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POSTURE 6 || UNLIT INCANT

Not to be handled by any member of the peasantry or those descended from bloodlines therein; any whose allegiances are reasonably suspected of falling with foreign powers; any disgraced members of the clergy; any who have defamed or Her Immortal Majesty the Queen (Defender of the Realm, Executor of Seven Sacred Wills, Bearer of the Peregrine Blade, from whom all boons and blessings flow); any who have broken oaths great or small; any who abandoned their posts in times of fire; any who summon spirits outside the natural order for binding within illicit technologies.

SOURCE: Multistream intelligence

DATE: 11 Toiller, 901th year of Her Immortal Majesty the Queen's reign, may it outlast every heavenly body and persist another thousand beyond

FLAG: Foreign influence, forbidden technology, stepping beyond the veil, Cherinmark, banditry, Investigation #519, Investigation #660, POSTURE 6, 8, 12 TOPICS

REPORTING:

1. CAMBRIA sensors detect emissions linked to {EX-ARC PULL: SCP-7636} at 81% confidence on 2/54/901

2. Those attuned to sorcererous energies, as well as a known master of haruspicy, independently determine that at least one tragedy transpired near or within the Cherinmark Designated Disposal Zone on 2/54/901

3. HUMINT previously gathered from the area has established:

3.1. Transient foreign community in Cherinmark remains agitated after the deaths of several renowned adventuring parties within its borders, but outside areas historically recognized as dungeons, lairs, or other delving areas

3.2. Communities bordering Cherinmark also agitated over deaths. Local investigators have yet to identify motivation or suspects

3.3. At least one Foundation liaison meeting with other foreigners in the area (start date unknown, estimated to be at least two months); perceived to be marshaling support for governance despite standing agreements

3.4. {EX-ARC PULL: SCP-7636-13} rumored to have been recovered from Fort Gräd. State-sponsored actors are in pursuit (see: Investigation #519); various non-state, non-sponsored actors are also in pursuit (see: Investigation #660)

• 3.4.1. All actors engaging through local hunters and/or thieves' guild cutouts

• 3.4.2. Confessions extracted by MIDAR confirm voluntary reporting

3.5. Unreliable, single-source reporting flags Foundation liaison "Mealworm" as driving current unrest described in 3.1 and 3.2, and potentially participating in 3.4 action. "Mealworm" was reported deceased by the Foundation in post-Banner Burning exit reports

• 3.5.1. Royal onomancy cannot confirm due to clear pseudonym use

3.6. {POSTURE 8 TOPIC}

4. At the Master of Whispers' request, drakes are dispatched from Aerie #4 and #10 on 3/4/901 to gather information without activating national assets. Overflight of the Peliogar and Ultigar border regions reveals no unusual activity, and amulets detect no unusual energies.

5. Drakes again dispatched on 3/5/901 to survey territories including Cherinmark (denial zone penetration not authorized). Riders observe deforestation centered around three unregistered silos; more subtle paths noted leading deeper into neutral territory.

6. Evaluation by royal agents on 3/6/901 indicates a hanger underground was built to store at least 50 {POSTURE 12 TOPIC} in violation of previous foreign liaison agreements and current disarmament treaties.

FURTHER ACTION:

Preference: If, in her wisdom, in her ineffable grace, Her Immortal Majesty seeks to ascertain where these hidden weapons of war have been delivered and for what purpose, there could be no swifter means than dispatching deniable MIDAR teams into Cherinmark under the guise of "adventurers seeking to retrieve a peerless blade." Several score should be undetectable within the larger influx underway, and would provide a valuable contact surface to both the foreign community, as well as agents of those most detestable, most poxed claimants to inferior titles.

Alternate: If instead, seeking to display what might resides in the Saltmade Throne, seeking to humble worms yet crawling, Her Immortal Majesty might be advised to dispatch the fifth and sixth royal battalions to conduct peacekeeping operations in tandem with a more thorough search. This is permitted under standing treaties for a period of no more than 90 days, although violations are unlikely to consist of more than mere complaints; wasted paper when lodged in our Sovereign's light.

Not favored: Inaction (although, as but humble subjects, akin more to bugs among worthy feet, crawling blind through the night of royal affairs, we could not hope to understand the fullness of Her Immortal Majesty's decisions or judge their wisdom without first donning jester's garb).

POSTURE 6 || UNLIT INCANT

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