| International Beluaterran News
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| Valentia to Collapse Soon
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26st October 2007
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Currently, the theorcratic northern state of Valentia is in turmoil. The Justice of Valentia, Lord Kerrigan announced that his realm is under siege from within by the Jarbosh Cult. The Jarbosh Cult is a secretive, radical, cannibalistic society that has scattered membership across the continents. Lord Kerrigan also claims that Reston II, former Duke of Unger is both a cultist, and purposely allowed his city to fall to rebellion. Kerrigan also makes claims about the Valentian Pontifex Quillen criticizing him for making too many enemies. Because of this, Justice Kerrigan has banished a large number of Valentian nobles.
Quillen responded by accusing Kerrigan of being a saboteur, who will soon deliver all of Valentia's territory to neighboring Melhed.
The banishments Kerrigan announced were for a large range of reasons from : "You are hereby banned for making KOKOMARO TALK IN MY HEAD.... MAKE IT STOP NOW!!!! to "You are banned for the following reasons three:You were seen on friday with a full stuffed carp down your tunic. You have not helped in the destruction of the realm like Reston II told you and you did not...
Very odd. (As an aside, Kerrigan of Valentia is a good example of Theory of S.I.M.)
Both Quillen and Kerrigan believe the other is trying to destroy Valentia, so if both sides agree on that, it's fairly certain Valentia will cease to exist very soon.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Portal Closes: Daimon King is Outraged
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21st October 2007
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Today, another group of brave, bold adventurers defied the Daimons by sealing the portal between this world and the Netherworld. On the highest peak in the Zisswii Range, Vlaanderen eight adventurers formed a circle of mythical portal stones which rose above the sky, closing the gate. This will certainly make it more difficult for King Arcane to bolster the armies of Vlaanderen with more Daimons. The King has responded to the action with fiery rhetoric and a zero-tolerance stance quote:
I want any and all adventurers in Zisswii and any surrounding regions arrested immediately.
Judge, torture them all. Then check if they have seen the glory and are willing to serve without question. Kill everyone who doesn't.
Except for that Phoebe. Don't touch her, she belongs to me.
– Arcane, Daimonic King of Vlaanderen
This creates an extremely dangerous scenario for the one Fronenian and multiple foreign freedom-fighters in and around the mountain. Luckily just north of Zisswii are the Ashborn mountains of Ren Madragas and Iknopata. Supreme Judge Zortagh of Ashborn has offered the adventurers sanctuary if they can get across the border.
In King Arcane's letter he points out that the adventurer Phoebe of Riombara "belongs" to him. This reporter can't understand what makes Phoebe so special ((OOC: Actually I can but I'm fairly certain its OOC knowledge)) but she too can take shelter in nearby Ashborn.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Daimons and Divinity: A little kingdom starts acting big
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19th October 2007
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Big news has been hitting Beluaterra recently. Dreadlord Arcane's uprising in Vlaanderen has succeeded. After first accepting the Daimon lord into their realm, and then giving him a land holding, the nobles of Vlaanderen are now, for better or worse, finding out that such actions have consequences. Reports show that Arcane has used his army of Daimons to storm the city of Reeds, overwhelm the incumbent government of King Nymatal and begin a religious theocracy led by a sort of God-King. Obviously, THAT role was filled by Arcane himself. Immediately Arcane has begun flexing his new political muscle.
Fall silent now, for you are listening to a living god.
Vlaanderen has turned into a realm of endless glory. We honour and respect our friends of old.
Respect the living god now, and we can talk about our future together.
– Arcane, Daimonic King of Vlaanderen
This message, sent to the rulers of Beluaterra tries to impose the leader's will on all the rulers of Beluaterra, but Vlaanderen's neighbor, Khthon is in the greatest peril as a result of this. The Plergoth Press is again printing articles after a two month hiatus. The articles have, for the most part discussed old news. Their last, and most current article though contained some fascinating information about how it appears the new Vlaandereni regime will treat its longtime friend and neighbor. It appears that Arcane is going to place troops on Khthonian soil unless Chancellor Fura of Khthon begs, bows and pleads for their removal.
Khthon has been staunchly anti-Daimon in the past, so they probably will not bend to Arcane's will, however Khthon has overnight been thrust into a dangerous situation.
Also of interest is the deposed King Nymatal's response to the religious rebellion that usurped control from him. Like Enzeru did in Fronen during Black January, Nymatal has apparently bowed to the rebel forces, accepting the Daimon as God-King, so much for worshipping eggs eh? Whether this came about by his own free will or of some... other means ((OOC:The player of Arcane wrote the rp, not player of Nymatal)) is still unknown.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Daimons Degrade Diplomacy
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16th October 2007
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Although many human Beluaterran nations oppose and detest the Daimons, faithful readers of this newspaper should know that Sint, Heen, and Vlaanderen have declared armistice with the Daimons. Recently though, one of those Daimons alliance is tearing at the seams. Vlaanderen, after handing a region (Zisswii) to the Daimon Dreadlord Arcane, and officially recognizing him as a noble of Vlaanderen, faces revolt. Arcane is now calling for rebellion against King Nymatal. Because of this, the king stripped the Dreadlord of his nobility and sent the creature into exile. However, King Nymatal may lack the military muscle to back up his decrees against Arcane. This rebellion likely means the end to the Vlaaanderen-Netherworld ceasefire. *EDIT* Arcane's revolt has succeeded, leaving nobles around the world wondering what this means and how it will impact the ongoing human-Daimon conflict.
