The main points of the report details...
- "...The disturbances around the city of Sigil seem to be revolving around the politics of Fey Courts, and around entity called the [i]Pale Prince[/i]. "The Winter Fey" would seem to be the central source of trouble and threat to the Sigil safety, as they have had the audacity to assault the city of Sigil. Motives to these attacks are in some cases still uncertain, but a few reports of artifact thefts by force has made those a strong reason. Alternative reasons may also include personal vendetta against individuals called Miranda & Namer Junathoraxus, however it has been promptly claimed by many that these reasons are merely pretext. Pretext or not, it should not be dismissed in the threat assessment as being likely to cause or incite hostilities nearby to maintain the pretext. Another detail of note seems to be that a soul of the loved one of the Pale Prince may be held captive, or otherwise trapped within the demiplane of Dread. It is worth mentioning that so far no connection between the attacks and this lost soul have been established. Further of note is that the Pale Prince is an arch fey of sufficient power to be unable to act directly within the city of Sigil, however the staged proxy war appears to not be above them either..." [/li]
- [size=75][b][u]Threat Assessment[/u][/b][/size] [size=50]by Namer Nica Brianna Kelter[/size] [b]Unknown Access Points[/b] The greatest threat to the city of Sigil remains the uncertainty of where attacks will take place. This puts the civilians at risk and makes it difficult to mitigate the attacks effects sufficiently. The Fey have seemed to stage an attack by a cloud of snow followed by a number of Fey and shadow alike. None that I have interviewed, nor do the archive reports seem to detail the exact nature of how the Fey make their appearance. Namer Junathoraxus spoke about portals, which are still unconfirmed, are in the Under Sigil. But there is also the Beastland portals. General consensus appears to be that there are multiple entrances making it difficult to watch all of them with so many uncertainties. [b]Civilian Casualties[/b] Second greatest threat is the danger to Civilians. Believability of the Harmonium is suffering by these attacks as our strategies have not adapted sufficiently to match the conditions the foe are forcing our hands into going to. There needs to be taken further efforts to prevent civilian casualties. [b]Artifacts[/b] Trinkets of barely elaborated powers have been stolen by the Winter Court, and these trinkets seem to get ever more mysterious by the absence of information on what powers they bestow to their users. However the Fey have had the audacity to make direct attacks even against the Triad to gain access to some of them. Their capabilities need to be catalogued and counter strategies formed to prevent further thefts, and mitigating the effects of these potential weapons of destructive capabilities. [b]Fey citizen & Mercenaries[/b] The last threat remains in the lines of original citizen. There remains an unknown amount of Fey citizen within the city whose allegiances can only be questioned. It would be in the best interest of the Harmonium to learn about all the Fey citizen of Sigil. The other aspect is mercenaries whom may align with the Winter Court, the most recent reports know of one individual that has done so, a man called "Nathan" whom is wanted for questioning. [/li]
- ...Namer Junathoraxus of the Harmonium has a plan to create a small task force consisting of Triad members, Hiromo clan members and planeswalkers. His goal is to try to recover lost artifacts, another Fey faction, name of which did not come up during our dialogue, has promised to dispose of these artifacts safely. I question however the allegiance of Namer Junathoraxus, he has many organizations divided, Harmonium, the Hiromo Clan and even some Beastlands Brux attempt to "save the Fey", though what others have called "lay claim to parts of the layer by force". He has also said that his lands have been laid to ruin by the Winter Court. This amount of divided allegiances seems to be reflect to the decision to make a secret raid with the aid of undisciplined Planeswalkers, and allying with a Fey group, all the while the primary duty of protecting the city of Sigil seems to be a side-note. Their allegiance remains a question to me, but so far in the absence of direct evidence, it remains but a suspicion. Shorter, metaphorical, leash may be required to keep an eye out on their activities and political involvement upon Fey affairs. [/li]
- [size=75][b][u]Counter Strategies[/u][/b][/size] [size=50]by Namer Nica Brianna Kelter[/size] [b]Patrol Routine Adjustments[/b] The patrols have been increased [i]currently[/i] by the Harmonium as a counter measure for the attacks. However I believe this may be a mistake. The more of our troops we have tied into patrolling streets, the less we have at the ready to respond when an attack is imbound. I believe the better option is to reduce the number of Harmonium officers in the patrols to keep a broad presence and scouting capability, but also invest into a Fast Response Unit, a point which will be detailed in next part. If we reduce the number of Harmonium officers in live patrols, it may inspire anti-Harmonium behavior as the immediate threat of the patrols would be reduced, however I believe this is only a marginal increase and a necessary one for the threat at hand. New primary task for the street patrols in designated areas should not be the first response to attack, but rather to alert the Fast Response Unit of the local ward, and to attempt to mitigate civilian deaths by rerouting civilians and helping to evacuate. [b]Fast Response Unit[/b] Seeing all the reports, the capability to respond to these attacks has been limited. A patrol here or there has been insufficient to resolve the attacks and suffered heavy casualties. I believe it would be better to make a sizable and centralized fast response unit for each ward and develop a better methods to get these out there fast. They should be equipped with cold iron weapons in order to better answer the danger. Heavily armed, fast moving and quick to alert. All of this would require additional training, which will ensure that the initial fast response forces may not be up to par in the next attack to come, but it should pay off if this conflict prolongs. [b]Inter-Factional Affairs[/b] Our numbers may be many, but it is unrealistic to assume that we could muster the numbers to have a strong presence everywhere. Rather than divide the Harmonium units to guard every warehouse and civilians, I believe it would be wiser to issue the Factions to increase their own safety efforts around their own faction warehouses, and make security efforts to either relocate powerful artifacts to safer location, but also ensure that any Fey personnel should have at best limited access to these to ensure that intelligence information for the Winter Court is harder to come by. Additionally we should call in favors with the Fated in order to get them to catalogue us every Fey citizen of the city of Sigil, and see if they can find past ties to Fey Courts on some of them. With this we may find spies or suspects to question or keep eyes on. [b]Public Safety Announcement[/b] It is way part the time for Harmonium to issue a public announcement for the citizen about the Winter Court threat, they need to know when to head to cover and what to do incase they are in a combat zone. This will help to mitigate the civilian casualties, but it should be noted that it may also increase citizen defectors for the benefit of Winter Court, it may also incite hostilities toward the fey population of Sigil. I would estimate the benefits far outrun the negatives in this case regardless, it is our duty to provide safety for the citizen, and this is a means to show that measures are being taken Note the attached draft. [b]Investigation[/b] The final part that is crucial is to find out more about the Artifacts, owners of the artifacts should be contacted and have them detail the powers these trinkets hold as to re-evaluate the threat they may pose. Additionally we should take stronger measures to try to find out where the Winter Fey are coming from. If we can block or predict locations, it will help the defensive measures immensively and less forces would be tied to the matter. [/li]
wrote:[align=center]Beware the Winter Court Attacks
Harmonium Public Safety Announcement
The City of Sigil has been under regular attacks by the fey faction called Winter Court. The Harmonium is taking protective measures to mitigate the effect of these attacks, but these attacks come unannounced and against civilian targets. There are however some signs every civilian should be able to recognize prior to the fullscale attack: sudden decrease in temperature and snowy fog. When you see this in your immediate vicinity, take caution, head to safety and find the closest Harmonium to report your findings.
Anyone with information about these attacks should report to the Harmonium.
Peace will be restored.[/align]