Far East Times

The Far East Times
Gossip, propaganda and occasionally news from the Far East.
Disclaimer: This paper is not affiliated to any realm, religion or faction. Our only goal is to print whatever gets people reading. As a result all articles should be read as being for entertainment purposes only and not as a true representation of events even if they are. Reliable and trustworthy Biased and lazy we pledge to bring you only the finest gossip, propaganda and half cocked reporting of events we can muster!
Editor: Sir William "the Wordy" Wordsworth
Articles, rumours and propaganda		In Brief
News from the 'Old Tavern': The Battle of Twenty One Peasants - 28 August 2013 Yesterday the Sorraine army tried to ambush the Ohnar forces in the region of Pesol. The Ohnar army was divided between two regions, moving slowly in this rogue lands. The Sartanian forces army tried to destroy them separately with a fast attack. The well planed tactic ended in disaster because 21 peasants decided to attack both armies the same day! This suicidal attack destroyed the Sorraine surprise and give Ohnars enough time to assemble the rest of their army in the region. Today the, now complete, Ohnar army has attacked Sorraine forces. After suffer a generous shower of arrows, the Ohnar units charged the Sartanian line, a hard melee ensued, but the discipline of the Sartanian units prevailed and the Ohnar army has been totally defeated. Many times in this war, Ohnar sources show off about their military efficiency and the lack of it on their Sartanian foes... With this battle, this supposed military superiority has been proved false. The Old Tavern is a new guild dedicated to providing news and information throughout the Far East. The Times welcomes this new competition as it will allow us to steal their news and present it to our readers without having to do as much work ourselves. Thanks Old Tavern! - The Editor Arcaean lords have 'food fight' while peasants starve! - 20 August 2013 Baron Reginald von Borghoff II of Apasur has started publicly fighting with Imperial Chancellor (banker) of Arcaea Josef von Genf who was formerly the Chancellor (ruler) of Ohnar West - oh how titles have become devalued since then - over something as trivial as food! Baron Reginald has called the Imperial Chancellor "small and petty" for apparently publicly "naming and shaming" lords who have not given the Imperial Chancellor's lackeys access to their granaries. In a letter sent to the whole realm the Baron raged: "Giving you access to The food storage is the local Lord's choice... I have served this land long and well. and I have been in a Realm where the lands were betrayed by one person in power (Old Grehk before the split into old and New). I govern my lands well and as IS MY RIGHT, I choose to continue to do so in the same way as I have." However, Joseph von Genf blasted back with a lengthy reply in which he implied that Baron Reginald was a simple minded fool who doesn't read letters, saying "I did not in fact made anything into a public issue. I sent a letter to you, a fellow Lord, and your respective lieges as well as concerned officers of the crown. You are the one who decided to reply publicly." And tempers clearly haven't calmed as Imperial Magistrate Lendin Bendix then joined in the fight in favour of the Imperial Chancellor while Ambassador Sir Richard Telrunya of Nocaneb sided in defence of Baron Reginald's letter. Clearly this dispute will rage on for long to come. Meanwhile in Tapaliez, whose lack of food apparently triggered the argument about who controls food supplies, hundreds of peasants have died from starvation. Our editor has said it before and will say it again: feudalism just don't work. Historic Arcaean artifact recovered! - 16 August 2013 An historic sword, the Bone Sabre of Blood, the former possession of Emperor/Tyrant Velax de Vere of Arcaea and lost by him in a duel with Harbinger Cyrus of Greater "but currently without even a single city" Aenilia, has resurfaced in the hands of Lady Sythia Lanze of Sasat. Not only did the sword once belong to Velax de Vere but it was also gifted to him by Lord Lokenth Daycryn on behalf of the legendary, and now occasionally mentally incapacitated, King Jenred Bedwyr of Arcaea. Commenting on the discovery, Imperial Magistrate Lendin Bendix of Arcaea stated "I was wondering where it got off to. We were wholly disappointed when Cyrus was captured and didn't have it on him." According to our sources the sword is in a tarnished and battered state but is being rushed to Velax's tame adventurer (how are these creatures tamed? We hear it involves a combination of mead and a morning star....) as quickly as possible for repair. No doubt it will soon be restored to Velax's collection of shiny things he likes to wear on the battlefield. The Far Eastern Times is launched! - 16 August 2013 Huzzah! Today your the Times has launched - the new newspaper for the Far East! Reliable and trustworthy Biased and lazy we pledge to bring you only the finest gossip, propaganda and half cocked reporting of events we can muster! But what makes this even better is that anyone, yes anyone, even you you boar eating, peasant murdering, illiterate knight of a dirt poor rural region best known for the fornication of locals with sheep, can write articles for us! Simply write your piece of propaganda or opinion and we'll publish it, no questions asked! Welcome to the future of Battlemasterran newspapers where our motto is always "Standards? What are they?"		16 August 2013 - Damn that's gotta hurt: The realms of Kindara and Greater Aenilia were soundly defeated by the Principality of Zonasa in Palnasos despite outnumbering the Zonasans two to one.