A bounty letter

(co written by 127)

From: Lord Rhystan Vellore

Under-Secretary, Directorate of Retained Persons, House of Trade & Legacy, Albion

To: Count Soren Halvard Skarsgaard

Designated Field Operative – Asset Retrieval Tier One

Date: [Sealed, Hand-Delivered]

Method: Direct Courier – No Duplication

SUBJECT: Acquisition and Correction of Two High-Value Defectors – OPERATION "SILKEN FANG"

You are hereby authorized to locate, confirm, detain, and initiate long-form conditioning of the following two escaped subjects—previously classified as Imperial Holdings under the Directive of Treaty Brides (Charter 14-G, revised post-Hargrave Accords). Both have violated the terms of custodial asylum and are believed to be operating under false identities within Albion's outer provinces, or potentially the Rhenish Confederation.

They are considered culturally unstable, diplomatically compromising, and emotionally fractured. But they retain high-value diplomatic and reproductive profiles. You are instructed to retrieve—not terminate—and prepare them for resocialization in Villa Tauros, or other suitable sites.

SUBJECT 1 — Princess Anavi Vardhani

Alias in Use: Anya Das

Former Title: 3rd Daughter of the Sovereign Consort, Kingdom of Tamrapur (now disbanded)

Current Whereabouts: Believed to be living under ecclesiastical protection in southern Albion—possibly in the Norhollow, Graft, or Marlowe districts.

Age: Approx. 29

Height: 175 cm (5′9″)

Build: Slim hourglass, long torso, defined collarbones

Skin Tone: Light-to-fair with a warm-neutral undertone

Hair/Eyes: Black hair, dark brown eyes

Profile:

Formerly trained in statecraft, language, and ceremonial hosting under the Tamrapurian Consort Court

Speaks Albionese, Farsi, and Sornic fluently

Maintains posture, but lacks street instincts—has relied on clerical or foreign protection in all known disappearances

Behavioral Risk: Represses fear through passivity; slow to trust, but impossible to recondition once loyal to a new power.

Advised Strategy: Position yourself as academic, cleric, or intelligence operative. Avoid brute ****. Break through routine.

SUBJECT 2 — Lady Samira Karthayani

Alias in Use: Simone Karr

Former Title: Militant Bride-Elect to the Grand Strategos of the Vanir League

Current Whereabouts: Believed to be operating as a caregiver or hospital administrator in western Albion or the Rhenish territories—possibly near merchant ports or repatriation charities.

Age: Approx. 35

Height: 167 cm (5′6″)

Build: Athletic hourglass; toned arms and thighs, compact waist

Skin Tone: Fair-medium, with bronze overtone under stress

Hair/Eyes: Black hair, hazel-brown eyes

Profile:

Received formal combat training (Vanir-style) until 2nd Rank qualification

Known autoimmune condition (Myositis) believed to be in remission; subject is highly resilient and can fake weakness

Formerly served as a tutor to young Vanir officers; skilled in argument, misdirection, and evasion

Behavioral Risk: Dangerous if cornered. Has shown signs of suicidal stubbornness. Known to provoke captors if she perceives loss of autonomy.

Advised Strategy: Separate her from protective environments. Exhaust her through kindness and false choice. Leverage guilt.

POLITICAL CONTEXT & ESCAPE BACKDROP:

Tamrapur collapsed during the Asiatica Breaks—local warlords, colonial scorched-earth policies, and worker uprisings destabilized every protective dynasty. Both women were supposed to be “secured marital alliances” to keep native dynasties tethered to Albion and the Vanir. Their escape represents a diplomatic embarrassment to the House of Trade.

They were last seen escaping Central Asiatica through the Vanir merchant navy, aided by dissident clergy and smuggler syndicates. They were traced to Gallport, and later to Norhollow, where all leads went cold six months ago.

DIRECTIVES:

No Public Disruption. Extraction must be clean. Avoid killings. Fabricate disappearances via elopement, religious conversion, or mental collapse.

Do Not Use League Personnel. Your methods must be deniable. Albion’s Parliament cannot risk a scandal regarding native princesses.

Contain Together, Train Separately. The bond between them is strong. Re-socialization requires deprivation of that link.

Deliver to: Villa Tauros or Bastion Nine. Use reinforced personnel transport once sedation is stabilized.

COMPENSATION:

Base Bounty: 20,000 crowns for dual retrieval

Conditioning Bonus: 5,000 per subject deemed “trainable” within 60 days

Cultural Integrity Bonus: 2,500 for every legitimate identity burned beyond reconstitution

Contingency Clause: Anavi must be delivered intact. Samira may be sedated long-term if reconditioning fails.

“They ran from fire. You offer ice. That is the deal, Skarsgaard. Freeze them into the shape they were meant to hold.”

—Lord Vellore