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ARGOSSEA
After having spent several years consolidating power after his sudden ascension, the King of the Argosh, Solshin Adorinson, finally decides that his nation's affairs are in order enough to resume contact with the outside world.
Emissaries bearing gifts and messages of reconciliation are sent to the nearby nations of Ceomyr and Thoradur. With the Ceomyrian emissary is several tankards of brew from the King's finest stores; to the dwarves of Thoradur, that emissary bears the skulls of one hundred orcs.
With the receding of winter, the threat of northern border villages and towns seems lessened. Whether or not this turns out to be a false sense of security remains to be seen.
In the largest port in the nation, Asgalun, there is an aggressive series of takeovers among certain shipping and trading costers, leading to consolidation of a once diverse place. The force behind the takeovers is suspected to be a single person or group of people, but their identity (or identities) are not known. The land-baron of Asgalun, Dostoi Niktoson, has personally promised to unmask those behind the scheme. People are confident that he will keep to his word.
CAEDMON
The snows melt and the spring patrols are sent out. A far northern partol fails to return and a Unit is dispatched to investigate.
With some of the more reasonable propositions ebing accepted and enacted by the crown, the clans realize the coucil holds real potential. Political tutors are hired at outrageous prices by most families and many disputes are now settled before even coming to the King's ear, to curry clan favors.
Rumors of an uprising in a kingdom to the south, sets aflutter the staff at the Academy of War, and more news is sought.
CRYNDON
Cryndon starts construction on a Northern port town, on the east side of the Daggerwall. A call is put out for adventurers to help clear the area for the new port. An envoy is sent to Thordur to offer assistance to the besieged nation. Squads of sappers and demolishers are readied and sent down the Dwarven Lowroad. The dwaves begin to turn the place they stopped the Lowroad into an underground fortress.
KINRISAR
After the appropriate sacrifices are made to Eraekoth, Brand, and Horun the fleet prepares to sail. A blessing from Os is also given for mercy to follow the fighting force whereever they go, both to give and receive. The great fleet departs Pari Ka'ansa for the east and Ulruz.
A brief skirmish is encountered with a very surprised pirate fleet. Several ships are captured and added to the ranks of the Kinrisar fleet. After several more weeks landfall in SW Ulruz is accomplished. The legion that General Antonius expected is contacted and loaded aboard the ships. Many of the elite squads are loaded into the captured pirate ships. The fleet then turns north to Doluhre.
A plan is developed. The pirate ships sail into Doluhre harbor under their own flags late in the evening. Dock masters are bribed in the usual fashion for dealing with pirates. Late in the evening, the elite troops slip from their ships onto the docks and take the harbor's defensive positions. The remainder of the Kinrisar fleet sails into the harbor with a much decreased resistance depositing the rest of General Antonius' legion as well as the Kinrisar regulars.
The war effort in Ulruz is the focus for all the people of Kinrisar. Repayment of their perceived debt to Ulruz, and specifically Antonius, is well upon their minds. It is a source of tremendous pride that they are able to repay this debt so soon and so well.
Trade is disrupted by the war effort. Many merchant houses quietly complain about the lost revenues. The smart ones keep these thoughts within their breasts.
The western lands of Kinrisar suffer from the lack of regular forces. Raids by bandits and Yuan-Ti forces increase in their intensity and frequency. Tibo is also plagued by frequent visits by the dragon. No messages for ransom are sought by the dragon.
LORLYNIA
As the snows melt, the doors to the Academy of War in Barbenia swing open and let out the newly trained recruits. They are quickly shipped to where they are needed, most of them are beached on the northern coast of Lorlynia, to travel by foot to aid Thor Emblem in the defense of Idenynia.
As these groups head toward the besieged city, they notice strange holes and recent digs in numerous spots along the way. Also many small groups of orcs are encountered and defeated along the way. The orcs seem to be gathering the bones of large creatures, possibly dragons, for some unknown purpose. Other groups of creatures in the forest have noticed this as well, but can offer no answers.
