Here's the proposed changelist for Poet


[i]Importantly, Paulie doesn't actually know any members of Dark Shadow apart from Simon, an NPC under my care. With that in mind, all of her knowledge of different Dark Shadow members will be blatantly false when it isn't carefully chosen to betray nothing about what Dark Shadow is capable of. Simon is effectively Paulie's groomer. And this is important, as Paulie is still technically a Guilder, with rudimentary access to their intelligence networks and their private social network. She is a known dissident at present, nothing pointing to her involvement with Dark Shadow.

Her beginning in the story will consist of meeting Dark Shadow mages for the first time and making up her mind about whether she wants to commit fully to their side, admit that life as a Guilder is her best option, or perhaps choose a third path.

With that aside, changes to her CS include the following:[/i]

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Paulie still thinks of Dark Shadow as a benign group of rough customers with something new worth saying in the magical community. She doesn't have the full breadth of Guild knowledge about its members, so hasn't had the opportunity to make an informed decision. This is how she's come so close to joining their ranks and leaving the Guild behind. The only members she's become aware of are the ones it's easiest to lie for, and her groomer, Simon MacCaffrey (NPC), has done an excellent job keeping her in the dark.

[b]Name:[/b] Aloysius Leighton
[b]Relationship - Warm - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts (Simon):[/b] "Look, Leighton's a twisted up rich kid. He needs people like you to put things in perspective. Everybody in our organization knows that. It takes a lot of rudders to steer that kind of ambition. Just think of what we can do with the right ones!"

[b]Name:[/b] Circe Masers
[b]Relationship - Unknown - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts (Simon):[/b] "If Paulie finds out about Circe before she's well'n truly stuck in with us there's no way she'll join us."

[b]Name:[/b] Lana Ryder
[b]Relationship - Warm - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts (Simon):[/b] "Lana's exactly the kind of energy we need and that's a fact. She's not afraid to get her hands dirty, doesn't subscribe to the Guild agenda, and doesn't want hurt people to further our ends, just defend us. Also if you're looking for someone to train with, I swear she'll be better able to help you figure your shit out than anyone else in our organization. You owe it to yourself to meet her before you make up your mind."

[b]Name:[/b] Tiberius Delamar
[b]Relationship - Dislikes - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts (Simon):[/b] "Tibbers is fucking nuts. You can trust him to be nuts, if you can trust him. You'll probably get along great."

[b]Name:[/b] Rufus
[b]Relationship - Unknown - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Circumstances:[/b] Simon hasn't met Rufus. Can't coach Paulie about members he doesn't know.

[b]Name:[/b] Luka Mostovoi
[b]Relationship - Unknown - Unacquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts (Simon):[/b] "I really don't know how to bring up Luka to Paulie without telling her he's a magocrat. So I haven't yet. We'll cross that bridge when we come to him."


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Paulie has been a member of the Guild for most of her adult life in a state of defacto-servitude. She behaves, she does favors now and again when she's in a local area that needs Guild hands... and in return the Guild doesn't incarcerate her as a dissident that knows too much. Her behavior within this relationship could be described accurately with words like "cooperative," "efficient," and "uninspired." The sub-member nature of her relationship and her unique magical talents mean most Guilders aren't aware of her presence in the organization... and are also why Dark Shadow hasn't pin-pointed her as an agent.

[b]Name:[/b] Aliira Van Drauga
[b]Relationship - Warm - Old Friends[/b]
[b]Thoughts:[/b] "She's the reason the Guild doesn't want me locked up in a safe house somewhere. I got lucky, meeting her when I did, how I did. She represents everything about the Guild worth saving--if only she would look and see what others see in her. It's her strength keeping Salem from shoving her own head up her own ass year after year. God knows somebody has to."

[b]Name:[/b] Salem de Silva
[b]Relationship - Hates - Enemies[/b]
[b]Thoughts:[/b] "The de Silva legacy is how I wound up sequestered in the middle of Nowhere, Virginia until I could break out on my own. You wanna tell me Salem inheriting the organization means that the kind of isolationist extremism they permit is going to change? We put scientologists to shame when one of us steps even a fraction out of line. That makes Salem the lightning-powered Tom Cruise of our generation of mages, with all of the self-importance and wasted potential to match."

[b]Name:[/b] Zeke Deshotel
[b]Relationship - Unknown - Unacquainted[/b]

[b]Name:[/b] Lizzie Muyers
[b]Relationship - star-struck - Acquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts:[/b] "I... I want to play push-hands with her. I saw her in action on a mission once where I was spotting. Magic can be a lot of things, but I always find it at its best when it makes you think about people differently. She can [i]be[/i] things. She can [i]be[/i] you. It's some classic Mystique shit. How [i]doesn't[/i] that seem awesome?"

[b]Name:[/b] August Donovan
[b]Relationship - Warm - Acquainted[/b]
[b]Thoughts:[/b] "Augie's fucking rad. He... he reminds me of my mom honestly. I've only talked to him a couple of times, but man... what a catch. Smart, musical. I dunno dude... he's fabulous."

[b]Name:[/b] David Smith
[b]Relationship - Unknown - Unacquainted[/b]
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Alignment Change: Guild Member(Strained), Dark Shadow Recruit (In grooming)
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Anyone looking over Paulie's CS at present who sees an opportunity for a relationship they like, feel free to hmu.

Everybody approve? If so, I'll update my CS and slide this all in.