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 )     Several peasants have heard about a conflict between two armies     (
(      happened in the mountains of Mophu'oid where battle ended in a       )
 )       slaughter of one of the sides. This battle will be known as       (
(                 Battle near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.                  )
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(       Many traders are discussing about the battle between enemies        )
 )      happened in the mountains of Uthermo where battle ended in a       (
(        slaughter of one of the sides. This battle will be known as        )
 )                Battle near the ocean of Atlantis Ocean.                 (
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 )       Numerous adventurers are talking about an encounter between       (
(       Wistful Thinking (27) and a rebels happened in the jungles of       )
 )    Blodo where 14 combatants were killed. The attackers slaughtered     (
(     all defenders. This battle will be known as Battle of the city of     )
 )                              Dau'asthaven.                              (
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 )     Many scouts are talking about the city of Toydintburg that lies     (
(        in the Saslo tundra, where an opposition destroyed guards.         )
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(     Numerous bards are discussing about the city of Peonbai that lies     )
 )        in the Ettru tundra, where a faction extinguished guards.        (
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 )      Numerous adventurers are whispering about the city of Futbele      (
(     that lies in the Lisdis chasms, where a faction murdered guards.      )
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(     Some refugees have heard about witchers who have put to the sword     )
 )      Dragon (13435) near city of E'egrad. Freeing the mountains of      (
(                        Phigill from their terror.                         )
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(       Many traders are whispering about hunters who have put to the       )
 )      sword Clan of Wild Men (13431) near ocean of Atlantis Ocean.       (
(            Freeing the jungles of Hutibbran from their dread.             )
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(       Many bards have heard about hunters who have expelled Goblin        )
 )     Horde (2263) near ocean of The Undersea. Freeing the caverns of     (
(                        Rombrook from their terror.                        )
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(          Several pilgrims have heard about adventurers who have           )
 )     annihilated Troll Pack (1002) near town of Cangmer. Freeing the     (
(                underforests of Grauche from their terror.                 )
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(          Several refugees are discussing about rangers who have           )
 )    extinguished Undead (12350) near town of Lelcoerport. Freeing the    (
(                    forests of Sawood from their dread.                    )
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(     In the underforests of Pe'ol, near city of Holand, Dragon (1086)      )
 )           who continue to cause anxiety to local inhabitants.           (
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 )    In the tunnels of Seasjamant, near ocean of The Undersea, Dragon     (
(         (1074) who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.          )
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(     In the underforests of Grauche, near ocean of The Undersea, Troll     )
 )      Pack (499) who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.       (
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 )    In the underforests of Silxidcact, near town of Tameville, Troll     (
(       Pack (601) who continue to cause dread to local inhabitants.        )
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(     In the plains of Goo'ecy, near ocean of Atlantis Ocean, Tribe of      )
 )     Centaurs (754) who continue to cause fear to local inhabitants.     (
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The people of the cavern (26,40,underworld) in Fessber have not been visited
by exiles.

Quests

In the mountain of Ershall roams the Grizzly Bears (246). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Aprichai for the glory of the Gods.
In the mountain of Dayiam lurks the Dragon (1039). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the herbs of Sosmeolwaul.
In the underforest of Silxidcact roams the Troll Pack (601). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Ardshisi for the glory of the Gods.
In the plain of Ecaun lurks the Tribe of Centaurs (2251). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the iron of Blecishchan.
In the forest of Oca roams the Sandlings (395). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the desert of Blecishchan roams the Sandlings (234). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Beheim for the glory of the Gods.
In the underforest of Grauche roams the Troll Pack (495). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Seek a token of the Ancient Ones legacy amongst the mushrooms of Powann.
In the mountain of Sweron roams the Giant Birds (330). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the cavern of Cepcouthpil lurks the Dark Mages (841). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the cavern of Beinsho lurks the Illyrthid (829). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the mountain of Bedsyll lurks the Storm Giant (1048). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
In the swamp of E'in lurks the Undead (1145). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!
Build a Temple in Attprorspa for the glory of the Gods.
In the cavern of Gocbost roams the Dragon (1023). Free the world from this menace and be rewarded!

Articles

We delve deep in the dark.
Red Skulls (10)
A city, a city had just come into view.

the unpronounceable woodland city would be their first target. lets see who is home.
The Fallen (101)
Forever jump around like kangaroo?
Children of Zardoz (102)
Let's see what we can find in the rest of the world.
Mantzikert (103)
one more time
New Farmers (104)
Van Halen loves it!
Faction (105)
The Damn Sphinx still avoids us. Its time will come.
The Trade Group (11)
So the high and mighty have been lounging around in their beach front villas (they like to call them 'huts'), supposedly studying hard. Well it's time to see if the expense was worth it. Back to work they go.
Distant Drummer (15)
The scout led his horse down the gangplank.  Around him the crew continued to do their nautical things, shouting about ropes and tar and cloth and all those desperately uncool technical bogus things.

