Hamlet
You decide to stay put for now, reasoning that doing anything out of the ordinary would only make Claudius suspicious.
The next morning, you receive a messenger from the Lady Ophelia and some unsavory news. You really thought you were true love, but Ophelia seems to be returning all your love letters and telling you (politely of course) that she refuses to see you ever again, for seemingly no particular reason. You're heartbroken, but you force yourself to think about more immediate things. Namely, the revenge and takeover that you're plotting.
A month passes in relative peace, apart from some activities at the border. Prince Fortinbras of Norway has been recruiting some men in a plan to attach Denmark, but he's quickly been arrested for acting behind his king uncle's back and made to swear not to pull a similar stunt again. Fortinbras is now requesting passage through Denmark to attack Poland, which Claudius has seen fit to grant. Meanwhile, you haven't accomplished much apart from some reading. What can you say? You really don't like doing things blind.
You have, however, managed to more or less figure out who among your attendants are Claudius's toadies. You've even started recruiting a few eyes of your own. Ostensibly you want to figure out what's up with Ophelia, but you're actually more interested in her father Polonius. You're 80% sure Claudius has delegated much of the "spying on Hamlet" jobs to him. If you can get one of your people to work for him too, you'd be able to know what he knows.
A little past a month after the apparition of the ghost, you discover that Claudius has invited Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Denmark by royal decree. Like Horatio, they were also your former classmates. But those two, you don't trust one bit.
They come to visit you, claiming that they've missed you tremendously after your three months of absence.
The next morning, you receive a messenger from the Lady Ophelia and some unsavory news. You really thought you were true love, but Ophelia seems to be returning all your love letters and telling you (politely of course) that she refuses to see you ever again, for seemingly no particular reason. You're heartbroken, but you force yourself to think about more immediate things. Namely, the revenge and takeover that you're plotting.
A month passes in relative peace, apart from some activities at the border. Prince Fortinbras of Norway has been recruiting some men in a plan to attach Denmark, but he's quickly been arrested for acting behind his king uncle's back and made to swear not to pull a similar stunt again. Fortinbras is now requesting passage through Denmark to attack Poland, which Claudius has seen fit to grant. Meanwhile, you haven't accomplished much apart from some reading. What can you say? You really don't like doing things blind.
You have, however, managed to more or less figure out who among your attendants are Claudius's toadies. You've even started recruiting a few eyes of your own. Ostensibly you want to figure out what's up with Ophelia, but you're actually more interested in her father Polonius. You're 80% sure Claudius has delegated much of the "spying on Hamlet" jobs to him. If you can get one of your people to work for him too, you'd be able to know what he knows.
A little past a month after the apparition of the ghost, you discover that Claudius has invited Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Denmark by royal decree. Like Horatio, they were also your former classmates. But those two, you don't trust one bit.
They come to visit you, claiming that they've missed you tremendously after your three months of absence.