Talk:Plergoth Press/Issue Five

The dawning of the month of June finds Plergoth in an excellent strategic position. The rebel army of Vlaanderen is busily attempting to restore the ruined region of Bajit to some sort of productive use while it continues to battle the army of our staunch ally, Mesh.

The shattered Khthonian field army has just returned to Dyomoque and should spend the next few days rebuilding and refitting, leaving the Army of Plergoth free to maneuver.

Plergoth has already made use of this window of opportunity, attacking rebel recruiting centers and food stores in Yokk and Haffemet and doing the same to Khthonian assets in Weghie. It is believed that the rebels and bandits have largely exhausted their family resources during earlier stages of this war, and now, with their regions in chaos, their smallfolk put to the sword, and their coffers empty, they lack the coin to mount a serious challenge on the field of battle in the forseeable future.

Lol, this sure is subjective... Do I have to remember Plergoth that those smallfolk and bandits actually were your own citizens once? Makes me think what other bandits still reside in Plergoth until they also secceed. Or of course, they only become bandits after declaring independance. But yeah, as stated on the front page, this is a propagande newspaper... Foreign Curs 12:29, 3 June 2007 (CEST)

I like it though, despite its propoganda. It is very realistic to how a REAL realm would write a newspaper for their own realm. It's in the spirit of things, and is an enjoyable read. --Crazylozda 15:29, 3 June 2007 (CEST)

The term 'rebel' is applied to the Vlaanderen lords because they seceded about four-five months ago. The term 'bandit' is applied to the Khthonians because in the midst of the early fighting between Plergoth and Vlaanderen, they joined the war with the stated intent of opportunistically stealing enough Plergothian territory to become self sufficient.

We tried to be gentle in the early months of the war, launching "friendly take-overs", etc., but the combined Khthon and Vlaanderen armies kept smashing us in the field, and after many long months, those regions in rebel and bandit hands are 100% loyal to the enemy and "core" in terms of control, so they aren't our people anymore. Therefore, death to 'em!

-Mendrugo

Many long months? Pfff, my work as a bureacrat did that in weeks! ;) -Chénier 14:19, 4 June 2007 (CEST)