Sunday March 14th at 730pm UK Time at the Counsellors Hall in North Britain Trammel there will be a competition consisting of two parts.

Part One will be a series of Moon Gate Races across Trammel.

Part Two will remain a mystery until the night of the event.

Come prepared to fight and dont bring anything you havent insured or you would be sad to lose.

[Both events in Trammel]

How many entries can we make for this competition?

One per player please.

The book placed at Brit Moongate had a slight typing error which may [for those trying to work it out] have confused the issue slightly more than it should have.

This has been rectified and a new riddle book placed [elsewhere] which may make it easier to work out what the book means.

As part of a recent event two Dragons were tamed. They were named 'A Dragon [Orc Faction]' and each carried a gift for it's owner; 'A Golden Dragon's Tooth [January 2010, Europa]' contained in 'A Small Chest of Treasure Recovered from a Dragon [January 2010, Europa]'.

To avoid further confusion: I can confirm indeed only two of these Dragons were tamed and both of them have already dropped their gift. Other then the gift they carried these are regular Dragons.

In order to avoid any possible confusion EM Sarakan and EM Emile Layne will be cleaning up old quest books, and clearing the text from the old speaking NPCs [oracles] and also any other old clues to old events [as much as possible].

With the older event things we will be placing them in the Rewards Hall to keep their history.

If anyone wants to go through the old NPC texts etc one last time we suggest you do it sooner rather than later.

In this way we hope to make thigns less confusing with our current story arc when we utilise old characters such as Sunansky and Selcius.

Regards Sarakan and Emile Layne

[ps please post on Stratics Europa if you find anything which you feel needs moving/cleaning up!]

Dear Queen Dawn,

I am taking this opportunity to write to you as we have only conversed very briefly these past few weeks. This is not due to anything more sinister than my increasing workload monitoring the Kingdom and ensuring the safety of your people.

A brief update is due to you I believe so here it is.

I held a public meeting last night at which many attended who are keen to see the Kingdom is kept secure. There seem to be four major topics which I shall cover.

The Exodus Machines.

These have been sighted across Trammel and other parts of Ilshenar where they are not normally found. After some discussion and conjecture and investigation it would appear that the machines are following some sort of automated script to recover both the books and blueprints which were stolen by Mericles and the machines [or machine parts] which were built using these blueprints by the New Order of Orcs. Already they have recovered ome of these items and locked them down in their home base in Ilshenar. I have found no way to remove them but it does appear that they are simply being stored there *at this time*.

My recommendation is that we keep the area under observation and make no attempt to interfere with this process other than to ensure the people are kept safe at all times. If however, we come across any of these machines we will try and stop them from returning these items unless you strictly forbid it. [We may just be prolonging the march of the robots that seem relentless in their quest for these items and it does not appear wise to open up a war on a third front at this time.]

The New Order of Orcs.

They seem to have been more or less wiped out recently due to the actions of Fynn and the people of your Kingdom. Fynn is to be commended for his actions and his virtuous path to glory and I heartily recommend him for a promotion. His somewhat pompous and officious nature can be a little tiring at times but his heart is in the right place and he follows your orders and the virtues to the exact letter.

We must remain vigilant and ensure any pockets of these orcs are either contained or neutralised with as little suffering as possible in the ways and lights of the virtues.

Mericles.

It would appear the religious faction of the New Order made an attempt to resurrect their “creator” recently. There was much chaos and confusion in the darkness and I did not see all events. Your people fought bravely against all the odds and defeated Orcish Shaman, an entire battalion of Orcish grunts and a host of daemons which seemed to have been summoned [appeared? *some words crossed out here*] during the battle.

The two major areas of concern here are as follows:

1-      Mericles body disappeared just before I was about to pick it up and move it somewhere safer. Its current location is unknown.

2-      We are not sure if the resurrection “ritual” was successful or not.

I can only recommend we maintain vigilance towards this occurrence and look for signs of Mericles return or indeed the location of his cadaver. I shall continue to work on this project at your personal bequest.

Vesper.

There is a new leadership in Vesper who maintains their right to Minoc, which they still refer to as West vesper and during a tense encounter the other night they insist they will not aid the Kingdom unless Minoc is returned to them. However, they did send some troops to observe our battle against the New Order and indeed I am sure if push comes to shove they will ally with us if there is a greater threat to the lands as a whole. A non-aggression pact still seems the best course of action.

I respectfully suggest you devote some time to considering this matter of Vesper and how it can best be resolved. I note your Ambassadors haven’t been seen in the Kingdom for some time I suggest you might like to make enquiries as to where they are and why they aren’t doing their jobs.

I will speak to you personally about a matter far too sensitive to put into writing when we next get the chance to spend more than two minutes in the same place at the same time.

Respectfuly yours,

...and so they continued in their drive and rumbled on becoming further and further seperated from their home base. Their energy banks were running low as they picked up the first of the things for which they had been expelled from the mother city to search for.

If machines had souls and emotions these tireless robots would be weeping as they continued their seemingly fruitless struggle, whereas the lucky ones could now return home and they made their way back without fear, pride or any other emotion - following their secondary directive.