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Times Turn 26

The people of the cavern (23,7,underworld) in Trifield are still in need of
your guidance.
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(     happened in the swamps of Seamoor where many soldiers will never      )
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(                                Ruathorack.                                )
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(        Dozen commoners have heard about a clash between combatants        )
 )       happened in the desert of Besburn where 160 combatants were       (
(     killed. The attackers slaughtered all defenders. This battle will     )
 )              be known as Battle of the city of Ruathorack.              (
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 )    Multiple travelers have heard about a conflict between combatants    (
(     happened in the desert of Strepe where 32 combatants were killed.     )
 )      The attackers slaughtered all defenders. This battle will be       (
(                known as Battle near the town of Mallbank.                 )
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(      Handful wanderers are rumoring about the town of Kinheath that       )
 )       lies in the Eroihoar tundra, where a partisans annihilated        (
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(     Many commoners have heard about the city of Sillpool that lies in     )
 )      the Soptiepe tundra, where a rebels put to the sword guards.       (
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 )     Multiple traders are discussing about the village of Zerlbrook      (
(        that lies in the Caden plains, where a rebels extinguished         )
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 )    Several peasants are talking about hunters who have extinguished     (
(      Living Trees (10414) near ocean of Atlantis Ocean. Freeing the       )
 )                  forests of Hulryl from their horror.                   (
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 )    Some dockers have heard about hunters who have expelled Sandlings    (
(     (585) near city of Ruathorack. Freeing the desert of Besburn from     )
 )                              their dread.                               (
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 )        Dozen refugees are whispering about adventurers who have         (
(      extinguished Kobold Pack (966) near jungles of Pro'ois. Freeing      )
 )               the forests of Baswatshaw from their dread.               (
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 )      Several refugees are rumoring about rangers who have expelled      (
(      Pirates (132) near Stockade Yellow Tower [1]. Freeing the ocean      )
 )                  of Atlantis Ocean from their horror.                   (
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 )         Numerous merchants are talking about witchers who have          (
(        extinguished Swamp Creatures (2202) near village of Owburg.        )
 )             Freeing the swamps of Seamoor from their fear.              (
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 )     In the tundra of Woa'amb, near town of Diodorf, Ice Wurms (334)     (
(             who continue to cause fear to local inhabitants.              )
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(      In the caverns of Cibruned, near city of Twiceuc, Pack of Rats       )
 )         (477) who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.         (
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 )     A group of rangers murdered the Great Apes (1598) who inflicted     (
(       terror on the inhabitants of the Stagol jungles near town of        )
 )                                 Naheim.                                 (
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 )    In the forests of Gruition, near town of Unbourrun, Undead (1014)    (
(             who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.             )
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(       In the caverns of Cibruned, near town of Louhoontown, Goblin        )
 )     Horde (478) who continue to cause horror to local inhabitants.      (
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 )    Alarming news were coming from the forests of Bo'ed. Locals were     (
(     terrified by the assassination near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.      )
 )                     The assassin escaped unnoticed.                     (
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 )         Horrifying news were coming from the forests of Bo'ed.          (
(     Inhabitants were horrified by the assassination near the ocean of     )
 )             Atlantis Ocean. The assassin escaped unnoticed.             (
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 )    Frightening news were coming from the forests of Bo'ed. Commoners    (
(       were shocked by the assassination near the ocean of Atlantis        )
 )                 Ocean. The assassin escaped unnoticed.                  (
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(                                                                           )
 )    Horrifying news were coming from the forests of Bo'ed. Commoners     (
(       were shocked by the assassination near the ocean of Atlantis        )
 )                 Ocean. The assassin escaped unnoticed.                  (
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 )    Worrisome news were coming from the forests of Bo'ed. Locals were    (
(     afraid by the assassination near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean. The     )
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Quests

Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the stone of Nacot.
In the plain of Dehewn roams the Tribe of Centaurs (303). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Mebros lurks the Undead (600). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the forest of Pospechesm lurks the Undead (2205). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Ago for the glory of the Gods.
In the underforest of Baltgrove lurks the Troll Pack (962). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the mountain of Spioce lurks the Evil Mages (563). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the tunnels of Mani roams the Dragon (524). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the tundra of Swirter lurks the Undead (945). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Besburn for the glory of the Gods.
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the iron of Strepe.
In the desert of Ominchud lurks the Sphinx (592). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the grain of Ialincal.
In the cavern of Me'e roams the Demon (421). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the tunnels of Sce'oced lurks the Ettins (683). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the plain of Padi lurks the Tribe of Centaurs (575). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Bi'aurcen for the glory of the Gods.
Build a Temple in A'oy for the glory of the Gods.
In the tundra of Woa'amb roams the Yeti (331). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Strepe lurks the Evil Mages (935). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!

Articles

Violence will not be tolerated!
Equilibrium (108)
There are monsters in the ocean
Moon Knights (112)
The Centaurs are still unreachable but at least the undead can't ride.
Problem is that you kill 4 and end with 8. Math isn't adding up.
The Metaverse Band of... (113)
"The gates of hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way." Virgil, Aeneid VI, in Dryden's English.
Gatefall (114)
huh, a wild merfolk tribe
The Guild (117)
Now I am more lost...
Wanderers of the Lost Lands (120)
BY THE CHAMBER OF THE HEPHAESTUS SYNDICATE

In the name of the Forge and of the Ledger.
To all whom these presents may concern, greeting.

Be it known that a weight is a promise cast in metal. The buyer who
cannot test it must trust it, and the seller who files it once has
sold every bargain after at a discount.

Be it known that this Chamber would rather lose a sale than lighten a
weight. A short measure gains a coin in a day and loses a customer in
a year, and customers are the only coin that does not wear thin.

Be it known therefore that any house which doubts a measure of ours
may ask that it be weighed again before its eyes, and the scale shall
answer for us.

Errors and omissions excepted.

By order of the Crisis Council of the Chamber,
Coenraet de Koperen, Secretary, Bookkeeper and Steward pro tempore,
for and on behalf of the Hephaestus Syndicate.
Given in the month of February, in the third year.

Goed ijzer, eerlijk gewicht.
Hephaestus Syndicate (121)
The borders begin to narrow.  New peoples begin to arrive.  The roads are almost done.  Such a long journey for such a short travel.
Mandrakes (13)
Woof!
The Pack (14)
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Voras (15)
FROM A LEADER'S DIARY - THE TWENTY-SIXTH MONTH
==============================================

This month a stranger rode in on a creature I had never seen before,
took our silver, and handed over exactly what he had promised. It is
a small thing to write down. It is also the rarest thing I have seen
in two years of this.


I. SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FIRST
------------------------------

Every bargain between houses has a moment where one side has given
and the other has not yet. Most bargains die in that moment, because
each side waits for the other to go first, and the waiting is taken
for bad faith, and the bad faith becomes true.

We paid first. Not because we are generous - because the price of
being cheated once is smaller than the price of never trading at all.
A house that will not be the first to open its hand will find, in a
year, that nobody offers it anything.


II. A PROMISE KEPT IS WORTH MORE THAN THE GOODS
-------------------------------------------------

What we bought was worth what we paid for it, more or less. What we
learned was worth far more: that there is at least one house out
there whose word, given in a letter, arrives in the market a month
later as bales on a cart. We will deal with them again. We will deal
with them first.


III. AND A MONTH LOST
----------------------

I will be honest about the other half of the season. We lost a whole
month to a letter that was written, checked, sealed - and never sent.
Every captain stood waiting for orders that sat on my table. The
men worked for day wages, the builders laid nothing, the scholars
read nothing.

The lesson is the same as the first. A thing finished and not sent
is not finished. We send now, the moment it is ready.


                                              - a leader of The Filras
The Filras (16)
FDFGDS
Lord Gerak (176)
Where to go...
Faction (177)
The Konungr and his hird were sailing across the sea. The wind was good. The ale was flowing. Then someone looked down and saw water where water should not be.

