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title =<b>The Tara Times</b>|
 
title =<b>The Tara Times</b>|
 
price =<i>'''Price:''' ONE GOLD PIECE</i>|
 
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quote =<i>'''Editor:''' [[Peter Kolak]]</i>|
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quote =<i>'''Founder:''' [[Peter Kolak]]</i>|
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issue =<i>'''Date of Issue:''' January 12th, 2007</i>|other=}}
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editor =<i>'''Editor:''' [[Jose Dela Cruz]]</i>|
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issue =<i>'''Date of Issue:''' September 1st, 2008</i>|other=}}
 
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[[Tara_Times/Archive History|Archive History]]
 
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<b>Disclosure:</b> Whatever is stated in the Tara Times does not reflect the opinions and ideals of all Taran nobles.
 
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title = <b>Defeat at Picnu!</b>|
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article =<i>September 27th, 2008</i>
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A rare battle between near-equal forces ended in defeat today as a Falasan/Minas Ithil Army invaded the recently freed region of Picnu. 16470 CS of Rabbits/MI went against 15315 CS of Tara/Darka troops in a brutal battle. Despite the valiant defense of our soldiers and allies, we were overrun in a protracted battle. 
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
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title =Cold War Finally Ended|
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title = <b>Correction:</b>|
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article = <i>January 27th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 19th, 2008</i>
 
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Several days ago the infamous Darkan/Redspan cold war went up in flames as the Darkan army launched a swift surprise attack on Meldeen and then moved onto capture the RS city of Stargard. Along with their allies, Talerium, and the Barony of Makar, the Darkan army only met token resistance in both regions.
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It has been brought to our attention that Ash'rily is <b>NOT</b> the capital of the Ash Sea Islands. The correct capital is Ser'quia. We apologize for our error.
  
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Of course RS's federation partner, Abington has declared war on Darka and their army already is heading out to assist RS in recapturing the regions. Darka and its allies are aware of this and therefore are launching a massive looting spree before they are pushed back by a fresh wave of Abi/RS troops.
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Personally, I really don't see the point of this since ASI will be extinct soon. The Dead Bear No Ill Will...
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
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The battlefield is not the only place this war is raging. The various realms' newspapers' ([[Redspan Revealer]], [[Volcanic Hot Newsletter]], and [[Abington First!]]) have all engaged in a relentless intellectual war against the opposing side. The Redspan Revealer especially, has taken a very biased opinion on the whole war.
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title = <b>Setbacks on the Northern Front</b>|
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article =<i>September 16th, 2008</i>
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A coordinated counterattack by Falasan and Minas Ithil has succeeded in taking Cori and Picnu away from us. With our own allies unavailable and monsters/Norland Raiders n the rear, we have been unable to muster enough to resist.
  
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I am currently visiting Darka and decided to interview some of the nobles and lords on the recent events, however I received a stony welcome from the first region lord I met. I almost gave up hope but then ran into none other than the enigma who set the whole war off: Mr_Jones. I requested an interview but he has yet to reply. Hopefully an article will be in the paper soon!
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Rest assured, this is only a minor delay in our plans of spreading Freedom to the Oppressed.  
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<i>Written by Rojo DeVesta</i>
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
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title = <b>TARA TIMES Staff Apologizes to Readers</b>|
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title = <b>Fall of Ash'rily</b>|
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article =<i>January 26th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 16th, 2008</i>
 
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Achilles Arilius, Chief Editor, and journalists Jose Dela Cruz, the manxy, Rojo DeVesta and Lister O'claude Ve would like to express our sincere apology to the dedicated readers of this paper. Our failure to report on the massive buildup of Allied Troops in our capital and the political machinations of our Great Dictator, Jonathan, has brought shame to our honor as journalists and the principles of Free Speech. We have no excuse and expect no forgiveness. All we ask is the understanding of fellow Tarans during this time of great destiny. 
 
  
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Now that the Censorship is over and our Families have been released from the Protective Custody of Tara's National Security Agents (to protect our Reporters' kids from enemy Infiltrators like <b>AJ</b>), we assure our Readers that the Tara Times will now give them realtime News as they happen!!! 
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<i>3 days ago...</i>
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We have just gotten word that a major assault has overrun Ash'rily, capital of the Ash Sea Islands. An estimated 30,000 CS Army of Caergoth/Carelia defeated ASI's 15,000 CS defenders in a titanic battle. Damage to both armies and the fortifications have been massive.
  
