Tara Times

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The Tara Times
Price: ONE GOLD PIECE	Editor: Peter Kolak	Date of Issue: January 12th, 2007

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Archive History

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War and Chaos!!!

January 23th, 2007 Rumors and confusion reign today in Foda as word reached the capital that Norland has declared War on Minas Ithil. 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. On Other News Today, 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. Written by Jose dela Cruz

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

January 22th, 2007 The infamous Redspan Assassin known as AJ has been sighted twice in the vicinity of Foda. The First Incident: You set out on a mission to take out AJ (Lord). You manage to sneak into his sleeping quarters unnoticed. Silently, you sneak up on your target, and surprise him. You manage to wound him, but you have to break off before you can do serious damage. You successfully escape the guards and vanish into the shadows again. The Second Incident: You set out on a mission to take out AJ (Lord). You manage to sneak into his sleeping quarters unnoticed. Your target is quick and attentive, and spots you in time. You have no choice but to fight him one on one. The fight goes back and forth for a time, too long. As you hear the guards approaching, you break out and run away. You successfully escape the guards and vanish into the shadows again. 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. Written by Juan dela Cruz

Tara Tourney Grounds?!

January 15th, 2007 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: The council and I have agreed that Tara should take upon the task of building our own tourney grounds! 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 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. Written by Rojo Devesta

Sleepless In Foda

January 12th, 2007 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 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. Wake up... repeat. 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 not enough. Maybe that's why Billious left so sudden, eh? Ha Ha. 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 manxy's lineage. Promotion through stabbing the Judge shouldn't be too unethical. Lawyers grow on trees, nowadays. 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. 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? 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. Got to sleep... got to... Written by Jose Dela Cruz

Another Day, Another Tourney

January 14th, 2007 Sir Dead Angel3, King of Minas Ithil has announced a tournament of Joust and Swordfight to be held in Shanandoah 9 days from now. 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. All Taran Nobles are invited to attend. Just remember to bring your earmuffs to drown out the meaningless chatter. Written by Jose Dela Cruz

The Tara Times is Back!

January 12th, 2007 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. 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. 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. Written by Rojo DeVesta