Rafael "Angelus" Vega - 1199

[Rule Hound]

Downtime 1
My downtime will consist of creating a massive market for people bring their goods, now and after the tournament. It will consist of a goods trading area, fairground games, and betting - Klagenfurt will charge customs and get a percentage of the games and betting proceeds. Furthermore, I will support Sokrates in his museum, especially by creating a competition for people to bring their most amazing artifacts. These artifacts will then be judged and the top five winners will receive a monetary prize, along with the privilege of having their item displayed in our museum for a year.

Result on Win:

• You Manage to form a large square off to the side of the tournament grounds. Have some basic wooden structures/pens built (similar to the canopies you would see at a farmers market. Wooden posts and a roof only. No sides). And a wooden, uncovered central stage.
• Using your court and trade influence you manage to spread word to immediately neighboring towns and cities that there will be a tourney. Word comes back that there will be some peddlers and merchants that will send envoys with some stuff to sell.
• Word also goes out of the competition you are hosting for antiquities in a effort to help Sokrates.
• Your resources are tied up for the rest of the year and you will need to come up with a suitable prize for the competition (Your resources x 3 from next year would draw a lot of attention)

Bonus test:
outright win - You have made inroads with several trading consortium's and families. You are pretty sure you could arrange for invites to some of their gala's and estates to further discuss them making a more permanent presence in Klagenfurt.

ST NOTE) I think the Emissary or similar will contact him also with an offer to help "improve" the outcome

Our tests:paper, paper, paper, scissors, scissors
His tests: Paper, paper, scissors, rock, scissors.

Penalty options for failing quest test

• Gaining 1 Beast Trait
  
• Gaining a Derangement for the game (or 2 derangement traits if you have one – ST discretion)
  
• Gaining 1 Derangement Trait (if you have a derangement)
  
• Losing 15 minutes of game time
  (Due to entering a fugue/vision state - ST's will tell you when it happens)
• Taking 3 points of lethal damage
  
• Down 1 Willpower
  
• Taking 1 points of Aggravated Damage
  
• Influence reduced by 1 until you perform a trivial favor for your influence
  
• Only acquire enough components for 2 rituals not 3 (only if this is your quest)
  
• Minus 2 penalty to one attribute for 1 game

[Rule Hound]

Please keep the contents of the conversation private until I say otherwise as I am running other scenes at the same time and do not wish to cross contaminate.

A few weeks after you begin sending messages out through your Influences about the coming tournament and market you hope to add a visitor finds you while you are alone. Wearing a full cloak you notice a obviously a feminine figure below it. As she approaches you and slips back the hood you recognize Saraphina, the Emmesary that had previously been sent from the Court of Narses.

"Greetings Master Angelus, or do you prefer Rafael?

My Liege has heard great things of you and your works, your attempts to assist in this tournament, draw all those who may be of use in the Crusades.

He finds it very clever of you to begin infiltrating and learning of the merchants that will be the supply lines of the coming Crusade. It seems his visit before at the Shield of Safety was not in vain. That some of you do indeed have the drive to raise in the Lasambra ranks.

[She uses Entrancement on you to make you like her more and feel particularly pleased with the compliments]

That said he has instructed me to come offer some help in boosting your efforts.

I am able to offer you some assistance in improving your design plans, enhancing what you want to have in place. Boost the design of your central stage so that it can properly be used for performances and the arts. And even more so, I and he have the capacity to send word even farther abroad. Reaching merchants that you alone can not. Aiding in those you have marked to watch and assess for service to turning this Crusade to Narses and the Lasambra.

I am sure that one as clever as you could not only enhance your currently raising reputation even more but could manage some gains and expand your own trading empire with  the Merchants we can help draw to you.


You realize of course that nothing is free in our society. BUT, I have been instructed to minimize what I charge as much as possible. So, here is what I can offer with my wide ranging influences and resources in the name of Narses to you. Assuming you are indeed working towards the greater goals of the Lasambra, this who Crusade thing and are interested.

For 1 Major boon. And believe me this is a extremely great price as I would normally charge a Blood or more. But as I said, I owe some levels of service also that has been called in for the greater good of your clan. But I still must recoup my costs as I will be calling in debts owed to me also.

I will redesign your central stage so that the acoustics make it a place that both bards and travelling performers will desire to come to to perform on. I will arrange to have word sent wider drawing more than simply basic merchandise to your fair. Exotic goods will grace your market for the tournament. I will add some finances so that you can up the level or materials and durability of the market stalls you wish. I will have a group of slaves sent with some skill to help in your construction and when done you can sell them off or eat them as you desire.
I will have some clever Neonate Toreador, Malkavians and perhaps even a Ravnos design some "games" that you can use to entertain the crowds.
Lastly, I will put the word out that THIS is the place to be. Drawing performers of a skill that simply this place could not draw otherwise without my stature backing it.

[Rule Hound]

Agreed to Price.