THE SETUP

When the day's assembly convenes, everyone receives a brief (aka long winded and diabolically good humored) introduction from Cassius. This introduction includes a description of the barely-fictional events motivating this auspicious meeting of the minds, the gist of which is:

With the flow of trade on the Minanter west of Starkhaven compromised and northern Nevarra still struggling to recover from the loss of Nevarra City, there are concerns that Tevinter will soon push to lay claim to the territory which lies between the Imperium's southern border and the north bank of the Minanter. This would have a serious immediate impact on Nevarra, but could also negatively affect trade more widely.

In light of Nevarra's fragmented rule, Divine Beatrix (in service to the interests of the Exalted March), has called for a general assembly to address the security of the region north of the Minanter. The assembly's goal is to devise and submit a cohesive plan to discourage or repel any potential incursion. However, as with all such meetings, the issues raised may range far from the official mandate as representatives attempt to take advantage of the situation to gather support for their own agendas.

Given the current state of the war and the multiple fighting fronts, each representative has limited resources with which to bargain. Consequently, a simple majority of the assembly must vote in support of the action draft for the resolution to be considered viable.

Once they've been briefed, everyone in attendance will receive an assignment which details the role they'll be assuming for the day, conditions they would find favorable, conditions which might be detrimental to them, and the currency (metaphorical or otherwise) with which they have to bargain.

At this point, everyone will be free to begin their negotiations to create their draft resolution. During the assembly, Cassius and his lovely assistant Yseult may occasionally interject with "developing updates" to simulate the receipt of news or directives from the leaders of various organizations [ooc: aka Cassius and/or Yseult may drop in to briefly threadjack discussions if it's comedic or interesting to do so. Feel free to request an interruption if at any point you start to feel rudderless].

THE TURN

At some point during the assembly—either when it's going very well, or when it's going very badly—Cassius will interrupt the proceedings to announce a major TWIST that changes the playing field and forces assembly members to react to unexpected new conditions.

At this point, the committee must decide whether they proceed with bolstering protections in Northern Nevarra, if they pivot to focus on the new developments, or if they pursue an entirely different course of action.

[ooc: While there are ostensibly requirements laid out for success/failure in the above prompts, and an element of gamification to the assignments, goals and priorities, please consider these IC elements more than OOC ones—this plot is really just here to inspire fun character interactions, and not necessarily to successfully achieve any diplomatic goals.

As a reminder, the assignments and goals are OOCly public, but ICly secret. Use this info responsibly.

Have fun! Let me know if you have any questions.]