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	The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].		The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].

	Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.		Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.

	There is just one small issue - in the spirit of an honest and fair transaction - Flint wishes to be clear that he has already offered the Shrouded to the Grendel for the two seasons - their bid (which is sealed) will form the floor for the auction.		There is just one small issue - in the spirit of an honest and fair transaction - Flint wishes to be clear that he has already offered the Shrouded to the Grendel for the two seasons - their bid (which is sealed) will form the floor for the auction.

Twiggy at 01:07, 11 July 2025

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	Stranger still, though, are the dark blooms of [[Realmsroot]] that can be found scattered throughout the garden. Civil Service assessors report that the plants are in various stages of their six-year life-cycle, so a vigilant herbalist could continually gather a small but not insignificant number of roots every season.		Stranger still, though, are the dark blooms of [[Realmsroot]] that can be found scattered throughout the garden. Civil Service assessors report that the plants are in various stages of their six-year life-cycle, so a vigilant herbalist could continually gather a small but not insignificant number of roots every season.

	According to the civil service records, the estate was owned by a [[Navarr]] [[Thorn]] called Hywel who was originally a refugee from [[Liathaven]]. Hywel pawned the estate to the Red Maggots when he rejoined the Imperial army to fight there. As he was numbered among the fallen, the site is now the property of the Maggots. Records before this are sketchy, but an eagle-eyed administrator managed to locate a writ assigning the land to one Anja Oksanen in ~~202 YE~~, and that she had significant amounts of both white granite and weirwood shipped to the location. After this, the estate and its garden simply drop off official documents.		According to the civil service records, the estate was owned by a [[Navarr]] [[Thorn]] called Hywel who was originally a refugee from [[Liathaven]]. Hywel pawned the estate to the Red Maggots when he rejoined the Imperial army to fight there. As he was numbered among the fallen, the site is now the property of the Maggots. Records before this are sketchy, but an eagle-eyed administrator managed to locate a writ assigning the land to one Anja Oksanen in 202YE, and that she had significant amounts of both white granite and weirwood shipped to the location. After this, the estate and its garden simply drop off official documents.

	Since the site is of primary interest to a Wintermarker, the Maggots are looking to sell the land in the Wintermark camp at 6pm on Saturday at the next summit.		Since the site is of primary interest to a Wintermarker, the Maggots are looking to sell the land in the Wintermark camp at 6pm on Saturday at the next summit.

RichardRaynor at 21:21, 1 February 2022

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	<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.		<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.

Rafferty at 15:29, 1 November 2018

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	<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.		<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.

Dre at 22:29, 2 April 2018

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	===Something Borrowed===		===Something Borrowed===
	Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so ~~it's~~ master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.		Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so its master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.

	The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].		The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].

Dre at 12:49, 3 February 2018

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	So his chances of the big time were over. His career was going nowhere. He leaned back, basking in the luxurious comfort of the cushions of Parador of the Saffron Sails and grinned like a Grendel with a salt stick.		So his chances of the big time were over. His career was going nowhere. He leaned back, basking in the luxurious comfort of the cushions of Parador of the Saffron Sails and grinned like a Grendel with a salt stick.

	He remembered when he and his brother had joined the service - dreaming of a life in Anvil - the politics - serving ~~the~~ Throne. Maybe he'd make Speaker! He'd been to Anvil just twice and frankly it was a lot less impressive and a lot less comfortable than he'd imagined. So now he was stuck in this dead-end post spending his time in the private residences of the wealthiest people in the Empire - haggling for family heirlooms... He picked up his cup and congratulated himself on the tragedy of his life as he sipped the exquisite syrah. He considered himself something of a connoisseur of the drink - and the Saffron Sails made the best.		He remembered when he and his brother had joined the service - dreaming of a life in Anvil - the politics - serving The Throne. Maybe he'd make Speaker! He'd been to Anvil just twice and frankly it was a lot less impressive and a lot less comfortable than he'd imagined. So now he was stuck in this dead-end post spending his time in the private residences of the wealthiest people in the Empire - haggling for family heirlooms... He picked up his cup and congratulated himself on the tragedy of his life as he sipped the exquisite syrah. He considered himself something of a connoisseur of the drink - and the Saffron Sails made the best.

