (william's soldiers), and finally with the castle and associated market town in William's hands, renamed Vale. Oh, and the fossilized skeleton of a massive reptile.
-Kathos Thunderblade manages to acquire some land from an unaligned noble through peaceful means.
-Retcyl makes contact with some... shady people. In the end, they agree to a mutually beneficial business relationship; the criminals help the lizards, and in exchange they can use the embassy (and its various secret areas) as a base. Should anyone ask why people spend so much time at the embassy, they have converted to the Hacturi faith.
-Someone burns down part of the Royal Library. It appears they were targeting books on the Queen's family line.
-Avitus the scholar gets permission to found a university. He also makes an objectively terrible offer to surrounding nobles to join Ligoria, which no one accepts.
-William speaks with the rest of the -understandably upset- unaligned nobles. He manages to convince them that Queen Laythe would be crazy enough to try to take their lands by force, causing some of them to accept his offer to join Ligoria, and some to join Shola for protection.
-A mage arrives in Talama. Of course, he doesn't let anyone know he's a mage.
-The Queen steals Retcyl's idea to curry favour with the poor by building poorhouses and handing out food.
-Hugo does some detective work trying to track down the Lord of Crows.
-Avitus tries to get students for his university. With no staff or facilities to speak of, his attempts fail.
-Thomas the mage is employed as the Mayor of Vale by William.
-Ligorian forces make a show of strength at the border, to scare the unaligned nobles.
-Max (The Mounish Peacekeeper) is arrested trying to sneak weapons into Talama. Why did he not try to ask the Queen's permission to hunt down the cultists? We may never know.
-The Queen's birthday party happens:
  -Hosted by Tala Alanis. Venue and decorations by Hugo van Vissersdorp. Guests from all over the kingdom.
  -People talk a bit. The Queen receives several interesting gifts. There is a play, which seems to suggest some strange things.
  -The Lord of Crows passes by, and kidnaps Retcyl. Pretty much everyone decides to hunt him down.
  -Folks chase the Crow, but he isn't caught. But they put in a lot of effort. Avitus and Nikephoros seem to have a lead, in the form of a ruined tower, but it turns out to be nothing.
  -Retcyl is found, along with a lot of the Crow's other stolen objects, in a hidden stash in the lower city. Retcyl was forced to promise that the Hacturi would leave the city in order to get rescued.
  -In order to find the crow, the city is locked down. The lockdown lasts a week, and the people are not happy.
-Max escapes prison, and hides until the lockdown ends.
-William has a little chat with the Queen. The Queen is not happy with his shenanigans, and decides to strip him of his titles and have him banished. Sparks fly. William allies with the Hacturi in order to avoid having to return to Lonemine, where his family awaits with loving arms full of knives and poison.
-The Lord of Crows... accidentally removes his trousers when trying to steal William's. He puts them back on, but fumbles and gets shot. He tries to take Tala Alanis hostage, but she turns the tables on him. However, she lets him go, and he escapes once more.
-Kathos Thunderblade, man of honour, buys a high-tech firearm known as a 'pistol' from an illegal gunsmith.
-Tristan, a man from the southern island of Dalannor arrives in the city; a trained watchman, sent to serve the Queen as a gesture of goodwill. He gets settled in, speaks a little with folks around town.
-The bandit 'attack' on Fiumefurt continues. They integrate into the city.
-Before ending the lockdown, the Queen places a large bounty on William's head. In order to escape, he 'sells' Vale to Tristan for a single ducat and buys passage on a smugglers ship.
-Various folks talk. Several people seem concerned with the Queen's policies.
-Possibly some other stuff, but I think you can forgive me for missing it, given how much happened.

Previous Season (autumn 415a), Next Season (spring 416a)

[Ardas]

"This is getting out of hand by now..."
Nikephoros stared at the winter landscape through his window. Storm Coast was not the warmest of regions, but the coast itself offered respite from snow and heavy condidtions that are often encountered further inland. The lockdown was pointless for the general. People were getting restless and there was no sight or hearabout the escaped noble. If anything, the palace and the fortifications will have to be secured witth better men, because holding up the entire city was not a long-term solution to the security issues.

Nikephoros then decided. The queen may have ordered it, but she seemed to be completely ignorant as to the realities of the life of the people and security matters. He sent for a messenger.
" The search is to be called off. Tell men they don't have to freeze their feet off anymore. Apart from the standard watch and stop-and-search at the gates and the port, let the people through. The lockdown is off. I will explain the rest to the queen myself."

Lockdown is unofficially lifted for both the port and the city. People are still searched at every entrance, but are otherwise free to enter and leave