Mostly Night Council things! I'd like to bring up a couple of different plot threads, see where we are and possibly tie them up.
The Night Council and Raymond Harris So as you can see by this statement issued on 4th July, the Night Council finally decided to stand up to the vampires and condemn the actions of the Islington Nest. Islington's place on the Night Council is on a knife edge right now and Raymond could quite easily be kicked out of the Council by the end of the month, in which case they would lose their privileges that protect them from vampire hunters. What happens next is up to you.
How do we want to approach this? The only thing I am marking as off-limits right now is assassinating Raymond and replacing him with another NPC, since we just did that with Millicent. My ideal scenario would be replacing him at some point with a player character. (JC is currently the best-placed character to do this.) The way I see it, the options are as follows:
• Raymond continues with his kill werewolves and shapeshifters policy, resulting in the Night Council kicking him out by the end of the month. This will create a power vacuum that Sylvia would dearly like to fill with another Daybreak witch, but if anyone wants to make an alternative argument now would be a good time to start thinking about how to do that. • The vampires persuade Raymond to abandon the policy in order to retain his seat on the Council. This would be a delaying tactic to allow him to stay as leader a bit longer. • Raymond refuses to be persuaded to change his ways and causes a split in his own faction, with some vampires supporting him and others opposing. This is also a delaying tactic until he can be removed, but with added drama. In this case he would get kicked off the Night Council.
Obviously these options are not all mutually exclusive! I'm just throwing out some ideas here, happy to discuss alternative options too. Raymond is available as an NPC if you want to play any part of this plot out.
Players from factions other than the Islington Nest are welcome to comment here too, since your factions may well be looking to take advantage of whatever happens. (Eames' plot is a good example.)
Simon's murder The Night Council statement claims that they have conclusive evidence that Simon was murdered by an Islington vampire as of 4th July. Guys, can I ask where you are with this plot? I can change the date if the investigation should turn up results a bit later. The fact that an Islington vampire murdered a Guardian is Sylvia's main political ammunition against Raymond right now and she will be milking that for all it's worth.
Plot things, let's discuss!
The Night Council and Raymond Harris
So as you can see by this statement issued on 4th July, the Night Council finally decided to stand up to the vampires and condemn the actions of the Islington Nest. Islington's place on the Night Council is on a knife edge right now and Raymond could quite easily be kicked out of the Council by the end of the month, in which case they would lose their privileges that protect them from vampire hunters. What happens next is up to you.
How do we want to approach this? The only thing I am marking as off-limits right now is assassinating Raymond and replacing him with another NPC, since we just did that with Millicent. My ideal scenario would be replacing him at some point with a player character. (JC is currently the best-placed character to do this.) The way I see it, the options are as follows:
• Raymond continues with his kill werewolves and shapeshifters policy, resulting in the Night Council kicking him out by the end of the month. This will create a power vacuum that Sylvia would dearly like to fill with another Daybreak witch, but if anyone wants to make an alternative argument now would be a good time to start thinking about how to do that.
• The vampires persuade Raymond to abandon the policy in order to retain his seat on the Council. This would be a delaying tactic to allow him to stay as leader a bit longer.
• Raymond refuses to be persuaded to change his ways and causes a split in his own faction, with some vampires supporting him and others opposing. This is also a delaying tactic until he can be removed, but with added drama. In this case he would get kicked off the Night Council.
Obviously these options are not all mutually exclusive! I'm just throwing out some ideas here, happy to discuss alternative options too. Raymond is available as an NPC if you want to play any part of this plot out.
Players from factions other than the Islington Nest are welcome to comment here too, since your factions may well be looking to take advantage of whatever happens. (Eames' plot is a good example.)
Simon's murder
The Night Council statement claims that they have conclusive evidence that Simon was murdered by an Islington vampire as of 4th July. Guys, can I ask where you are with this plot? I can change the date if the investigation should turn up results a bit later. The fact that an Islington vampire murdered a Guardian is Sylvia's main political ammunition against Raymond right now and she will be milking that for all it's worth.