[Day 4] Pre-dawn Raid

Abelar descends the steps, bringing himself closer to Janos.

"Septon, you know as well as I do the ancient punishment for slaying a member of the faith. 'Those who fall as King Maegor fell, they fall in flames.' Lord Tyrell is bringing a hangman when he needs a pyre. Does not Lord Tyrell use the crow's cage and other sharp methods of execution? As his septon, you could help sway him to follow the ancient ways."

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This is very likely to be an intrigue.

[D4 initiative v. Janos]: 6d6k5+2 21

Goal: Get Janos to try and persuade Lord Tyrell to burn the murderers, or in the alternative, allow Abelar and Janos to make the case to Lord Tyrell jointly.

"Septon, you know as well as I do that half of our rituals are drawn from tradition, not text. We anoint with holy oils, but you shan't find any mention of that in the Seven-Pointed Star either. Burning is the proper punishment for slaying a septa, as you well know." While Abelar's voice can be as powerful as Janos's, he keeps it low for now, not wishing to engage in a shouting match in the sept.

"And septon, the smallfolk of Highgarden learn of crime and punishment through legend, song, and tradition, not from books. Every one of them will remember how their great-nuncle or crone-like grandmother used to speak of burning septon-killers. Even if the old ways have been wrongfully suppressed since the time of Maegor, the songs and tales remain. They know right from wrong. Lord Tyrell would do well to find himself loved by the holy simple folk, and feared by murderers, especially . . . in times like these." Abelar keeps his tone neutral, half imploring Janos to guide his lord to the right, but leaving the threatening import of his words to hang in the air.

At the same time, Abelar shifts his feet. I am at the edge of what decorum will allow. But lords and septas are falling to hidden blades. I am hardly the greatest of Lord Tyrell's problems.

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Janos's 19 is good for 2 DOS, 8-4 = 4 influence. Abelar's Composure drops to 8.

ID: 14
Disposition: Indifferent
DR: 4
Composure: 8/12

Free action: Status (Breeding) [Day 4 Janos free action Status (Breeding) v. TN 13: 5d6k3+2 17 (1 DOS, resulting in 1 bonus die for persuasion)
Action:[Day 4 Janos] Persuasion (Intimidate): 6d6k4+4 18 (2 DOS at 5/DOS; 10 influence - 4 = 6 Influence dealt)

[[OOC: Shouldn’t his composure be 7, not 8?]]

"And what claim do you have on the truth, septon?" Janos shakes his head with a hint of sadness. "Tradition is what we make it to be, it was by the urging of Septon Eddard more than a hundred years ago that House Tyrell abolished the practice of inflicting slow and painful deaths upon the condemned." None of the faith had been murdered at Highgarden the last hundred years for that matter. "They did not make any exceptions when the decree was made. Justice and prudence is to set aside our own feelings, ambitions and conveniences. To be ruled by the will of the mob is to set aside the guiding principles given to us by the seven."

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He quits, because you're trying to ask of him something he essentially sees as pointless and counterproductive, choice of intimidate also contributes to that decision, you could have convinced him to agree to your point of view, but to push him to act against his better judgement, nope.