And yet....

They were headed back out on the waves, while he nodded to his companion, and headed away from the shore, the breakers, the surf, and all good things, into the interior.  

It did not feel all that triumphant.
Under Mirk Wood (18)
HONK
The Gaggle (22)
A dragon ? again ?
Silver Hand (25)
Wistfully thinking back to simpler times
Wistful Thinking (27)
Love is gone, tomatoes have withered,
And our friendship ended long ago.
Only memories remain,
Of how good it was.
Dark League (28)
Love, Death & Goblins

series 5

The same place. The goblin family. Goblin Papa, Goblin Mom, the goblins children (maybe a little less than in the last episode, but who counts them)

...and when we broke down the gate and broke into them, they started beating us up! What for!!! You can imagine hitting me on the back with a club! And our children got it! But #they_are_children! But then reinforcements arrived. They were some kind of strange goblins. Tall as elves, with their faces wrapped up in armor and with weapons. Among those who came to the surface elf for money, I did not see such goblins. Those "goblins' killed all the dwarves. And then we started pillage! I got this pick and a bag for grain! That's a useful "The Mold Revolution"! We will live a better life now! By the way, have all our children returned?
Dear Goblin Papa! We don't count children! Everyone who returned is safe, but a little beaten! By the way, here's another baby born!
That's good, Goblin Mom! The Mold Revolution needs new soldiers! And we will all move to live on the surface soon, we just need to wait a little while for the elves from the surface to bring a lot of food and money!
The Lord of Drama (29)
The world is quiet near us, yet screams echo in from the distance.  When will it be our turn?
Kiiran (3)
The faction that invited our lizardman on the cruise has  left the world and the traveler has been left alone in the mid of ocean. We will mark that one in red.
On other hand, we have wound giant turtles. Wonder if anyone wants to buy those.
Trader Enclave (30)
'So Trees should be in the desert?'
'Yes'
'and ride Camels??'
'Yes'
'Why???'
Elder Tree Forests (32)
Ok, finally ran out of unclaimed, so need to be active posting to save some scouts from starving....

Who sent them out in the boat anyway!
Greywolf (33)
The Chubb-Chubbs are coming!
Frozen Sails (35)
I'm almost there! The most useless group reached the allied territories from 5 groups. But they got there! The rest were killed, either by the Krakens or by the evil pirates of the The Gaggle (22) and Death scarab (57) factions. And it was a verdict on those pirates. However, they don't know about it yet. They rejoice in new lands, resources and income. And it would be worth being sad about the new wars they have unleashed, the new losses that await them and the new enemies they have so thoughtlessly found for death theyself.
Shestoper (36)
Time for money!
Taip (37)
Has anyone seen any signs of the coming anomalies?
Children of the Four Winds (4)
For those keeping track, the initial battle against the wild men was a perfect tactical success. However, twice as many have filtered into the area after the victorious troops forgot to establish regular patrols. 
Fishmongers' Guild (41)
Bruh
Gyperboreya (42)
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              Squirrel Chatter                    third June
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The swamp city of Cee'onbay  looks like a pleasant, peaceful
place to settle. Almost proof of a beneficient deity.
                                          --Fucali Uni, Idio

If this world is really a  Donut, as the Archons claim, then
there should  be a  connection from northernmost  surface to
southernmost  underworld.  I'm  searching  the  northernmost
surface, but, unlike the antartic where squirrels know there
is land touching the southern  boundary of the world, in the
high arctic  I have  so far found  nothing but  water. There
is  land  at  the  southernmost  surface  and  land  at  the
southernmost underworld.  Is there land at  the northernmost
surface, or  can one sail  around the world  unimpeded along
the northern wall of the  world? Squirrels shall try to find
out.
               --Missy Ssawtooth, Atlantis Ocean, High Arctic

I hear frightening noises overhead.    Big things are moving
up there.
                                            --Youths, Marold

After writing  last month  that we had  parabolic population
growth, I went to analyze  the lastest growth statistics and
saw a  surprisingly large decrease  in growth last  month. I
still believe  in parabolic population growth,  but there is
some noise about the parabolic mean.
                 world population growth by month              
  6000  ---------------------------------------------------    
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       |                                            *      |   
       |                               *            ***    |   
  5000 |-                              *           *   *  -|   
       |                              * *          *   *   |   
       |                              * *        **     *  |   
       |                              * *       *        * |   
  4000 |-                             *  *   * *          -|   
       |                             *   *  * *            |   
       |                             *    **               |   
       |                             *                     |   
  3000 |-                       *  **                     -|   
       |                     * * **                        |   
       |                    * *                            |   
       |             *     *                               |   
  2000 |-            **   *                               -|   
       |          * *  ***                                 |   
       |    *     ***                                      |   
       |    ***  *                                         |   
  1000 |-   *  * *                                        -|   
       |   *    *                                          |   
       |   *                                               |   
       |  **                                               |   
     0  ---------------------------------------------------    
              5        10       15       20       25      30  
                          time (turn)
                        --Nali, Nanotha's Student, Ersatrork

