Missing "Propaganda" Villain in AP

[Scharlata]

As my group now will conclude the AP, and viewing the Council of Thieves AP in retrospective in front of the sum of information about Cheliax and Westcrown in all of paizo's Companion, Campaign, and Chronicle books, I missed some kind of "propaganda" villain.

As it happens, the background story of a PC gave me the opportunity...

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to cast a shadow of Vuiper Ghival long before he shows up in part 6. I introduced him in part 3 as a name. At first, he was nothing but a nuisance dabbling in family matter. Over the course of the next parts of the adventure, I made him more and more present - just keeping him out of reach by being "on duty" for the temple of Abadar in town. [Because some other PC is a cleric of Abadar, I decided to let there be a representative Abadar temple in Westcrown.] The more Vuiper was "absent", the more interested the PCs got. Then it struck me as lightning: I missed a sharp-tongued, lawful neutral demagogue that would influence the Wiscrani nobles and citizens, undermining every other step the PC would take to establish an order. I used Vuiper G. to distract the noble houses form the attempt to get them together in part 6 (see: A Feud among Nobles). Later on, Vuiper publicized a flame post throughout the city agitating against the PC now known as "Eyes of Aroden". That step redoubled the PC's endeavours. The battle with Vuiper was that much more exiting than proposed in part 6 (presenting Vuiper just as a frauded wanna-be lover of Chammady.

As a german interested in his own history. I thought to let you know that Pre-WWII-Germany had a very (too) efficient Ministry of Propaganda. I missed an institution or a person that provides that kind of aggressive verbal confrontation. Maybe some GM deems as I do?

[Mary Yamato]

Our game digressed a *lot* from the main line. For us, it seems as though Eirtein Aberigo is going to play the role you describe. He, Visendo Dravinge, and the lead PC are now the ruling triumvirate of Westcrown, and the PC doesn't feel she can act against Eirtein without destabilizing things badly; but she is pretty sure he is waging a propaganda war against her behind the scenes. Blast him. If he finds out that she is a tiefling (the dark secret of the campaign) there is going to be Hell to pay.

She managed to read his mind once, and found: "She's a nineteen-year-old being advised by twenty-one-year-olds. I just have to wait. Sooner or later she'll slip up." This statement bothers her very much, because it seems so likely to be true....

[Scharlata]

Hi, Mary

Even if I can't remember a Visendo Drovenge and the part he/she is playing in your campaign, it happens to be that IMC Eirtein Oberigo

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was freed by the PCs and then held on a private PC ship on the open sea to be interrogated later. He was freed again by a PC not concordant with the group's main cource of actions because she foresaw that he could/should play a major role as stabilizing factor in Westcrown's post-revolution Council of Thieves. Eirtein now acts in favor of the PCs because he looks foreward to be he new ruler of the "Old" CoT.

I'm very eager what happens to the bald man.

Best regards