The Moot/2009/August

Ordenstaat in Trouble?	August 10, 2009
Recent events have led many in the southwest to fear that Ordenstaat may be on its last leg. From it's greatest extent last autumn, Ordenstaat has lost Twainwood, Nark, Thysan, and, if my memory serves me correctly, Kydonia as well. It has been kept alive apparently only by support from outside, such as from its generous allies in D'Hara and, to a lesser extent, Terran, and sparse reports from within the fledgling colony indicate that it is beset by internal division. Today marks midwinter here in the southwest; we have gotten only halfway through this dire season, and already Ordenstaat struggles. Duke Zanaras Tian is left alone in isolated Twainville, and we in Terran worry that our southern borders may again become the far-flung frontier of nobility in the southwest. However, the Moot's ability to report on Ordenstaat is limited, as we currently have no Ordenstaatian reporters: a condition which we dearly wish to remedy. Any who wish to report for The Moot are welcome to do so, and I hope to find out more in my diplomatic mission through the southwest this spring, after the roads have ceased being a slushy muck.
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