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[bouchonne]

Byerly is a spy. This means two things: (1) he has access to more information than the average new character; (2) he may act in devious and underhanded ways against current PCs and NPCs. I do not do not want to overstep any bounds with this. Please fill out the permissions post below. If you do not fill it out, then I will assume all questions below are a blanket "no."




<b>Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?</b> Byerly has an encyclopedic knowledge of gossip that would be circulated in Ferelden high society. He also most likely knows any gossip that has been circulated in Orlesian high society. He also plausibly might have heard things from the courts of the Northern nations. If there's anything about your character that might have reached his ear (beyond what's listed on your info page), please put it here. <b>Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?</b> <b>Can he bring this up publicly?</b> <b>Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?</b> Ferelden intelligence keeps reports on members of the Inquisition. (Note that Ferelden intelligence isn't super-sophisticated yet; they would not have access to all your character's secrets. You can pick and choose which ones you want to be known.) Byerly would have read these reports before coming to the Inquisition. If there's anything you think it's likely he would know about your character from these reports, please list it here. <b>Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?</b> (Note that he is less likely to do so, unless he can plausibly suggest he learned these secrets from a different source.) <b>Can he bring this up publicly?</b> (Again, he's less likely to do so, unless he can ensure it doesn't compromise his cover.) <b>Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?</b> <b>Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?</b> <b>Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?</b> <b>Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?</b> <b>Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?</b> <b>Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?</b> <b>Is there anything else I should know?</b>

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[byblow]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? There's probably gossip now and then about whether he is actually Maric's son, which was never confirmed, and what he's up to, which for the most part has been "nothing except killing darkspawn," with a spike in interest when he (reportedly) helped return Maric Theirin's body earlier this year but didn't attend the funeral.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure.

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? To whatever extent tabs are kept on him, he's tended to disappear (due to going literally underground or otherwise where no one can follow) and pop up again all over for Warden Business, except in Ferelden, where he remains politely exiled and has only occasionally ignored that exile to visit. I've alluded to some Theirin Royalists still existing and making grumbling noises, and maybe more in recent months since it turned out Maric Theirin was alive all this time and they could try to claim any decision about the crown made before he was actually dead is invalid, but Alistair doesn't have any intentional contact with them. If the crown cares enough about the prospect of a next-gen Theirin heir to pay attention to his love life, they might know he's involved with an Orlesian elf, but it's subtle enough that people would have to care/intercept correspondence/etc. to figure it out, so maybe not.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure.

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Sure.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Nah.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Not really — seduction and bribery are both a no-go and if he had information relevant to Ferelden's security he would probably just volunteer it, as long as it didn't jeopardize anything Wardeny.

Is there anything else I should know? I love you.

[bouchonne]

ALISTAIR who have you been romancing

[byblow]

Sabine!!! who has sadly left us :c

[bouchonne]

Long-distance relationships are awful

FINCH WICKER

[justnice]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?

Nope! But I would find it hilarious if he was somehow mistaken for someone. This is not to pressure you & I know Byerly’s very competent so IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, etc. Just. I think it would be funny.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
"You seem to be completely uninteresting, no one’s heard of you" sure go for it.

Can he bring this up publicly?
See above.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?

Unexpectedly made it a round into the unarmed combat portion of the Grand Tourney before eating shit.

Helping out with Herian’s Alienage education project.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Totally.

Can he bring this up publicly?
GO FOR IT. Just give me a heads-up so I can track the thread like the vain creature I am.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
Always.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Yep.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Possibly, but let’s talk it over OOC first.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Yep.

ANSBURG:

The son of elven farmhands who’ve lived and worked in the area through several generations. Instead of migrating where the work is, they stay put through the seasons because [ it’s not slavery if it’s economic conditions and discrimination, etc ]

Sending almost all of his pay home. Almost none of it is actually making it there.

Apparently formerly engaged to Fern Dornairn, an elven apostate, since transferred.

INQUISITION:

Quietly putting out feelers on how, exactly, you stab people.

Got trapped in a closet by Marisol’s flamingos.

Very very good at math.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?

He would say no, but also it's why he's learning Orlesian, etc.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?

Definitely. Maybe not the seduction bit, he's seen a whole two boobs so that's basically all you need.

Is there anything else I should know?

He’s a good boy. My only good boy.

CASIMIR LYOV

[aestivation]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?
n/a

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
n/a

Can he bring this up publicly?
n/a

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?

Tranquil mage, not assigned to field operations.

Thranduil’s secretary, and in charge of Research whenever he’s temporarily out of commission.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Totally.

Can he bring this up publicly?
GO FOR IT. Just give me a heads-up so I can track the thread like the vain creature I am.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
Always.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Yep.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Possibly, but let’s talk it over OOC first.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Yep.

