Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160618002914/@comment-25126355-20160818220627

(@Harold: Well, as I'm going to reveal in more detail after Damian answers, Luthor, knowing how Jannia thinks, has a plan to create a sufficient enough rift between his sister and Julien, which will help him convince Jannia to go back to Cyrodiil with him. Way earlier, I mentioned in one of the Jannia posts, that she had received a letter from Leona. When her parents wrote to her, she mostly dismissed those letters as the worrying of over-protective parents (they've already lost one child). Leona's message planted the thought in her head that perhaps it was the right idea to (at least) send the children somewhere safe. However, combined with Julien's long absence, his recent treatment of her as little more than a pretty consort and royal baby-maker, and especially the "murder" of a 14 year old kid (considering Jannia spent nearly a year besieged with her family when she herself was 14), would have already begun to create a sense of anger in Jannia, towards Julien. Then Luthor plans to arrive, add to that fire and (hopefully) cause a fight between the two. He believes that one last piece, Jina (a friend of Jannia's who she's always listened to), would seal the deal. Also, Aldous is on his way to Evermor right now, but the time hasn't come in to introduce him yet. Already pissed at her husband and with both brothers whispering in her ear, it shouldn't take long for Jannia to acquiesce and leave High Rock. At least for the duration of the war. This is all Luthor's thought process, but he does know how she ticks and he's an expert manipulator.

@Sunny: Not blackmail, no. Hence why I only said influence. The Hassildors have business interests all over Tamriel, so they have a pretty good network of spies, who report on a variety events that may lead to conflict (which would her their interests), so that the family can react in a timely manner. Some of these little birds (sorry, couldn't resist) would have noticed Jina's increased presence in High Rock, especially around Damian. Luthor knows nothing about what exactly it is thats going on between the two, but he knows that Damian probably has some sort of influence over her. The reason he's going to Damian in the first place, and offering a pretty big sum of money to do something very simple, is because, in the very unlikely event that this is all somehow revealed, the trace would lead to Damian, and it would be assumed that he was merely trying to cut Julien off from the Hassildor money he got through Jannia, to make sure he wasn't much of a threat in the upcoming... however long this war is going to last. The Hassildors prefer if nothing leads back to them, especially considering how pissed Jannia would be, if she knew how her family was trying to manipulate her, believing they knew best. Besides, were it to lead to Damian, there wouldn't really be any backlash, since all he did was cause a Cyrodiilic queen, to head back home for safety.)