1a. The most important single prong of the attack on Kaiimar will be revolution from within. Fargelle and his "Kaiimar Team" has discovered and made contacts with an existing resistance force, and most of their recent efforts have gone into supporting and supplying it.
1b. Thragor, Xertz, Quil, and Fitz are in Kaiimar already, helping with training and preparations; they will be responsible, with Daryan and Herring, for keeping open the critical gate between the Merchant's Quarter and Outer City through which the resistance-led population will pour.
1c. Thaqz and Berlokh are in Kaiimar as well, preparing to disrupt communications and lines of reinforcement within the Merchants' Quarter and ensure that no significant Kaiimaran force can reach the critical gate before the revolting population storms through.
1d. Goldenrod is leading the giants and horned men, as well as the Trident and other forces, to the vicinity of Kaiimar, where they will deploy in preparation for the battle.
1e. Telaeri (Minister of Public Works) is in the Grat'han coastal village of Erglensefi to coordinate with an alliance of native tribes preparing to overrun the fields around Kaiimar and capture any merchant-lords who flee the city by land.
1f. Lynethizon (Minister of the Navy, head of Vengeance, and formerly captain of Black Steel's most formidable warship, the Avenger, until he turned command of the ship over to Alecto, long his first mate) has met with old acquaintances among the leaders of a large pirate fleet, and made special arrangements with them to assist in the naval invasion of the city.
1g. Daryan and his girlfriend, the mermaid Greyilah, are making arrangements with a nearby colony of merfolk to sabotage Kaiimar's navy or hamper their ships in the fight.
1h. Thorm "Glib" Casati, ambassador to Korv, has made provisions for another little surprise for the Kaiimaran military as well.
2a. Zeigan, acting ambassador to Shalasia in the absence of Matrix and Treylanisin, is working to lay the groundwork for a Black Steel commercial venture to sell iced fruit from the Grat'han trade network in Shalasia, to be carried over by a specially-designed "freezer ship," its hold lined with the Permafrost generated by Theril's spell. He is also trying to organize an international conference on education at The Scabbard on Theril's behalf.
2b. Fraegan is continuing Telaeri's (and Herring and Theril and Daryan's) work with the Grat'han trade network, acting as "ambassador" at the Reilahren village..
2c. Byriche, one of Faxanna's understudies from Gorlog's village, is now installed as ambassador to Espava, continuing to push Matrix's plan for an annual summit between Espavan and Shalasian officials at The Scabbard.
3. A temple to Maiden Pain. Charracks is ready to construct a temple to his goddess in Thornton (the port town of the Edge). He has selected an architect, has a plan for a small temple to be built up as the town grows, and is looking for inspiration, precedents, advice, and/or additional funds from existing temples even as he begins construction. In exchange for a favor he did for them, Quazar and Broxte have -- with some help from Brielle, formerly of the Rat Pack -- have done a little bit of traveling around the Broken Sea in search of temples to Vammakhel (Maiden Pain's true and rarely-spoken name), whose places of worship (and whose worshipers' existence) are often carefully concealed. Their search is on hold for now, thanks to the upcoming battle, but they've uncovered some leads to worshipers in Shalaton that might be promising if and when the search is resumed.
4. A deadly and powerful transmuter. Dargon and Quix have returned to Illenia, where they were tasked at one time by their dragon tutor with finding out the name of Arissa Delana's lover. They did find out who it was: A powerful and murderous transmuter named Thezrin Khon who was killing and taking the form of one victim after another to get close to her incognito. Apparently only the two of them were aware of the deception. Since discovering this and reporting it to their tutor, Dargon and Quix traveled all the way to Athalenia in the far west, in part to do further research, and in part to get as far away as possible from Thezrin Khon. Since then however, their tutor has recalled them to Illenia, for reasons he has yet to explain.
5. Independent from but in close communication with the Kaiimar Team and city resistance, Faxanna is feeding the people of Kaiimar's Outer City, giving them comfort, introducing those who seek it to the way of Nahl. At the same time, of course, she is quietly recruiting for the resistance.
6. Osiavia is helping out wherever she can around the Scabbard, unable to travel since she's presently in the late stages of pregancy -- the baby is expected in perhaps less than a month!
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