IC Events Archive

[Xinoe]

The March of the Banners
Date : Sun Oct 4 21:17:47 2015
Expires : Fri Jun 29 21:18:01 2018
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The sound of horns ring out across Lithmore as soldiers begin their
march westward for Dastur.

"Dastur has refused to accept the authority of the Order and the Crown to
allow us in an submit peacefully, we've been left with no other choice but
to take military action." A spokesman for the crown offered as explanation
for the sudden display. "We expect many of the forces within Dastur will
submit peacefully and accept the generous offer given to them by the Crown.
Resistance will not be tolerated."

Rumor suggests that Dastur's stand crumpled quickly under the arrival of
the troops brought to bear against them, most surrendering or fleeing at
the outset. While the castle still stands, the crown has established a
foothold camp within the March and secured the flow of traffic themselves.
The borders remain closed, but they are now closed by the crown's forces,
rather than the former Marquis'.

[Xinoe]

Trouble in Dastur
Date : Sun Oct 4 22:07:38 2015
Expires : Fri Jun 29 22:07:38 2018
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Details are still short in the reasons behind the trouble in Dastur, but
the responses have been advancing. With a militaristic incursion to Dastur
as they refused to open their borders, many other noble domains have
started to grow uncomfortable. The general consensus is that the control
of trade and movement into a noble's domain should remain their own
prerogative. Though knights, order and crown representatives should be
allowed permission, they admit, this seems quite extreme and speaks of
making an example of Dastur to take away the rights of the nobility to
manage their own domains.

Further, with such a show of force, including contingents from several
noble domains and the knights, defenses have not maintained the standards
they previously held in those locations, significantly reducing the
security of the realm, some accuse.

[Xinoe]

Couriers spread news of Proconsul's willful incompetence! (Edited by Mika)
Date : Sat Oct 3 22:06:48 2015
Expires : Thu Jun 28 22:06:48 2018
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Hunapo's approval shifts from Approved to Neutral.

Over the past few weeks, rumors and information has quietly risen to the
surface only to be rapidly hidden from the public's view. A small group
has appeared to take these matters into their own hands. Every few days
for just under a week, men and women of disparate backgrounds have appeared
in public spaces and told the news:

The Proconsul does not care for the people of Lithmore. A woman was almost
kidnapped, and he ignored her pleas in favor of a dinner with another
woman. The report was never filed. As a result, another gentry woman was
nearly mugged and a priest assaulted by the same man not but a few streets
from the Cathedral and Reeve headquarters. The speakers point out the
increase in urchins and shady individuals roaming freely through the most
formerly crime-free areas of the city. They call for the Proconsul to step
down. The fact that these speakers are always able to depart and escape
before Reeves can detain them suggests that some Reeves even back these
statements, but there are no solid facts to back the idea. In the end, the
speakers go quiet once more, leaving the people of Lithmore to decide what
to do with the information.

[Xinoe]

Birth Announcement: House Rousselle
Date : Tue Oct 6 22:57:32 2015
Expires : Sun Jul 1 22:57:56 2018
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A brief announcement was put out by House Rousselle of Crestley:

Lord Ferled and Lady Margaux le Rousselle are pleased to announce the
succesful delivery of their daughter Voletta, by Prime Medicus Shaylei le
Orban of the Madison Hospital. Born Augustus 1st at their townhouse just
outside Lithmore, Lady Voletta le Rousselle is healthy and the Lady High
Steward is recovering well from the delivery. The young lady is third in
line to the Barony of Crestley after her two older sisters, Charee (6) and
Arabella (4).

[Xinoe]

a changing in the church guard in dastar
Date : Wed Oct 7 23:35:45 2015
Expires : Mon Jul 2 23:35:45 2018
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With the borders of the County of Dastur opened once again at the
discretion of the Crown, the Grand Inquisitor sent orders for a group of
inquisitors and clergy to go to Dastur. They assist the crown's forces and
begin enacting their orders to relieve the clergy there, put guards and
clergy to the question, begin providing stability for the scared and
confused citizenry, and investigate the situation in the county, seeking
the answers for questions also in the minds of the rest of the kingdom.
While this happens in the county's countryside, the former marquis remains
barricaded within his keep, accompanied by those men that remain loyal to
him.

[Xinoe]

Steadying the course
Date : Thu Oct 8 00:07:51 2015
Expires : Tue Jul 3 00:07:51 2018
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Word trickles through the city of Lithmore quickly on a proclamation
from Adgen ab Grenthel, Marquis of Dastur.