CIRCLES:

Was not expected to survive his Harrowing. Did.

Transferred to Hasmal for a possible admission of contact with demons.

Never joined a fraternity (or made Enchanter).

Made Tranquil shortly after Kirkwall got blown up. Details weren’t given to the tower at large.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?
Nope.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?
Possibly! But probably not through seduction or bribery so much as 'if there's a bad choice to make in a given situation, he'll make it'.

ISAAC

[wythersake]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?

ORLAIS:

About eighteen years ago, the Baroness of Val Revin fell dangerously ill, under suspicion of poison from the Florents. The effects lingered, and the de Revins were able to bribe their way into hosting a mage healer from Montsimmard Circle.

Isaac was chosen as something of a snub: being young, not an Enchanter, and of Fereldan blood.

The Baroness' health improved given continual maintenance, and the arrangement lasted some three years before her death. During that time, Isaac frequently advised the young Lord and Lady of the house, and very occasionally accompanied them outside the Estate.

When the new Baroness de Revin fell sick under less serious, though similar circumstance, things were about to get ugly with the Florents.

Thankfully, it was totally definitely discovered that Isaac was the culprit, and had been attempting to instigate conflict to confirm his position.

Imprisoned, and subsequently transferred to Ghislain Circle instead of being hanged because of the de Revins' gracious charity, and, you know. Mages.

Everyone lived happily ever after, and now the Florents' eldest son is engaged to be wed to the de Revins' eldest daughter.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Sure!

Can he bring this up publicly?
Totally.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?

Volunteered to serve at Griffon-Wing Keep for two years before transfer to Kirkwall. A dependable medic, but not a combatant.

Participated in the Mage Strike.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Totally.

Can he bring this up publicly?
GO FOR IT. Just give me a heads-up so I can track the thread like the vain creature I am.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
Always.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Yep.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Possibly, but let’s talk it over OOC first.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Yep.

FERELDEN:
The son of common Fereldens (the O’Kellars), who collaborated with the Orlesian occupation/informed on some people, and subsequently fled to Jader.

CIRCLES:

Taken to the Circle after making his siblings dangerously ill.

Joined the Loyalists when transferred to Ghislain, began narcing on other mages & ignoring templar misconduct.

Sold out some former Loyalists during the Rebellion. Funneled information to extremist groups.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?

He likes spy novels. He would not like to be a spy, that sounds dangerous and awful.

That said: He takes an opportunistic approach to squirreling info/trading on it where possible.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?

Possibly! He’s wary of bribery, and primarily motivated by fear. But also really, really would like to screw over Orlais.

[exequy]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? If his family did ever come up—which is plausible, since his father Petros was a Nevarran noble and his mother Valaria's brother, Amancio Vivas, is one of Antiva's Merchant Princes, but also plausible that they never did, because who cares about Nevarra and Antiva—he'd at most have been one item in a list of horrible scandalous tragedies befalling the Averesches. Dead daughter, one son in a Circle, the other an exiled assassin, the family had been in decline anyway but this is probably the end of their line, how sad, etc.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure.

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Likely nothing that isn't on his info page already, except potentially more awareness of the fact that he was never in Redcliffe with the rest of the Mage Rebellion and showed up at the Inquisition's door well after the mages as an entity had been recruited.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure.

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Sure.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Someone would probably need a reason to care/dig into Circle stuff, but sure. Finding out anything from the war would involve other characters so probably no go on that unless we all coordinate.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Kiiiind of. Not Byerly's kind, but he's in the Scouting Division because he elbowed his way into magic-spying instead of combat and has been working for the Inquisition in that capacity for a couple years now, he's "advising" the Scoutmaster, and the project he's overseeing is pretty sneaky.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? If he somehow had something relevant, maybe.

Is there anything else I should know? I still love you.

LUWENNA COUPE

[limier]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?

ORLAIS:

There’s a bad song about her that was briefly in vogue as Kirkwall went tits-up. It makes certain unflattering allusions to bloodhounds.

CIRCLES/CHANTRY

Former Lieutenant at the White Spire. Primarily assigned to fieldwork, gained a small reputation for it outside the Circle.

After the Templars and Seekers split from the Chantry, began working for the Revered Mother of the Apcher Chantry, a progressive of little note until most of the people who were of note died at the Conclave.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Sure!

Can he bring this up publicly?
Sure!

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?

Worked as an ally for a year. Led Chantry Relations before promotion to Forces head, at which point she joined the Inquisition.

Filed formal complaints against an Inquisition Seeker following an assault involving Cade Harrimann and an Inquisition mage.

