Bring it on. For Hawke, it'll probably be more interesting (and more likely) for them to go with the carrot approach than the stick. They'd have caught a glimpse of her on Xestsemon playing Lady Hawke and if you could ignore the Marian she used at the time that'd help because it was a mistake on my part. Formerly noble, wealthy, with connections and resources and influence, with responsibility, with honor and integrity, and now mucking about with the hippies eating spicy chalk. Bribe her with cheese and ale! ;)

Best to leave Ged out, I think. He's new, they'll have heard very little about him even with spies around. Though on second thought he'd be quite interested just to question them about themselves, if they want to approach and try and sell their Empire to him in its own right rather than by using any of his own history against him.