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Daenerys Targaryen ([personal profile] dorzalta) wrote in [community profile] asgardgenesis2019-07-22 04:58 pm

[VIDEO] backdated, shortly after NPC post

» WHO: All
» WHEN: The morning following Tyr and Laufey's announcement on 7/17
» TYPE: Live broadcast


[ It takes some tinkering and awkwardness at first, along with a series of huffs and grumbles you thankfully miss... but when the feed does appear, enjoy a perplexed Daenerys looking at the screen (as well as a reflection of herself, Jon, and Robb). They are wearing modern clothes: button-down shirts for the men, a blazer for Robb, and a royal blue halter-like dress for Dany. ]

Well met, Wanderers. [ … she is speaking to you all, she hopes. ] My name is Daenerys Targaryen. This is Jon Snow and Robb Stark.

[ The feed will jerk as she attempts to angle the screen to both men, respectively. It's not at all elegant, and is, in fact, an eyesore to watch. Which is why seconds later she gives up on it and leaves the strange screen in place in front of her. (Robb gets up as if to try and help her, but his attempts are just as bad as hers. Eventually, he gives it up as a bad job too. Jon, who had inclined his head when Daenerys attempted to introduce him, merely watches now with a skeptical expression: it's going to take a while for them all to get the hang of this.) ]

In our world, war is commonplace. We have armies and generals, as well as a means to communicate when there is an attack on a city or castle. Here, that doesn't seem to be the case. [ Which is strange to her. For all her wariness of these self-proclaimed gods, the smallfolk of Asgard appear to be happy. ] It's why we've approached the gods about a means of gathering. The chaos which followed the dragon's appearance makes us believe that a type of war council is necessary for this realm.

[As Jon begins to speak, he seems a little bit uneasy, slightly awkward, but as his words spin out and gather momentum, he becomes visibly more comfortable with the idea of addressing everyone. It doesn't come as naturally to him as it seems to come to Daenerys.]

When the people of a realm don't work together to face a threat, the end is calamity -- death and hunger and suffering, for those who fought and for those who could not fight. When we know what our strengths are, we know how best to defend against what may come. And when we know what to do, we can be ready to do it, even when we face something that seems impossible to overcome. This is our realm now, all of us. Today, we can put our strengths together. We can begin to make those plans. Maybe we won't ever need them, it's true, but if we do, we won't be caught unawares again.

I know that you may not know us. Each of us has been a king or a queen; not one of us was born with that title. None of us means to try to rule anyone else here, none of us expects to be the loudest voice on any council, but we all have experience with planning for war, and with several kinds of threat.

Daenerys rides a dragon at home, and has taken cities in the East and freed thousands upon thousands of slaves there. I have been Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and King in the North: I've spent long years scouting and defending and preparing for great attacks on my homeland, fighting Wildlings first, and then making an alliance with them to fight the Army of the Dead. My brother Robb was King in the North before me; he was a successful general several times over in campaigns in the southron lands. He knows tactics, battle strategy, better than almost anyone you'll ever meet.

We have all fought for the lives and safety and freedom of our fellow men. We want to continue to do that here and now. We want you to join us, if you will.


[ Jon looks over at Robb, and Robb picks the thread up: ] Understand, we are not asking to go to war. This council is only meant to make certain that we are not caught so off our guard as we were when the dragon attacked. In order to do that, we’re going to organize the council into different groups: preparations, battle and response. We Wanderers come from different worlds, and in times of crisis our different strengths come out. We need to combine our strengths and work together if we are to effectively respond to whatever threats may come next.



( OOC #1: if you want to address a specific cast member, please indicate that in the subject of your comment--otherwise we’ll read it as fair game for any of us to attack C:

OOC #2: We made a spiffy ooc post detailing the war council, as well as sign ups for it. Check it out HERE. )
doneforlove: (pic#13180970)

[personal profile] doneforlove 2019-07-30 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He won't be dignifying that with a response. Robb is welcome to ask the dead of how much honor matters in times of war. When survival is on the line, nothing else matters.]

Well you'll be disappointed to know you won't be learning much else of me. [He gives a wave of his golden hand for emphasis.] I'm afraid I'm not much with a sword these days. Lucky for you I can still command.
needsnoheadsman: ([ unafraid ])

[personal profile] needsnoheadsman 2019-07-30 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh, that’s surprising. Robb doesn’t entirely relax, because even a lion with one paw cut off still has some very sharp teeth, but the lack of a sword hand significantly cuts Jaime out as a threat for the moment.]

Lucky for you we’re in dire need of commanders. [Even one like Jaime.] We have to strengthen the city’s defenses first. Do you have any suggestions for that? Besides wildfire. [Wildfire’s one option, but Robb doesn’t trust the pyromancer’s substance not to set the person holding it on fire as well.]
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[personal profile] doneforlove 2019-07-30 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucky for you, I'm willing to accept.

[Because where would you all be without his help?]

Conventional fortifications should come first, ditches in the field, spikes on the walls, and a moat. If we go into this expecting a siege, there won't be anything to blindside us. We'll need to identify how that dragon got into our village and reinforce that area as well. I'd suggest some scorpions as well, should another show up.

[Because dragons never seem to come alone.]

From there... what can we do to prepare for an enemy we don't know? There's no telling what form the next threat will take.
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[personal profile] doneforlove 2019-07-30 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[For the record, he wasn't the one who shot at you with the scorpion.]
northerndragon: this is jon. he fights real good and we're proud of him. (right proper lad.)

[personal profile] northerndragon 2019-07-31 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Dany, they’ve literally already discussed scorpions a thread up. 🙄 He is our ally.]
northerndragon: (fireside - attentive)

[personal profile] northerndragon 2019-07-31 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Could you kick someone you love who has this face?]
northerndragon: this is jon. he fights real good and we're proud of him. (right proper lad.)

[personal profile] northerndragon 2019-07-31 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[THEY NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGY FOR ATTACKS FROM ABOVE!]
northerndragon: (you're just more of the same)

[personal profile] northerndragon 2019-07-31 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[DRAGONS NEED NO PROTECTION OTHER THAN WHAT’S GIVEN THEM BY THEIR FLAMES AND TEETH AND WINGS AND CLAWS AND HIDES! (Except when ice zombies are around, apparently.)

If someone uses them to melt castles and burn cities, Dany, they’re just more of the same. Something something a care for the smallfolk.]