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 )    Handful merchants are worried about a conflict between Drow (82)     (
(      and Oriental Sweets  (100) happened in the mountains of Cotell       )
 )      where 1 combatant was killed. Powerful magic was used in the       (
(     battle. Fearsome magical monsters were collecting their prey. The     )
 )    attackers slaughtered all defenders. This battle will be known as    (
(                 Battle near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.                  )
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(     Dozen scouts are worried about a fight between Church of The Holy     )
 )     Deed (26) and a villans happened in the mountains of Farsatstan     (
(      where 36 combatants were killed. Powerful magic was used in the      )
 )    battle. The attackers slaughtered all defenders. This battle will    (
(           be known as Battle near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.            )
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(     Numerous scouts are rumoring about a clash between Drow (82) and      )
 )     Oriental Sweets  (100) happened in the plains of Serlis where 1     (
(       combatant was killed. Powerful magic was used in the battle.        )
 )        Fearsome magical monsters were collecting their prey. The        (
(     attackers slaughtered all defenders. This battle will be known as     )
 )                Battle near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.                 (
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 )    Many scouts are whispering about the town of Tiwnco that lies in     (
(         the Mausea'eb swamps, where a partisans murdered guards.          )
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(     Multiple commoners are worried about the city of Ploma that lies      )
 )         in the Sitbrolhy chasms, where a partisans slew guards.         (
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 )    Dozen druids are rumoring about the city of Hontisve that lies in    (
(         the Sitbrolhy chasms, where a partisans expelled guards.          )
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(        Many refugees are rumoring about daredevils who have killed        )
 )      Pirates (380) near mountains of Stahec. Freeing the ocean of       (
(                    Atlantis Ocean from their anxiety.                     )
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(         Numerous pilgrims are talking about adventurers who have          )
 )       massacred Undead (596) near forests of Starath. Freeing the       (
(                  tundra of Nenpalay from their anxiety.                   )
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(     Many scouts have heard about hunters who have annihilated Pirates     )
 )    (171) near forests of Miype. Freeing the ocean of Atlantis Ocean     (
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(      In the swamps of E'aswor, near mountains of Pitchsotcer, Swamp       )
 )          Creatures (356) who continue to cause horror to local          (
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(     In the tunnels of Aunctyststi, near city of Ploma, Giant Lizards      )
 )         (564) who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.         (
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 )    In the caverns of Ceefodpress, near ocean of The Undersea, Demon     (
(         (516) who continue to cause terror to local inhabitants.          )
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(     Worrisome news were coming from the plains of Latre. Locals were      )
 )     terrified by the assassination near the forests of A'ynch. The      (
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(     Alarming news were coming from the desert of Honir. Citizens were     )
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(      Alarming news were coming from the desert of Honir. Locals were      )
 )    terrified by the assassination near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.     (
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Emergency services urgently address the heightened threat to the local community posed by a band of looters in Quaskim. The safety and security of residents are of utmost concern, and immediate actions are being taken to address this serious situation.

Over the past month, Quaskim has experienced a surge in criminal activity related to a brazen group of looters. These individuals are disrupting the peace and security of our community by engaging in theft, vandalism, and other criminal acts. Also they are mostly gnomes, which is just adding insult to injury.

City officials, in coordination with law enforcement agencies, have initiated emergency response measures to protect residents and property. Increased patrols, surveillance, and collaboration with neighboring jurisdictions are part of the comprehensive strategy to address this threat swiftly.

The sounds of distant combat are quite distracting to simple scholars!

Everything is scarier in the underworld...
The Devil is approaching us.
But it is not the Devil that you should be afraid of.
People are the scariest.

Our new ship is beautiful. But small.

Subject: Successful Elimination of Disruptive Great Apes

To: Kroll Empire Delivery Department, Entrisli city, 123 Main Street
From: Grommok Battlebeast, Warrior Chief
Date: 11 July '03

I report the successful removal of a threat posed by aggressive great apes in the vicinity of your delivery routes. Our orc forces have neutralized the creatures, ensuring the safety and efficiency of your operations.

For further details or assistance, please contact our office.

business is good in the wine trade!

Another pile of sticks thrown together and those merchants just flock around it. Let's see what happens if we build another!

HEAR YE, HEAR YE

To all loyal brothers of the Night's Watch, I bring a call to duty. Our scouts have ventured deep into the lands beyond the Wall, and their reports confirm our worst fears – the savages, those unruly dwellers of the frozen wastes, have established settlements in the farthest reaches of our domain.

These savages, with their untamed ways and barbaric customs, pose a threat to our very existence. They are a blight upon the land, a constant reminder of the chaos that lies beyond the Wall. It is our sacred duty, as sworn guardians of the realm, to purge this infestation from our lands.

Therefore, I call upon all able-bodied brothers to join me in a mission to eradicate these savage settlements. We shall march north, under the banner of the Night's Watch, and bring fire and steel to those who threaten our sacred oath.

