Faction Wars Preproduction Meeting
The meeting opens a vote on NPC faction rights before a bomb, an arrow assassination, and mass evacuations force Cascadia to adjourn.
Story so far
Noflex interrupts introductions with battlefield intelligence and a demand for a tenth NPC team. Carl submits the action item, U56KL opens voting, and Luke considers asking his electorate to withdraw from Faction Wars.
Noflex activates a ten-second bomb. Tagg, D'Nadia, and Luke flee their feeds, while Stalwart, Rishi, and the Operatic cell mass remain. The blast destroys only the cell mass. A hidden magical arrow then kills Stalwart through the eye and ends his feed.
Only Carl, Donut, Rishi, and Cascadia remain. Rishi proposes limited NPC protections as a counteroffer, while Cascadia postpones the council until the dead representatives regenerate the next day. She observes that this meeting advanced farther than the previous attempt.
Appearance
A mostly empty circular council after explosions, with one blacked-out section, one vanished Orc feed, and four exhausted survivors.
Role
The failed meeting exposes how NPC attacks can paralyze sponsor governance before Faction Wars begins.
Relationships
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
- The Faction Wars preproduction meeting gathers representatives from all nine participants to discuss game policy, with Carl and Donut attending virtually as their army's de facto executives.
- A ten-faction war council meant for introductions collapses into threats, insults, an appeal dispute, and Epitome Noflex's assassination of a representative.
- The meeting opens a vote on NPC faction rights before a bomb, an arrow assassination, and mass evacuations force Cascadia to adjourn.