	"So I'm sorry Yevgeny, but the deal is done. The Axou black robe paid a fine price for it - and bought my entire stock of liao at the same time. I would have preferred to sell it through the auction - such a powerful relic of the Empress Richilde should really have stayed in the Empire. But the money..."		"So I'm sorry Yevgeny, but the deal is done. The Axou black robe paid a fine price for it - and bought my entire stock of liao at the same time. I would have preferred to sell it through the auction - such a powerful relic of the Empress Richilde should really have stayed in the Empire. But the money..."
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	Yevgeny sat bolt upright, a cold shiver running down his spine. After the disappointment with the Carta Raisa in Tassato and then the rejection in Meade. Now this... he'd been relying on this. The Daeros always had something worth buying. "Surely you could have held out for more Inez, I don't know what the Axou paid but it can't compare with the returns from the Bourse auction!"		Yevgeny sat bolt upright, a cold shiver running down his spine. After the disappointment with the Carta Raisa in Tassato and then the rejection in Meade. Now this... he'd been relying on this. The Daeros always had something worth buying. "Surely you could have held out for more Inez, I don't know what the Axou paid but it can't compare with the returns from the Bourse auction!"

	Iñes i Daero i Riqueza stared at Yevgeny. She liked the Varushkan, even if he did put two lumps of sugar in his ~~syrah~~ so it tasted like a child's syrup drink. But bless him, he really wasn't the sharpest knife. She closed her eyes and contemplated telling him what he wanted to hear... but lying split your soul they said. She took a deep breath, summoned her courage and began to explain to the civil servant why it wasn't going to be worth his time coming back this way. That when the bidders in an auction risk excommunication... that has certain knock on consequences for the reputation of that auction house...		Iñes i Daero i Riqueza stared at Yevgeny. She liked the Varushkan, even if he did put two lumps of sugar in his Syrah so it tasted like a child's syrup drink. But bless him, he really wasn't the sharpest knife. She closed her eyes and contemplated telling him what he wanted to hear... but lying split your soul they said. She took a deep breath, summoned her courage and began to explain to the civil servant why it wasn't going to be worth his time coming back this way. That when the bidders in an auction risk excommunication... that has certain knock on consequences for the reputation of that auction house...
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Hailmur at 22:07, 8 May 2017

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	<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.		<ic>Yevgeny smiled wanly as his host chattered away. Being an acquirer for the Bourse was pretty much the lowest rung of the civil service. He was no fool, he knew that his colleagues were hiding their contempt and their pity. Nobody with any talent in the civil service ended up buying things for the private auction. If that was your post then it meant that Madam Bloody Secretary had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that.

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Something Old

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	The lot for sale is a piece of wood, though not just any piece of wood. Though it may look like many that wash ashore on the coasts of the Empire – it is its provenance and well-recorded history that give it its significance. The ill-fated fleet of [[Emperor Barabbas]] set sail in 199YE, on its maiden campaign against the [[Grendel]]. Destroyed by a great storm – possibly the work of Grendel sorcery – only a handful of ships return, and in the modern day only one remains afloat. However, this piece of wood is believed to be a fragment of a ship of that fleet. More than that – a fragment of Barabbas's flagship itself.		The lot for sale is a piece of wood, though not just any piece of wood. Though it may look like many that wash ashore on the coasts of the Empire – it is its provenance and well-recorded history that give it its significance. The ill-fated fleet of [[Emperor Barabbas]] set sail in 199YE, on its maiden campaign against the [[Grendel]]. Destroyed by a great storm – possibly the work of Grendel sorcery – only a handful of ships return, and in the modern day only one remains afloat. However, this piece of wood is believed to be a fragment of a ship of that fleet. More than that – a fragment of Barabbas's flagship itself.

	Legend tells that the flagship was attacked at the height of the storm by an enormous kraken. Whatever the truth, this wood was found a day or so later by one of the surviving ships of the fleet, a small vessel belonging to a band of Freeborn [[corsair\|corsairs]] of the Martinez i Guerra family.		Legend tells that the flagship was attacked at the height of the storm by an enormous [[Mundane beasts\|kraken]]. Whatever the truth, this wood was found a day or so later by one of the surviving ships of the fleet, a small vessel belonging to a band of Freeborn [[corsair\|corsairs]] of the Martinez i Guerra family.

