Mission 12: A Proper Introduction

Prelude

Following the theft of a chest prized and guarded by the White Veil Society, the Veil War re-ignited. Less than pleased about the theft of the chest, the White Veil Society leaked the names of many active Grass-Spider informants ((Yes, this was inspired by Skyfall. Shut up.)) and used its political influence to blacklist the Order of the Grass-Spiders in the eyes of many Scavenger Lands governments. Specifically, the White Veil Society has done its best to paint the Grass-Spiders as an organization which has developed its own political agenda - making it far less appealing as a contractor. Simultaneously, the White Veil Society, working through a tangled network of assets, hired the Grass-Spiders for a large number of jobs they specifically constructed to be time- and resource-consuming. Although the Three Elite Fiends were eventually able to see through the deceit, many Made Members had already been dispatched by the time the Fiends realized their clients were under the influence of the White Veil Society. With the Range Homes ill-defended, the White-Veil Society dispatched a unit of Lookshy Rangers under their control to the camp. Although Iron Shatters Oak and Ruk defeated most of the unit before they could find the chest, Naru was kidnapped in the action. Upon learning of her kidnapping, a hysterical Opal immediately traveled to Lookshy and barged into the office of the Karal Matsudo, nearly killing him before he was able to explain to her that the Ranger unit which attacked the Range Homes had nothing to do with his command. Karal, as a favor, did give the location of Ruol. That brings the story to the first of three moments which describe the events between Mission 11 and Mission 12:

Moment 1: A Foul Bargain

Now, Sesus Akida sees the Eye of Autochthon as a way to unite the Seventh-Legion and the Nexus city-state, effectively forming a Confederation of Rivers nation. He has begun initiating a meeting between the Seventh-Legion's high command, the Council of Nexus, and the Emissary to discuss a permanent strategic alliance, which would effectively make the two city states a single nation and arguably the most powerful entity in Creation. Akida has done this by reaching out to Karal Matsudo, but there a few obstacles to the deal - namely, a few Councilors from Nexus who vehemently oppose the deal. Knowing that having the full might of Nexus and Lookshy directed at finding the Eye would likely lead to success, Matusdo contacts the Grass-Spiders to deal with these Councilors. He sweetens the deal by noting that putting the Eye in the hands of the Confederation of Rivers would likely shatter the ambitions of the White Veil Society and end the Veil War, leaving the Grass Spiders victorious. Of course, nothing is ever so simple.