It will start at 3pm ET and last until 6pm ET. All merchants and craftsmen
are cordially invited to setup booths in the Market Square of Trinsic. If you
have any questions or need special arrangements, contact me via courier
ericpalin at stonegard.com

The night before the Market, the Paladins of Trinsic wilt be holding a
poetry contest to choose the next Queen of Love and Beauty. All Gentlemen art
invited to participate. To enter, simply compose and read aloud a poem
detailing the virtues of any Lady thou dost choose. The subject of the winning
poem wilt be crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty and wilt arbitrate the Grand
Tourney to be held following the Market. The poetry contest wilt begin at 9pm
ET and continue until the last contestant is finished, late entries are
welcome as long as you enter before the last speaker stands to recite his
poem.

Following the Grand Market, beginning at approximately 6:30pm ET, the
Paladins wilt hold their Grand Tourney. Everyone is welcome to attend and
participate in the open matches. Tourney matches and specifications are below
and will be held in order:

Wrestling Match -> Open to all Comers Prize will be a suit of leather
armor (exact specifications to be determined, will be either magical or GM
or a mix)

Knife Match -> Open to all Comers Prize will be a magical fencing
weapon

Sword Match -> Open to Aspirants and Paladins only, others may
observe. Winner will earn the title SwordMaster.

Staff Match -> Open to Aspirants and Paladins only, others may
observe. Winner will earn the title ArmsMaster.

Joust -> Open to Full Paladins (non-Templars) only, others may
observe. Winner will be the next Grand Paladin of the Order.

All events will be held upon the Paladin's Isle in Trinsic.

Further Posts will follow over the next few months.

Eric Palin,

Paladin Templar,

Master of Ceremonies.

Galam, Gargoyle Nexis of The Purple Guardians of Honor [PGoH], encountered a
strange man two nights ago...

*A bald pale man his midnight blue cloak stained with the mud of the road
and his hands white-knuckled as he clenches a book of strange runes to his
chest. Seeing you his eyes widen in fear but then looking at you more
closely he sighs.*

You... you are not one of them... one of the followers of Minax? That is
good. I be Gul'naga, a mage, scribe, alchemist, and historian. My studies
involve the arcane and the Gargoyles.

*Looking to the book he goes through it's pages for a moment, the strange
language unreadable to most though the more adept mages recognize some of
the words.*

This... is the Kodeks Rit... that means the Book of Rituals in the tounge
of the Gargoyles. I came upon it in my... research and it offers some
disturbing information.

It tells what the mysterious Moonstones were once used for. It tells of a
vortex, which might be related to the vortex atop the black spire in Trinsic.
It tells of an age of prosperity for the Gargoyles while they had an
artifact... and artifact called The Codex.

This... book I hold in my hands the Kodeks Rit tells of the ritual which
the Codex was called from the Vortex to them. In other books I have yet to
scribe to the gargish phonetics and then to Britannian tounge they tell of
the powers of the Codex.

The Codex... has the answer to every question. It gives the reader
ultimate wisdom and infinite knowledge at their fingertips.

My dear strangers... Minax I believe, is after the Codex.

I have given an un-translated version of the Kodeks Rit to one of your
fellows named Galam I believe. I have further translated it to Britannian
tongue and can provide you with that.

Five other tomes I have that were written by the Gargoyles... including
the Kodeks Kir, the Book of Circles which describes the Virtues which they
follow... and which I follow as well.

I offer my services to you, to research gargoyles and more. As well as my
services as a Scribe, Alchemist, and apprentice mage. All I ask in return
would be a place to practice my craft and research and that the books I
scribed would be available to any who wished them.

*Gul'naga looks around warily as if he expects Minax herself to come and
rip the book from his grasp and smite him at any moment*

Not knowing how to reach the mysterious Gul'naga, I made a midnight foray
to leave him a note that hopefully only he would understand...

*a boyish looking, yet mature, leatherclad warrior sneaks out in the
night with parchment in hand, making his way to the city in the dead of
night, checks for anyone about, then creeps up to the town message board and
nails the paper to the board*

A student I am, a friend I be

If you know of rits, and can read them me

Then seek me out, with those of honor

A place for you, this I can offer

If not my own, than that of my brother

Believe me this, it shall do as no other

Forgive my poem, I know 'tis poor

One skill I lack, is that of word lore

*as a last thought, the warrior scribbles a crude drawing of a grotesque
beast at the bottom of the page, looking not too unlike a child's graffiti,
then with a last look around, he returns the way he came*

I have since been contacted by Gul'naga, and have been informed that the
translation of the Kodeks Rit is complete. I shall notify you of the place
where you may find and read this book for yourself, once I have it in my
possession. Perhaps it will lead us to a means to combat the darkness that
Minax has brought to our land!

submitted by Alodar of PGoH (www.thehonorempire.net)

I have discovered much in my research. I have been translating tomes of
gargish runes for days upon days as well as doing much scrying and divining.
I have came upon a mention of moonstones in a book titled Kodeks Rit by the
gargoyles. This translares to the Book of Rituals.