Fell ill during the Rifter plague.

Implied to have forced Petra out of the Ambassador role.

Probably getting paid more than anyone else in the Gallows, between the templar and div head bonus. Can’t believe the Inquisition is buying off a templar so that they look less shady.

Apparently living in sin/professional misconduct with a mage.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Totally.

Can he bring this up publicly?
GO FOR IT. Just give me a heads-up so I can track the thread like the vain creature I am.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
Always.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Yep

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Possibly, but let’s talk it over OOC first.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Yep.

ORLAIS:

From near the Eastern border. Her father (and like half her extended family) fought in the Ferelden rebellion.

Her former fiancee married up, and is now a well-off trader based out of Val Royeaux.

CIRCLES/CHANTRY:

Her brother was taken to Montsimmard as a child. He did not survive his Harrowing.

Her bff, Ser Arnault de Laurens, did not return from the mission she claims kept them out of the Spire during the Annulment.

Altered the records of deceased/red templars to cover up two of Gervais' murders.

Knows Gala through past shady shit, also knows that Gala murdered several Chantry mothers in ugly fashion and is just. Sitting on that.

Knows that Nell destroyed the Nevarra City Circle. And is also just sitting on that.

Actively hiding some blood mages in rural Orlais.

Actively hiding some long-term effects of lyrium use.

INQUISITION:

Declared the Kirkwall Chantry Garden’s forest debacle was not made through blood magic, after receiving confirmation it was totally made through blood magic.

Made a phylactery of the Archon's blood. Has not told anyone else where it is.

Probably other shit I’m forgetting atm, maybe she’s forgetting it too, the point is she LIES A LOT.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?

Yes, though her priority's shifted from her faction in the Chantry to the Inquisition in a big way. Her Revered Mother really isn’t happy about that!!

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?

She’s a married patriot with a vow of poverty, so.

[hwaaaitsme]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Oh dear god I am pretty sure you could make up no end of gossip about Loki off the top of your head and have more than half of it be true. For a fact he has dated Gwenaelle, they were terrors and absolute delights at parties. Loki was given his ship by an Orlesian noble. He has been a party animal for many, many years and dabbles in ~*~*~forbidden magics~*~*~ to astound and titillate party-goers. He also actually fully deals in forbidden magic. He is a slaver and while that is on the down-low, it is absolutely true that he has traded in slaves both in the north and south. His family wealth is built on pillaging and they absolutely do take prisoners of war. He is a total mama's boy or was until she was killed. He has been known to cavort with spirits in Rivain. He is absolutely lethal but his nickname "the serpent of marnas pell" was made by him because he thought it was funny because anyone who has ever actually seen him assassinate a man is currently dead also.

He has also been dating Lexie de la Fontaine for what is an alarming amount of time for both of them.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?

Absofuckinglutely.

Can he bring this up publicly?

A heads up for me for OOC purposes would be bomb but yes, go for it, as you like.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Loki is inexplicably south with his war-hero brother. Anything you want to put in reports I am bomb with, tbh. He is currently the Head of Special Acquisitions in the Inquisition which should alarm everyone. Every. One.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Oh please do. As you like.

Can he bring this up publicly? Same caveat as above. Just ooc heads up so I can schedule time to tag.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? PFFFFF good god yes, if you can find anything that would openly shame him. I think Beleth has some shit on him that will openly shame him.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Uh, good luck, he is already only coincidentally working toward inquisition interest but turning on his own self interest will be hard...unless he uses Lexie. Just. A hint.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Loki has the tolerance of a well norse god. Good luck. Also sounds kinky. Fuck me up.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Have at. There's some juicy stuff in there if you want to figure something out. Like the fact that Loki is actually Qunari.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Uh. Yes. At all times.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - AHAHAHA I mean if it serves his purposes hell yeah he will give you intel. He'll even do it for free. Let's go.

Is there anything else I should know?
I love this guy already.

[elegiaque]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Her info page is pretty comprehensive on gossip that's circulated about her in the past. Her reputation in Orlais was "pretty, difficult, less interesting than her father" until it became "huge scandal ran away to the Inquisition". He might be aware that she once broke off what was very nearly an engagement by deliberately setting out to humiliate her suitor when she could find no other way out of it, and that she subsequently did not much deal with marital prospects until n e a r l y marrying a Marcher lord a couple of years ago.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y.

