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 ===== Debrief =====
-//coming soon//
+At the Gateway, Rekha brings Elias up to speed on her recent activities - both on this adventure, and her general wanderings. She grumbles about how she tried to do Sato a favour and try a diplomatic approach for a change (ugh), only to discover there was nowhere the near the kind of thorough plan she was expecting. As she has no travel documents (having not returned to Rastaban since [[Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam]]), Rekha does not travel back to Rastaban, and instead returns to visiting violence upon the local wildlife.
+Mabel uses There and Back Again to return to Fool's Landing, and meets with the lover of one of the murdered citizens based on a note found on their body. She gently breaks the bad news to them, before returning to the Gateway.
+The events of [[The Wheelhouse]] occur. Notably, Garrek's newly acquired skin is removed - consumed by Zosime.
+After this, Sato, Garrek, Mabel, and Eli return to Rastaban. Mabel has some difficulty with this, as she ate her return papers earlier in order to keep them from being discovered by the Imperials (though this was ultimately redundant, as the guards never thought to search her). After much arguing with the pathway guards, and some assistance from Elias, Mabel is eventually able to get through.
+Arriving at the Wheel Sanctum, the party meet against with Grandmaster Leymoon Wen, and recount their adventure to him. Sato covers the key points, though leaves out the events involving the Chalice, and recommends that the Gateway be kept on high alert. Garrek covers most of the adventure as it happened, while Eli goes along with what the others say up to the point where she left. Mabel gives a very thorough report, covering the people smuggling situation, the abundance of Imperial spies, evidence that the Empire is prepared to murder civilians, and the tenuous situation in Fool's Landing. She also reports the second half of her conversation with Legatus Denarion (but omits the first part), as well as the following items of intelligence as relating to the Empire:
+  * The material, weave, and colour of Imperial Army jerkins (which is also evidenced by the stolen clothes Sato and Garrek are disguised with).
+  * The Imperial Wayroads are artefacts of the Wheel, radiating in straight lines from the centre of the Empire, and fortified with intermittent, heavily fortified garrisons.
+  * Sketches of what she saw of the completed Fortress south of Fool's Landing, and the under-construction Fortress south of the Gateway. Also some analysis on potentially strengths and weaknesses to their defences (broadly, the Fortresses seem very strong from a physical standpoint; manipulating the guards may be the best strategy for subverting the defences).
+  * Marching patterns and tactics used by the Imperial Patrol that captured and escorted her.
+  * Imperial forces have separate builders and fighters, meaning non-combatants can be found in the Fortresses.
+  * The Empire follow the Torch, Rod, and Throne, but have forgotten the Wheel despite the Wayroads being Wheel artefacts.
+The Grandmaster is exceedingly grateful to the party for all of this information; this includes Rekha, who was mentioned in the debriefs given by the others. Garrek and Mabel both discuss with Leymoon the situation within the Wheel Sanctum: although the security of Rastaban is of the utmost importance, the heavy security operation around the pathway runs counter to the values of the Wheel. The Grandmaster agrees wholeheartedly, though points out that it is, sadly, not entirely his own decision to make. Still, he is a man of action, and promises that he will see what can be done to ease passage through the pathway.
+Some changes to procedure do indeed materialise: while the security operation remains in place, the required paperwork to pass through becomes simplified - the reason for passage is no longer required, and permission now lasts until it is rescinded by the issuing authority, rather than only being valid for one trip. Measures are also taken to speed processing times through security. As such, so long as one's District approves it once and sees no reason to later rescind this, it is much more straightforward to leave Rastaban for the Gateway. Getting back through to Rastaban is still a somewhat slow process, however, due to the large numbers of Foreigners located on that side - being outside the Wheel Sanctum, the Grandmaster has less influence over this.
+This improved situation ought to last so long as no Incidents occur that would cause a rethink.
+Party members go to brief their other associated organisations as desired. Garrek also goes to speak to the Commissioner, since they agreed to be experimented on. They may be in touch. Mabel also visits the Foresters' Guild, and puts in a glowing commendation for Eli, for her performance in the service of Rastaban.
+Sato undertakes some research and thinking upon the subject of the viability of, and the strategies required for, subsuming the Empire into Rastaban, with a particular focus on the outcome of a coup being preferable to military action. Definitive conclusions on this subject are hard to reach given the limited available information on the Empire's internal situation, and the relative power of the Empire compared to Rastaban. Still, Sato devises a wide range of thoughts and theories, and publishes these throughout Rastaban. This sees reasonably wide uptake among the strategic and scheming minds of the city, and is a current subject of much debate and discussion.
+...
+A couple of weeks later, rumours reach those with the right connections in Rastaban that Legatus Denarion has stepped down as commander of the Empire's northern forces, citing poor health. Unwilling to compromise the Empire's military strength, Denarion has taken this move voluntarily, albeit reluctantly. The identity of his successor is as yet unknown, but they are almost certainly not as great a tactical mind as Denarion, who was renowned as the Empire's foremost military mind.
+This adjustment in command seems to have bought Fool's Landing the briefest of reprieves, but their annexation by the Empire remains imminent.
+===== Consequences =====
+==== Sato ====
+  * +4 favour
+  * Gain the 'Warping Visage' mutation from the Commissioner. In return, report to them at your earliest convenience for follow up examinations and further experimentation. Failure to do so may earn their disappointment.
+  * Gain an Imperial Army outfit
+  * (query about vows has been punted to the LARPOs)
+==== Garrek ====
+  * +4 favour
+  * The mutation gained from the Commissioner has been lost. Nonetheless, continue to report to them regularly for follow up examinations and further experimentation. Failure to do so may earn their disappointment.
+  * Gain an Imperial Army outfit
+==== Mabel ====
+  * +4 favour
+  * Gain quirk Enmity: Legatus Denarion
+==== Eli ====
+  * +4 favour
+  * (downtime action has been punted to the LARPOs)
+==== Rekha ====
+  * +4 favour
+  * Gain an Imperial Army outfit
+==== The Empire ====
+  * The Northern Forces are under new command, though the identity of this individual is not yet widely known in Rastaban.
+  * Invasion of Fool's Landing, though briefly delayed, is imminent.
+  * The Fortress south of Fool's Landing has been fully reclaimed.
+  * A new Fortress is under construction south of the Gateway, as a 'defensive measure'. It will soon be fully operational. Wayroads connect this Fortress to the rest of the Empire's military infrastructure.
+  * Imperial spies suffuse the outside world, with suspected presences in the Gateway and Fool's Landing.
+  * The Empire's suspicion of Rastaban has grown - though the disturbance at the Fortress cannot be attributed directly to them, the sum of intelligence gathered by various spies the party interacted with does raise some suspicions that these events were linked.
+  * The Empire is now aware that Rastaban follows five muses: the Torch, Throne, and Rod are already understood by the Empire, but the existence of the Wheel and Shroud are now known to them. Nothing more is known of the Shroud, however, and there are also contradictory reports that it is a Rastaban crime syndicate.
+  * The Empire remains unaware of the existence of Black Ichor.
+==== Rastaban ====
+  * Travel between Rastaban and the Gateway is now faster and easier for Approved Citizens. Bad Citizens and Foreigners continue to be obstructed.
 {{tag>"the empire strikes back" adventure sato_cross mabel_bembrooke garrek eli_jin rekha}}

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