Itorunt Informer/November '07

I'm going to be a king!
The Itorunt Informer
Free, although we like it when you throw money. Written by Ichigo Kurosaki.	Bringing you the best of the press from Itorunt.	November Edition

News More Lies? Tuchanon V, having recently stated that it was open to peace with all realms, has just taken its first major military action against the realm of Itorunt. Duke Rackir also said he would not make the first move in a war against Itorunt; clearly, he is not very good at keeping their word. The action in question is Tuchanon's movement of troops into the Itoruntian region of Enubec, and its subsequent starting of a takeover. Rackir's motives for seceding his duchy are also suspect, as, although he said it was to protect his realm (however that would explain it), such a secession would also mean the capital of the realm would be closer, thereby making the soldiers of the army feel closer to home, as it were. We are disappointed that Rackir would betray his word. If he's going to go to war, he might as well be honest about it. --Ichigo Occasions to Celebrate Well, today, there are multiple reasons we could celebrate. First off, Ganimede the ghost has now been in our realm for a full year, and has been serving us well in his own way. Another is, of course, the recent victory, the retaking of Zawr, and stopping the takeover of Az Zarqua. Another new reason to celebrate is the arrival of our second adventurer! A freeman by the name of Tidey, somehow related to the Grindle family (another member of the family, Cal, is in Perdan), arrived today in Itorunt on a boat from another continent. When the boat pulled into the docks, Tidey appeared pretty dirty, sick, and in pain, clearly having been through a lot. We were able to gather that she escaped from the island of Beluaterra, which, as you should know if you're keeping up-to-date on world news, has been overrun by large groups of all sorts of unholy creatures. She disappeared soon after her arrival, but was later reported to have been spotted somewhere around Semall. In any case, we welcome her as long as she does her duty: helping to rid our realm of monsters and undead and having some unique items made for us if she can. --Ichigo One Successful TO, Another Stopped We have taken back my region of Zawr, and I hope to help my people once again. Of course, Ibladesh's actions have taken a slight toll on the region, but we hope to recover quickly with the help of my realm-mates. This friendly retaking of our region was initiated by ArCadian, and for that he has my thanks. On the other side of things, we have successfully stopped Ibladesh's attempt to take over ord Capella's region of Az Zarqua. Naturally, the good people of Az Zarqua were not compliant in Ibladesh's actions, and were able to hold off their feeble attempts until the main army could arrive. Itorunt's decisive victory against Ibladesh has struck a decisive blow against the enemy forces, and such shall be the trend throughout most of this war. I hope to be reappointed in my region soon so that I may continue to help the fine men and women of Zawr. --Ichigo A New Duke for Semall When he was imprisoned for a short time, Duke Fortin, both the High Marshal and the Duke of Semall at the time, lost his positions. Upon his release, Fortin was once again made the High Marshal. However, Itorunt has always tried to be fair in her distribution of power, and so did not reinstate him as duke immediately. After some thought, King Lucian has now appointed Lodius, once the judge of our great realm, as the new Duke of Semall. Lodius then delivered a short speech of thanks to the realm, copied below. Fellow Nobles of Itorunt, thank you for your warm congratulations. Im proud to be able to continue to serve this great realm from this new position. With respect, Lodius Alantorn Duke of Semall I, still the only editor of the Itorunt Informer, trust he will do well. --Ichigo A Swordmaster Returns! San, the best swordsman throughout the world, had arrived in our fine realm over a year ago, in September of last year. As a member of the Exiled family, he was gladly welcomed, and brought us much fame while he was here. He also wrote for the II for a time, which was appreciated. However, about three and a half months later, in December of last year, he returned to his home realm, the Grand Lodge of Lunaria in the Far East. If you read the title of this article, you should know that the master of the sword is once again in Itorunt! He returned from a foreign continent (we're not sure which, but we hear it was an island in the southwest) on a ship, and we are glad