Can he bring this up publicly? Y.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Gwenaëlle's history with the Inquisition has been "interesting", in that until recently she wasn't actually a member—she wrote propaganda for a short time, she's been attached by dint of her anchor-shard, but she only within the last few months actually joined. She's consistently from the beginning had close ties to various powerful parties within the Inquisition, she's marrying one of the Kirkwall division heads and has been personally trained by another, her father rumored to have been DELIGHTED about her close personal friendship with Morrigan, etc. Ya girl's connected. Did occasionally throw her aristocratic weight around when she still had it to throw, filing several complaints at different times (one a veiled threat, one some petty bullshit).

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y. Most of it isn't difficult to find out, though the exact nature of her relationship with Thranduil isn't entirely public knowledge yet.

Can he bring this up publicly? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Gwenaëlle's response to blackmail threats will be "do it, pussy", making it kind of pointless.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Y.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Interested in, not technically engaged in...but she has been methodically writing down absolutely every single thing she observes about the Inquisition and everyone in it she's encountered for three years.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Naw, but she wouldn't be opposed to helping Ferelden because it's part of Thedas, like.

Is there anything else I should know?

[ipseite]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Petrana is a rifter, so it's unlikely that there's much gossip about her that isn't that—she was the head of the diplomacy division for about six months, and rumored to still have a tense relationship with several of her former division head colleagues. She's very Orlesian for someone who apparently comes from a world where Orlais doesn't exist, which is probably most of the gossip about her after her recent excursion to Ferelden to deal with Bann Selwyn and his family. In a romantic relationship with a mage who has familial ties to Fereldan aristocracy, on a related note, and has been outspoken in the past on mage rights, definitely sympathetic to the idea mages ought to have inheritance rights particularly.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y.

Can he bring this up publicly? Y.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Probably nothing that hasn't already been covered. Petrana has been a workaholic since her arrival, and very little is known about her background other than it's "probably noble".

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y.

Can he bring this up publicly? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? If he can find anything, he can try.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Y.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Y.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Extremely, yes. See: career diplomat/politician.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Neither seduction nor outright bribery would work, but she has potential interests in Ferelden (see: polly pocket lady macbeth edition wants to make her man a bann) that mean she might find it personally valuable to cultivate a good relationship with Fereldan intelligence.

Is there anything else I should know? She is an extremely lovely woman who learned politics via conquest, so she can be kind of alarming in her approach.

[justice_is_blond]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? There's Varric's book, there's also his marriage to Nathaniel Howe, but there's little that would be circulating in high society.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? I think there's a fair chance of intelligence reports mentioning that he's joined up with the Wardens again, working with the Inquisition, there are probably reports every time he popped up trying to help in various rebel mage cells before joining the Inquisition. Currently they may be aware of the fact that he's putting together a mage network again and that he was both in the Grand Tourney under a fake name and also in Nevarra at the time the Necropolis went not-boom.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Yes

Can he bring this up publicly? Yes

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Sure, though I don't know what he'd blackmail Anders for right now. Anders is working hard to be open enough to not get calls for his execution.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Probably!

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Yes

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Yes

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Interested, yes. Engaged in, no. He's awful at being sneaky or subtle.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? He talks way too much for his own good, so he'll easily chat away on any number of topics.

Is there anything else I should know? Hi, come torture him by crashing on their couch please.

[coquettish_trees]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?
If by gossip you mean directly experienced. 8) (It's in the info page). Readily available goss from Hightown has her spending the majority of her nights at the Asgard estate with enough of her wardrobe moved over that she never has to walk of shame it.

Why is a beautiful Orlesian noblewoman of not-insignificant means and breeding half-moved in with a Tevene Altus who's probably a slaver and probably a blood mage and probably worships the Old Gods because Maker aren't they all like that up North? Idk, but some salty more appropriate would-be-suitors might drunkenly and unsubstantiatedly mutter that probably it's because blood magic.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y

Can he bring this up publicly? Y

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?
Probably not, save possibly that she acquired a relatively well-known and respected Bard as a lady's maid at 17. Although said Bard was theoretically 'retired' at the time and showed no hint of covert activity after her employment by the De La Fontaines.

He probably actually knows Emile, and may have been duly surprised to find this out about the real nice Mrs. Potts looking woman who faithfully attended Lexie.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Y

Can he bring this up publicly? Y

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Aw Yee

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Do eeeet. Although she's largely self-interested anyway. (Surprise!) Feel free to use Loki against her, that'll work.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Y

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Y

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?
She sure is! She's still mostly a honeypot, but in those eight years they weren't hanging out because she broke up with him like a jerk she's gotten pretty durn good at spy-adjacent skills and is aiming for more than adjacency.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden?
I mean, not for Ferelden, that place is wet and full of dogs and has a questionable relationship with her beloved country. She might be convincible to help ya boy out sometime though.