A group of fresh recruits out of Barbenia trails a group of these orcs to a remote glen northwest of Idenynia. Investigating the recently opened tomb of a long dead hero, the heros discover a missing dragon throne made of bones after defeating a cadre of undead raised to protect this secret. The tomb's tapestries depict a human leading a small army aginst a mighty horde of evil and also apears to be dedicated to a follower of Brand. News of this is sent to Barbenia and also to Caedmon. Who is this human hero buried for so long unnoticed?
The rumors of magic and an almost done project continue to float around the kingdom and spread to other ports as well. With the snow finally melted, will summer bring a close to all the mystery?
MITTENDIEN
The harsh winter breaks into a brilliant green spring, the melt and runoff from massive snowfalls lifting the banks of the rivers and Lake Valdorane. Fortunately, the great walls of Mittendienish cities are strong against more than orcs, and life goes on as usual, with soothsayers predicting a boon year for the harvest. However, in the East, the goblins once again begin to swarm across the Olderfen with renewed vigor, despite the many bounties that are collected.
PALUDOSUS
The disruption in trade arising from the civil war in Ulruz, suplemented by continuing high losses among caravans and trading vessels causes more public discontent among the merchant classes of Paludosus and a number of merchant costers have begun publicly expanding the size of their guard forces, among the larger costers to a level that detractors state approach private armies.
The tensions in the Serevan plains continue to simmer just short of warfare, raids by hostile tribes have continued into the spring planting season and some of the friendly tribal villages have been seeking outside help in defending themselves, a number of adventuring and mercenary bands are known to have travelled to the Plains.
Although rumours continue to spread from the capital no definitive statement had been made about the marriage of the Prince of Princes but the most reliable gossip seems to indicate that Princess Chyassa veras Csamsides may very well be the bride in question. Whether the marriage between the crown and the influential Csamsides family is a matter of love or a political arrangement is a matter of much discussion.
In the northwest of the kingdon there have been many independent sightings during the last month of a trio of very large dragons flying at high altitude near the city of Kirazs. No stories have surfaces of any close sightings or losses to these dragons and the reason for their prescence is still unknown.
SURYANASTA
In the months following Gilgaram the 20th's assassination, Lord Sargen Nimbar, younger brother to Gilgaram, has ascended to the Throne of The Radiant Dawn. King Sargen has surrounded himself with a cadre of elite, and fanatically loyal troops, and has proceeded to send black-cloaked agents out into the night to eliminate his brother's assassins. The ruling elite of the military, nobles, priests, and wealthy merchant-princes have demanded that order be restored, and a civil war be avoided.
The assassins have coalesced from a series of political factions and strange religious cults, some of which are rumoured to worship demonic gods. King Sargen is not alone in his struggle, however. His beautiful wife and queen, Tyren Nimbar, is also a powerful wizard and a cunning and shrewd political figure. Tyren advises Sargen on a daily basis, assisting him in running a powerful kingdom.
Elite strike teams have fanned out, and hunted down many of the assassins and the conspirators who aided and supported them. Over 8,000 people have been arrested, and executed. The new regiment that has been established for Royal security are the Order of the Radiant Dawn, a new and powerful order of knights that serve the kingdom.
The kingdom is stabilized, and increasingly wealthy. Trade is going well. King Sargen has ordered new expeditions to be made in the north, east, and north east to establish new towns and fortresses. Fortified oasis are being established through several important desert trade routes.
To the west, adventurers and mercenaries are being recruited to scout out the mountainous regions for mining sites, as well as locations to build fortresses and trading towns.
In the capital of Hariappa, King Sargen has started development of a grand new temple, employing thousands of workers and craftsmen. King Sargen's wife, Tyren Nimbar, a beautiful woman and a powerful wizard, has sponsored the contstruction of a new Great Academy of Hariappa, to be a center of learning, featuring a vast library and supporting a staff of renowned scholars and wizards.
The Kingdom of Suryanasta seems to be entering a new phase of wealth, strength, and stability.
THORADUR
In east Falinus goblins begin to cross over from Mistwood in larger numbers. The call for help goes out from the clans.
North of the northern border, construction is continued on the border keeps with snow still on the ground. Two more years and they should be complete. After which large groups of orcs will have to defeat them before crossing into Thoradur, avoiding another Orc Horde like that of nine years earlier.
Strange reptillian ogrish creatures burrow into the city of Dilthandus. In six groups of three they burrow into the city and strike all at the same time. The strange event is investigated by the hill dwarves but its origin is unknown.