In it I found not only the mention of moonstones but it mentions a use
for them as well. They are used in a ritual to bring 'the Codex' from the
Vortex. I believe that Minax seeks to claim this Codex for her own uses and
so is having her minions collect the moonstones for her (Hence why the
moonstones are all on evil intelligent creatures that have been seen
attacking the towns in their armies).

This Codex that Minax seeks is not just any tome. While the gargoyles
refered to it only as the Codex it is known by another name amongst humans.
The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom, an artifact of almost infinite power, able to
answer any question it's reader desires. If this falls into the hands of
anyone, esspecially of an evil sorceress such as Minax, we are all in great
danger. I fear the thought of what Minax seeks to learn from the Codex.

- Gul'naga, Sage, Historian, Scribe, Scholar, Alchemist, and Mage

The Gargoyle scribe, Gul'naga, has successfully translated two of the works,
The Book of Rituals (Kodeks Rit) and the Book of Circles (Kodeks Kir), that
he has been working on.

In accordance with my promise to Gul'naga, the translated books are now
available to the public at the PGOH Altar
of Poseidon tower. The painting below show the location of the Tower along
the coast far south of Trinsic.

Additional works will be made available at the same location as they are
finished. Rest assured that these are only copies of the originals by
Gul'naga -- I shall not allow Minax to destroy these important works!

Submitted by Alodar of PGoH (www.thehonorempire.net)

How long has it been? Remember those caravans over that first Summer?
Remember how we united over trade and drove back the Shadowclan in its
heyday? Recall how Kinship, Yew, Trinsic, Cove and all those guilds in
between gained in strength and momentum as trade flourished? And most
importantly, do you remember how we would travel along the road, 5 to 10
pack animals in tow, and people would stop and say, "Wow! How did you
get so many going? What is happening?"

Trinsic, the founder of those caravans, has fallen. The paladins yet
reside on the Isle, biding their time till the lady may be rescued. But the
bardic masters of Britain have contacted me, saying the masters Inloria
Glorden and Malvolio will be leading such a caravan to Kinship, Yew, Cove,
and Drachental. They plan on moving men, horses, and civilization to all
areas of our land until such a time as they are no longer able. Their hope
is to revitalize the people, and keep hope flourishing.

I've heard it said that with Trinsic, so will fall our world and our way
of life. I have even heard people speaking of magical gates to other lands
in order to flee the disaster.

I urge thee, even if thou art low on hope, to get involved with these
last caravans. Wilt thou go out as the poor trembling rabbit, caught by the
hunter, never having had the chance? Or wilt thou make a go of it, fighting
for thy way of life with every last breath?

Lord General Rutger Dag

Paladin of Trinsic

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When: -Friday

Times:

--------Gather at 7:00pm eastern

--------Leave Britain at 8:00pm eastern

--------Arrive in Kinship about 9 or 10, from there we'll make our way to
Skara Brae.

Start: -Western bridge in Britain

Gather with us at the western bridge in Britain. We will be on the town
side. The first hour is to allow people to arrive, and to allow some
interaction and banter until it is time to leave.

The caravan masters will be Inloria Glorden and Malvolio. These two bards
will give the orders to leave, and they will see to the positioning of
guards. Most often this means, "Mr Ruden Solic, would you take charge
of the left flank?"

In other words, they will not be concerned over the actual placement of
individual troops, nor of the actual commanding of guards. They will,
however, be in charge of seeing the caravan to safety.

Should anyone acting as guard find himself lagging behind, or running off
to do battle with a fleeing enemy, he should not expect the caravan to
remain still. The merchants will continue to Kinship, and then onward to
Skara where a marketplace will be set up at the docks.

That's this Friday the 10th at 7pm. Each week I hope to get another
caravan going. I know I can count on certain groups to be there...I am
hoping the turnout will be even better than expected.

Remember that protest against OSI, which consisted of marching on Lord
British's castle? This caravan is to be similar in sentiment. The difference
is, there is none of the venom and malice which accompanied that event. We
have nothing against OSI, and personally I have nothing against the proposed
changes. I do think they should change which reflection is to be the consent
only area. But regardless, the main focus is to show how many roleplayers
there really are out there. Even if you don't normally consider yourself a
roleplayer, we encourage you to join us.

Hail and well met,

I am Garth Bakrath and I have found more things going on around Trinsic.
Today I was traveling near the west Gate along the Road to Britain when I
came across a strange camp. As yet I have not found the owners of these
tents and structures but from the looks of it they are not friendly. Being
the cautious type that I am I did not stay long enough to find out who had
built and set it up, for just then a patrol of lizard and ratmen came down
the road. Stepping into the forest and making my way back to file this
report to the authorities, I felt was the better part of keeping my skin on.

I was on a training and scouting mission to the Yew Crypts when I found
myself in the lich Ventryn's chamber. I had been to the room before and seen
the lich himself. I had heard of a vault room that is normally locked but
people had gained entry to before, and used a magic word to transport
themselves to the lair of this lich and I found the vault open. I decided to
chance using the magic word and was sent to the strange lair of this
mysterious lich.

When I arrived there I found, on the dias before the lich's throne, a
book entitled "The Journal of Qua'tel" enclosed is a copy of the
book, in it's strange language.

I only hope my finding this book will aid our troubled land and help us
understand this undead mage.

Ranger Relee of Skara Brae