Fortunately for me, I've been spreading the love around and was able to rep that post. Indeed -- wonderful: there is a lot there for those of us who remain to react to.
Bekah, though now gone, will remain at the centre of much that follows. . .
As to which -- I apologise for my own absence from the game of late but a serious illness in the immediate family has been soaking up all of my remaining energies and time. It's nothing terrible or lasting, and we all expect recovery to be complete and swift, but it has made finding BD time rather difficult. That having been said, I should be able to put up a post sometime tomorrow in which Faroz wraps up his interview with the Lady Arshalous. If someone posts before I do, feel free to describe the reaction to the murder -- such a visible death will not take long for people to notice!
There is one slight wrinkle that has arisen in the timeline, but I think we can work around it. The Emissary is currently visiting Arlome while simultaneously murdering Bekah. Rather than rearranging posts and working around this, let's just go with it. He is a powerful sorcerer, in command of the dark arts, so perhaps he has found a way to make it seem as though he is in two places at once??
Alak and
Oro -- perhaps this is something you could have fun with? Maybe the Emissary is not
really in the villa, only some part of him?? I don't know. . .
Note to
Kransha: now would be a
really good time to bring in that plot twist we PMed about a while back. Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink.
One More Thing: Our noble and beloved Moderator has given us precisely the segue I was looking for in the game -- things are about to get a whole lot worse for the people of Pashtia very quickly. A line has been crossed, and there are events brewing (see my next posts!
) that will soon bring things to a head. Given this, I would urge everyone to pick up on the rumours and directions indicated in Bethberry's post. The King is clearly not himself; the Queen has been murdered; and like I said, there's worse coming. . .
Seems to me that it's getting time for people to decide where they stand: does the Kingdom need a new King or not? And if so, who?
Remember -- I have designed this game with
NO SET OUTCOME: whether Pasthia ends up falling under the Shadow or not is yet to be decided. It is already too late for Faroz and, sadly, his wife. . .but what of the Kingdom???