King Dulnor sends a message to Cryndon that if they wish to try and complete the tunnel, they may, but he can not offer any more troops to attack the cave giants in the south at this time. Yet Dulnor is pleased that Cryndon is showing a desire to use more than their merchant might.
ULRUZ
With the aid of his Kinrisari allies, General Antonius sails at the head of a large Kinrisari fleet to Western Ulruz, where the XXV Legion, loyal to Antonius, is picked up. Along the way, many Ulruz naval elements join the growing flotilla, and many pirate ships are captured. The pirate ships, bribes and deceit are used to gain entrance to the heavily defended port in the Ulruz capitol, the ancient city of Doluhre. That night, the Legionaires and their Kinrisari allies come out of their hiding places unopposed, and storm the city, while the main flotilla of Kinrisari ships moves in once the port areas are secured.
Most of the defending Auxiliary troops, Garrison troops and the entire cadre at the Doluhre Academy of War immediately surrender to Antonius, then join forces with him. After a short battle, the XXV Legion of Antonius gains the upper hand over the XII Legion defending the Capitol. The Emperor immediately disowns his son, adopts Antonius as his heir apparent, and resumes official control of the south and west portions of the Empire. The Emperor is never seen without XXV Legion troops guarding him.
Throughout the rest of Spring, commanders of Legions far and wide swear loyalty to General Antonius personally, and preparations continue for the summer campaigning season. The Senate, meanwhile, is taken en mass into "protective custody", as are their immediate families. At least, the ones they can find are...
In the North and East, the Emperor's disowned son solidifies his control over the Legions and fortifiies key points and cities throughout. Oddly, Ulruz' neighbors in the South, Cryndon and Suryanasta, are quiet but the Centaurs of the plains north of Ulruz begin to raid the Berherinome Plains with increasing frequency and ferocity, forcing the Emperor's son to divert much-needed garrisons to defend against these.
A number of "rebel" Senators find refuge in the north of Ulruz, and form the Senate in Exile, which immediate votes to convict Antonius in absentia of treason. The declaration carries little weight.
After having spent several years consolidating power after his sudden ascension, the King of the Argosh, Solshin Adorinson, finally decides that his nation's affairs are in order enough to resume contact with the outside world.
Emissaries bearing gifts and messages of reconciliation are sent to the nearby nations of Ceomyr and Thoradur. With the Ceomyrian emissary is several tankards of brew from the King's finest stores; to the dwarves of Thoradur, that emissary bears the skulls of one hundred orcs.
With the receding of winter, the threat of northern border villages and towns seems lessened. Whether or not this turns out to be a false sense of security remains to be seen.
In the largest port in the nation, Asgalun, there is an aggressive series of takeovers among certain shipping and trading costers, leading to consolidation of a once diverse place. The force behind the takeovers is suspected to be a single person or group of people, but their identity (or identities) are not known. The land-baron of Asgalun, Dostoi Niktoson, has personally promised to unmask those behind the scheme. People are confident that he will keep to his word.
CAEDMON
The snows melt and the spring patrols are sent out. A far northern partol fails to return and a Unit is dispatched to investigate.
With some of the more reasonable propositions ebing accepted and enacted by the crown, the clans realize the coucil holds real potential. Political tutors are hired at outrageous prices by most families and many disputes are now settled before even coming to the King's ear, to curry clan favors.
Rumors of an uprising in a kingdom to the south, sets aflutter the staff at the Academy of War, and more news is sought.
CRYNDON
Cryndon starts construction on a Northern port town, on the east side of the Daggerwall. A call is put out for adventurers to help clear the area for the new port. An envoy is sent to Thordur to offer assistance to the besieged nation. Squads of sappers and demolishers are readied and sent down the Dwarven Lowroad. The dwaves begin to turn the place they stopped the Lowroad into an underground fortress.
KINRISAR
After the appropriate sacrifices are made to Eraekoth, Brand, and Horun the fleet prepares to sail. A blessing from Os is also given for mercy to follow the fighting force whereever they go, both to give and receive. The great fleet departs Pari Ka'ansa for the east and Ulruz.