to have him back. We hope he will write for the II once again, as news as narrated by a single person quickly becomes boring. --Ichigo A Tournament Ends The tournament over in the city of Kazakh has come to a close. Here is the official report: Tournament Report The tournament in Kazakh is over. 107 troop leaders from 12 realms fought and drank. There was a swordfighting and a jousting contest. Sir Laurentides Biz'Oûn (Knight of Viseu, Fontan) won the swordfighting tournament (Blood Haze (Knight of Ibladesh, Ibladesh) came second place). The jousting contest was won by Vader Majer (Knight of Hillmar, Sirion) (Second place: Jean-Luc Du Valroux, Count of Bruck). I have no further details, as I was not in attendance, what with war and all. --Ichigo Tuchanon... Again? The Yssarian Duke Rackir of Isadril recently seceded the duchy of Isadril to create a new realm calling itself "Tuchanon V". We were able to find little information on the past Tuchanons (as we assumed four others came before this one), but we were able to locate a few sources regarding the history of Tuchanon, Tuchanon II, Tuchanon III, and Tuchanon IV. All four seem to have been located on the island of Atamara, where the original Tucha is located. King Lucian apparently made an offer to Duke Rackir giving him the option to join Itorunt with his duchy now, all former Yssarian nobles keeping their positions, and praised his experience. Duke Rackir drew his own conclusions and attempted to justify his actions in a letter which has been excerpted below: As you can see he wants Isadril. I have always felt a need to protect the peasants of Yssaria. Lucian will enslave the inhabitants, and execute its nobles. I will free the people of Yssaria this if I can. My actions might be drastic, but I have received a sign from our god. Just as the tree has come alive for the fifth time so will Tuchanon V. It was the sign from our god. He has given the children of Tucha a new home. I do this with the best intent, not for personal power. If I wanted power I could have been elected king instead of Prandur. I had much support without even saying I was going to run. In fact I refused the throne while I waited for a sign. We like Yssaria are not a warring people. We only wish to have a home and to be left in peace. But we will fight if we must. Hopefully something can be worked out to have peace with Yssaria. They are like brothers to us. I will be willing to talk peace with anyone. Once again I do not do this lightly. I did it to keep the people in northern Yssaria safe. For the Spear and the Shield Sir Rackir Spearhawk Dictator of Tuchanon V, Duke of Isadril Naturally, Rackir claims to be doing this for the people. He says it is the "will of Dunkontion", the misguided religion started in Yssaria. I also found it interesting that his new realm is a tyranny, Rackir their dictator... And he says this is the best for the people? Itorunt will do its best to bring liberation to the people of the duchy of Isadril and enlightenment to its nobles. --Ichigo And So War Begins As most of you know, several battles between Itorunt and Ibladesh have recently occurred. Itorunt attempted a peaceful liberation of Clermont, which was unfortunately thwarted. Ibladesh is at this very moment trying to take over my own region of Zawr. I will not let this stand, and will do my best to drive these invaders out of my lands. However, I report here to bring you more important news. The realm of Yssaria has refused the generous offer of a temporary ceasefire from King Lucian. It had stated it would not strike the first blow in the war, but apparently seems to have changed its mind. Yssarian soldiers are reported to have sided with nonhuman beings against Itorunt in the battle in Enubec. We now see where Yssaria truly stands. --Ichigo A New High Marshal Alois stepped down from the position of General one day ago. He stated his reasons as follow: I have grown to sick and tired recently to continue to properly lead this fine realm's armies into battle. Some discussions were held in the House of Lords as to who the new High Marshal would be. The candidates were narrowed down to Duke Fortin, Count Epaminonda, and I. King Lucian recently reached a decision and appointed the new general. This general was Fortin Wexler, Duke of Semall. I wish him the best of luck and hope he will lead the armies of Itorunt to victory, especially now that we have begun an offensive against Ibladesh. --Ichigo

Comments for this month Ichigo's comments Congratulations to Fortin, our new High Marshal! And to Lodius, the new Duke of Semall! Excellent... Time to go on the offensive.