Itorunt Informer/October '07

Damn it, why am I always the only one writing? Where's Alex?
The Itorunt Informer
Free, although we like it when you throw money. Written by Ichigo Kurosaki and Valdid Juramona.	Bringing you the best of the press from Itorunt.	October Edition

News A Change of Rulers A new straight-edged measuring device? Nope; Evangeline has stepped down from the position of Queen of Perdan. She made a quick mention of her reasons which follows. It takes more honour and courage to not jealously guard your privileges and powers, but to share them and to allow other people the experience and privilege of responsibility. After 8 years as Queen of Perdan, it is someone else's turn. Following her abdication, an election was held to determine the new ruler. The outcome of the election proved Nightmare Aroo, brother of our own Olorin, the winner. Upon his election, he made a short speech to his fellow rulers, which is copied below. Greetings I see lot of familiar faces. I hope we will have interesting discussions. Please do not hesitate to pass from Perdan City if you are nearby. Ale is very good, and we can accompany it with a good discussion about politics. Sir Nightmare Aroo King of Perdan He also addressed another statement directly to King Lucian, praising him and our realm: Greetings Friends Queen Evangeline spoke with great respect about you, and i agree since i have followed your political career to some extend (via Evangeline), your words and actions. I wish that our relation between our realms continue to be honest and cooperative as it was till now. Best Regards, Sir Nightmare Aroo King of Perdan We are glad to see another friendly face in office, and hope the bonds of diplomacy as well as those of family bring our two realms closer together against any who may oppose us. --Ichigo A New Duke and a Vacant Lordship With Lady Valdid's inactivity of late, her whereabouts have become unknown once again. Hopefully she will be located soon. In any case, as a result, her position as Duchess of Semall had to be vacated. Our wise King Lucian has finally made a decision as to who shall be the next Duke of Semall. That person has turned out to be Fortin, the former Count of Ejarr Puutl. As some of our readers may know, Fortin lost the judge election to Ryndhal by a single vote, receiving 37 to Ryndhal's 38. Fortin made a short acceptance speech upon his appointment, excerpted below: I thank you Klaxin and Olorin for your congratulations! And of course, I thank King Lucian for this considerable honour. I will serve our capital city, Semall, to the best of my abilities. And yes, this makes me feel a bit better after losing that election ;-) (but naturally, no ill will towards our current Judge who won by a fair election). As this is my first appointment as Duke, I welcome any and all suggestions! I will spend a great deal of time studying the city and my responsiblities to better serve Itorunt. Fortin Wexler Duke of Semall I at the Itorunt Informer wish him congratulations and the very best. With his appointment, however, comes the vacancy of the countship of Ejarr Puutl. We shall see who is to become the next count of the region. --Ichigo Another Tournament A tournament was announced in Partora 9 days ago. The official announcement letter is copied below: Tournament Announced doombringer deathkiller, King of Caligus has announced a tournament of Joust and Swordfight to be held in Partora 9 days from now. There will be a charge of 15 gold for every participant. The winner will be rewarded with 500 gold in addition to the honour and prestige that his victory will earn him. There will also be a reward of 100 gold for the second best. All nobles of the continent are welcome on the tournament grounds on the day of this event. Make sure you announce your participation in time. I then left for the tourney. This next tourney was fairly uneventful (well, the discussion wasn't as hostile as the previous one), other than the usual: Wezel calling for drinks from each person that showed off their skills and trying to woo the tavern owner's daughter. A short exchange also followed between the universally-known Doc Primus, Duke of Oligarch, and Klaxin D'Saferate, new Baroness of Noritor. Doc had mentioned something of smoking and drinking: Uncle Adrain's special blend is as good as Omskian beer. For those that remember Omks and drank the few boozes they had on the shelves, well, you'll know what i mean. This is my special blend. This stuff makes most that smoke it insane...but this is what real Elves smoked at the founding of the Republic so long ago. Of all the ancients, I am the last one with life, and more than likely, I will take this secret to the grave. The stuff is too dangerous in the hands of the youth--and with Adrian marketing herbs of lesser quality, thus taking away the importance of them in ancient Elven customs. DP Klaxin then asked, "Ha Ha, are elves usually so long-winded? Or does that come with age too?" Doc took offense to this statement: Klaxin, Long winded? I will have to write a letter to your King urging him to implement a system of education that doesn't leave 'nobles' thinking that a few short sentences are "long winded." Such a waste the mind can be if left untended... DP Klaxin then apologized somewhat: Well spoken Doc, I was merely trying to get a rise out of you to see how feisty an elf is in his old age. I meant no offense, just merely curious. With Klaxin apologizing in her own way, the matter was concluded. The tournament in Partora then concluded. 