Is there anything else I should know?
hey babe <3

[doneisdone]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? She fought a sea serpent barehanded, has probably killed like a shit ton of people, may have started the civil war in Nevarra, was/is?? romantically involved with the Traitor Teyrn Loghain Mac Tir, is generally Unsavory

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? He is welcome to try

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Teren has spent a good chunk of her life fucking with Orlesian high society in occupied Nevarra, which technically ended when she went to prison for fifteen years in Val Royeaux. She's back to some of her old tricks again but it's not necessarily common knowledge unless someone does any digging. At any rate, she keeps a low-ish profile within the Inquisition, but the Wardens know what's up.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Yes but he might die

Can he bring this up publicly? Yes but it would be Bad

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? HE CAN TRY (yes)

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? lol she doesn't have to be tricked (but yes)

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Shore

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Natch

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? she lives and breathes it

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Bribed maybe but not at Nevarra's expense/there'd have to be a very good reason

Is there anything else I should know? shes mean

[altusimperius]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Probably nothing he'd have heard, and although Benedict is kind of a sloppy disaster, the only thing that would be regularly talked about would be his bad relationship with the Inquisition's Templars.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? if he's MEAN

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? He's the son of a prominent Magister, Calpurnia Artemaeus, and spent his first six months with the Inquisition incarcerated in the dungeon of the old mage tower. He and his mentor had been captured while consorting with a group of Venatori, though the latter (Atticus, his mentor) has since been transferred to Skyhold, possibly because they were quite literally at each other's throats.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Naturally

Can he bring this up publicly? again, if he's MEAN

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? yeah totally

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Bene is craftier than he looks so he'd have his work cut out for him, but I'm open to the possibility

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Yep

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Yep

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Not willingly

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Possibly!

Is there anything else I should know? hes pretty

[onlyhymns]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Crazy asshole who beats up elves and mages, used to be a Templar, gives them all a bad name. Related to the Harimanns who tried to overthrow Starkhaven?

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Known mostly to the Inquisition is that he's an absolute disaster who has been kicked out of the Templar Order for losing his shit and assaulting someone. Kirkwall at large might recognize him as one of its Templars from before the war, and he served directly under Knight-Commander Meredith.
He is in fact related to The Harimanns, but not in his immediate family, and his own family tries to keep it quiet because they're embarrassed.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Yep

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Yep

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Yep

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Yep

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? No, he can't lie his way out of a paper bag

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Probably not, mainly because I doubt he'd be too useful at it

Is there anything else I should know? hes weird

[tactical_alert]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Possibly bastard son of the Reed family of the Bannorn. Wasn't he the one following Seeker Harris' coattails, you know, the one who got caught playing the Game in all the ways the Seekers don't approve of? Fairly certain he'd rather marry his dog before anyone else, but that's Fereldans for you, isn't it. Hates Templars with a particular passion.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? Not actually a bastard son, just uhhhh effectively disowned. There's a difference, okay. His sister's husband is currently set to inherit the family land.
Speaks Orlesian fluently, still clearly Fereldan accented but not terribly, unlike SOME PEOPLE.
Went traipsing with a Templar (a Ser Hayes, according to the reports) to trek through darkspawn-infested Ferelden, though that's when the reports lose track of them. Whatever happened and whyever it happened (aside from Fuck The Blight), Malcolm came out of it alive, the Templar did not.
Removed Cade Harimann from the Templar Order.
Before joining the Inquisition, had been searching for the Warden and the Champion, both to no avail. (The former because surprise the Warden's dead, the latter because who the fuck knows where Hawke went.)
i'm probably missing a bunch of stuff bc my brain is a sieve watch this space for updates

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure

Can he bring this up publicly? Sure

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Sure

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Nah

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Sure, but expect some very swift retribution unless given reason not to do so

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Sure, bring it up OOCly and we'll work specifics out /fingerguns

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Both :eyes:

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Probably not, but boy, Byerly could try!

Is there anything else I should know? templars are really flammable if you can set lyrium on fire with the power of god's will

[exsecutus]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? See MJ's answer, father Petros was a Nevarran noble, mother Valaria's brother, Amancio Vivas, is one of Antiva's Merchant Princes, unless you dgaf about Nevarra and Antiva and all the little pesky nobles, item # 3 in a list of horrible scandalous tragedies befalling the Averesches, dead daughter, one son in a Circle, the other an exiled assassin, the family had been in decline anyway but this is probably the end of their line, how sad, etc. in some gossip he tricked the son of a minor nobleman, Caspar Perakis, into helping him with the assassination. in some gossip, Caspar Perakis tricked Nikos into helping. ANYWAYS, after exile, Nikos moved to Antiva and became a drunk, and killed more people, most of them noblemen, probably for money

