Itorunt Informer/September '07

Summer is over...
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.	September Edition

News Tournament in Aix, Perdan! Queen Evangeline Uceek of Perdan announced a Joust and Swordfighting Tournament on the 24th of this month that is to be held in Aix within 7 days. According to the invitation our realm received from Queen Uceek, all participants that plan on entering the Tournament must pay 20 gold pieces for entry into the competition. All attendees hope to win the 800 gold for the first place champion of the Joust and Sword, while the second best will be receiving 300 gold pieces. According to our information, the invitation was sent to all the realms on the East Continent, even the far flung realms of Sirion and Old Rancagua, the nobles of which will have to travel far and long to make it to the tourney in time to participate in the event. No special announcement has been made as to the occasion of the tournament, but Ichigo, the chief editor of the Itorunt Informer, is heading towards the tournament grounds now and will be providing more information as it is uncovered. --Valdid Sitting Down with Greg No, it's not another of those lame "situational comedy" plays ("sitcoms" for short) or a physical exercise group. Greg Lawrence, as you should already know if you read the last article, is the founder of a guild called the Chivalric Knights. I decided to have a talk with him over dinner at a nice restaurant. I gave him a set of questions, and he was happy to reply to most of them; for your convenience, I have arranged his responses such that each question is followed by the appropriate response: How do the Chivalric Knights go about influencing other realms and people to your virtues and way of life? We spread them by doing good deeds, trying to recruit good and noble knights. Are the Chivalric Knights focused on just one realm, or is the guild free of any realm politics? The guild is free to any realms politics. Why do you believe monarchy is the best form of government? Wouldn't a republic be better, since it represents all the people of the realm? Monarchy we feel is the best because everyone is equal. Is there some sort of test one must pass to gain admittance to the guild or to become a full member? You don't have to take a test but if you want to become a high ranking member then you have to sign some agreements. Do you have any members from realms outside of Yssaria? We don't have any other people in the guild besides people that are in our realm. People from anywhere can join. How does the Code of Chivalry work in relation to local and realm laws? What would be the proper course of action if a realm order was to contradict the Code? Would you condone going against the realm in order to uphold the Code? Similarly, if a lord to whom one swore loyalty betrayed the realm, would it be proper to defend that lord, or to defy them for the good of the realm? The code of Chivalry maybe conflicts with some realms because they are evil doers and we try to get our knights to do good things so we want them to leave the realm or try to make their realm better. It depends on what it was that we would go against the realm. If it is a small thing we would discuss but not take action but if it was a huge problem then we would take action to solve it or do something to end it. If they betrayed their realm for a good reason we would help but if he did it for no good then we would not take action and if we had to kick him out of the order. Any closing comments? Any more questions please ask. I also asked him what set his guild apart from the many similar guilds on the continent, but he had no answer for me. His guild sounds quite intriguing, but there exist a few similar guilds nearby with less strict rules and ideologies. However, he founded his guild with the best of intentions, and I wish him luck on getting new members and expanding his guild. --Ichigo A Guild of Chivalry While at the tournament, I received a letter from a certain Greg Lawrence of Yssaria advertising his guild, the Chivalric Knights. I must admit, my first instinct was to throw the letter away immeditaly, but then I had a better idea: why not interview him and see what the guild was all about? I mean, it wouldn't be fair to just ignore him when he might have something to say. I then asked him for a bit more information about the guild, and he provided some: Alright here is a lot of info about my guild. We have guild houses located right here in Domus and also two more in which one is located in Tota and the other is located in Scio. I would love to have a interview just let me know when. Here is our info. We are knights. We honor the Code of Chivalry and everything within it. We protect the weak and innocent, uphold justice, and are chivalric above all. The guild of Chivalric Knights is about influencing other realms and people to our virtues and way of life. We strive to: Teach and promote noble conduct and The Code of Chivalry among both nobles and realms. Promote Monarchy throughout the East Island, since this is the only government form, that frees nobles from political infighting and oppression, thus allowing them to act in a chivalric and noble manner. Influence realm policies, according to our ideals. Support, and if necessary install, monarchs who uphold the values of chivalry on all thrones of the East Island. Spread our influence to every realm on the East Continent Any noble, who supports our cause, can become a knight of our order. We invite you to join us! The Code of Chivalry: A Chivalric Knight is sworn to protect the weak and uphold justice. A Chivalric Knight may never loot, burn, hang or murder the innocent. Only military units and structures may be attacked. A Chivalric Knight must always show proper respect for other nobles, be they friend or foe. A Chivalric Knight must always act with valour and bravery on the battlefield. A Chivalric Knight must always maintain high military standards, keeping both himself and those under his command fit and well trained. A Chivalric Knight may never betray those, to whom he has sworn loyalty. I'm sure this information helped anyone who might have found the name interesting, butit also gave me an idea: interview this man and find out more about his guild. Keep an eye out for this interview in the days to come! --Ichigo Tournament Results The tournament in Domus ended just under a week ago. For those who forgot, it was a swordfighting-only tournament; as in most tournaments, I got free training. I didn't see any pie, though; I will have to bring it up next time I visit them. Anyway, just under 200 nobles were present at the tournament. Unfortunately, I lost in the very first round to Jorel of Kent, one of our newer nobles. Our fellow Itoruntian Terrence got as far as the sixth round before losing, unfortunately, to the later champion of the tournament. This champion was none other than Falcion of Perdan, winning 800 gold for his defeat of another Perdanite, Iain, who received 300 gold for getting to the final. The tournament was fun, all in all, and I was relieved of my boredom for a time. May the next one be even better! --Ichigo

Comments for this month Ichigo's comments I'm removing Thray from the editors list here unless he writes an article. It's long overdue. Valdid's comments Perdan's hosting a tourney...too bad I have to train a milita unit :(