178 nobles were present, having paid 15 gold each to get in. I lost round 2 in both events. In the sword, I beat Laicch of Ibladesh but lost to Khorn from Ubent. Veneron beat Epaminonda, both of our realm, in the 5th round, and Ethan and TK Jones got as far as the same round before losing. Veneron continued, beating William of LoF, but lost to Edvard the Deacon, a Yssarian, in the semifinal. Edvard beat Deuveuy of Ibladesh, who had advanced by wildcard, to win the tournament and receive 500 gold (Deuvuey received 100). In the joust, I beat Faldain of our own Itorunt (who claimed his horseshoes were untied - I'm not sure how that works) 3 sets to 0, then lost to Animius of OR. Saith, a realm-mate, beat Quake of Ibladesh hands down in the semifinal while TK Jones advanced through wildcard. The two met in an epic set of jousts in the final, Saith emerging the winner of all 3 and bringing much glory to our realm. Well, we'd be getting lots of glory anyway, since TK was also of our realm. Saith received 500 gold for his victory, and TK 100 for placing second. Anyway, everyone represented us well. Most recently, just a bit of undead and monsters attacking; nothing to worry about too much. ...I think that's all the news I've been behind on reporting. --Ichigo Position Changes and a Royal Visit Lodius became inactive for a time after the tourney, and was removed from his position as Arch Priest. Ryndhal was then elected in his place, having the experience of a previous term in the same position. In addition, the lordship of Noritor was finally filled by Klaxin D'Saferate, who became the new Baroness of Noritor. My congratulations to both. Gregor Relak, Chancellor of Fontan, also came down to Semall to visit and talk with the council. His discussions concluded, he returned to his own realm (or so we assume; who knows, he could have decided to go on a tour of the island). --Ichigo Discussions Continued A certain young man was spotted at the tourney encouraging people to get drunk as well as singing in a drunken fashion. Also, Doc's Biatch Primus threatened Gauihu. He apparently refused to face her on Atamara because he was "important to Abington", and a certain person named Drago was mentioned by DBP. I believe the matter remains unresolved. Alexi, the judge of Fontan, and Renquest, now of Itorunt, traded insults, and both realms joined in the fun (as well as Perdan). I, as well as others, tried unsuccessfully to get the pointless drivel to stop. The discussions having ended, the day of the actual tournament came. I defeated Finger of Light of Fountain, Teael of Old Rancagua, Sammael of Sirion (who I have befriended somewhat; seems people used to think he was a commoner), and Epimetheus and Terrence of our own glorious realm before losing to the esteemed Cartor. Muzhol (my first liege) and Ethan managed to make it to the 6th round with me, Ethan getting to the semifinal (even if on a wildcard). In the joust, I beat Reeve of Ibladesh hands down, but lost in the same fashion to our own Fortin. Roberto and Saith made a round 6 appearance, but Saith lost 2 sets to 1 to sinted of Ibladesh (having gotten to the semifinal also on a wildcard). More important results, however: aron of Perdan beat Blood from Ibladesh in swords, receiving 800 and 300 gold respectively. In the joust, Quake of Ibladesh beat sinted, his realm-mate, to receive the same respective amounts. Despite all the pointless discussion, it was an interesting tourney overall. --Ichigo Discussions at a Tournament Well, I'll try to give you all a brief (or not-so-brief) summary of what went on at the last tourney (the one in Aix, Perdan). 213 troop leaders were there (all 11 realms were represented), each paying 20 gold to get in. The first important discussion was regarding the never-created realm of New Coimbra. Sir Maelg Vallejo commented (after the exchange between Alexi - and other Fontanese nobles - and Itoruntians) that he was waiting for the realm of "New Coimbra" to be created in Westmoor as promised once upon a time by Fontan. Adamson Estrall replied with the following: My father was to be the king of the new realm, so I've been informed about some of the things related to that ever since his death. What I've been told is that the few Coimbrans remaining decided they do not want a realm of their own, they prefer to remain in Fontan... my father wasn't quite happy about that, he left the realm and the continent disappointed. New Coimbra was the dream of very few by then. I'm not quite sure about the history behind New Coimbra (Coimbra ceased to exist before I joined the army, and I never understood the idea of a New Coimbra), but I have been able to gather some information on the former realm of Coimbra... The history (mostly recorded by a certain Adam Estrall...) seems to indicate that they were destroyed many years ago by the Perdan, the now-gone realm of Oligarch, and Fontan. Apparently, Fontanese armies arrived in Viseu on February 25, 2005, and declared war with the intention of taking Viseu the next day. The realm was destroyed 6 days later. I assume Fontan promised to create New Coimbra later on to avoid the wrath of other realms. Anyway, Sir Maelg said Fontan didn't keep its promises and that the reason Fontan had said it needed a fourth city (Fontan) was to create New Coimbra. Cartor Curs, Arch Priest of Caligus, then implied that implied that Fontan had not been supportive and could have made the New Coimbrans feel that they shouldn't press the point. Helos Helron then said his father was the former king of Coimbra and current Duke of Westmoor, and could secede at any point if he wished. Since most of the East Island seems to take issue with the lack of an NC, he states that the majority of the continent would probably support Fontan keeping its promise by ensuring they left NC as it was. Another interesting piece of information: Gauihu, the infamous former ruler and judge of Abington, Atamara, showed up at the tournament (apparently having left his former realm in chaos). --Ichigo Apologies and a Firing Well, first off, as usual, I want to apologize for the extreme lateness of this article. The month's almost over! However, in return, I have lots of news to report. I've been really busy. The other bit of news in this article is the news that Thray has officially been removed from the staff of the Itorunt Informer. You may have noticed I already did this; however, this is my official announcement, since he hasn't said anything. I don't remember the last time he wrote an article, and warned him that he would be fired if he didn't write soon. Receiving no response, I removed him from the list. Not that it'll make much of a difference. Anyway, people are always welcome to join our ranks. Now to report on more pressing matters... --Ichigo

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