Silent Intake

Stub-class article · First seen: s07 · Last seen: s19

Silent Intake is the Velkris organisation that handles counterfeit documents, named once by The Broker in s7 as the buyer he recommended for the Duskwatch shipping ledger the party recovered from Maelis Dirn’s research desk. The Broker described it as “the organisation in Velkris you’re looking for … near the entrance to Velkris. Look for the Talking Skulls” [2]. He suggested handing over the ledger could earn the party not only payment but a fixer-style retainer (“they would probably give you some sort of value in you and hire as personal fixers”, [1]. The party has not pursued the lead. Silent Intake is concept-only; nothing in transcript clarifies whether it is a building, a guild, or a single broker.

Overview

Silent Intake is, per The Broker’s s7 referral, the Velkris-side market for counterfeit documents and the appropriate destination for the Duskwatch shipping ledger the party recovered from Maelis Dirn’s research desk. The Broker first described the operation in trade terms: “if you were to hand this over to the organisation that stands for counterfeit documents in Velkris I’m sure they would want you … they would probably give you some sort of value in you and hire as personal fixers” [1]. On a follow-up question, he gave the name and the geographic hint: “the organisation in Velkris you’re looking for? Silent Intake. … You’d find it near the entrance to Velkris. Look for the Talking Skulls” [2].

Status as of session 19 — now the active travel objective

In s19 the Silent Intake hand-off became the party’s active travel objective. With the Aurelia/Egg raid deferred [4], L235), Hugo set the new heading: “we’ll be going to Vel’Kris probably to redeem the shipping order stuff” [3] — “the shipping order” being the forged Duskwatch shipping ledger he has carried since s6. The party turned back inland toward the Eldwythe bridge [5], aiming for Vel’Kris by land (Eldwythe → Umbrafall → Mirestrand), by skiff, or via the Khaldun → Sabermoth desert detour [6], L296, L345-354). The ledger has not yet been delivered; Silent Intake remains concept-only and unseen.

Earlier status (through s16): active and unpursued. The Broker, in s10, restated Velkris as “the city of money” and the obvious destination for selling Aurelian-conspiracy intelligence [7], reinforcing the open thread.

Open questions

  • Is Silent Intake a single fixer, a guild, or a market quarter? Transcript is silent.
  • The “Talking Skulls” landmark at the city’s entrance is unexplained — possibly a literal feature of Velkris (which the world brief paints as a necropolitan city of money and ghosts).
  • The Broker’s “personal fixers” framing implies Silent Intake recruits as well as buys; whether this is on offer to the party specifically or a generic come-on is unclear.

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 7, line 736 — Broker describes the Velkris counterfeit-document organisation.
  2. ^ Session 7, line 745 — Broker names it: 'the organisation in Velkris you're looking for? Silent Intake.'.
  3. ^ Session 19, line 271 — Hugo sets the new heading: route to Vel'Kris to 'redeem the shipping order stuff' — the Silent Intake hand-off becomes the party's active travel objective.
  4. ^ Session 19, line 229 — Inline citation.
  5. ^ Session 19, line 1045 — Inline citation.
  6. ^ Session 19, line 290 — Inline citation.
  7. ^ Session 10, line 1247-1257 — Inline citation.
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