Rob:
>I have been thinking that his (MP) motivation for sending the PC's
>characters family to their deaths was that to not do so would have
>revealed him as a rebel. (Any suggestions as to the detail here?)[snip]
Paul:
On the other hand, it might be better if Minaryth ISN'T a traitor. A
ruthless leader might sacrifice some of his followers for any number
of reasons. What if he leaked select information to identify a
traitor in the rebellion ? Or ordered a suicidal attack as cover for
some other operation ? Or (nicking an idea from Babylon 5)
deliberately sent some of his followers to their deaths so that the
(false) information they had been given could fall into Lunar hands
in way that makes it look genuine. Or simply withheld information to
protect his informants in the Lunar camp ?
Rob:
Babylon 5 and Paul thank you! Yes thats it! He desperately needed to have some information fall into the hands of the Lunars in a way that makes it look genuine, cool!
Paul:
Which is more important to you - kin or kingdom ? It's the central
problem of a Heortling state in concentrated form.
Rob:
Yes, and when it all comes down thats the the basic premise of my campaign, and for the player as the protaganist to choose as he sees fit.
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:26:35 +0100
From: "Jane Williams"
Jane:
It's an interesting idea, but in the 1613 rebellion MP was well known by both sides to be anti-Lunar.
Rob:
Ahhh! But is that necessarily a bar to duplicity???
Jane:
Still, later on he seems to spend a lot of time in the Jonstown temple, without being arrested and executed. Possibly the Lunars think he's repented, and is at least neutral and willing to help them, when in fact he's even deeper in the rebellion than he was before. That makes him a source of information both ways, not really trusted by either side. The rebellion leaders know what side he's really on, the rank and file don't.
Is that what you're suggesting? If so, it makes sense to me.
Rob:
Well, I have Kallyr trusting him implicitly, but I imagine most others are suspicious of him, being LM and a city dweller! A lot of the stuff we know only Kallyr and MP will know. I imagine the rebellion to most folk, maybe including the Lunars, will be respresented by people like Kallyr, Orngerin and Gyffur. I think that most 'Lunars' underestimate the Sartari, see KoS for a report on the Orlanthi. Fazzur is a Tarshite and close enough to have a better understanding. But there is nothing to suggest in Wyrms Footprints that even Fazzur has any idea that MP is a member of the Iron Ring of Sartar is there?
Regards
Rob
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