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? totally yes

Can he bring this up publicly? totally totally yes

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? one time, when he was like 18, he tried to assassinate the king of Nevarra with Caspar Perakis, another noble (better looking than Nikos). then he was exiled. after exile, Nikos moved to Antiva where he gets drunk and assassinates other people. deep gossip: founded a secret spy and info ring called the Spider's something (it's in Antivan). probably some gossip related to Caspar too? Nikos tries really fucking hard to keep their fucking on the fucking dl, and keep their true love even MORE on the dl, but it's not like he keeps his intense and obsessive staring under any kind of control. oh I guess he's an intense revolutionary too? not hard to find that out.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? yah

Can he bring this up publicly? yah but if he brings up secret spy stuff and/or Caspar Nikos will puncture his eardrums and push him in front of a cart

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? yah

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? yah BUT IT'LL BE HARD

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? yah

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? yah

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? oh baby now you're talkin my language

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? yes get at this network

Is there anything else I should know? you're a swine

i'm just doing all my OCs on the off chance something comes up ok

[degenere]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Firstborn son and originally heir presumptive of Mérovée de Foncé, Comte de Falaise sur la Mont. Family holdings and mansion southwest of Val Royeaux. One younger brother, Betin. Mother Lady Maxence Begnoche, a baroness of Val Royeaux, known for her parties, wit, and the Begnoche sapphires. family also owns some very special Falaise horses, pearl white and beautiful. Val went to the University of Orlais and then he got kicked out of his family and disinherited for being TOO FREE-SPIRITED and ALL HIS IDEALS about LEARNING. super tight with the Baroness Haut-Brion and Brother Jehan, like too tight, maybe? wink. he leans liberal on elves which means he only sometimes treats them as a coatstand. rumored to be dead? maybe?

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? oui

Can he bring this up publicly? oui oui

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? as a demolitions expert, Val was/is frequently courted by the Orlesian army to assist them in their war efforts and stuff. he refuses every time, usually by pretending to be too busy. he was almost press-ganged into service, or whatever the nobleman equivalent of getting press-ganged is. he fled civilized Orlais and he hasn't been back since, but on paper he says he's doing field work. when he faked his own death, he actually did it to avoid a marriage proposal: Océane Rose-Marie Dembélé, of the Dembélé academics. can't get married if you're dead!

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? oui

Can he bring this up publicly? oui

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? oui

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? oui

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? oui

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?b oui

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? non

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? how do you say "ehhhhhhhhhhhhh maybe" en français

Is there anything else I should know? porc!

[indissection]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? Sidony would probably be known in some Nevarran circles as an oddity - not because she's particularly unNevarran, but because she had been so very interested in her studies and hasn't been seen to be particularly interest in marriage, despite her mother's attempts. It's also fairly clear to anyone that she has not quite asked permission to be in Kirkwall / away from home.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? For sure.

Can he bring this up publicly? Absolutely, but she won't be happy about it.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? She's brand new to the Inquisition, so probably not.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? In the future, he can!

Can he bring this up publicly? As above!

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? It doesn't seem like he'll need to but sure c:

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Yup!

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Drugging if we worked it out, interrogating yes!

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Yes!

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Possibly!

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Possibly; her allegiance isn't necessarily with the Inquisition right now, they're just a source of medical fun for her at the moment.

Is there anything else I should know? CORPSES.

[sclavus]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? So for the Black Sails captains, we basically just decided we'd c/p their reputations from canon to the AU. So if Byerly's up on Tevinter gossip, he'd definitely know Vane's rep as a scary pirate captain. I don't know how far that would reach southern courts, we kind of just left that up for people to decide on a case by case basis. But you know Black Sails and Vane, so you do whatever sounds good for you, booboo. I doubt there'd be as many specific things like battles and etc, maybe HIGHLIGHT FOR S2 SPOILERS: [ the annihilation/leveling of Charlestown or whatever the Tevene equivalent is lmao. ] But yeah, whatever works for you.

