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The Republican Herald

News from Madina, Candiels, Fatmilak and Fissoa.

Printed in Port Madina	Previous editions	Spring 2011 Edition

The News May 25, 2011 Annalists say: "Aurvendil has suffered an unrepairable blow to there Economy." Starvations continue as King Mendicant keeps his head high and his servants low. By now 3/4 of the population has died a horrible death, estimates shows an incredible 17.000 bodies since King Mendicants secession in Candiels alone. Economic annalists say Aurvendil will probably never recover from the fatal blow it suffered and wonder why no peasant uprising has been reported yet. King Mendicant has not yet responded on the economic collapse in Aurvendil. Madinans are afraid that once Candiels has been returned to Madina, there will not be much left of it. May 25, 2011 The Republic struggles with complications in appointments. Organized Crime takes control in Madina City! Due to complicated failures in the appointment of the new Grand Dodge, Lord Vallyn Rotach, the realm fell into an anarchy which lasted for 4 days until Lord Vallyn was finally successfully appointed. Quickly after the appointment, Vallyn was seriously wounded in a Battle against Rogue forces in the Gardens, it took several days for his healers to stabilize his condition and there for still, no Governor could be appointed to the city. All these unfortunate chain of events caused organized crime to flourish, as no courts could be held and the little police work that had been done was insufficient. On the 24th of may, Madina city revolted (again) and turned rogue. The Government however has been fully restored with two changes of positions, Lord Vallyn Rotach as the new Grand Dodge and Abbot as the new Lord Court Master. The Army is preparing to restore order as soon as possible and pray for a quick appointment of the new Governor. May 16, 2011 46 days after the declaration of the Kingdom of Aurvendil, an overview of the civil war. No battles have been fought between Tower Fatmilak and Candiels thus far but things start to look promising for the Republic as it is acquiring the necessary gold income, nobles and Siege engines to prepare for an assault. Aurvendil on the contrary is still struggling for it's basic human need: Food. Almost half of the cities population have died due to famine or starvation, especially during the last week. Rough statistics show an extreme collapse of Aurvendils economy and rumours go that if Aurvendil will not be able to quickly gain the food they need, it will fall on its own. The herald has included a statistical graph that shows Aurvendils economic collapse and Madinas recovery. On other news, King Mendicant has requested a temporally peace treaty and military access for Aurvendil into Madinan soil, 'to help Cearwyn' up north, which has been received as 'extremely humours' and 'ridiculous' by fellow Madinan citizens. Lord Admiral Luan has even Announced that King Mendicant shall never set foot on Republican soil alive again unless he is dragged in front of a crowd to be brutally put to his death. Before the crisis, helping Cearwyn was already a very difficult task, now it is deemed obviously impossible. It seems like a bad attempt from Aurvendil to buy time in the hope they will recover, a sign of weakness that was received very welcoming by fellow Madinas. The republican Herald formally thanks King Mendicant for the boost of Morale amongst citizens and soldiers alike. May 16, 2011 The Republic retakes Madina city! Abbot is chosen as the new governor. It took a long time, but finally a consensus has been made between the main claim holders of the duchy by a withdrawal of the candidacy of Lord Coturnix. There was a particular issue with Lord Tarajist, who refused to vote due to various reasons, as the fact that he voted in the realm wide referendum that was held to help the four main claim holders make a decision. The referndum's outcome was 6 against 3 in favour of Abbot, two abstained from voting. Lord Cortunix has thus decided to step down so a decision could be made. Lord Abbot, former founder of the city and the Republic has anounced great plans for the city. he will have a hard task ahead to rebuild his duchy from the civil and rogue unrest. Some question the realism of his slightly extreme ideals and ambitions. For the official appointment to take place, first a new Grand Dodge has to be chosen. Governor Fionn is eagerly looking for a right candidate and will hopefully find one quickly. The Herald looks with great entisipation towards the future of Madina duchy and shall continue to write about Abbots progress. April 26, 2011 Lord Admiral Vallyn gets captured by monsters, Governor Fion apoints Lord Luan, son of Leon the harsh as it's successor. After a serious successful battles against the many undead and monster forces, the Trident is finally refitting, leaving some rogues still scattered over the lands with new groups allready appearing. During the past battles, several nobles got wounded under which Marshall Lord Purser Tarajist. Lord Admiral Vallyn got captured and taken by these vicious creaters and Governor Fionn has apointed Lord Luan Agenor as it's new Lord Admiral. Lord Admiral Luan is the son of the famous Leon 'the harsh', co founder of Madina, the Republic and head founder of Fissoa and the Grand Duchy, he is still a very young man but his heritage sure promises alot. This will be a campaign that can permit no mistakes, but looking at the past weeks the nobles of Madina are ready for it. April 22, 2011 Massive undead armies walk out of the ocean, Madina isle turned into a monster breeding ground. The entire isle of Madina has suffered heavy from de-civilization. The isle has partly returned to it's wild nature and rogues keep amassing. forces totalling over 10K Cs are preventing our army to take back our name sake city. Rumours reported these undead armies to come out of the oceans as claimed by Madinans from the old days: The undead come from the underworld. Apparently they are drawn to chaos as they're forces have considerably increased threw out the isle. When ever the army defeats a certain rogue force, another comes in it's place. The situation looks desperate, though movement rates and activity have never been so great, no mistakes where made by a single troop leader over the last few campaigns. April 18, 2011 Cvil war in Madina, the Republic at crisis! On march 19 The peasants of Madina city revolted and declared allegiance to D'hara after a long period of unrest. The revolt is alleged to be a plot by rich D'haran merchants, who feel discriminated. The revolt was quickly countered by another uprising where a majority of rich families declared independence. Anarchy has struck the city and over a thousand citizens have died in the last month due to civil unrest and famine that has struck the city due to the scarcity of food and authority. When the republican armies of Madina and Fatmilak joined to retake the city, Governor Mendicant declared the succession of Candiels on the 31th of march and the formation of a absolute monarchy in the Republican duchy. The event and especially the timing of the event struck the Republic hard and it's nobles are startled and reacted with promises of vengeance. other nobles have joined the royalist rebels, to a great surprise, Former Grand Dodge Florence have is amongst them. She has admited to fear her life staying in Fatmilak or Madina as she feels responsible for the actions of these rebels, as she was the one that appointed them (against the will of several prominent Madinan claim holders). Governor Sage, who was responsible for the civil revolt and D'haran coop in Madina has joint the rebels as well with the message that he does not agree with Grand Dodge Abbot and Lord Purser Tarajist to replace Florence and Tacin respectively. Horace a former active marshal in Fatmilak has also joined the rebels and has been appointed as General by 'King' Mendicant. The civil war is a war between Tyranny and freedom and although seriously weakened, this has positively effected the Madinan morale and cohesion in the realm. As the Beacon of Freedom in the civilized world, Madina will stand strong and defeat the evil armies of Tyrant Mendicant and reclaim the duchy for it's rightful claim holders.

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