A meeting 1206

[Gunnar Voldemon]

Gunnar enters the room ahead of everyone else.  Sniffs around a few moments before taking a seat.

[Fia]

Fia follows shortly after Gunnar and takes a seat by the door.

[Gunnar Voldemon]

I'll just start this now. Gunnar looks over everyone for a few moments before shaking his head clear of all the garbage thoughts, as if trying to get the wording in order. In a gruff voice he speaks finally.

"The infernalists are desperate. They strike towns and holy places through many human kingdoms. They pass through ours and take what they want. The artifacts. They will use technology artifacts in some scheme. Probably drain them of power to fuels some evil demons return. Too long we've looked away from the artifacts that dot the countryside of Gaul. To long have we sat idler and simply stared dumbfounded as all this evil happens." He says, pausing a moment as he looks to each of them


"8 years ago Morrigan scried the locations of all the artifacts. She had a list whichas led us to each one. But times have passed and location have changed. Morrigan. Can you scry those artifacts again?" He asks as he looks right to her.

"I finally have a plan for how to handle this problem." Said as his lips curl into a dark smile. "And should it work. We will be free of both the artifacts and the infernalists. "

We will send our best to each place. Gather up the artifacts as quickly as we can and bring them to my keep. Lock them below and guard them constantly. Bring them away from the mortals. Away from any of your havens and castles to the Mountain keep that I am restoring on the border of trento and Klagenfurt. I'm hoping we can amass an army of mortals. Defend the keep and artifacts for as long as it takes." Pausing, he looks to each of them again.

"To stop the slaughter of the people's we must gather he artifacts. I say seal them in the dungeon the keep and use it as bait. Lure them out with a huge prize. It will take some time. But it is still better than watching the infernalists succeed. Of course. The only other thought I have on the matter of removing the artifacts is to secure then all away in the Vatican. No infernalist will be able to get deep enough in to take the items. And it would strengthen our alliance with the other principality."

[Fia]

Fia laughs, "you mean sooth tempers and ruffled feathers after your last visit to the Vatican?"

"If we are not going to use the relics as bait, can we not simply destroy them and remove the power and temptation altogether?"

[Gunnar Voldemon]

Gunnar smirks at that "They've lost enough troops to my claws that they'll think twice about marching North. Though, yes, that is an idea. Feed the Vatican a few relics so they can keep their minds elsewhere." the smirk fades as he leans back in the chair.

"I want to use them as bait. Use the whole bloody keep as bait. Force them out of the woodwork by sealing up all the relics in the dungeons of the keep. And if worse comes to worse, we bring the mountains down atop the keep." pausing again as he looks around the room.

[Tyr Valkas]

"Send me where you will Gunnar." Tyr says after stretching out in one of the overstuffed chairs "You know of my two loves in this life, travel and battle and it would seem your task would provide me both"

Tyr's eyes wander to Raetus "If my lord would allow it of course"

[Gunnar Voldemon]

"That's where Morrigan comes in to play. She will be directing each of us as we seek out the Artifacts. She foresaw where they would be.. Somehow she knew that the infernalists would be hunting down the artifacts. So we use her knowledge. She points, we fetch. Fight if we have too." He says to Tyr. "The war will come soon. I suspect that there are other forces working with the infernalists. Maybe even one of our own, though I have no proof.. They know where we haven, where we gather... So let us gather the artifacts."

"OF course, it will take a few years to get the keep up and running again. And to gather the armies of Gaul to the location."

[Morrigan]

"I thank you for your confidence in my abilities, however I think you have over estimated them my lord Reeve. I did not foresee anything. I saw that they had taken artifacts from places, it took no great knowledge to guess they would take more. When the priest came to Trento to ask for his Crusaders, I prevailed upon him for the knowledge of those artifacts that were Gaul, at my own personal cost. I did no scrying, as I did not even know what to look for or where. I propose we look again at the old list, attempt to ascertain if these artifacts still are where they are supposed to be. Once we know if any are missing, I can attempt to scry for their whereabouts. We can also seize those not taken for the bait you propose."

[Fia]

Fia looks thoughtful, "If the location of these items was easily obtainable, is it not likely that they have already taken the relics they care about and the rest are of no interest to them? Maybe we need to look for worthy relics outside of Gaul to bait the trap or continue hunting in the old style? There are rumors that the inquisitor is out and about again, maybe we should attempt to track him down first?"

[Gunnar Voldemon]

Gunnar sighs slightly at this news. "It is an unfortunate over-estimation on my part then. I had hoped to use your skills to track the items and recover them." he says, pausing a moment as he listens to Fia.

Nodding at her words, Gunnar continues once she's finished. "Inquisitor Samuel. Now there's a special case. He does not seem to be attacking any of the Cainites of Gaul, at least none have reported any attacks. Fia, find and track Samuel. Find his base camp and where he is moving from. Do not engage his forces, only watch them from the shadows and skies." He says, motioning to Fia to get on with it. "This is your task as my deputy."

Turning to face the others. "I know the location of a pagan artifact thought to be lost. That is.. until I was ripped violently through time. If there was a way to share the appearance of the artifact, do you think you could pull it through time to here, Tyr?"

[Tyr Valkas]

Tyr shrugs " honestly in our most recent nights my disciplines have been acting rather strangely" Tyr looks within his travel bags for a moment " I would be willing to give it a try though."

[Fia]

Fia nods and heads out.

[Raetus]

"As my sister has advised perhaps we should look to the most obvious. Samuel is Klagenfurt and at the moment there are two relics within this region.  The Holy Breast Milk Installed in Dominican Abbey and the three soils from Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem - Installed in the Cathedral. I suggest that Samuel will again strike one of these two locations or perhaps both to acquire them. Perhaps Reeve you might lay wait at these locations with your deputies in hopes of stopping Samuel from repeating his crimes?"  

[Gunnar Voldemon]

He nods at that and considers a few moments before speaking again.

"Very well Prince. We shall have the deputies sit on the locations and lay in wait. I still recommend we recover and hide the artifacts from the infernalists."

Turning to Morrigan "If you would be so kind as to provide the list again, we will reference it with locations that have been stolen from and focus on the areas where the artifacts are still present for collection."

"We need a way to share the information in my head about the missing artifacts. If we can get it into Tyr's mind, he may be able to pull the items from time and recover some of the missing pieces. Telepathy anyone?"