" People of Lithmore, you have all heard the noise that is going on in and
around Dastur. I am afraid that Heresies have happened there. In my blind
ignorance, I have had my own hand in them. For this, I am stepping down
from the seat of Dastur in hopes of righting the wrongs that have happened
there. No longer am I the Marquis, but will now be a Noble of no Domain."


Flanked by the Lady Justiciar, the Lord Regent and the Grand Inquisitor,
Adgen stepped down figuratively and literally after his speech was done.
The Crown apparently intends to settle a new noble line into the leadership
of the march, notably not returning it to the control of Adgen's father,
Helth ab Grenthel, who currently holds the keep, though the borders of
Dastur have fallen to the crown's forces.

[Xinoe]

Bear and Boar Eating Contest
Date : Thu Oct 8 00:25:55 2015
Expires : Tue Jul 3 00:25:55 2018
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(Morale and Class Relations have increased slightly)

Continuing their partnership with the Merchant's, The Troubadours have once
again brought festivities to the Bear and Boar. This month's event was an
eating contest with a five gold prize purse. And though many entered the
competition, it was a large man named Otois who claimed the title "King of
Boars!" Witnesses claim he was merciless upon the cooked boar and gave no
quarter to the mashed potatoes that went along with it. Many were sick
after the event, but there have yet to be any reports of deaths caused by
overeating.

Overall, it was a rousing success. Dozens of freeman poured into the once
quiet tavern to partake in free food and drink, compliments of the
Troubadours. Worry that the Troubadours might only cater to the social
elite has been quelled considerably, and the city as a whole is happy just
to have more entertainment. Many are wondering what the Troubadours plan
to do next.

[Xinoe]

Death of Zumini de Moradar
Date : Thu Oct 8 01:41:17 2015
Expires : Tue Jul 3 01:41:26 2018
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On Augustus 8th, 367 a brave company of some of the city's fighters rode
out from the west gate to deal with a mounting bandit threat. The initial
reports are spotty at best, and no definitive statement has been issued by
the leadership but rumors persist that Sir Zumini de Moradar found himself
surrounded by a band of thugs and ruffians.

Despite the best efforts of the relief forces, and the valiant efforts of
some of Madison's best physicians, Moradar was taken from this mortal realm
to dwell with the Lord of Springs. Moradar suffered fatal wounds at the
hands of the bandits, but each and every last one was rounded up. The
bandits were charged with the murder of Moradar and after their last
confessions were heard, they were taken by the Reeves to River Square where
they were hung from the gallows.

[Xinoe]

In subject of: Preparing for the Order's Generosity (Edited by Elzenn) (Edited by Elzenn)
Date : Sun Oct 11 01:05:55 2015
Expires : Fri Jul 6 01:05:55 2018
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Religion shifts down to Substandard. Morale shifts down to Average.

Rumours about the Grand Inquisitor Zaerieth ab Silverclaw's plans to
eradicate sin from Southside by having the Order pay for trade
apprenticeships for each and every one of the "Dolphin Girls" while mages
roam the streets attacking innocents have been met largely with indignance
and incredulity from the Southside populace.

The Slippery Dolphin workers, many of whom regularly attend confession, are
rather upset that their insistence that making enough money to keep
themselves and their children fed and healthy isn't quite so simple as
finding a legitimate job as carpenters (indeed, prostitution is often
viewed a quietly-accepted necessary ill) has fallen on deaf ears.

Church attendance of Southside courtesans has begun to decline as rumours
suggest Madame Felix Winters was simply told her girls should stop being
poor, and was given penance for running a brothel in the form of "finding
ten sin-free ways to make money." This was followed by an "absolutely
condescending" mass where the Grand Inquisitor suggested that burdening
oneself with sin and taking penance afterward is unacceptable even when
left with no other option but to starve - an unpopular opinion with the
Knights and Reeves who must regularly spill blood and cleanse themselves of
it in the Bren. Still, with a cynical heart, Miss Felix has accepted the
Order's offer to try to turn her thirty-some-odd girls into the other sort
of woodworker.

A few young and desperate women are feeling hopeful, however, as they wait
for rooms in the Slippery Dolphin to free up for rent.

[Xinoe]

In subject of: New Epion
Date : Tue Oct 13 04:49:34 2015
Expires : Sun Jul 8 04:49:41 2018
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With the increased numbers of workers at the hospital lately, the Prime
Medicus Shaylei le Orban has chosen Wesley von Volkov to serve as her
Epion. He's been with the hospital staff for roughly half a year. He
became a fully fledged Physician recent to this announcement, and continues
study with a primary focus on surgery.