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Remember!!! Fair and Balanced Tara Times where We Report, You Decide!!! 
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<i>Other News...</i>
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ASI has takenover Barnlure in a pointless gesture of defiance. This action has only delayed the eventual assimilation of the Capital into Carelia. Still, we salute ASI in its will to fight destiny.
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<i>Written by Jose dela Cruz</i>
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
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title = <b>Upsurge of Monsters Delay Advance!</b>|
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article =<i>January 23th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 8th, 2008</i>
 
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Rumors and confusion reign today in Foda as word reached the capital that <b>Norland has declared War on Minas Ithil</b>. This despite the fact that MI recently surrendered three Regions to Norland as a sign of peace. Reasons for the hostilities are said to vary from greed to Divine Edict though this reporter leans more to the former rather than the latter. Regardless, the Times is already getting reports of massive Troop Movements near Tara though the Norland/MI War is far away. It would appear that one side will be getting reinforcements pretty soon.  
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There has been a large resurgence of undead and monster activity in Carelia, the Cagilan Empire, Darka and Tara. These evil creatures are of such size and strength that normal militia units are incapable of stopping them. Thus, it is with reluctance that each realm must dispatch a task force for disposal.
  
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On Other News Today,
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We do not know how Falasan has done this but rest assured, the Freedom of Rabbits is still our highest priority!  
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Rage and Fury are erupting in the Shanandoah Tournament today as reports circulated of the War. A War of Words is already being waged as Nobles from the concerned realms accuse each other of hypocrisy, avarice and betrayal. As most of the Minas Ithil Nobility are attending their own Tourney, one wonders if the Army of Norland will even meet resistance in the 24 hours needed to return!!! No doubt this realization will only add fuel to the raging arguments all across the Tourney Grounds. Its gonna be a heck of a war. 
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
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<i>Written by Jose dela Cruz</i>
 
 
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article = <i>January 22th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 6th, 2008</i>
 
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The infamous Redspan Assassin known as <b>AJ</b> has been sighted twice in the vicinity of Foda.
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As anyone can see in the map, we are doing very well. There is almost no resistance now when our army liberates Rabbit regions. Peasants welcome Tara with open arms. Both Barad Falas and Tucha are surrounded, there people starving while their Lords flee. As I write this, I look out my window and witness the massive army gathering for the siege of Barad Falas. Once that persecuted city is free, Falasan will be broken.
  
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The First Incident:
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We shall see...  
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<i>You set out on a mission to take out AJ (Lord).
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You manage to sneak into his sleeping quarters unnoticed.
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
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Silently, you sneak up on your target, and surprise him.
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You manage to wound him, but you have to break off before you can do serious damage.
 
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You successfully escape the guards and vanish into the shadows again.</i>
 
  
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The Second Incident:
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<i>You set out on a mission to take out AJ (Lord).
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title = <b>Traitor Identified at Last?</b>|
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You manage to sneak into his sleeping quarters unnoticed.
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article =<i>September 1st, 2008</i>
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Your target is quick and attentive, and spots you in time. You have no choice but to fight him one on one.
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The fight goes back and forth for a time, too long. As you hear the guards approaching, you break out and run away.
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One of the early questions in this war has always been the early warning the Ash Sea Islands received during the massing of our armies at their border. We have later learned that a traitor from Suville leaked the liberation plans to our enemies, prolonging the war and suffering of ASI.
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You successfully escape the guards and vanish into the shadows again.</i>
 
  
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Despite being wounded by our valiant defenders the first time, AJ has returned to no doubt fulfill some evil upon us. All Taran Citizens are requested to report any sightings to the nearest police unit at once.
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Clearly, Sir Damian Bedwyr, Duke of Stoneville can be none other than the traitor in question. HE made ASI suffer and, indeed, the argument can be made that the Falasan War is his fault as well.  
  
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<i>Written by Juan dela Cruz</i>
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The Tara Times will seek to confirm this speculation and get back to you.       
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
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title = <b>Falasan Inquirer Admits Fault!</b>|
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article = <i>January 15th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 2nd, 2008</i>
 
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After the recent tournament announcement by Sir Dead Angel3, there has been discussion about having a tourney in Tara. The only hitch in the plan is that Tara doesn't have any tournament grounds to hold it on. However, this problem seems one step closer to being solved with the today's announcement by Thor, Duke of Foda:
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I have just finished reviewing past issues of our brother journalists across the divide and I have come to a stunning article...
  
