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## 27 Mamanim, 1148

All the news not fit to print anywhere nicer.

In Ganta, the beleaguered King Gerold I Astarian has
recovered from a disastrous few months of war in his home territory and seems
to be marshaling for some kind of major military action of his own.

On Cor, the armies of Corelsa are on the march against Alatria
while Cerimus drops firebombs into the political situation of Southern Telane.
Northern Telane invades Ama'as while the Ashenbay attempts to colonize it. The
merfolk expand and form alliances with the Red Empire who marches with the
Rakviri Tall Eshrid against all of their neighbors. Elven aggression toward
Cerimus and Telane continues. Even in the furthest reaches of the steppes of
Southern Caldera, reports surface of tribes beginning to massacre one another.

Many in Avandonne and abroad are beginning to whisper that
the age has grown too old, too stale, to continue. Some even speak of the end
times, claiming that Caera will soon fall back into Caeratha and all of its
souls will be reclaimed by the gods. This is probably not the case.
Nevertheless, with the year only just started and already bearing greater event
than the past several, your humble editor must simply beg a favor from the
Kings and Queens, the Lords and Ladies, the Emperors and Empresses, the Princes
and the Triarchs, the Emirs and the Lords Martial, the Generals and the
Cardinals.

Can everyone take a deep breath, please? This year looks to
be a very deep plunge.

fortress in response to this news, Primarch Niena Aisharene laughed uproariously
for several moments before turning to her attendant and commanding a feast of
swan for the night's meal.

### Ama'asi Desert Heat Broken, 1148

Through means or magic, natural or artificial, great changes
have come to the geography of Ama'as in the past few years. The sudden outflow
of a massive aquifer in Jon's Shield along with a general trend toward cooling
(believed to be caused by the emergence of the Siralian Volcanic Chain) has
shifted the sands of the southern half of the Magefal desert, rendering much of
it irrigated and inhabitable. Veruca I Darrius, Queen of Evytum and the
Ashenbay, has already been seen making movements to secure the region for her
own purposes.

Similarly, a large portion of the Magerimal Desert in the
north has experienced shifting rainfall patterns along its east coast that have
allowed the Calder Merfolk to claim an unprecedented amount of coastal
territory. Evidence of epic-level divine magic was recorded over the past few
months, the goal apparently to create a large inland sea, and large numbers of
Red Imperial colonists have been sighted along the rivers they have created.

### Casilliesean Agression in Serin (23 Mamanim, 1148)

The Grand Among Grandeur, High City and Estate Politic of
Casillies has launched an invasion of the city of Mericond, largest port in the
Emirate of Serin. The city surrendered upon the army's arrival; after
occupation, however, every denizen appearing in the Casilliesean Record of
Indenture, freed or escaped, was systematically slaughtered. Some 16,000 are
confirmed dead. Serin is marshalling its army in response, and the Grand and
Holy City of Inantil has promised retaliation.

### Conscription in Ganta (23 Mamanim, 1148)

Recently returned from hiding, Gerold II Astarian, King of
Ganta and Duke of Isata, has declared a massive round of conscription for
several duchies of Ganta. This move appears to have come with the support of
the House of Leon as well as the House of Acrola, both of whom have instituted
the draft in their own duchies. This conscription, unlike Ganta's usual levies
of the peasants, applies to men of all classes and is intended to replenish and
(if successful in its drive) double the total strength of the Gantan Royal
Army, depleted by the recent conflict.

### Cor News, 21 Mamanim 1148

##### This week in Cor:

* Following the

disaster at Tagrin, the small party of the Ribbon Prince of the Gallias family,
Prince Eric Gallias, (survivors of the attack) took garrison in the city of
Elerria. There, they seem to have had a deciding impact on the election of the
new High Prince for the h'Ila people, following the senescent death of the
previous High Prince, Avrin-ky Trev-h'Ila.

* Queen Cassan

II Litarrius has marshaled a small army to the border with Alatria, with the
support of the Praeus family, demanding the release of her daughter Elodie
Litarrius, captured by Alatrian soldiers during the Battle of Tapinek.

### Queen Veruca Sets Sights on a Unified Ama'as?

Following Queen Veruca's destruction of Tapinek, a small
strike fleet confirmed to have been linked to the Ashenbay seized control of
the palace at Av'ana, Ana Ama'as. (15 Mamanim, 1148) The objective appears to
have been the installation of now-King Andan VI Al-Shilai on the throne of Ana
Ama'as.

Immediately after this, (18 Mamanim, 1148) the cities of
Keranis and Dinis on the north-western coast of the continent were liberated
from control by the Red Empire of Klrakthia, again by a strike force from the
Ashenbay. It seems that our rising star of a Queen has ambitions across the
continent. With the massive wealth her ventures seem to have gained her and the
martial force she seems capable of mustering nearly out of thin air, one
wonders if Ama'as might soon find itself entirely within her draconic grasp.