A hole. Below the waterline. In the hull of the langskip.

They grabbed buckets and started bailing. But the water came faster than they could throw it out.

"Throw everything overboard!" shouted the Konungr.

They threw the cargo. The ale barrels. The furs. The loot. The ship rose a little. The waterline dropped. But still the water poured in.

Then Olgerd NeseLøs stood up. He looked at the sea. He looked at the Konungr. He shouted:

"See you in Valhalla!"

And he jumped overboard. The sea swallowed him.

The ship rose a little more. But not enough. The hole was still below the water.

Then Harald Skallet stood up. He didn't say much. Just:

"See you in Valhalla!"

And he jumped. The sea took him.

The hole was now almost above the water. Almost. But still — the water trickled in.

The Konungr stood up. He looked at his hird with a heavy gaze. Then, with a cry of:

"See you in Valhalla!"

— he threw Rørikgr Frøzen overboard.
Gledikonungr (22)
A commision is signed, time to get to work.
The black company (25)
Well, well, well...
Muchomory (26)
A momentous month for the Grey Order.

The Elder Council has declared it. The time has come to take Disarheim for our own. For too long we have worked these lands and tended its fields. Now we will claim it.

The brothers of the Grey Order will stand together, and by the grace of the spirits, Disarheim will be ours.

For Disarheim!
A Brother of the Grey Cloaks
The Grey Order (28)
德怨两忘,恩仇俱泯

Let both kindness and resentment be forgotten. Let both favors and enmity be wiped out.
Shangu Shengwang (3)
I wonder if this world is really a divided place 
Filcist (35)
The centaurs looked upon the smoking ruin of the camp where those who had tried to aid the horse trainers had made their last stand.

"Shall we try again," asked the leader, "only this time, let's not be at home to Mr. Cock-up?"
Trinovantes (36)
The first Ships pushed off from the island. sea monsters in their sights. hoping we dont encounter a Kraken.....
PolyChromaticPirates (42)
Trident?
Thane's Ring (46)
The sea, it swells like a sore head
Blinking people (49)
In his 20+ years at worlds of Atlantis, for the first time, my King ordered one of our guys to steal. From silicate fraction, of course. We’ll see how it turns out.
Mare Nostrum (50)
So our next Inn, it is built? 

Yes sir, and tis grander than the first.

Excellent, tell me, which fine friendly settlement was chosen to locate it? 

Errm, well, small glitch on that front sir.... you see the dwarves sir, they got smashed and trashed your first Inn in the mountains... and umm, they refused to send the Stone needed to build this one down in the valley until we patched it up but well it was a shambles so um, we just built them another.....

Sod this, I'm going to get a drink.

Might take a little while to travel to the Inn sir... you know, with it being up in the mountains and all.... just saying....

Alebound Wanderers (52)
Airships are huge, damn
Ancient Explorers (55)
"We Gotta Go Now"
The Boys (67)
Space is now constricted; the apocalypse can begin in earnest.
Undead Apocalypse (69)
Rearranging.  A lot of rearranging.  And then look for the Ice Dragon (and then the Hydra).
Wandering (7)
time of choice ...
The Silver Hand (74)
Lets try this again
Syl (76)
-insert nebula fact here-
Nebulae (77)
.
Kweo Keegii (79)
Ok, we're ready to fight off the monsters. Where did they go?
Red Dragon (8)
The econometrist of the Four Winds addressed the council.
"We have the enviable position of having no difficulty feeding our troops! The bad news is we overproduce livestock and grain faster than the few settlements in the north can buy them, so we are stockpiling more. Unless we open a massive school for bakers, charcutiers and chefs we will not be able to turn this into something that will move with our armies."
Children of the Four Winds (82)

Rumors

Travellers coming in from the deserts of Vetreng say that a band of evil
warriors walks there again, with sorcerers keeping behind them. A man who
went alone into the sand did not come back. Those who must cross are
advised to go round, or to go in strength and with steel in hand.