Remember, brothers, we are the shield that guards the realms of men. We are the watchers on the Wall, the sentinels of the night. Our duty is to protect the innocent from the horrors that lurk beyond the ice.

Let us not falter in our resolve. Let us show the savages the true meaning of our strength and unity. For the Night's Watch, and for the realm!

In the heart of the mist-shrouded mountains, there stands a lone stone mansion, its ancient walls echoing with the whispers of time. As the moon ascends, a strange noise emerges from the depths of the mansion, haunting the stillness of the night. The villagers speak in hushed tones of eerie melodies that drift through the valleys, captivating the souls of those who dare to listen.

Legends abound about the origins of this enigmatic abode. Some say it was built by a long-forgotten sorcerer seeking solitude to practice forbidden arts. Others claim it was once a sanctuary for a reclusive order of mystics, who communed with otherworldly beings under the cloak of darkness. Whatever its true history, the mansion has become a focal point of mystery and intrigue, drawing the curious and the brave to its foreboding gates.

Those who have ventured near the mansion at night speak of a symphony of unearthly sounds, as if the very stones themselves were alive with an ancient power. Whispers of spectral figures moving through the moonlit halls and ethereal lights dancing in the windows have fueled the imaginations of storytellers for generations.

The villagers, torn between fear and fascination, have long debated the nature of the strange noise that emanates from the mansion. Some believe it to be the lament of restless spirits, while others insist it is the song of a long-forgotten enchantment woven into the very fabric of the building.

As the moon wanes and waxes, the haunting melody persists, drawing travelers and scholars from distant lands, all seeking to unravel the enigma of the lone stone mansion in the mountains. Yet, despite their efforts, the source of the strange noise remains a mystery, a riddle that continues to echo through the ages, defying explanation and entwining itself with the tapestry of legend and lore.

The lone stone mansion stands as a testament to the enduring power of the unknown, a beacon of fascination and fear that beckons to those who dare to seek the secrets hidden within its ancient walls.

It's odd, being in a land of jungle and desert, that people are lining up to by snow shovels.

Apparently our travels away from Big Freeze will garner us both new friends and new foes. Now the Lord Council rapidly recruited more knights to help fighting our way to equator.

"Behold!" cried the great lord.  "Look upon my works and despair, you heathens"

We are Borg!

Wow it's cold

"Are we finally ready?"
"Yes, the orcs are now up to date with their studies."

Wolves.

He returned to the main army. A victory was needed. Let it be small, but tangible and necessary. Tomorrow they will take a new plain, which will give impetus to the army. New cars and new weapons have already been produced and have reached the army. We have not forgotten about Faith. Two new temples have been built by allies, magical artifacts have been created and will be sent to battle by magicians' students tomorrow. He will return everything!

.. But all this pales in comparison with the fact that She is now near! He brought her to the Castle, he will make Her his wife and no forces in the world will be able to separate them! Sometimes, in response to prayers, we get not what we asked for, but what we really need at this moment in life. And he is happy that he was able to accept what was given to him with awe and gratitude!

In the name of the Holy Deed! May the name of the Perpetrator be holy!

Winter is coming, lets burn the continent in a war to warm up inhabitants 

White makes the first move

Troops are coming in great numbers. If only we could not give weapons and mounts to the wrong troops...

We shall be the first to feel the cold. How convinient.

Winter is not coming.

All the gnomes breathed out a sigh of relief, as it turned out, that indeed, all the troll packs did want to be their friends.

Will the coming Frozen Age turn friends into ennemies or ennemies into friends? 

Stenbay is celebrating wildly, they have seen the portents and know that soon there will be no way to live this up north. But that will happen tomorrow.

Well it has all good badly. The Clan has suffered significant losses, including the last of our mages.
Time to look further afield for a safer haven.

Geography rules.

It is with pain that I observe the destruction of young factions who first came to this world. Yes, it's easy! Yes, it gives pleasure to someone! But what will you, murderers and robbers, do in other worlds, where these factions will no longer come, because you killed them and did not let them appreciate the beauty of this world. Will you cut each other? What are you turning this world into? Leave the weak alone! Let them become strong like you and fight them! You wouldn't be here if you were cut out at turn 10 in the old worlds!

We have directed our jungles to sent hunters to produce as much FUR as possible, just in case the cold weather coming wrecks our economies.

From the diary of Gale Swifthands

Something dark is coming. I can feel it in my bones. The air is full of magical energy. However no matter how hard I try to figure out the source of the approaching danger I cannot point out its source. Not even with my newly acquired true sight. Settlements are changing hands every month on plains of the northern continent. Faction 9 is spreading like wildfire. But I don't thinkt that the danger is coming from conventional armies. It's something else. The girls can feel it too. They are getting very moody lately. They keep staring at the waves on the shore and playing with tiny whirlwinds. I think they are depressed. It must be the dwarven architecture. Nobody appreciates the barren walls of Baicstowe except dwarves. And maybe Shakaa, but he looks at them with the eyes of a tactician. He was asked to survey the city and point out where the new fortifications should be erected. It will be a huge undertaking but they are necessary to improve the city's defenses. I just hope they will be ready in time. We'll see.

