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Revision as of 03:52, 7 August 2008




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August '08



Printed in Krimml, Karbala, and Fontan City Free

Fontan News
8-06-08
Song: Our Finest Hour
By, Armstrong Ironsides
OOC: (Sung to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again.") (You'll know it when you read it)



Our men go marching unit by unit

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Off to see the Perdanese finished and through

Hurrah! Hurrah!

They’ll slash and kick and bite and stick

But we’ll make sure the enemy is dead like a brick

When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder.



The Caligulans will jump up and down

Hurrah! Hurrah!

They’ll think they’re being bitten to bits

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Our archers will laugh and keep on firing

As the Caligulans bend and take it smiling

When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder.



The Elves will fall one by one

Hurrah! Hurrah!

As easy as pushing a child down

Hurrah! Hurrah!

We’ll stomp on their faces and kick their backs

Then make sure their buried underneath many stacks

When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder.



Those Ol’Rancaguans know not where we strike

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Their Generals are blinder than three mice

Hurrah! Hurrah!

They’ll be over soon and we can cheer

So one of these days you’ll buy me a beer

When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder.



Beware the Confederate scum below

Hurrah! Hurrah!

They’ll tell you their friends and stab you two

Hurrah! Hurrah!

But we got something that they ain’t got

Its integrity and democracy and that’s a lot

When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder.



When the Fontanese army fights like the rolling thunder!

8-03-08
Summary of What Happened While We Were Gone
By, Alise Athins
After the exile of Duke Alexi occurred The Krimml Incident, which can be read about on the attached pamphlet. Following the Krimml Incident, Lord The Revenger was elected Chancellor. When he was imprisoned a week later I was elected to the seat. At this point; Perdan had taken Westmoor and most of it's duchy, Caligus had taken Akesh Temple and either already had, or was in the process of taking Sordidus and Tokat, the Confederacy had taken An Najaf which got traded back and forth for awhile, and Sirion had sent Ashforth rogue. We managed to stop them there for awhile, with a few regions going back and forth.

July came and Lord Revenger was elected back into office in a race that saw 4 nobles (The Revenger, myself, Mikhal, and Tal) end up with a fair amount of votes. After a few day Lord Revenger was once again imprisoned and I was once again elected to take his place. The stale mate in the war kept up, but we managed to retake Ashforth and Duke Elberan along with a team of bureaucrats did a fine job rebuilding the city. Near the end of the month our enemies made a surge, Perdan taking Bruck, CoF taking Viseu, and Perdan making their way into Krimml to loot it some. Though thanks to Lord Andrew, we gained Akesh Temple briefly. I was wounded, and Lord Mikhail took my place as Chancellor. He was voted in un-opposed a day or so later when the regular elections took place. Lady Moria was also voted into place as Supreme Justice.

These two months saw Fontan lose 3 great nobles. First, Duchess Jai was killed as a hero in battle in Negev I believe (someone please correct me if I am wrong. Then Lord Lorrie Furrion was killed in a duel of honor to the death with Cartor the Arch Priest of Caligus. Last but certainly not least, we lost Duchess Amelia when she was killed as a hero in battle in Hagley.

Also of note are the new dukes in Fontan. Duke Niles was granted his position of Duke of Karbala when Lord Revenger vacated it by being elected Chancellor. Duke Elberan was re-appointed to his position as Duke of Ashforth when we brought it back under our control. Lord Andrew briefly held the title of Duke of Akesh Temple, when he lead an uprising of Flow and Balance followers to take its control away from Caligus. It was quickly re-TOed, unfortunately. Lastly Duke Richard was voted into his position as Duke of Krimml after the death of Duchess Amelia.

Also of note is the creation of two new armies. The Fontan Rangers was originally created by Lord Lorrie Furion, then recreated by Lord Richard. Also the Flow Administrators was created by Duke Elberan as an army of bureaucrats.

*EDIT* It appears Duchess Jai was killed in battle in Negev not Viseu.

8-03-08
Democrat Re-Open
By, Alise Athins
The past few months have seen much change in Fontan, and my duties have kept me away from the paper (OOC: Time Constraints). It pleases me to now announce that the Democrat is back, reporting all the news of Fontan.
World News
8-03-08
SoA at War with OI
By, Alise Athins
While we were away OI moved into Sultanate lands, violating their treaty. The SoA later declared war on OI.