This is cool! I'm also writing a serialized fantasy story with a voting option. Big D and D/tabletop game fan as well. Will definitely check back in for the next episode!
Welcome, glad to have you! I checked out your substack as well; I followed a link from RoS (who I suspect introduced me to you, as well!). We're deep enough into the story that some of this stuff will be a bit confusing, so feel free to jump into the table of contents and go back to the early days. The prose is a little rougher in spots, but it sets the stage for what's happening now. :-)
How the different bosses feel about one another is critical to the party's plans. Many a compromise candidate has risen to prominence and power because the more obvious candidates couldn't stomach anyone but that candidate taking the top job (Jim Hacker), or because they thought they were taking the strings of a puppet (Hitler).
A very fair point. We can assume that Padrig's knowledge of the dynamics between the bosses is a little stale, but given what we know about the situation and the instincts involved, he can likely construct the following insights:
We know that Ffransis and Jahalim must be at least somewhat at odds, but not so much so that they are engaged in open warfare (after all, Ffransis' bravos only moved on Kanter when they knew Jahalim's Keep, Raul, had ceased protecting him.
We can assume that Mutra and Jahalim are allied -- she provides the fuel for his Foundry. That alliance is likely strained at the moment, because Mutra's logging crews are hunkered down thanks to the Hillfolk raids.
We know that Odo and Mutra are rivals, because they have competitive interests in mining, and we know that Odo has the upper hand in that rivalry, thanks to his control of the tenements. Jahalim likely tolerates and protects Odo (and his strange, creature-yt behaviors) as a check on Mutra, who otherwise might consolidate her control of the miners, thereby controlling all the raw material Jahalim needs to operate.
Draigh is the wildcard -- he currently backs the established order (Jahalim at the top, Mutra and Ffransis at the bottom), but his support can be swung with promises of wealth.
This is cool! I'm also writing a serialized fantasy story with a voting option. Big D and D/tabletop game fan as well. Will definitely check back in for the next episode!
-Niccolò
Welcome, glad to have you! I checked out your substack as well; I followed a link from RoS (who I suspect introduced me to you, as well!). We're deep enough into the story that some of this stuff will be a bit confusing, so feel free to jump into the table of contents and go back to the early days. The prose is a little rougher in spots, but it sets the stage for what's happening now. :-)
thanks! happy yo be on board with the adventure :)
How the different bosses feel about one another is critical to the party's plans. Many a compromise candidate has risen to prominence and power because the more obvious candidates couldn't stomach anyone but that candidate taking the top job (Jim Hacker), or because they thought they were taking the strings of a puppet (Hitler).
A very fair point. We can assume that Padrig's knowledge of the dynamics between the bosses is a little stale, but given what we know about the situation and the instincts involved, he can likely construct the following insights:
We know that Ffransis and Jahalim must be at least somewhat at odds, but not so much so that they are engaged in open warfare (after all, Ffransis' bravos only moved on Kanter when they knew Jahalim's Keep, Raul, had ceased protecting him.
We can assume that Mutra and Jahalim are allied -- she provides the fuel for his Foundry. That alliance is likely strained at the moment, because Mutra's logging crews are hunkered down thanks to the Hillfolk raids.
We know that Odo and Mutra are rivals, because they have competitive interests in mining, and we know that Odo has the upper hand in that rivalry, thanks to his control of the tenements. Jahalim likely tolerates and protects Odo (and his strange, creature-yt behaviors) as a check on Mutra, who otherwise might consolidate her control of the miners, thereby controlling all the raw material Jahalim needs to operate.
Draigh is the wildcard -- he currently backs the established order (Jahalim at the top, Mutra and Ffransis at the bottom), but his support can be swung with promises of wealth.