Voice of Hope
Character
The Farworlds Alliance has agreed to answer Bái Sēn's hidden plea. Beneath the city's towering walls, forged sentences and inherited debts conceal a trade in living beings, protected by law and enforced by Daimyo Kuroda Renji's magistrates and sworn retainers.
Now, alongside
Zetsumei No Tenshi
and his network of shinobi, covert teams slip into Veridia beneath the cover of darkness. Alliance insignia remain hidden, weapons are concealed beneath local dress, and unfamiliar faces travel in small groups along routes chosen to avoid official scrutiny. Every precaution has been taken to pass among Veridia's merchants, laborers, pilgrims, and wandering retainers without drawing the attention of Bái Sēn's watchful authorities.Their mission is clear: seize the records, locate the imprisoned, and drag the truth into the open before the warlord can bury it beneath ash and silence.
OBJECTIVE ONE: THE CONTRACT REGISTRY
Rain smothered Bái Sēn beneath a silver-gray haze, spilling from tiled roofs and flooding the narrow lanes between shuttered shops. Lanterns burned weakly behind paper screens while patrols moved beneath lacquered umbrellas, their armor softly clicking between the steady hiss of rainfall. Above the sleeping market district, the contract registry stood sealed behind iron-banded doors, its upper windows glowing through the downpour. Somewhere inside waited the records of every life bought beneath the language of law.
OBJECTIVE TWO: THE LABOR COMPOUND
Beyond the city walls, the road dissolved into black mud beneath the prisoners’ compound. Watchfires guttered within stone braziers, leaving the fences and guard towers half-swallowed by rain. Huddled figures shifted behind barred windows as water streamed down the walls around them. The storm concealed approaching footsteps, yet it also masked the movements of guards and whatever orders had already begun passing through the compound.
OBJECTIVE THREE: INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS
Elsewhere, Bái Sēn breathed beneath curfew. Shinobi crossed rain-slick rooftops, informants waited within unmarked teahouses, and armed retainers searched the streets beneath swaying lanterns. Every alley offered concealment; every doorway might hide a witness, an ambush, or a frightened family listening for boots outside. Across the darkened city, separate missions began beneath the same relentless rain.
WAYS TO JOIN
Objective One
Secure the Evidence
Infiltrate the contract registry, verify Zetsumie's intelligence, and steal or copy the original records before they can be destroyed.
Objective Two
Limited Rescue / Recon
Investigate the labor compound, confirm who is being held, and extract a small number of prisoners or witnesses facing immediate danger.
Objective Three
Bring Your Own Objective
Pursue another goal suited to the operation: sabotage defenses, gather local intelligence, protect civilians, intercept reinforcements, or support either covert team.
Shuklaar Kyrdol
Laphisto
Lander Stalwart
A'Runda
Xan Deesa
Zetsumei No Tenshi
Matthew of Valendale
Kole Silco
Connel Vanagor
@any Farworlds Alliance writers or allies are welcome to join!
Thread Note: This is a focused covert operation on Veridia, following the decision reached in There Is No Slavery in Bái Sēn. Participants may pursue one of the listed objectives or propose another goal suited to the mission.
Faction members, allies, local resistance characters, investigators, scouts, relief workers, and other appropriate participants are welcome. Characters openly aligned with Daimyo Kuroda Renji, known war criminals, or major hostile figures should contact the thread DM before joining.
The thread DM,
Voice of Hope
, will portray and manage the general opposition, Veridian officials, prisoners, guards, and environmental complications. Please check with the DM before introducing personal NPCs who hold authority within Bái Sēn, command enemy forces, possess critical intelligence, or could significantly alter the outcome of an objective.
