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| Action Id: 438 | Crisis: | Participants: Joscelin, Acacia, Alarie, Lazarus(RIP), Branan, Lyiana, Merek, Emeline(RIP), Haati and Brier | |
| Status: Resolved | Public: True | GM: None | |
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Action by Joscelin
Joscelin Arterius and the Crafters Guild and all the merchants who supply and support them are being tasked with the job of repairing the city and its defenses as needed, as well as shoring up existing fortifications when the repairs are done. There are certain things she needs help with, however:
Staying supplied. Repairs require materials and materials don't appear out of thin air, it has to come from somewhere. Abandoned buildings can be salvaged for wood and stone if necessary, but there should be a way to get some kind of supply to the city when/if what's available runs out.
A mobile response team for repairs in the field. Be they catapaults, ballistas, crucial defenses, people on hand who know how to fix whatever needs fixing would be good to have.
More hands, light work. The more people to help with the lifting and hammering and moving, actions that don't require skill in repair but anyone can do, can be accomplished if you throw enough living bodies at it. You don't need to be a crafter to move crucial items from point A to point Wherever.
Action by Merek
Merek will assist with the salvage efforts, and the efforts to help build up fortifications and put some work towards helping supply Joscelin in the Crafter's Guild. He will be using all his various resources to do this, which involves haggling with folk, salvage, and repair, as needed. Nothing really crazy.
As he often does, he will take Meeka with him to assist, be a lookout, will likely be doing this with groups, and always have his Guard Champion with him. Meeka has social skills, and is less of an assistant, more spy, but she has been leveled up, so she might try and help him draw more people in, just as a story booster.
Action by Haati
Haati is taking up hammer and anvil to help in keeping the city and siege weapons repaired. Using his knowledge with his time on the Wavebreaker to keep the ship in repair he has had some experience in this line of smithing and general repair work. He will also be donating time to get supplies and other materials to help against the siege. Proper deconstruction measures can be explained to those that are making resources out of scavenged empty buildings and other sources so that the damage while doing so is minimized and they can get the most out of those materials being salvaged.
Action by Lyiana
Among the women and men who help shore up the walls, Lyiana is found with the majority, moving into abandoned buildings with escorts and taking down things that could be used, putting up sandbags, and getting dirty like the rest of the folk. By the time she would have been finished, her hair would have been covered in dirt and dust, sand would cling to her dress, and she would still be working long into the night to continue what help she could. At some point, she'd give food to the workers while also trying to stay on her feet, continuing her designated tasks with the gusto of someone who wishes to do her part, even if she is a tailor. She cannot provide a building perspective, but at least she can give supplies to those who need and move sandbags and other things in place. She is someone who is a part of something, even if she can disappear in a crowd at a moment's notice if she wishes not to be seen.
Action by Brier
Brier would volunteer herself to be on the mobile response team being gathered, offering her knowledge of smithing to help with the repairs whenever there is a need for it. She would also offer her strength in regards to moving some of the heavier supplies.
Action by Lazarus(RIP)
Supplying the city is what Lazarus does and now with the Merciers having access and control of key trading routes over the rivers, he can do it even better, enough to split his resources to assist Joscelin. Taking a page from his father, he gathers his best working shirt and joins the merchants at the river to help with pushing more goods to and from Arx even when the danger nearby is very real.
Action by Branan
Branan is once more delcigng ino the Archives to locate plans, change orders and other documentation relating to the walls, fortifications and structures near the walls, to allow for easier repair or discovery of potential flaws before the enemy does.
Action by Emeline(RIP)
Emeline will help out will building the defenses however she can. When she doesn't have commissions, she will be closing her shop to work upon strengthening defenses.
Action by Alarie
Alarie is a seamstress. She is not handy with machines of war or repairing ballistae. However, she does help with one thing. She serves a support role for the healers by crafting some high quality bandages of silk that are padded with cotton for higher absorbancy.
Action by Acacia
Acacia, on behalf of the Culler family, dedicated extra time to supporting Joscelin and the defenses. She spent 200 social resources gathering and charming people who weren't otherwise engaged in the fighting to bring them together and help repair the walls (though much of her work was spent specifically in assisting Lower Boroughs defenses). She spent 200 economic resources in a showing of extra no-questions-asked materials that she gathered, or smuggled through, in the process, whenever supplies might have been at risk of a shortage. And she spent 50 military resources to protect those Lower Borough denizens who might've needed it throughout repairs, while subtly mentioning the Culler name.
Result
Under the leadership of Guildmaster Joscelin Arterius, the Crafters Guild of Arx works relentlessly at bolstering the defenses of the walls in preparation for the impending assault upon the city by the Silent Army. The number of catapults and ballistae have been increased dramatically, and salvage has been gathered by the guild to prepare for the attack. When the attack finally comes, the brave crafters will be ready to repair even in the heat of battle.
((The battle will have live GMing, and all the actions here have been noted for it.))