### Tapinek Annihilated! (18 Mamanim, 1148)

The principally Tall Eshrid army of Queen Veruca I Darrius
of the Ashenbay has completely secured the city of Tapinek and has
systematically reduced most of the city to glass and gravel with dragon breath,
with their grisly work expected to conclude in the following days. The citizenry
of Tapinek is being relocated, en masse, to new colonies belonging to the Queen
within and around her borders, and the slavers of the city appear to have
received a brand denoting them as such and magically enforcing an end to the
practice.

Update those maps, princes and paupers, because even the
river has been rerouted by the industrious Queen. Tapinek exists now only in
the tomes of history, and perhaps chanted in the nightmares of the slavers of
Central Telane.

### Disaster at Tagrin (12 Mamanim, 1148)

Tagrin, the small glacial city of southern Alatria, appears
to have been devastated by some form of necromantic attack. Details are not
forthcoming, as Imperial sources are tight-lipped as to theories on possible
causes.

### Battle of Tapinek (12 Mamanim, 1148)

Queen Veruca I Darrius, at the head of a thousand-ship
armada, has launched a full-scale siege assault on the Great City of Tapinek.
Reports from the city indicate that her forces (primarily composed of Tall
Eshrid, means of recruitment unknown) have demolished the sea-wall and stormed
the lower city.

### Coalition Assault on the Vanguard (12 Mamanim, 1148)

A large coalition fleet from the Telanese central coast
waged a massive assault on the Orange Harbor in Western Avandonne, their target
apparently the headquarters of the Alatrian Vanguard and its leader, Prince Xan
Darrius, the Southern Gale. While the attack devastated the harbor, it appears
to have failed to either destroy the Vanguard headquarters or kill its intended
target. This may come as a surprise to anyone who has never once in their life
heard of the Rising Sun.

=== Fiendish Ferettes Forces Foiled, World's Warriors Welcomed
(1 Mamanim, 1148) ===
Following an unprovoked attack by Lord Martial Engan
Ferettes of Riflies on the city of Evytum with a large fleet, a temporary gap
appears to have been created in Caera's present planar lock, allowing many of
the missing Epic heroes to return including all of those previously reported.

### Planar Lock (38 Mamanim, 1148)

Ongoing investigation by Vanguard sources shows that Caera
is under a divine planar lock originating from one of the High Gods. This is
likely the source of the disconnect with the Parade of Epics.

### Parade of Epics Missing From Caera (37 Mamanim, 1148)

Much of the familiar cast of epic heroes we know and love
from around Caera appear to have disappeared. It is unknown what threat they
are currently facing and where, as no one has been able to make contact. Among
the disappeared are the Grey Wardens, the leaders of the Ruby Knight
Vindicators and Jade Phoenix Mages, Xan Darrius and most of his army, Sir
Alaster Carroley, and many others.

### Raccia Recaptured (36 Mamanim, 1148)

The Lady-General Cassandra Leon, having previously defected
to the employ of the Pale King, has been defeated at Raccia by a strike force
led by the God's Grief adventuring party. The city once again flies the banners
of the Kingdom of Ganta--possibly a sign that the fighting in Southern Ganta is
coming to a close.

### The Pale King (31 Semanim, 1148)

An unknown person calling himself "The Pale King"
is raising banners and eyebrows in southern Ganta. The Lady General Cassandra
Leon of Ganta has already declared herself and her army for this Pale King, and
messengers have begun to spread word that he claims all domain the Cor Empire
once touched.

### Chaos at Lirellia (21 Semanim, 1148)

Signs of a brief high-level magical duel were detected at a
watchtower near Lirellia, where a lich known as the Lord of Waters had
garrisoned a large undead army. While the outcome of the duel is unknown, none
of the combatants have been seen since and the undead are gradually fanning
out, uncontrolled, into the surrounding countryside.

### Burn Out the Red (20th day of the 1st month, 1148 CA)

In Evytum, Queen Veruca I and Brother Mathias, High Priest
of the demigod Aelor, alongside the forces of the Church of Soralamin and other
religious orders, declare a crusade against the Red Empire and its seat in
Bloodbath.

### War in Ganta! (1st month, 1148 CA)

The war in Ganta continues, with a new army from the
enigmatic "Pale King" laying siege to Raxia. Meanwhile the end of the
Gantan internal conflict led to the eradication of the forces of Bloodbath
through most of the northern countryside. Bloodbath holds Slashstone though
under heavy naval siege, and King Gerold I presses his advantage in the east,
reclaiming Garena.

### Corelsan Expansionism (1148 CA)

The city-state of Felciyn situated in the Icewater Bay south
of Caldera signed a formal annexation agreement with the Principality of
Corelsa. The Salt Queen Cassan Litarrius has also recently established a port
deep on a newly discovered island in the Cansan sea, signalling a period of
Corelsan expansion.

### The Eye of the Storm (19th day of the 1st month, 1148 CA)

The First and Final Storm, the largest Yellow Dragon known
to exist, was recently driven from its dominion over the subcontinent of Roven
by Xan Darrius, also known as the Prince of Lightning. The cause of the
altercation is unknown, but the Storm is reported to be temporarily depowered
and retreating from Caera.

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