Itorunt Informer/April '07

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The Itorunt Informer
Free, although we like it when you throw money. Written by Ichigo Kurosaki, Thray Walsh (rarely), and now Arlian Bedwyr.	Bringing you the best of the press from Itorunt.	April Edition

News Finally, War War between Light of Fountain and Fontan has finally broken out! Two battles took place today in the regions of An Najaf and Viseu (both owned by Light of Fountain). Fontan easily won one, while Light of Fountain managed to win the other. A more detailed report of the two battles follows: Huge Battle Fought Rumours spread and tales are sung about a huge battle in An Najaf: Fontan vs. Light of Fountain Estimated combat strengths: 19000 CS vs. 7000 CS Ulrich (Noble) (Light of Fountain) was captured by Fontan forces. Duagloth (Noble) (Light of Fountain) was captured by Fontan forces. Attacker Victory! Huge Battle Fought Rumours spread and tales are sung about a huge battle in Viseu: Light of Fountain vs. Fontan Estimated combat strengths: 8000 CS vs. 7000 CS Lord Smoke (Knight of Al Amarah) (Fontan) was captured by Light of Fountain forces. Attacker Victory! From the size of each army, Fontan clearly has the advantage of numbers. However, we will have to wait and see how things turn out. --Ichigo Indeed, Fontan has the numbers edge, but we all knew that to begin with. The fact that they managed to lose a battle with such an edge makes me wonder. Wait and see indeed... --Arlian Foreign Relations Rancaguan relations with Light of Fountain. He explained his reasoning in a letter to the other rulers of the continent. Some excerpts follow. Today I have lowered relations to LoF to neutral. I do not however want anyone to read anything into this other than the fact that to not do so would be me saying that Old Rancagua's war with Avamar Selective and Kalmar was meaningless. LoF harbors many of the former TL's from the aforementioned realm and as such, I cannot allow OR to stand at peace with them. Regardless of my personal feelings, I must do what is in the best interest of my realm, and neutrality right now is what is best. Lycastus and I fought side by side when he was the general of Fontan and I the general of Old Rancauga. He knows how I feel about him. Also know that Old Rancagua has no intentions of entering the conflict between Fontan and Light of Fountain. If you have any other questions, please ask. Also, Fontan and Light of Fountain forces have begun massing in preparation for conflict. War is not far. --Ichigo Broken Peace Gregor, the former ruler of Fontan, was recently voted out of office, being replaced by Lady Lilith, who also holds the position of Minister of Finance of the realm. As many of you may remember, Gregor had expressed worry about the upcoming elections, stating that he was going against the public flow in avoiding war. He was aware that war might have been in the future, but said that he hoped to avoid conflict in acquiring specific regions. Approximately a day ago, Lady Lilith was elected as the New Chancellor of Fontan. Only a short while earlier today, She declared that Fontan would be in a state of war with the realm of Light of Fountain. An excerpt from the accompanying letter follows. Fontan as the betrayed mother realm will set in motion tonight what should already be done a year ago. Our nobles are sad to see a whole year of good gestures got abused and wasted by Lycastus, and we no longer hope to see this man can repent himself even a dozen of one year are given. A civil war between Fontan and the renegade can no longer be avoided as a result of the deeds from Lycastus himself. Any realm, kindly refrain from any forms of involvement - I have no wish to see a civil war be transformed into a continental turmoil. Fontan will settle this long-detained internal problem with its own strength. Though Lilith expressed a desire for the war to be limited to the two realms, the involvement of other realms is still a possibility. The continent-wide peace following the fall of Kavamar has been broken, and the future of the East Continent is yet to be seen. One can only hope peace shall return swiftly. --Ichigo Lordship With the departure of several of our region lords, some positions have opened up for upcoming lords. Taking this into consideration, the gracious Duke Robert, a personal friend of mine and my liege of several years, appointed me as the Count of Zawr. I gladly took on this position, as it gave me another chance to put forth my best efforts toward helping the realm. Since I am no longer a marshal, I was chosen as a candidate for lordship (and I stated so, hehe). I will execute my position as lord to the best of my ability, and wish the best possible future upon the realm of Itorunt. --Ichigo

Comments for this month Ichigo's comments We're back! And so is Valdid! Thray's comments None Yet Arlian's comments Congrats, Lord Ichigo!