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<i>The council and I have agreed that Tara should take upon the task of building our own tourney grounds!
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<b>Falasan admits they are to blame for the war!</b>   
  
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We will need as much money as possible from all who can contribute. If you have any bonds that you wish to see go towards this task please send them to me. It will take at least one more tax day to have enough gold to build the grounds. I will try to contribute up to 200 gold myself. This means that we need 600 gold from the rest of the realm to go towards this project!</i>
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Indeed. In a fine display of honesty, the most recent edition of the Falasan Newspaper freely admits that it was their ineptitude and foolishness that has caused all this mayhem. Thousands of deaths and countless villages could have been spared had the stubborn Rabbit King shared the views of his reporters.
  
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I am sure everyone in Tara would love to have a tournament on home turf, so all Taran nobles who are able to do so please send your bonds directly to Thor.
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The Tara Times urges the Falasan Inquirer to promote an unconditional surrender among their people. This is the only humane action in the face of their nation's culpability in recent events.
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<i>Written by Rojo Devesta</i>
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
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article =<i>January 12th, 2007</i>
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article =<i>September 1st, 2008</i>
 
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Another morning hoping for a Monster Spawning. I must remember to water the horses first before anything else. Horse slaver all over your body after you've bathed and eaten kinda makes everything more depressing. After watering, the horses must be fed their oats and whiskey. Then drills for the Troop till
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The pressures of war have forced all available staff to the frontlines, abandoning their journalism duties for the greater good. As the tide of war turns our way, we have now found the time to continue our work here at the paper.
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mid-afternoon. Then tea with the General Staff. Then dinner in Foda Castle with the Dictator. With luck, cries of incitement and treason will be heard. Stagger of to bed hopefully too drunk to feel anything.
 
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Wake up... repeat.
 
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The mindless tedium of doing the exact same thing over and over again. The constant predictability of routine. That Noble Kevin Whatshisname left for Beluaterra a few days ago. We are down to 66 effectives now. I hear told we went down to the low 40's before I signed up. Strangely enough, the money is STILL
 
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not enough. Maybe that's why Billious left so sudden, eh? Ha Ha.
 
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The letters are the worst. My brother Javier is a Hero now on South-East Island. He claims seniority over ME!!! His tales of glory under the leadership of the manxy's brother, cronos, I find uncredible. Maybe cronos is making him lie? Never trusted a man with the same name as an enemy. Maybe I should check the
 
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manxy's lineage. Promotion through stabbing the Judge shouldn't be too unethical. Lawyers grow on trees, nowadays.
 
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No one talks anymore. Even the gossip has grown stale. Except for that Carelian War false alarm, none had anything new to say for weeks.
 
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I gotta stop drinking. Alcohol is a depressant. Maybe I should ask that suck-up Trader for stimulants? Good stimulants... Cocaine or Ritalin? I need to frame someone if I get cocaine. I think its illegal here. Maybe if I share?
 
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Room getting dizzy... must remember to plant evidence on gullible student tommorrow. What was his name? Tom? No, Tom graduated. Got me a book off of him. I'll ask his name in the morning.
 
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Got to sleep... got to...
 
  
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We apologize for any inconvenience.       
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
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<i>Sir Dead Angel3, King of Minas Ithil has announced a tournament of Joust and Swordfight to be held in Shanandoah 9 days from now.</i>
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The Blight of Atamara is back!
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The Announcement above is only the latest of a series of Tourneys held since the end ASI vs Abington War. Outside the occasional Monster Bash, Tourneys are the prime source of amusement in Atamara these days. Sometimes it generates the entertaining Death Duel but usually its just talk, talk and more talk.
 
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All Taran Nobles are invited to attend. Just remember to bring your earmuffs to drown out the meaningless chatter. 
 
  
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Sir Damian Bedwyr, now King of Abington, Duke of Stoneville, Marshal of the Praetorian Guard has just created Abington from the ashes. Fury is rising throughout the continent as realm after realm declares war on the abomination. One trusts armies will soon put an end to this embarrassment.
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After a long hiatus the Tara Times is once again back in action! Reborn due to unique mix of boredom and patriotism, this rejuvenated paper hopes to bring a balanced report of Taran and Atamaran news.
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I am pleased to introduce Sir Kalanar Ardarcil to our readers. He is a Knight of Tarasac and will report on the battles our realm has fought against our enemies.  
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Although the old editor and publisher, Achilles Arilius, will still head the paper, a new host of journalists have arisen from the ranks of Taran nobles. Among them Jose Dela Cruz, the manxy, Rojo DeVesta (me!), and Lister O'claude Ve.
 
