Reinhoff Resurrected

Issue #18 Kannas 19th 344K.E

   Dear patient readers, I wish you a joyous Summer Solstice. To the Aressan cities, may the cleansing day of Incenta - with your many burned offerings - drive away the dark spirits. Likewise in the Northern Reaches, this year's Grundag will be a sight for sore eyes, as the cold had been stubbornly clinging to the mountains and the moors.

Today I shall draw your attention to Amstelgraaf, and the Averige Academy, both resident to the Hienlands. The disturbance began three weeks ago at the Academy, wherein all manner of strange magical phenomena had occurred. At first it was simple and explainable; long overdue books appearing in suspect places, furniture changing in rooms, timetables swapped about - then came illusions of long deceased students wandering about the halls at night. The peak of the chaos was reached when a student vanished along with a treatise from the late and well renowned chronomancer, Professor Reinhoff. Later several students and faculty members were discovered in a thoroughly retarded state, captured by the Brotherhood, having lost all mental and physical faculties - they continue to be prayed over by his grace Bishop Anolois of Amstelgraaf, and their recovery is soon to be sure.

Shortly following, his once-hidden tower (the location of which will remain undisclosed), was assaulted by an unlikely fellowship. A well dressed Aressan man, whom my sources describe as an IASA archivist, two Anointed Ones, and a wizard by the name of "Ozodin" - reportedly the last pupil of Reinhoff's. They fought their way through a group of Twilight Brotherhood cultists, who had put to camp at the base of the tower ahead of our brave Imperials.

What was found within, I have limited information. Though many a rumour has circulated about the ability to peer through the veil of time, a magic contraption so great as to bend Kronos to the user's will! You will soon come to see their truthfulness. After ransacking their tower, the IASA and the Anointed Ones bickered over control of the tower. As the IASA was unable to reinforce their position, the Anointed have barred all others from entering as a "safeguarding precaution". Justice Lane Nightbane spoke with me, confidently asserting:

> "Our control over the tower was never contested. My associate, the Senior Archivist, admitted to me that it would undoubtedly be safer in our hands. We came to an agreement, and the security of the facility is guaranteed... I will also speak to the rumours that we are using Reinhoff's research to resolve regional issues - this is correct, it would be a waste to let decades of research vanish needlessly."
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There has been a surge in arrests recently, and Brotherhood activity has been wiped out. One resident, however, had complaints:

> "Look - I know it's dangerous times and all, but the Anointed Ones have been bursting into people's houses late at night...I don't know if it's safe to sleep sometimes, will they come for me next? Do they really only go after the guilty? My neighbour was just a quiet old lady, they say she was a witch."
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Regardless, I will endeavour to keep your informed on the situation. So too do I encourage you all to report suspicious activity to local governance - **we can only win this war together.**

*Ave Justinius*