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Vassarious is shadowing the more violent rabble-rouser from the speech...

Can I have a more detailed description of my quarry? Apparent social status, dress, anything identifying, body language that may be instructive... that sort of thing.

The aggressive rabble rouser is richly dressed... but has not taken good care of his fine clothes. His numerous piercings, bracelets, and necklaces are dirty and tarnished. He has dust all over himself. He carries a particuarly large light stone around his neck. He's dressed like one of the mining orcs, and but doesn't seem to know quite as many of them as some of the other knots of people.



He goes to a large (for here) house that's quite a bit better kept than the others, and he is welcomed after he lets himself in.

Originally Posted by TGLS

Well, I was more wondering why would they still need a tunnel. Weren't the melders all done away years ago?

They were... It seems they never filled the tunnel back in...

Could I redeploy my swarms in the grand order building to see if they have any interesting to say about me? Maybe there are conspirators who might see a connection between the attack and whatever they're planning.

Haclyone redeploys the swarms to spy on the grand order. Her hand has been frozen in a translucent block of ice and placed in the basement with the knights guarding it. There are now six knight-shamans in the basement: three orcs and three lizards. More knights continue to arrive. It does not take them too long to call the majority of knights off of the hunt, though a few continue looking around.



There is a lot of discussion about what Halcyone is and what her motives were. Almost all of them agree she is some sort of monster from before the last cataclysm. There is some disagreement if she is a "creature or a construct". There is a lot of disagreement if she works for the dwarves or for some other unknown faction. They aren't sure what exactly she wanted, but they all agree is seems to involve the stone melders, and they want to be on high alert to guard the ice blocks.



You'll need a roll to really sort through oddles of data to find someone who is worried about Halcyone interfering with their plans.

Originally Posted by TGLS

"I'll check and see whether the book is readable."

give me a photography roll. If relying on the swarm's programming roll vs. 12.

Originally Posted by TGLS

OK, let's review recording the speech and the crowd, and try to answer a few questions with Memetics! and Observation
-> Obviously Uglin was surprised by the fifth rabblerouser. Was he pleased by this surprised, or was he upset?

He was a little of both, frustrated with some of the extra cheers and pleased with others. The factors seem to be complex, but generally he likes the added enthusiasm but finds it is impeding the smooth delivery of his oration.

-> Was the crowd driven by the rabblerousers or did he crowd have the attention/energy to break out into cheering on it's own?

The crowd was managed by the rabblerousers, but after things got going they needed less and less.

-> Did any of the shamans in attendance seem to have a different response from the other shamans (i.e. positivity to the speech, excess negativity)? Were any trying to conceal their emotions?

Yes, three tried to play it cool, one occasionally nodded on one point or the other, and two showed naked disgust.

-> Did V miss anything from their vantage point on the ground?

Not especially. depends if you have more questions to ask.