A brief skirmish is encountered with a very surprised pirate fleet. Several ships are captured and added to the ranks of the Kinrisar fleet. After several more weeks landfall in SW Ulruz is accomplished. The legion that General Antonius expected is contacted and loaded aboard the ships. Many of the elite squads are loaded into the captured pirate ships. The fleet then turns north to Doluhre.
A plan is developed. The pirate ships sail into Doluhre harbor under their own flags late in the evening. Dock masters are bribed in the usual fashion for dealing with pirates. Late in the evening, the elite troops slip from their ships onto the docks and take the harbor's defensive positions. The remainder of the Kinrisar fleet sails into the harbor with a much decreased resistance depositing the rest of General Antonius' legion as well as the Kinrisar regulars.
The war effort in Ulruz is the focus for all the people of Kinrisar. Repayment of their perceived debt to Ulruz, and specifically Antonius, is well upon their minds. It is a source of tremendous pride that they are able to repay this debt so soon and so well.
Trade is disrupted by the war effort. Many merchant houses quietly complain about the lost revenues. The smart ones keep these thoughts within their breasts.
The western lands of Kinrisar suffer from the lack of regular forces. Raids by bandits and Yuan-Ti forces increase in their intensity and frequency. Tibo is also plagued by frequent visits by the dragon. No messages for ransom are sought by the dragon.
LORLYNIA
As the snows melt, the doors to the Academy of War in Barbenia swing open and let out the newly trained recruits. They are quickly shipped to where they are needed, most of them are beached on the northern coast of Lorlynia, to travel by foot to aid Thor Emblem in the defense of Idenynia.
As these groups head toward the besieged city, they notice strange holes and recent digs in numerous spots along the way. Also many small groups of orcs are encountered and defeated along the way. The orcs seem to be gathering the bones of large creatures, possibly dragons, for some unknown purpose. Other groups of creatures in the forest have noticed this as well, but can offer no answers.
A group of fresh recruits out of Barbenia trails a group of these orcs to a remote glen northwest of Idenynia. Investigating the recently opened tomb of a long dead hero, the heros discover a missing dragon throne made of bones after defeating a cadre of undead raised to protect this secret. The tomb's tapestries depict a human leading a small army aginst a mighty horde of evil and also apears to be dedicated to a follower of Brand. News of this is sent to Barbenia and also to Caedmon. Who is this human hero buried for so long unnoticed?
The rumors of magic and an almost done project continue to float around the kingdom and spread to other ports as well. With the snow finally melted, will summer bring a close to all the mystery?
MITTENDIEN
The harsh winter breaks into a brilliant green spring, the melt and runoff from massive snowfalls lifting the banks of the rivers and Lake Valdorane. Fortunately, the great walls of Mittendienish cities are strong against more than orcs, and life goes on as usual, with soothsayers predicting a boon year for the harvest. However, in the East, the goblins once again begin to swarm across the Olderfen with renewed vigor, despite the many bounties that are collected.
PALUDOSUS
The disruption in trade arising from the civil war in Ulruz, suplemented by continuing high losses among caravans and trading vessels causes more public discontent among the merchant classes of Paludosus and a number of merchant costers have begun publicly expanding the size of their guard forces, among the larger costers to a level that detractors state approach private armies.
The tensions in the Serevan plains continue to simmer just short of warfare, raids by hostile tribes have continued into the spring planting season and some of the friendly tribal villages have been seeking outside help in defending themselves, a number of adventuring and mercenary bands are known to have travelled to the Plains.
Although rumours continue to spread from the capital no definitive statement had been made about the marriage of the Prince of Princes but the most reliable gossip seems to indicate that Princess Chyassa veras Csamsides may very well be the bride in question. Whether the marriage between the crown and the influential Csamsides family is a matter of love or a political arrangement is a matter of much discussion.
In the northwest of the kingdon there have been many independent sightings during the last month of a trio of very large dragons flying at high altitude near the city of Kirazs. No stories have surfaces of any close sightings or losses to these dragons and the reason for their prescence is still unknown.