The Daimons are causing more trouble too by disrupting international human relations. Sint is taking orders from their gods which are Daimons who take the form of Dragons. The Sintians have conquered, on orders from "Hemaglobe," independent former Old Grehkian territory and are now invading their longstanding rival, Ashborn. This belligerence is drawing new impassioned public criticism from King Dimian of Alluran.
He wrote a letter, viewable here, listing what he considers the crimes of Pontiff Bocephus and his Sintian subjects against humanity, insulting his moral character, and most suprising of all, challenging Bocephus to come all the way across the continent, from Firbalt to Eno to duel with him over the issues. While it is highly unlikely that Bocephus would go so far out of his way for this duel, the stinging critique has helped turn public sentiment against the Daimon's human allies. Already the letter has convinced many Fronenians to support an officiating an alliance with Alluran. Perhaps it will similarly affect other nations on the continent?
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| The First Real Victory
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12th October 2007
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This morning, the fate of the human realms (or atleast those not aligned with the Daimons or ndead) sharply changed for the better. On the shores of the sea in Mio Dupaki, Riombara the undead's pathway here was closed. Eight adventurous souls each brought a "portal stone" to the site. Reports tell us that when the eight stones were brought together the portal in the region was revealed. A shimmering gateway between the world of the living, and that of the dead could briefly be seen over the calm pellucid waters. Moments later the tones joined to form a wall, barring the portal and rendering it impassible. Because of this, the Necromancer's Servants most likely will cease to play a major role in the war between humans and their monstrous allies and the Daimons and their three human allies. If the skeletal forces continue to assault the humans though, it will likely not be directed at the south and will certainly be more difficult. The success in Riombara was a joint effort that brought together former enemies Sint, Heen, Fronen, and Enweil all aided in the closing of the portal (according to Chancellor Handkor of Enweil).
Defense Minister Herkan of Riombara called this success "The first real human victory over our foes." Prime Minister Delvin of Riombara says that now "we should be able to rid ourselves of this menace once and for all." Fronenian Prime Minsiter Grego calls it "Great News form our brothers."
All in all, despite everything it seems humanity still has a lot of fight in it and the Non-Human factions are not so invulnerable as we may have previously thought.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Manhunt
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8th October 2007
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Over the past week we've seen the unknown Avalonian infiltrator Saladin Ymerej descend from obscurity into infamy. The man, without orders from the Avalonian government, attempted to murder three nobles. The first two, Lord Reyes of Jyl and a visiting Melhedish preacher were attacked in close succession. Neither assassination attempt was successful. Both wer ewounded, but neither killed. After performing the grisly deed, Saladin fled from Fronen to Avalon, his homeland. However he was chased by Fronen's skillful infiltrators and was wounded in Zod. After his wounds healed, what did Saladin do? He tried to kill his own Chancellor, Lady Scarlet only to be seized by Avalonian guards. Saladin has no sanctuary for Fronen and Avalon both have a bone to pick with this man. Enweil too has offered to capture him or attack him with their own infiltrators should Saladin enter Enweilean lands. At the moment, Saladin is in Avalonian prisons and it appears that he will be punished severely.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Riombara Refuses to Relinquish Regions
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2nd October 2007
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The results of the referendum in the Republic of Riombara are in. If you recall from our last issue, the undead demanded the Riombarans surrender all their land save their capital or face annihilation. The response was resounding:
34 votes no
8 votes yes
8 abstentions and/or ballots not cast
The Riombarans overwhelmingly rejected the Necromancer's Servants clear infringement of their sovereignty and concluded that they do not want to be slaves of slaves so to speak. Now, one would think the undead would do as Summoner announced, go off and destroy Riombara. However, after heaping blame on humanity for their current situation Summoner made it clear that he first plans to attack of all places, the Kingdom of Alluran then Vlaanderen, a realm allied with the Daimons oddly enough and only then will they strike in the heart of Riombara again. Strange behavior, and strange military tactics to say the least...
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Theocracy under new management: The realm of Sint has elected god as its new Divine Ruler
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2nd October 2007
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Okay so that actually a bit of hyperbole. Sint hasn't elected a deity to become Chief Pontiff, but interesting developments happened there all the same. First, a little cultural context is in order. The Sintians follow a god called Hemaglobe and have an organized religion (as one might expect in a theocracy) known as the Church of Hemaism. Little is known to this reporter about Hemaglobe except that he is a Dragon (or maybe he just commands Dragons... could a Hemaist correct me if anything here is inaccurate?) According to the Haruspex in Sint, Hemaglobe is kind to the Sintians and his worshippers, but he is not a peaceful deity. Hemaism is not a religion of peace. Hemaglobe is not averse to send his legions, be they human or beastial to attack enemies of the Hemaist faith according to their doctrine.