  
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Resurrecting a long dead paper is hard work, so we'll be a little slow until we get everything figured out. Eventually though, we hope to be on par with the great newspapers of the continent. Anyone interested in helping write the paper is to contact all of the newspaper staff.
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Welcome Kalanar!   
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<i>Written by Rojo DeVesta</i>
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<i>Written by Jose Dela Cruz</i>
 
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Tarabanner.png The Tara Times
Price: ONE GOLD PIECE Founder: Peter Kolak Date of Issue: September 1st, 2008

Archive History

Disclosure: Whatever is stated in the Tara Times does not reflect the opinions and ideals of all Taran nobles.

Defeat at Picnu!
September 27th, 2008

A rare battle between near-equal forces ended in defeat today as a Falasan/Minas Ithil Army invaded the recently freed region of Picnu. 16470 CS of Rabbits/MI went against 15315 CS of Tara/Darka troops in a brutal battle. Despite the valiant defense of our soldiers and allies, we were overrun in a protracted battle.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Correction:
September 19th, 2008

It has been brought to our attention that Ash'rily is NOT the capital of the Ash Sea Islands. The correct capital is Ser'quia. We apologize for our error.

Personally, I really don't see the point of this since ASI will be extinct soon. The Dead Bear No Ill Will...

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Setbacks on the Northern Front
September 16th, 2008

A coordinated counterattack by Falasan and Minas Ithil has succeeded in taking Cori and Picnu away from us. With our own allies unavailable and monsters/Norland Raiders n the rear, we have been unable to muster enough to resist.

Rest assured, this is only a minor delay in our plans of spreading Freedom to the Oppressed.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Fall of Ash'rily
September 16th, 2008

3 days ago... We have just gotten word that a major assault has overrun Ash'rily, capital of the Ash Sea Islands. An estimated 30,000 CS Army of Caergoth/Carelia defeated ASI's 15,000 CS defenders in a titanic battle. Damage to both armies and the fortifications have been massive.

Other News... ASI has takenover Barnlure in a pointless gesture of defiance. This action has only delayed the eventual assimilation of the Capital into Carelia. Still, we salute ASI in its will to fight destiny.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Upsurge of Monsters Delay Advance!
September 8th, 2008

There has been a large resurgence of undead and monster activity in Carelia, the Cagilan Empire, Darka and Tara. These evil creatures are of such size and strength that normal militia units are incapable of stopping them. Thus, it is with reluctance that each realm must dispatch a task force for disposal.

We do not know how Falasan has done this but rest assured, the Freedom of Rabbits is still our highest priority!

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

War Update
September 6th, 2008

As anyone can see in the map, we are doing very well. There is almost no resistance now when our army liberates Rabbit regions. Peasants welcome Tara with open arms. Both Barad Falas and Tucha are surrounded, there people starving while their Lords flee. As I write this, I look out my window and witness the massive army gathering for the siege of Barad Falas. Once that persecuted city is free, Falasan will be broken.

We shall see...

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Traitor Identified at Last?
September 1st, 2008

One of the early questions in this war has always been the early warning the Ash Sea Islands received during the massing of our armies at their border. We have later learned that a traitor from Suville leaked the liberation plans to our enemies, prolonging the war and suffering of ASI.

Clearly, Sir Damian Bedwyr, Duke of Stoneville can be none other than the traitor in question. HE made ASI suffer and, indeed, the argument can be made that the Falasan War is his fault as well.

The Tara Times will seek to confirm this speculation and get back to you.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Falasan Inquirer Admits Fault!
September 2nd, 2008

I have just finished reviewing past issues of our brother journalists across the divide and I have come to a stunning article...

Falasan admits they are to blame for the war!

Indeed. In a fine display of honesty, the most recent edition of the Falasan Newspaper freely admits that it was their ineptitude and foolishness that has caused all this mayhem. Thousands of deaths and countless villages could have been spared had the stubborn Rabbit King shared the views of his reporters.

The Tara Times urges the Falasan Inquirer to promote an unconditional surrender among their people. This is the only humane action in the face of their nation's culpability in recent events.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Tara Times is BACK!
September 1st, 2008

The pressures of war have forced all available staff to the frontlines, abandoning their journalism duties for the greater good. As the tide of war turns our way, we have now found the time to continue our work here at the paper.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Abington Reborn!
September 1st, 2008

The Blight of Atamara is back!

Sir Damian Bedwyr, now King of Abington, Duke of Stoneville, Marshal of the Praetorian Guard has just created Abington from the ashes. Fury is rising throughout the continent as realm after realm declares war on the abomination. One trusts armies will soon put an end to this embarrassment.

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

New Reporter in the Ranks...
September 1st, 2008

I am pleased to introduce Sir Kalanar Ardarcil to our readers. He is a Knight of Tarasac and will report on the battles our realm has fought against our enemies.

Welcome Kalanar!

Written by Jose Dela Cruz

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