Tisvet, map?

A map appears in front of the both of them. The Maeverine's domain is not as filled in as its surroundings, but a basic sketch of her borders is present. Tainel continues to talk about history.

Here? asks Tainel, pointing approximately to its location.

Ellie makes small comments when appropriate.

Yes.

Attacking places where the god owns but doesn't do as much means the mental fight'll be harder and longer, he points out. Tisvet can run interference, but not forever, and the more she helps the more backlash she gets from other gods.

What's the tradeoff like? Anywhere she is active, her acolytes are closer, too. But it doesn't have to be there, once the salt's past the border I can move it more easily. 

Maeverine's likely to notice it showing up if its in a large concentration once it's past the border. Don't expect to be able to keep it hidden. Tradeoff's not insignificant, if you were to manage to desecrate her major center of power you could pull it off pretty quickly, I think. The place you first take is your starter power base in the fight, and everything you take is something she can't use herself.

What range of timescales?

If you get her major power base from the start... An hour, maybe two, to kill her. Outskirts get trickier, but can take several days. ... You don't need to sleep or eat while doing it.

Ellie considers, then taps the map. 

This is the main port. There's usually two acolytes at the temple here. If I can neutralize them, I might be able to finish before more can show up.

Are you confident in your ability to kill them both?

One, yes. Two's... trickier.

Do they usually stay located together in the same area?

Pretty close, yeah.

How viable are - he was not able to figure out a way to use this word in casual conversation. He signs the word to Tisvetaia, and she produces another bit of paper.

Explosives, says the bit of paper.

I... don't think her blessings would do much to mitigate that. If they were close enough.

We can get you explosives.

...if I didn't need to stay her acolyte to kill her I would convert right here.

Tainel grins.

Tisvet was the one to suggest it! I am very happy as her acolyte.

Thank you, Tisvet.

You're welcome, says a note.

The hard part is timing. Setting things up so the explosives go off right as you get the rock salt to use. Otherwise you get smited or don't blow up your fellow acolytes. How long do you think it will take you to get to the port and get explosives into position?

Depends on approach. It'll take... two days, to get there from the mountain pass. Maybe an hour to set up the explosives and make sure they're in the blast once I'm there.

That sounds like it would tip her off to what you're doing. Is there a way to do it without potentially gaining her wrath?

I could come in by sea. I'm supposed to spend a while out here scouting for her, there'd be time to create a plausible reason to do that.

Fair. Good idea. And Tisvet can fly in the night after you arrive with the rock salt.

Yes. It would be suspicious if I came back here before I finished my trip, we should pick a different place to meet and confirm the final steps.