ETA: I went back to get a canon thing on Pirate reputation on the mainland if that helps you! WARNING FOR HELLA SPOILERS THO

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Yerp

Can he bring this up publicly? Yeeerp. Vane won't care but the other pirates might get pissy about being outed.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? The pirates in general are a sensitive spot for the Inquisition at the moment, and they've had to do work to justify the pirates being in Inquisition employ (the successful rescue mission helped better the image a lot), but there would be files on Vane at least, given he has a pretty intense reputation as a criminal.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Yar

Can he bring this up publicly? Yar, again, other pirates might be pissed but Vane won't care.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Lololol he can try, Charles has so little shame. I'd honestly love to see him threaten to blackmail Vane with something, just so he can pointedly pick up the crystal, and announce whatever the blackmail information is to the entire Inquisition.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? Ya!!! Though, if Vane realizes he did it, be prepared for having to jump through hoops to ensure he doesn't brutally murder him.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Go for it. Drugging would def be better than trying to interrogate by any other means.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Sure!! The slave part isn't public knowledge or anything that would be in files or rumors, but if he can dig deep enough, he'll find that. Or, lmao, just see Vane shirtless, given the brand on his chest and the whip scars on his back.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? Tbh, he's nooooot very good at it. Better to ask Silver.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? Prooooobably not, it's really gd hard to get Vane to part with anything he doesn't want to without a lot of benefit.

Is there anything else I should know? ilu :>

[montalis]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know? YO so this will be interesting, because I'm not sure how much should really be free knowledge about Luca here. I put the character together to basically be a spy for the Seekers (which are kind of already spy-ish on the investigating other people side), though he's pretty big into keeping that Seeker part under wraps, as it tends to put Certain People, aka every Templar and Mage everywhere, on edge around him, and that's just terrible for information gathering. So, what would probably be available is definitely the bits about Antivan nobility and Templar stuff on his info page, but anything beyond that is probably really well guarded. As for gossip, ho spends a lot of time around the tavern, and he also hands with Coupe and Julian de Abbrixio a bunch. Also comes to the Chantry hungover, but has a lovely singing voice, and more of the staff there happen to find this more charming than obnoxious because he's also super respectful and really knowledgeable of the Chant and loves discussing it.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? Sure! He can also bring up the lack of any more information on him past Templar activity.

Can he bring this up publicly? Aaaahahahahaha Luca will Not Be Happy and it's probably not a great idea to piss off a Seeker. I'm not opposed to it, but let's def plot it out before it happens.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports? About the same stuff that's in his info page but something of note would be that information stops on him about five years ago. He and the Seekers he'd worked with made a point to keep that on the down low. But there would be that noticeable gap of information on his file.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character? He can! Luca probably won't give him a straightforward answer for it, but he can.

Can he bring this up publicly? Same as the other - he caaaan but we should plot it because Luca will not be happy. And lmfao considering he's the only Seeker in Kirkwall right now, I doubt the Seeker Order as a whole would be happy to have him outed : D or near outed. But we'd have to check with mods for that obv, etc etc

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character? Yerp, expect him to get some serious consequence for it, though.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests? I'm oooooopen to it, but it'd be pretty hard to manage it? Luca's loyalty is aggressively towards the Seeker Order, and Cassandra specifically. Like, entire purpose of life kind of aggressive loyalty.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character? Ahahaha yes

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present? Sure!!

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage? GUUURRRLLLLL that is his bread and butter, ofc

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly? UMUMUM I'd have to check with modchans, because he would run it by Cassandra/the Seekers first before giving any individual nation important information. So it depends on what they'd say.

Is there anything else I should know? idk ilu heres a gif

[redinside]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?
- The battle between the feared General of the Red Templars and just a handful of brave Inquisition warriors has probably been repeated with all sorts of embellishment, including a story about the Iron Bull drinking the blood from his severed head. Ghastly!
- After his capture and transfer to Skyhold, he was dissected (or vivisected, depending on the morbid appetite of the storyteller) for research. Gruesome, but it was for science.
- No he wasn't, he was fed to the gryphons. A fitting end.
- No he wasn't! He was taken to Skyhold for rehabilitation... as young templars, he and Cullen shared a room in Kirkwall (actually true), so clearly this is a case of old lovers being reunited under tragic circumstances. So romantic!
- Actually, he was imprisoned, and recently he was transported to the Free Marches for proper judgment by his own people - but the travelling party was surprised by a rift/bandits/darkspawn/red templars/a dragon, and he used that as a distraction to escape! The Reds will become stronger, everyone is doomed, etc.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Yes.

Can he bring this up publicly?
Yyyes.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?
He's not a member of the Inquisition, but he has been doing penance other than rotting in a dungeon cell, with Commander Cullen as his handler.
The most accessible reports (i.e. very difficult but not impossible to acquire, unlike the Commander's own records) track the progress of his health in being slowly reintroduced to blue lyrium. He appears to have a strong tolerance to the lyrium, estimated to be two to three times that of other men. It's unknown if this is a result of his prior addiction, prolonged exposure to red lyrium, or a unique biological resistance (actually it's all three). Somehow, his cognitive ability has not been permanently damaged by the addiction, withdrawal, OR by the red lyrium, which is extremely unusual.
If there is more sciencey stuff he can and would try to get his hands on, you may have to ask the mods for it.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
He can, but he would have to tread lightly.

