Tara Times
 The Tara Times
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| Price: ONE GOLD PIECE | Editor: Peter Kolak | Date of Issue: February 1st, 2007 |
| A Dark Day For Tara | |
| February 4th, 2007
Fate gave Tara a swift kick below the belt today as several disasters befell our realm simultaneously. First, the MET (Monster Extermination Team), who's leader we interviewed only hours before, attempted to retake Alcatil from a horde of abominations only to be ruthlessly slaughtered. Although they fought valiantly against the hell spawn, the MET was up against a force more than twice (2000 vs. 5000) its size and was easily defeated. As Tara grieved the loss of its brave men a second disaster arose when news reached Foda that Aeryck, Count of Andurus, was captured while traveling through the Falasani region of Corniel. Hopefully the Falasani judge will be merciful. Furthermore, due to the large Falasan army amassed on the borders of Chagasu, Lister, General of Tara, has ordered the TO of the region to end and all TLs to return to Foda. But even Foda is not as safe as it once was with rumours that an undead horde has risen in the vicinity of the city. With rumours of undead hordes still plaguing Eston, one does have to wonder whether Falasan itself is behind these recent hellish events. All in all it is a sad day for Tara, and we can only hope that tomorrow will bring better times for the realm. Written by Rojo DeVesta |
| Enter: The Monster Extermination Team | |
| February 4th, 2007
A special Task Force has been created to annihilate the Monsters in Tara. I interviewed its commander, Count James of Ledunds, on what this team is all about... Jose dela Cruz: Who coined the team name? James: We have no name, we are simply an ad hoc group formed around what's left of an elite core. If you want to give us one, you're more than welcome, but the group won't be around longer than a couple days, win or lose. Jose dela Cruz: The Monsters are now over 2,000 CS strong. Several TLs have already been massacred. Do you think you have a chance? James: You asked me if I think we have a chance. I believe we do. Monsters and Undead are very vulnerable to Archery fire and we have a good number of archers in this group. We should win the battle of Alcatil, but I have to question whether we will have enough to take on the force that is arrayed against us in Ledunds. Jose dela Cruz: Why do you think these Monsters came from? James: It strikes me as very odd that these creatures spawned the moment we declared war on Falasan. It also strikes me as odd that these creatures are only spawning in Taran, Cagilan, Darkan and Estonian Lands. What sort of alliances has Falasan signed? They have allied themselves with the deepest Depths of Hell to survive! For this more than any other reason they MUST be exterminated! Jose dela Cruz: Who currently comprise the MET? James: These Brave Knights have taken it upon themselves to rid Tara of one half of the unholy alliance: Eurmeric, Andrey, Xeon, Conor, Tom, Kevtor, Erica, Britnoth, Ottar, Galin, Jerome. Other's have engaged this menace already: Naamah, Hakki, Medron, Castor. Jose dela Cruz: Is there a schedule you are following on when to destroy the Falasan Monsters? James: This will be a hard struggle, but the next 24 hours will be the turning point. If everyone does as they are supposed to, we WILL prevail! There you have it folks. Proof positive that King Tank of Falasan has raised its own dead relatives to assault us. Any doubts on the righteousness of Tara's cause must now rest in the face of pure Falasan Evil. I will update you on how many of the Monster Extermination Team is still alive by this time tomorrow. As James would say, "FOR THE GLORY OF TARA!!!" Written by Jose dela Cruz |
| New Falasan Newspaper Launched | |
| February 3rd, 2007
What Falasan has done (or more accurately two nobles by the names of Reilwin Merytis and Rathkanouros Kalantis) is created a new newspaper called the Falasan Inquirer. The editors seem to be already hard at work with six new very in depth articles already published! With the current war against Falasan we at the Tara Times realize that we will eventually be forced to cross pens with the writers of the FI but nevertheless we warmly welcome the new paper and look forward to disagreeing with them. Written by Rojo DeVesta |
| It's Begun... | |
| February 3rd, 2007
Takeover initiated (5 minutes ago) Thor has initiated a Friendly Takeover of Chagasu, currently belonging to Falasan. And thus begins the long-awaited liberation of Taran Lands lost to Falasan Treachery all those months ago. Great joy is spreading throughout the Realm as the news spread. But the question remains... What will Falasan do now? Written by Jose dela Cruz |
| It's Official! | |
| February 1st, 2007
War! (3 hours, 16 minutes ago) The Dictator has declared war on Falasan. It is now official: Tara is at war with Falasan. After declaring war, Jonathan, Dictator of Tara, once again reminded the rulers of Atamara of the reasons for doing so: Our objectives in this war are to retake our lost land, and support our allies to the north. The first part of the sentence is referring to the ownership issue over the region of Jagla, Chagasu, Aigling, and Chato, while the latter part refers to the Eston/Falasan war (you can read about these in the previous issue: January 2007 Issue). Already a skirmish has occurred with two Taran TLs assaulting the region of Aigling and easily defeating the local militia. Written by Rojo DeVesta |
| Invasion! | |
| February 1st, 2007
Fear is spreading throughout Atamara today, as a plague of monsters and undead sweeps through the continent. Peasants are being eaten, food being burned, and realms are left scrambling to defeat the abominations. Taran troops fought a large undead horde in Andurus, and another group of undead is rampaging in Ledunds but otherwise the realm has been mercifully missed. Tara's closest ally, the Cagilan Empire has been hit especially hard, with 12 confirmed sightings of monsters and 2 more confirmed sightings of undead. There also was some large battles against the hordes to the north. Eston troops just barely held off a mob of undead and monsters in the region of Hawthorne (5000 CS vs. 5000 CS) and monsters also launched an attack against the city of Barad Lacrinth but were repeled by the cities brave defenders. It will be interesting to see how this invasion affects the maneuvers of armies in the days to come. Written by Rojo DeVesta |