	Pilgrims of [[Ambition]] who had been stalwart supporters of Barabbas. they had the piece of wood [[hallow\|hallowed]] in memory of a man who reached for the sun - “for even when it burns you, is not the fire sweet” is a saying passed down in the family. The wood has been continuously hallowed ever since that time – there are clear records of that fact, which can be provided on request, and the testimony of multiple members of the Martinez i Guerra family through the generations. It is perhaps one of the oldest continuously hallowed items known.		Pilgrims of [[Ambition]] who had been stalwart supporters of Barabbas, they had the piece of wood [[hallow\|hallowed]] in memory of a man who reached for the sun - “for even when it burns you, is not the fire sweet” is a saying passed down in the family. The wood has been continuously hallowed ever since that time – there are clear records of that fact, which can be provided on request, and the testimony of multiple members of the Martinez i Guerra family through the generations. It is perhaps one of the oldest continuously hallowed items known.

	It sadly comes to auction now because the Martinez i Guerras have fallen upon hard times. The decision to sell this precious family heirloom has not come lightly – but it is a historical relic the value of which cannot be overstated.		It sadly comes to auction now because the Martinez i Guerras have fallen upon hard times. The decision to sell this precious family heirloom has not come lightly – but it is a historical relic the value of which cannot be overstated.

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	It sadly comes to auction now because the Martinez i Guerras have fallen upon hard times. The decision to sell this precious family heirloom has not come lightly – but it is a historical relic the value of which cannot be overstated.		It sadly comes to auction now because the Martinez i Guerras have fallen upon hard times. The decision to sell this precious family heirloom has not come lightly – but it is a historical relic the value of which cannot be overstated.

	Of course it is no secret that the dhomiro could have sold the item through the private auction. The fact that Iñes i Daero has chosen to handle this auction herself is probably something of a deliberate snub to the civil service. It is possible that this auction is a one-off - but the Saffron Sails are ~~know~~ to deal in rare items though they have never come to Anvil to sell them directly before. If they are able to get a good price for the relic it seems likely that ~~the~~ will return in the future with more items to sell.		Of course it is no secret that the dhomiro could have sold the item through the private auction. The fact that Iñes i Daero has chosen to handle this auction herself is probably something of a deliberate snub to the civil service. It is possible that this auction is a one-off - but the Saffron Sails are known to deal in rare items though they have never come to Anvil to sell them directly before. If they are able to get a good price for the relic it seems likely that they will return in the future with more items to sell.

	===Something New===		===Something New===

Beeswax at 23:05, 15 April 2017

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	Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so it's master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.		Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so it's master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.

	The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. ~~<!--Their faces are always obscured in some manner, some say they have no faces at all.-->~~ Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].		The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].

	Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.		Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.

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	Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so it's master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.		Word has been sent by a herald of [[Basileus_Flint\|Basileus Flint]], the lord of the City of Locks, that he wishes to sell the services of a unit of spies. Espionage and treachery are the meat and drink of the City of Locks, so it's master is offering the chance to borrow - well to hire really - the service of the Shrouded for two seasons.

	The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. ~~<!--Their faces are always obscured in some manner, some say they have no faces at all.-->~~ Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].		The Shrouded are minor servants of the City of Locks, but they are skilled spies able to move easily between the realm and the world - which makes them highly effective spies. Whoever hires the Shrouded will be able to send word somehow to the Patron of Spies and Traitors to choose a territory that they know the name of. The Shrouded will provide a report of activities in those territories next summit, of a quality equivalent to that produced by five units of [[military unit\|men-at-arms]] assigned to a [[spy network]].

	Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.		Flint is known to have a mortal agent in the Empire - who will presumably be tasked with dealing with some of the details of the hire and subsequent communication. Flint has asked the civil service to help facilitate an auction to take place after the [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Conclave session\|session]] on the Saturday night. Payment will be accepted in mana crystals or Autumn vis.