Can he bring this up publicly?
He can but it might get him in a lot of trouble.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
If he can even find effective blackmail material at this point, sure.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Whoops, skipped this one somehow. ahem. YES sure why not.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Lord. Can't imagine why he'd want to, but sure.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Absolutely, if you want to go there we can hash it out.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?
Not even slightly, unless Byerly somehow becomes able to guarantee the safety of his Tranquil friend, Maddox (still working with the Reds, somewhere out there).

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?
This prrrrobably doesn't apply to him. Maybe. I don't know. Feel free to seduce him though, heh heh (he wishes)

Is there anything else I should know?
Not sure where else this might fit in or if it's even relevant, BUT, the story of Samson's expulsion from the Order and subsequent mage-smuggling hobo lifestyle is well known among those connected to the templars in Kirkwall, and has probably spread wider since he joined the Elder One's ranks. Here is a helpful wiki link if you need it. Actually he can probably dig up pretty much anything about Samson's life if he tries hard and believes in himself.

ALSO, he has been exchanging personal letters with Merrill over the last year-and-some.

Is any of this even useful, I don't know, but hopefully it has been at least passingly entertaining.

[justashotaway]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?
• He might know about various South Nevarra assassinations that involved stab wounds or slit throats--various mages, members of the Chantry, &cet. The last, probably most gruesome one would be a Nevarran mage found stabbed to death with his assistant in the ballroom of his estate. There's nothing definitive tying Laura to those incidents--for all intents and purposes, she didn't exist in any schools or social circles--but it sure is interesting that Riftwatch has a Nevarran with hand- and feety-claws!
• Unless he's familiar with specialty prostitution in Cumberland, Nevarra, that's probably all he's heard of that might connect with her. On the other hand, if this iteration of him is the sort of gent who'd know who to pay to get a girl to whale on him in bed, then he might have heard some stuff.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Yes, but let's discuss the deets.

Can he bring this up publicly?
Let's discuss the deets, but possibly.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?
If he would've read these reports before he came to the Inquisition, there wouldn't be anything about her in them, unfortunately!

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
Yes.

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
Yes.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
Yes.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
Yes.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?
Not currently engaged in espionage, potentially interested. She speaks plenty of languages and is great at sneaking, which could be Very Recruitable, if the fact that she doesn't understand basically social mores isn't a dealbreaker.

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?
Possibly, yes. Laura doesn't have much in the way of national loyalty, but that also means she has minimal interest in aiding any particular country.

Is there anything else I should know?

hey maybe it's about time

[sarcophage]

Is there gossip about your character Byerly should know?
I've updated Leander's info page just for u. Please note the part about Lexie, which is both compelling given the time they've spent together (including when he stayed at her place for a fortnight), and entirely false.

Not listed there, from the aftermath of that Orlesian smooch party: Lea was definitely in attendance, and ultimately unmasked and dismissed before the end of the night.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Of course.

Can he bring this up publicly?
Certainly.

Is there anything about your character that would be listed in intelligence reports?
Nothing that couldn't be found in his app, pre-Annulment, if they cared enough to find out. He had a habit of charming authority figures and otherwise flying under the radar, so it'd be fragments of ordinary facts, no damning personality specifics (fascination with death, etc). It's up to you whether Ferelden would've been successful in getting anything from Nevarra City or Dairsmuid Circle records.

Can he bring this up in private conversation with your character?
Sure.

Can he bring this up publicly?
If it's for juicy plot reasons we can talk about it.

Would you be open to Byerly blackmailing your character?
NO and how dare you imply I'd be interested in the thing we are doing right now

Would you be open to Byerly deceiving your character and tricking them into acting against Inquisition interests/their own interests?
He can try.

Would you be open to Byerly drugging and/or interrogating your character?
My heart says YES but my reluctance to out him yet is wringing its hands, so... yes, if we can tapdance around the blood mage thing, at least for now.

Would you be open to Byerly uncovering new information about your character's past/present?
He could possibly connect some dots about recent events, though I may need a minute to organize said dots in a way that makes sense. And if he's inclined to take a deeper interest in the years-long gap between the Annulment and Lea's sudden appearance in Kirkwall, we should talk about that, since it would also be relevant to Ilias and Fitcher.

Is your character interested in espionage/engaged in espionage?
He's literally co-in-charge of the spy project, although he... probably shouldn't be...

Could they be cultivated into an intelligence asset for Ferelden - e.g., seduced and/or bribed into giving information willingly?
It would be fun if he tried. If it would help stabilize Nevarra, he might even succeed.

Is there anything else I should know?
By could still get it.