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World-Renown Chefs to Head to Daunton

Local leaders reveal cooking competition

In honour of the upcoming third anniversary of the Five's selfless sacrifice to save both the Near Isles and Daunton from destruction, the local nobles have sponsored a week-long festival that will culminate with a culinary competition expected to draw famous chefs from all the Near Isles. Early favourites for the competition include Grakk the Cleaver, the noted bugbear butcher from Bacarte and his exotic meat dishes, or Goldie Foxburr of Loamsdown, a halfling who is currently rumoured to be cooking for the Fey Court, and finally Daunton's own Georges Auguste Escoffier, his meals have been delighting local lords for years. Some say that his fare will be passe to the locals and will likely be upset by the exotic meals prepared by the foreign chefs.

Request for comment from our local culinary expert were re-buffed, although the chef sounded quite angry when we brought up the prevailing attitude of many of Daunton's culinophiles.

Local reaction is mixed, some saying that the festival will be good for the local economy, but others saying the money could be better spent on helping clean up the Overgrowth.

More details as we get them.

"SHOW-CO"? OH NO! Castofle Misfires


Noted chef Castofle held an invite-only tasting last night at "M. Medusa" to unveil his latest exotic creation. Once again the Inner Harbor restaurant was packed with Daunton's richest and most fabulous folks. (Spotted by this reporter: Millienas D'Rawth; the High Priestess of Vena; Imperial Vice Consul Numus Mortumnus and his Valley of Bone counterpart Teotzin; and of course Madam Redscale with entourage.)

The new offering: a hot drink Castofle calls "show-co" (an abbreviation of the native Megari word "zocalti" according to Teotzin). Brewed from a Valley of Bone bean and flavored with spices found in the same land, the beverage has an appealing, nutty aroma and an attractively frothy head. Unfortunately, the taste fails to live up to this first look. The spicy bite can't hide an intense bitter note and off-putting gritty texture. With few exceptions (mostly among the Bonites), the tasting attendees seemed to share this critic's opinion. Luckily, Castofle also provided plenty of his earlier knockout dishes inspired by exotic Valley of Bone ingredients - "strawberry stew" and "turkey under glass" - to keep the crowd happily well fed.

Still, "Show-co" looks to be a flop. Caf e'Barista and other "cafe" owners can rest easy: they still have the number one bean-based drink in town.

Chase P. Salmon, society writer

DAUNTON--A boat full of bream begets a broken betrothal! And Josiah Sturgeon, Daunton's most successful seafood wholesaler, is not happy about it. Sturgeon's niece, the beauteous Edith, had been engaged to Donald Hake, son of Lucius Hake, the city's second-most successful seafood wholesaler. But now it looks like the fish-selling monopoly is off, as the Hake family cancelled the wedding, two months before the happy occasion.
It's all part of a feud that's been growing between the two ever since Sturgeon beat Hake to the punch, cornering the market on cod a year ago. The long-standing betrothal, contracted when the putative happy couple were eight and six respectively, is the latest casualty in this war.
"I've done nothing," Sturgeon proclaims, but our sources say otherwise! It seems that Obadiah Tunny, owner of Tunny's Trawlers, has agreed to use Sturgeon as his sole distributor. A crafty move on the part of Mr. S. But has it backfired? So far Sturgeon has expressed no regrets at the breaking of the engagement. So it looks like the wedding--the social event of the season for Daunton's merchants--is off. Some say there's still a chance, but with only two months to go, can the two fishy families mend their fences?
Mr. Hake could not be reached for comment.

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It!

The administrator's of the Mayor's Office has managed to perform a survey of the number of adventurer's running around the city, having gotten descriptions as they passed through the Hanged Man. It is troubling that over one hundred of these mercenary types running around our fair city, at least to this writer. What are your thoughts? Too many? Not enough? It does seem every time one of this bands of "heroes" clears up some trouble another seems to pop right up. I wonder if maybe, just maybe, these "heroes" set up these troubles in order to become rich off of the citizens of Daunton?

Editor's Note: The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Screamer

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Updated initial post with a link to synopsis of adventures.

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Return of the Five!​

Mayor Brunt was on hand last night, as well as anyone who is anyone in Daunton, for the grand reopening of the Dautonian Fine House of Oration. The Merchants of Baccarat recently purchases and remodeled the old cabaret house transforming it into a place where Daunton's most proper could come to enjoy an evening of culture. While the Lady of the Winds was on hand to take everyone's breath away, the real story came at the finale.

Just as the performance was coming to a climax, the Lady was attacked by strange lights and the statues adorning the theatre! In a most ironic twist, chief among the aggressors stood the looming presence of Merchant Patron Captain Coppernail and former patron and protector Mauros!

The Merchants of Baccarat were prepared for any situation, and a team of adventurers were quickly on the scene, battling the monsters back, and allowing the crowds to get to safety. It was a strange scene indeed for those among us who still remember the five, as these five newer faces battled the image of Mauros on a stage that he not only frequently visited by reportedly battled spirits on!

This reporter got to speak briefly with a few members of the team to learn more. Two Dwarves among them, one Dane the great fighter stayed toe to toe with the largest of the creatures and slammed into the floor at least five times. Yet drawing on some unknown strength, kept getting up. Hadrak, played the spiritual guidance for the group, in a way only a dwarf can. We're just lucky there were no children present. Qynn, an Eladrin warrior, disapeared right before our eyes, only to be transported at the front of the house protecting the crowds. Rurdev, the shifter, slid between enemies with skill taking out the outlying enemies before leaping onto the stage. The fifth member we didn't get to speak to but appeared to be a warforged wearing the robes of Mauros himself. Once the fight was done he melded with the shadows themselves.

It was quite a night at the opera. The Lady of the Winds is set to finish her week of performances.

New Proximate Isle?

Reports from both Bacarte merchants and Dauntonian trade ships have indicated that an event of truly epic proportions has occurred. Something we haven't seen in years, possibly even decades, has been noted. Information coming in to the mayor's office have indicated that Kythira, known as the Living Isle by some, has disappeared from the Proximate Isles. This event in and of itself would be noteworthy and likely bearing further investigation, but instead of empty sea, the reports have stated that a new island is there, although no sailors ventured onto the island, fearing for their safety on an unknown land.

Rumours now circulate that the mayor's office is quietly putting together an expeditionary force to investigate the island and find out some more information. Missives to the mayor have not been returned to the Screamer asking for confirmation of these activities.