| The smaller quests by the merchant guild will allow the player
access to some letters that when put together, detail the
"Seanchan Plot" quest. The letters will be labeled "This piece of
paper appears blank but for some reason seems important. Maybe you
should take it." Later, in one of the last merchant quests, you
will learn how to make the invisible ink visible.
By the time the player has found the evidence that is needed to know
there is a plot, the player will learn of a third faction within the
merchant guild:
c) the ones plotting with the Seanchan
The player will then chose who to tell about this evidence he finds.
Each power will have a different quest. Once the player has picked
one, the other quests will not be available.
A group of the shipping companies has met up with the Seanchan on
Cantorin. They have formed a secret alliance with the Seanchan for
trade on the side of the merchants. In return, they will ease the
Seanchan's way into Kandor. They will weaken the military at sea
by sending those ships south or to Cantorin to be taken by the Seanchan.
The big plot that must be broken by the player is a hostage take-over
of the children of the nobles. The merchants have planned an event
honoring the nobles by honoring the children. The children, along
with their guardians will be sent to Ravinda for a month long
celebration of hunts, contests, etc. The Merchant Guild has hired
assassins to poison or put to sleep the guardians while other hired
thugs will spirit the children away. They will take them S.W. to
the river Arinella to be placed on a disguised Seanchan boat. The
boat will then set sail to Coran Ford, a village just East of Bandar
Eban in Arad Doman. The children will then be placed on another
ship, an ocean ship, and taken to Cantorin.
The plot is that the children will serve as hostages for the good
behavior of the nobles. The nobles will not raise arms when the
armies of the Seanchan take over. The Kandoris will not help Arad
Doman or Saldaea when the Seanchan move through those nations. If
all goes well, the Seanchan will actually try to occupy Kandor first, in
secret.
Note: At no time will the Seanchan ever take over Kandor,
unless Jordan's next book says they do. No matter what the player
decides to do it will all be very secret. Maybe the kidnapping
plot will fail no matter what side the player does pick. |