There are two issues on the town's agenda:
1 - road building
2 - building communism
Due to the absence of a stone, we immediately moved on to the second question.

It be the Age of Prophecy, doom and trepidation abounds. Hmm, must be time to build another pub. Drinks on me!

[Warms hands with breath].

Nothing to add of interest or value this turn!

I like that NO just uses your default orders if you forget to send them in on time.

In order to develop tourism in Momouth, a guesthouse has opened its doors.
Come and stay a few weeks at Iron Guesthouse, and go take a drink at Iron Tavern, you won't regret it!

Sooo, the great freeze is here, just as well I have my thermals

Things are becoming complicated...

Screams are heard all around me.
Are they ghosts, or ghosts to be?

Another quiet month

Once again I find myself in awe of Celebrants marvellous stories, while I can only throw a couple of lines together to grab the 200 silver.

Ed celebrates an oceanside city.  And his Mexican villa there, with beautiful tile walls and floors, open courtyards, warm weather, a gorgeous view one way from the courtyard over the city, the other way looking over the ocean.  A place to teach his friends, and a place for his own researches.  This is a nice place.  He has been here longer than he expected, but he is learning so much from watching the inhabitants.  The oceanside peace is kept by truel.  The weakest faction rules, for no stronger faction dares attack both others.  The strong factions both strengthen every month, but this oceanside paradise will remain peaceful so long as neither faction either abandons the truel, nor strengthens much more rapidly than the other.  Fascinating.  Very expensive for the two strong factions.  But fascinating.  A pleasant place to teach and study awhile.

Thiti celebrates the conquest of Scrittel.  Or at least, she hopes she is celebrating the conquest of Scrittel.  More than a hundred Celebrants were sent after a handful of city guards; it is hard to imagine that they might have failed.  Thiti is a little puzzled where they all went, though.  No news from Scrittel, and no news from any regions bordering Scrittel.  This is unexpected.  Thiti hopes nothing went wrong.  Thiti does wonder about this comment in the Times that "a partisans ambushed guards but were unsuccessful."  Thiti is pretty sure there were no one but our friends and a handful of guards in Scrittel, so the seven score Celebrants must still be partying and celebrating their victory over the handful of city guards.

Oshana celebrates the new arrivals "Pioneers" and "Eye".  We shall hold a feast to welcome there arrival from the monster infested jungles to our northeast.

Balthazar celebrates Sylva Sylvarum's wanderers.  Balthazar wonders whether the wanderers have come from inside the earth, from over the sea to the west, through the monster infested jungles to the northeast, or through the secret, magical doorway.  Balthazar hopes there will be enough food for all of us this month; it is getting crowded here.

Nawabzada Time celebrates decapods in Cellje.  As Shadow says, "unexpected".  But perhaps we should have expected this.  Now what?

Digs Shafts celebrates the new 85th faction immigrant who comes to her jungle to admire the sea.  It is warm here in the jungle; perhaps the immigrant will build a tile house with inner courtyard like the house Ed is admiring.  We have no city here like Ed has, but we do have a little raftyard; perhaps that is similar enough?

Ninmahal celebrates the new minor rank of Chieftain.  The celebrants are lousy with chieftains, each having shared suzerainty in some little biome.  Shared suzerainty?  How does that work?  The king is the king, right?  The celebrants have no king.  Ninmahal celebrates the disorder of Celebrant orders.

Observes Ice celebrates the absence of ice on Wretched Castaway's Island.  No sign of freezing this month, weather is the usual balmy antarctic winds.  Ahh.  Wonder whether this freeze thing is really going to happen?  Perhaps we should swim south and see if things are the same at the edge of the world?  Describes Southern Islands insists we should fill our granaries for seven years of frost before anyone goes swimming.  So we are filling the granaries, watching, and waiting.  Will the cold ever come?

Sometimes life throws us curve balls. I did not see this one happening.

Oh, Cellje, your reign was strong and bold,
Your words were sharp, your spirit bold,
You led your people with a fiery hand,
And ruled the land with iron brand.

(Chorus)
But now your reign is at an end,
Your castle lies in ruins, your friends are dead,
The Monster hunters have claimed their due,
And city of Cellje is fallen too.

Last Hunt. 

Should we go to UW?

We have to try to live one more year.
We hope that the frosts will not harm us much.

on dit partout que l'hiver arrive bientôt 

Aval left, only the clowns remained

How many wolves are there in this world?
And are they werewolves?

Next month there will be more rumors.