The  saving  rate continues  its  rapid,  linear, climb.  If
population rises as the second power of time, and silver per
capita rises linearly with  time, that suggests total silver
in the world rises as the  third power of time. How can this
be? Income is fixed by the  finite size of the world and the
finite income  per province. It  seems, all over  the world,
that we are  spending a smaller and smaller  fraction of the
income we receive.
              world silver per capita versus month             
  45  -----------------------------------------------------    
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     |                                                     |   
     |                                                 *   |   
     |                                                *    |   
  40 |-                                               *   -|   
     |                                               *     |   
     |                                              *      |   
     |                                             *       |   
     |                                            *        |   
  35 |-                                        ***        -|   
     |                                         *           |   
     |                                        *            |   
     |                                        *            |   
  30 |-                                   ****            -|   
     |                                   *                 |   
     |                                  *                  |   
     |                                 *                   |   
     |   *                            *                    |   
  25 |- * *                          *                    -|   
     |**  *                         *                      |   
     |     ***       *    **    ****                       |   
     |        *     * *  *  ****                           |   
     |        *     * * *                                  |   
  20  -----------------------------------------------------    
         5         10        15        20        25       30  
                                     --Zas Dathnesmot, Yglen

Well, that was exciting!
                                       --Kuga Aspak, Futbele

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                                    Be with us next time for
                                    "All in fever say aye"  
                                    or
                                    "The emotion is carried"
                                                 --Squirrels
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squirrels (43)
The winds drive us forward
Truth Seekers (44)
The Caravanserai has been completed, and the Quartermaster has moved in. Time to figure out how this works. Meanwhile, everything else is going okay.

To reiterate, anyone in the vicinity of The Entertainers who wants some extra manpower can let me know and I'll give them to you. I have no idea what to do with them.
The Order of the Egret (45)
Newly blocked paths can strain relations between neighborgs.
Stormbringer (46)
Don't you dare!
Thousand Masks (49)
One world mimics another.
Sunshine (5)
Another sleepless night
Ennead (52)
There is a shiny altar with an inscription, "Sacrifice the heroes to gain the prize". Any hero care to volunteer?
Archon Dominion (53)
Everybody's dancing
Surveyors (55)
The Island has been cleansed. The swarms can rest and feed.
Deathscarab (57)
Still scouting
MalibuWest (59)
Starving or not, the Resistance stays strong!
Men In Tights (60)
The storm clouds have passed and all our ships reached their destinations.

Is it time to celebrate?

We'll wait and see.
Lunaria (66)
What Lies at the centre?
Cartographers (69)
Wow, just wow.

A huge force had just swept through the southern tundra in Co'e. an unlucky ice dragon barely had a chance to blink before the battle hardened force turned it into a shish kebab. 

Id hate to be on the receiving end of that, wherever it was headed. like a leviathan, it sailed off into the distance, with demons howling and arcane sorceries crackling above.

time to hide...
The Wandering Minstrels (70)
A mixed month.
sad news of an ally getting attacked by the cursed ice dragon. Groo hoped it would stay away just ling enough for him to flee the island.

good news is construction was well underway. also while no winged horses were found on the Grooland, some had been found on the adjacent island.

Groo had also told his airforce to contact factions it stumbled upon so as not to alarm them.

hoping for some more bog creatures to appear as we are enjoying their loot.
Groo the Wanderer (71)
... much more
Sea Guild (75)
Devil must die.
MMF (79)
?
Fon (8)
does it show how bad its gone that I still have to post here?
Wanderers (83)
Surely there is unclaimed land somewhere? Right? Right?
Phoenix Society (86)
Centaurs swimming? This must be a mistake.
La Orden de la Sangre (9)
We are the Borg. Existence, as you know it, is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.
Borg TNG (95)
How nice!  After a long and arduous slog through an immense swamp, I have arrived at a village on a small plain near the ocean.  There are various races here from a couple factions, engaging in several businesses, with much coming and going.  I hope I have found a home.
Mantu (98)

Rumors

There is at least one mountain range that does not contain a volcano.
Where would the Illu Balrog force strike next? Is this the resistance some have mentioned? 
Silent jungle stirs
Arrow whispers through the leaves
Squirrel leaps then falls.