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) Some peasants are worried about the battle between enemies (
( happened in the desert of Great Basingford Desert where battle )
) ended in a slaughter of one of the sides. This battle will be (
( known as Battle near the mountains of Basinggrove Rocks. )
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( Some adventurers are talking about an encounter between two )
) armies happened in the desert of Great Basingford Desert where (
( battle ended in a slaughter of one of the sides. This battle will )
) be known as Battle near the mountains of Basinggrove Rocks. (
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) Many dockers have heard about a clash between two armies happened (
( in the desert of Great Basingford Desert where battle ended in a )
) slaughter of one of the sides. This battle will be known as (
( Battle near the mountains of Basinggrove Rocks. )
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( Dozen bards are discussing about the town of Warrington that lies )
) in the Great Antanoatos Desert desert, where an opposition (
( massacred guards. )
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( Several merchants have heard about the city of Maranarotes that )
) lies in the Great Basingford Desert desert, where a partisans (
( extinguished guards. )
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( Several scouts are whispering about the city of Hernefield that )
) lies in the Great Ialihn Desert desert, where a villans put to (
( the sword guards. )
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( Numerous travelers have heard about the town of Yazhnarb that )
) lies in the Great Antanoatos Desert desert, where a faction (
( ambushed guards but were unsuccessful. )
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( Multiple adventurers are rumoring about daredevils who have )
) killed Swamp Creatures (14099) near forests of Iallinn Forest. (
( Freeing the swamps of Nemash River from their horror. )
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( Many refugees are rumoring about adventurers who have destroyed )
) Sandlings (1426) near forests of Lafianna Woods. Freeing the (
( desert of Great Autarkotuspolisus Desert from their terror. )
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( Many druids have heard about daredevils who have put to the sword )
) Undead (602) near ocean of Cysel Sea. Freeing the plains of (
( Ametanopos Dale from their terror. )
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( A group of witchers expelled the Anacondas (172) who inflicted )
) fear on the inhabitants of the Great Autarkaros Desert desert (
( near jungles of Barakguzun Woods. )
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( In the desert of Great Birmington Desert, near volcanoes of )
) Ugubal Volcano, Giant Scorpions (475) who continue to cause (
( horror to local inhabitants. )
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( A group of daredevils expelled the Sandlings (333) who inflicted )
) terror on the inhabitants of the Great Volbuz Desert desert near (
( mountains of Bolagal Mountains. )
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( Fearsome news were coming from the mountains of Izuknuz )
) Mountains. Locals were afraid by the assassination near the (
( volcanoes of Izuknuz Peak. The assassin escaped unnoticed. )
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( Alarming news were coming from the desert of Great Izuknuz )
) Desert. Citizens were terrified by the assassination near the (
( volcanoes of Izuknuz Peak. The assassin escaped unnoticed. )
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( Frightening news were coming from the mountains of Boldur )
) Heights. Citizens were terrified by the assassination near the (
( volcanoes of Lurgshak Peak. The assassin escaped unnoticed. )
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Quests
In the desert of Great Volbuz Desert lurks the Sandlings (2252). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the floater hides of
Bolagal Marshes.
In the desert of Great Azagal Desert roams the Sandlings (405). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the mountain of Nottinghill Rocks lurks the Undead (498). Free the
world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Bletchgrove Desert lurks the Evil Warriors
(601). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Perikeros Desert roams the Living Trees (482).
Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Dunlock Desert roams the Sandlings (433). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the mountain of Izuknuz Mountains roams the Family of Ogres (258).
Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Airakos Sands roams the Giant Scorpions (246). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Volbuz Desert lurks the Sphinx (631). Free the
world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Autarkirmos Desert roams the Giant Scorpions
(108). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the tundra of Maranarotes Tundra lurks the Storm Giant (504). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Agamenakos Desert for the glory of the Gods.
Build a Temple in Aerakos Valley for the glory of the Gods.
In the desert of Great Lurgshak Desert lurks the Undead (911). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Antanoarotes Sands roams the Sandlings (121). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the swamp of Great Lochash River roams the Great Apes (864). Free
the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Ametanakos Dale for the glory of the Gods.
In the tundra of Tritotuspolisus Tundra roams the Giant Birds (149).
Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Great Autarkaros Desert roams the Giant Scorpions
(738). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Articles
Floa
Gyperboreya (10)
Times grow thin and lean...
Iron Harlequins (12)
New incentive to get the castle finished. Lots of stone, not many workers.
Four Horsemen (13)
"Sir, thePurk Guard report sighting of a group of Giant Scorpions"
Grey Order (15)
All great hordes had hard time, not all of them recovered and came to glory, our horde is raising from ashes again
Great Horde (16)
Eventually the most valuable resource is time.
