The University of Orlais is infamously liberal. Exactly how 'unorthodox' do you have to be to get thrown out of it?
The scholar needs a home. He is undoubtedly brilliant - adept in matters of the physick and philosophy, an expert on the movements of the stars - but his political opinions are naive at best, inflammatory at worst.
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1.
Become his patron His learning will be a boon to Serault.
Result: A valuable addition You set him to training your scribes and assisting your Weary Bailiff with the accounts. When someone at your court grows ill, he treats them. When asked to advise, he does so frankly and with eloquence, if not restraint. He has peculiar theories about the stars' influence on our mood. Rumors grow that he is a member of the Wandering College, an affiliation of scholars prone to radicalism. But for now, he's more use than trouble.
+10 Prosperity, +10 Rumors of Revolution
2.
Turn him away, as your nobles advise Ensure he is escorted across the borders so he doesn't have a chance to foment his revolution.
Difficulty: Rulership*2
Success: Unwelcome If he's not welcome in Val Royeaux, why should he be welcome in Serault? Your guards accompany the scholar to the border with Alyons and see him across it. Serault's noble families commend your judgement.
+10 Dignity
Failure: The flames rise Somehow, he gives your guards the slip before they reach the border. Did he have friends helping him? Are the revolutionaries more organised than you had realised?
+4 Rumors of Revolution, +4 Dignity
3.
Allow him to stay for just a few days He may have word of Val Royeaux and the places he has passed through.
Difficulty: Scholarship*2
Success: The temptation of comfort Wine, food, company: the more you ply him with, the more he lets slip. His revolutionary ideals are forgotten for the time being. He enjoys your hospitality, and you make the most of his indiscretion.
+5 Clues
Failure: Under your nose He is grateful for your hospitality but secretly preaches revolution among your household. By the time he leaves, some of your servants sport a rebellious look, while others are inappropriately bold in their speech.
+5 Clues, +10 Rumors of Revolution
