The Grey Heist

Prologue: How We Got Here
Months ago in the olden days of the 1st Grey Era, May 2021, was there a goal to take over a specific province within Syltor under the guise of the preservation of history and fanatical destruction of a culture. Though in the beginning there had been much strife between these aliened people against an ancient foe that had been arbitrarily chosen by a certain High Chieftain "Kyy'raadra" (OctoGlobtor). Under the notion of the Grey Banner their target was Aurlunor, land of the elves and celestial province of Syltor. Their goals were simple, either screw over the home of the celestial elves or take them over via an installed shadow government. Though neither would truly be realized to their fullest in the coming months ahead of their stalwart beginnings, they'd inevitably acclimate and conjure several events that would be the tipping point of their long ran war.

Spies and Sleeper Agents
Months before the famous "Grey Heist" was there the creation of the Grey Frumentarii, a specialized and professional spy network created by Mavros (VikingSlayer). They would lead the Grey Banner down a path of certain prosperity and pronounce themselves as a capable force for insertion operations of the future. The Frumentarii's ultimate goal was to insert sleeper agents within the Aurlunorian high council. Though in some regards they would achieve such, it would only be after the 1st Grey Era and into the 2nd Grey Era would it come to pass with various members becoming nighthawks and even at one point holding claim to an entire region. Months would go by as the Grey Banner would plant IEDs under trees and various mine shafts within Aurlunor leading small terror campaigns within their borders would they get their big break.

The Sleeper agents would discover a sight unheard of but some what expected of the time.

Various spies were sent into Lhumar, the capital of Aurlunor, to live there and gather information over the course of time. One such spy was Baltamor (JerseyDevil), and he would be the one to start the transpiring of The Grey Heist from his position and curiosity.

The Set Up
When our spy Baltamor had discovered a glaring issue within their defenses, we had initially brushed it off but when it was disclosed as to what it pertained it we were exacerbated. The entire banner was cheerful in this discovery however given how much time we'd actually have to pull off such an operation and what little preparation we were fickle. However, we realized that one of the biggest world wars was popping off that very night, one of the many coalition wars, and Aurlunor would be involved potentially we decided we needed to act fast.

But first let it be explained what that discovery was.

Hollow Walls
Our spies had been imbedded within Aurlunor for little over 4 or so months and had gotten chummy and to some degree respect from the elves that they worked alongside over that course of time. Though, it was understood that they were not to become too friendly and form any sort of tangible relationship that would hamper their work, they would be in the thick of it for such a long time in order to slowly attain the top ranks. One such spy was of course, Baltamor. As stated he lived within Lhumar working alongside those within the dead city, and quite quietly too, until... He had been digging around and noticed the areas for their walls were not properly set up as he had thought. He thought that he'd take a small look with his pickaxe, and behold... They were Hollow. So hollow that they were hollow all the way around even toward the royal palace.

Instantly did he begin exploring, only to find out that not even the royal palace claims were done properly, and there was a hole built within the walls that had shown the back door entrance to the palace. He could look through all the chests and see all the gear that they had saved up. It was a beautiful sight, and in near greed the thought of taking the gear had nearly slipped into his mind. But that would have gotten him smitten by the ethereals. He rushed to Kyy'raadra's chambers with a message detailing the entirety of what he saw. The halls of the Grey Banner began an uproar and strategic leaders within the main chieftain halls rushed to secure a plan.

The Plan
Going in we had a lot of options in how we'd go about it, but what was clear is that we'd need to go in fast and get out just as fast without detection. The moment they detected us is the moment things would become chaotic and difficult for proper thievery so a plan was devised that would use other sleeper agents to watch the city in the case anyone was still online. Next was to set up a wire tapper, this would allow us to know exactly who was present and who was off doing other things. Via subtle questions and answers would we get what we wanted and would allow for better organization. Various spies would be implemented to make the operation more streamlined. After overviewing the laws of the world one thing was missing, we needed someone who would get their hands dirty lawfully. What we needed was a bandit, that bandit would be none other than Username0o0 a trickster and thieve who had scored many scams within his time. He would be the one to grab onto some of the gear then pass it over to Baltamor to achieve what seemed like a lawful steal (in reality this was all just one big loop hole and you probably shouldn't attempt it).

A team would be assembled, Kell'dyyn (Kell_dyyn) as our lookout, Baltamor as our inside man, and Usernam0o0 as our Bandit.

One last thing would be time frame. Given that the world was embalming itself in flame at this time it was deemed the perfect opportunity, however the day it was discovered we had decided not to act instead opting in for a day of wait to attempt to grant our spy bandit-hood among his peers. After long wait it would not occur and instead it would take far too long, instead we opted to do the heist the very next night and wait till most of their people were asleep in their homes.

Eyes of the Night
There was at least 2 others that would be involved in world at the time of this heist that would help bring members who did not know the way to Lhumar. Kyy'raadra would lead the bandit to the city from Norfthorn while Kell_dyyn would lead An extra spy who had been wire tapping at the time to the location to help in the stake out. Everything was going to plan, except when in the act of hiding within of the mines within Lhumar did one of our spies get caught. It was no big issue other than the question of why they were hiding so carefully. The extra would be caught, the extra going by the name "Serene". Serene would be spotted within the mines by GreenToss who, clad in iron armor, had wondered of his work within these old tunnels. Quickly Serene was asked by the chieftains watching from the war room to explain himself. Serene then quickly spoke up in his best girl voice "Oh I was just looking for some iron in Lhumar but I didn't have any perms". Some how GreenToss believed him and would carry on a small conversation about some building that was to be done later on.

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