SURYANASTA
In the months following Gilgaram the 20th's assassination, Lord Sargen Nimbar, younger brother to Gilgaram, has ascended to the Throne of The Radiant Dawn. King Sargen has surrounded himself with a cadre of elite, and fanatically loyal troops, and has proceeded to send black-cloaked agents out into the night to eliminate his brother's assassins. The ruling elite of the military, nobles, priests, and wealthy merchant-princes have demanded that order be restored, and a civil war be avoided.
The assassins have coalesced from a series of political factions and strange religious cults, some of which are rumoured to worship demonic gods. King Sargen is not alone in his struggle, however. His beautiful wife and queen, Tyren Nimbar, is also a powerful wizard and a cunning and shrewd political figure. Tyren advises Sargen on a daily basis, assisting him in running a powerful kingdom.
Elite strike teams have fanned out, and hunted down many of the assassins and the conspirators who aided and supported them. Over 8,000 people have been arrested, and executed. The new regiment that has been established for Royal security are the Order of the Radiant Dawn, a new and powerful order of knights that serve the kingdom.
The kingdom is stabilized, and increasingly wealthy. Trade is going well. King Sargen has ordered new expeditions to be made in the north, east, and north east to establish new towns and fortresses. Fortified oasis are being established through several important desert trade routes.
To the west, adventurers and mercenaries are being recruited to scout out the mountainous regions for mining sites, as well as locations to build fortresses and trading towns.
In the capital of Hariappa, King Sargen has started development of a grand new temple, employing thousands of workers and craftsmen. King Sargen's wife, Tyren Nimbar, a beautiful woman and a powerful wizard, has sponsored the contstruction of a new Great Academy of Hariappa, to be a center of learning, featuring a vast library and supporting a staff of renowned scholars and wizards.
The Kingdom of Suryanasta seems to be entering a new phase of wealth, strength, and stability.
THORADUR
In east Falinus goblins begin to cross over from Mistwood in larger numbers. The call for help goes out from the clans.
North of the northern border, construction is continued on the border keeps with snow still on the ground. Two more years and they should be complete. After which large groups of orcs will have to defeat them before crossing into Thoradur, avoiding another Orc Horde like that of nine years earlier.
Strange reptillian ogrish creatures burrow into the city of Dilthandus. In six groups of three they burrow into the city and strike all at the same time. The strange event is investigated by the hill dwarves but its origin is unknown.
King Dulnor sends a message to Cryndon that if they wish to try and complete the tunnel, they may, but he can not offer any more troops to attack the cave giants in the south at this time. Yet Dulnor is pleased that Cryndon is showing a desire to use more than their merchant might.
ULRUZ
With the aid of his Kinrisari allies, General Antonius sails at the head of a large Kinrisari fleet to Western Ulruz, where the XXV Legion, loyal to Antonius, is picked up. Along the way, many Ulruz naval elements join the growing flotilla, and many pirate ships are captured. The pirate ships, bribes and deceit are used to gain entrance to the heavily defended port in the Ulruz capitol, the ancient city of Doluhre. That night, the Legionaires and their Kinrisari allies come out of their hiding places unopposed, and storm the city, while the main flotilla of Kinrisari ships moves in once the port areas are secured.
Most of the defending Auxiliary troops, Garrison troops and the entire cadre at the Doluhre Academy of War immediately surrender to Antonius, then join forces with him. After a short battle, the XXV Legion of Antonius gains the upper hand over the XII Legion defending the Capitol. The Emperor immediately disowns his son, adopts Antonius as his heir apparent, and resumes official control of the south and west portions of the Empire. The Emperor is never seen without XXV Legion troops guarding him.
Throughout the rest of Spring, commanders of Legions far and wide swear loyalty to General Antonius personally, and preparations continue for the summer campaigning season. The Senate, meanwhile, is taken en mass into "protective custody", as are their immediate families. At least, the ones they can find are...
In the North and East, the Emperor's disowned son solidifies his control over the Legions and fortifiies key points and cities throughout. Oddly, Ulruz' neighbors in the South, Cryndon and Suryanasta, are quiet but the Centaurs of the plains north of Ulruz begin to raid the Berherinome Plains with increasing frequency and ferocity, forcing the Emperor's son to divert much-needed garrisons to defend against these.
A number of "rebel" Senators find refuge in the north of Ulruz, and form the Senate in Exile, which immediate votes to convict Antonius in absentia of treason. The declaration carries little weight.