Also according to Hemaist doctrine is that Hemaglobe has three major lieutenants to do his bidding. One of them is called Hastur, that's where our story really begins. Reports from both the Sintian Pontifex and Sintian Harupsex is that Hastur has come to Sint in physical form. He is a Daimon that takes the form of a mighty dragon who leads an army of wyvern-like Daimons. According to the Pontifex, Hemaglobe himself will come to Beluaterra within days. When he arrives, he will likely order the Daimons he controls and the Hemaist Sintians to attack believers of other faiths who consider Hemaism evil. So in actuality, God is the new ruler of Sint. The Pontifex's power will be nothing now that a mediator between the heavens and earth is no longer needed.
Obviously all this new information coming out of Sint is both overwhelming and dubious because of it's radical nature. However, should it prove true (and we should know fairly soon) it will almost surely have broad implications for all of Beluaterra.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| The Commentator
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19th October 2007
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For whatever it's worth I shall soon restart the controversial opinion journal The Fronen Commentator principally because I've got a crazy theory to share with the world that is unbefitting of The Face of Fronen and it's rigid, "just the facts" style of reporting. Keep an eye out for it if you're interested or contact me, Grand Justiciar Alexius if you're interested in writing an editorial for the Commentator.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Region Rebellion
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15th October 2007
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You know I was planning on writing a long article mocking Duke Reston of Unger for losing his realm's (Valentia) capital city. Now as most of you have heard I no longer have a right to do that because my own city Mhed has revolted to Melhed. Principally the Mhedians were fed up with the Daimons and thought the Melhedes could protect them more effectively. Truth of the matter is neither realm can really protect them at the moment. Wudenkin is in a similar situation. Low stats, starvation (we're trying to keep food away from the Daimons you see) and the Daimons physical presence in the reasons means both cities will likely be out of Fronenian hands, for a short time anyway. How short? We don't know yet, but in Mhed's case, Grand Justiciar Bimbo of Melhed said "I absolutely agree [Melhed should return Mhed], We haven't enough nobles to control the city." That indicates that Fronen will probably get the region back sooner rather than later.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Thank the Dragon it's Friday!
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11th October 2007
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Yes, TDIF! The nobility of our Republic of Fronen was relieved today. For a whole week, Fronen survived with minimal funds. The Republic is usually an incredibly wealthy nation. However Daimons (which currently can be found in Mhed and Wudenkin) have been scouring our lands and crippling our armies. Under these conditions, tax gold was spent quickly to replenish the forces. Fronen's National Reserve was slowly drained of all the funds long-hoarded. Now, though the frugal and hardworking Fronenian peasantry has pulled through for us. Now, we've got tax gold again to be used on more troops, wall repairs, and other expenditures necessary to national defense. We've had a hectic week, with the money lets now seriously get back to work.
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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| Food Supplies Running Short?
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11th October 2007
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Despite the tactic of moving the food from the Daimons, it's not changing the fact that the Daimons have reduced production to all time lows in Fronen, bringing the food production to well below half of it's original amount. On top of that, food has also been coming up missing in some regions as well. At first it seemed like hungry bandits from the region but it is starting to become more... organized and suspicious now. There is still a call out for any who wish to become a trader to notify Cloud, or the council asap to not only help spread the food around the regions, but to keep it from the Daimons as well.
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| By Cloud Soulja
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| The FoF expands, Daimons flee from Fronen following an uneventful election
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2nd October 2007
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So, I've got a few updates for you all. First, the monthly elections for Prime Minister and Grand Justiciar here in Fronen are hardly worth reporting on. This campaign season didn't even exist. Incumbent PM Grego Nosferatus and I, the incumbent GJ both won with well over 60% of the vote each.
Of more interest perhaps is the knowledge that the Daimons are weakening. The strategy of starving the Daimons appears to be working. Finance Minister Cloud has been shifting food stocks about keeping them away from Daimons. Now, the weak army led by Dreadlord Reflecting (the one already weakened after their resounding defeat in Mhed is getting progressively smaller and weaker as the Daimons starve to death. For the first time, we're seeing Daimons flee at the sight of Fronen's troops when we tried to engage them in battle. Through all this Fronen has been weakened too! And the Daimons still fear us. How wonderful.
Last thing of note, the Face of Fronen will now be printing and distributing articles in Fronen's newest city, the golden metropolis of Wudenkin. It's only fitting that Fronen's news outlet expand with as the national borders do.
Image:The City of Wudenkin where our new Printing and Distributing Center is located
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| By Alexius DeSyrr
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