Desert Eagles (18)
Road progress is slow but is happening
The Filras (20)
Signing a peace treaty with the demons was a good idea. And now it's time for the annual massacre.
M9 (22)
unlucky again
Akacis (23)
What is more powerful? Martial or Magic?
The Power (24)
A monster eliminated. But a lot more to kill !
Silver Hand (25)
To visit or not to visit?
Beastmasters (29)
Is it a new month already?!?! Holy ****! How fast goes time... And where are my order package? !@!@#$!
I will execute that goblin who proposed to celebrate the new trade route!
Avalon Empire (3)
A new heaven: plains, forests, deserts, ... All to build a great settlement! Good luck !
The Cartographer (30)
The vikings have read with curiosity the ponderings of the little folk on our language. We will share that it actually is not complicated. The viking language is just a devolved dialect of the common tongue, and has been developed by usage necessities. Our historical usage has developed many words for casual sailing on water, as we sometimes coast the seven seas or glide, drift, float in them or skim over them or waft and travel in them. But there are no words for moving in foreign territories, it is always advance. We are simple people, while we may move around our own lands from one settlement to another, but if we need to reach destination outside our lands on land, it is always advancing with weapons drawn. It may be tradition or just natural reaction to the situation that neighbours usually take up their own arms after our arrival and resulting looting and pillaging.
At the end the vikings commend nice articles of little folk as they are read with great interest as they usually lie on the edge of viking intellectual capacity and curiosity. Considerations whether 'conquer' means liberation or enslavement is close to the heart, while words as complex as "subjugate" are too much. The little folk articles may be the second most awaited articles from Times in our faction, right after the jokes by.
Vikings of Hornwood (31)
Flitting here and there. Stopping nowhere. The wind is my guide.
Atlanteans of Yore (32)
No silver for the wicked
Blood Angels (35)
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Fie on Goodness
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Our Eldest's Column
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The little folk liberation front thought I was in hiding, neglecting my studies and my other responsibilities. I thought they were two thirds right. They were three thirds right.
No viking advance from the southeast has been sighted yet.
Rabies Column
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Filras says fun is about to start, "bring it on"; others claim Filras assassinated a hedgehog in Lamahel. Hedgehogs write of rabies and putting enimals to sleep. There are little folk a month from Lamahel. Should I ask them to go investigate, or warn them to keep well away to protect them from rabies? How do the Filras know the fun is about to start? Is Miss Goblin Grammar right? Is the best way to predict the future to invent it?
Old Guard Column
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Not much left. This columnist will be looking for another job soon.
Sphinx Column
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Little folk are very impressed with Martinik's ability to defend his trade wagons. But we assure Martinik, "sphinx" is preceded by an indefinite article, not by the definite article. Two sphinxes living among the little folk have left, disappointed with our music, perhaps. 5 have remained to see how the concert continues this month. And two new sphinxes have arrived, perhaps in response to our flyers advertising music for monsters. So this month again, more than a hundred little folk live together with 7 sphinxes.
Assistant Editor's Column
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Usually I direct my columnists to direct their attention to the articles and rumors in last month's Times, if they are too lazy to do investigative reporting of their own, or to carefully read through little folk government reports of happenings in all lands the little folk occupy. This month, the Times and rumors were a bit thin; all I got was a request for travel funds to investigate the Children of the Four Winds' Gianduja tower. Sounds like a boondoggle to me. Should I deny the request, or insist that I should accompany the columnist?
Tea Column
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Our tea will come too late.
Religion Column
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D# major or Eb major are perfectly good tunes for religious music. We have, however, discouraged our devout orcs from singing "Fie on goodness, fie", because although the song at face value seems to describe a religious utopia, it is far from clear to the priests and priestesses that 'Fie on goodness' encourages knights (or our unmounted orcs) to establish that utopia.
LFLF Column
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uThe LFLF have put off doing anything about Stockwood until it is much to late to assist it. We think Miss Goblin Grammar would prefer we use the word "liberate", but why should we obey her? Now all that remains is to pin the blame for its fall on our Eldest because he is not here. Or perhaps he will show up, in which case it will be easy to pin the blame on him for being here; we don't think he can prevent its fall without our help, and why would we help him?
Music Column
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Little folk musicians from far separated portions of the little folk diaspora have heard a new "Fie on goodness, fie" ditty from their neighbors. Most who have tried to transcribe it from ear have written it in Eb major. It makes sense that they would do that, as this pleasant little ditty is sung by knights, and Eb major is a commonly chosen key for heroic music. However, a bit of foreign sheet music has come into little folk hands (honestly, we assume), and this has the tune in D# major. D# major is a notoriously hard key to read or write. Can this be believed, or was the author of this sheet music deliberately trying to play tricks on the little folk musicians?
Peace Column
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Voting? Will voting bring peace, or will voting cause more intense war? The little folk believe the best swords stay in their scabbards. But the little folk won't matter now, we have few swords, none of the best swords, and many little ears. Most of the places the little folk inhabit (west and south of the shadow of the nexus), little folk ears hear knights singing "Fie on goodness, fie."
Obituary Column
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Retiring Uid was slain by sandlings and evil warriors. Bizarrely, the weather was good, and no evil magicians or evil sorcerors participated. That is unusual. The evil warriors grow bold to attack unprotected by their weather mages.
little folk (38)
Overhead in an Urgdur tavern....
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"Now they have us tramping through swamps all day."
"Can't be worse than the desert."
"I mean, at least we can see the monsters before they attack us. But, those Bog Things are just mean.."
"If we know where they are, why don't we just avoid them?"
"Don't ask me - commander killed some last month and has us going in there again this month."
"Just for fun?"
"I mean - they had a bunch of mithril shields on them last month. Guess he likes shiny things...."
Kiiran (39)
The monster hunting force had failed utterly to find the sandlings. Clearly the little fiends had moved out of the way, and why was it the one time the Children of the Four Winds had a force big enough to tackle a sphinx, the enigmatic monster decides to take to the skies?
The Children of the Four Winds (40)
They asked for him. The Alwengos will believe it.
Now the Peace on the 0th meridian!
Alwengos (41)
It's time for the demons...
Prodigal sons (42)
- There are too many sphinxes in the desert
Martiniks Trade Guild (43)
There may be a way to fight the oppressive heat and bring back the ice. Utuk'ku just needs to convince half of the rules on this world that she is able to bring it back. Easier said than done.
Stormspike (49)
Sometimes friends are more dangerous than enemies.
Thane's Ring (5)
Evil is bad. Except of situations when bad is quite good.
Corvin Ravens (55)
The time of peace and prosperity is upon us.
Orc Hunters (56)
In the night, the stoves hummed, not subsiding,
My ashes were stirred up by the poker.
But, ascending with smoke from Volwaz chimneys,
Alive I descended into the meadows.
Dark League (6)
Ouch!
Ogre Mages (62)
"Look at us! The Fendahl is with us! We need not this adamant, nor these bows of yew, for our faith is strong and our hearts are pure! You, there, woodsorc - raise up the axe in your hand and the song in your heart and that sphinx shall be ours!" called the flagellant, frothing slightly about the mouth as the spirit of the Fendahl filled it.
The tree-felling party exchanged glances. Then looked at the frankly impressive size of the sphinx, and the significantly less-impressive axes they held.
"Yeah, good luck with that," replied the leader. "Gentleorcs, if you would, three, four - I'm... a lumberorc and I'm okay, I work all night and I sing all day..."
The Fendahli (65)
Today, the citadel nears completion and we thank the goblin stone miners for their efforts - this should provide enough defence for the city from the hordes of undead and the mithril wielding plebs of this world.
Peacekeepers (7)
One more strange battle
StarFire (72)
She arrived!
The Tiny Beaver launched our first commercial round trip ferry.
SuperBober (78)
Running late on orders again...
Hope to make it
Romans (8)
I hear rumours of fish in these lands. My town longs for fish. But all I see is desert? How do they even know fish exist?
The Broken Skull (81)
Rumors
There is more to a dry aerie than meets the eye.
trouble comes
The young Duke of Arkogon fled to the lands of his grandfather, his mother's father, Count Stanlock. Arriving in the town, he found that Count Stenlock had disappeared, and the population was oppressed by robbers who seized power in the town.
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The new patriarch of Holden's Holy Deed Church arrived with his entourage at Barakguzun Woods, but did not find the dragon's lair there. However, at night, when the patriarch was sleeping, someone performed a ritual in the patriarch's tent and soaked all his luggage. The next morning, the Patriarch announced the Second Coming of Holden's Spirit and the Holy Blessing of the new patriarch to bring the light of true faith to the world of Atlantis. The items involved in the ritual were declared Sacred. At the place of the patriarch's overnight stay, the construction of the Church of the Holly Coming was announced.
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A couple of local peasants ща Barakguzun Woods, who got drunk in the evening on the occasion of the patriarch's arrival and staged outrages in his tent at night, were surprised to realize their sanctity in the morning, but decided not to tell anyone about it in order to avoid deserved punishment.
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The Lord of the Northern Lands declared mourning for his youngest son and sent an army to search for the lair of the Order of the Holden Witnesses Sect.