Imperial News

Issue 10 (Summer/553 MR)

Headlines:

Mhoried declares war on Ghoried.
Castle in Roesone proved to be of bad construction.
Alamie come to Ghoeres help.
Coeranys under siege.

Haelynir 3rd:
The Gorgons representatives is said to talk to Wierachs Count.

Haelynir 4th:
Surprisingly Rhoubhe sent out information about the military status of the eastern realms of Anuire.

Haelynir 6th:
WIT spread the their faith around in Taeghas.

Haelynir 7th:
Boeruine brought the law into Thasbyrn

Haelynir 8th:
Aerenwe spread the word that new houses was being built in Calrie, and that new citizens would be
welcomed warmly.

Haelynir 9th:
Prince Avan started making himself a couple of more fortifications.

Haelynir 10th:
The people of Mhoried rejoiced as the long awaited wedding of Michael Mhoried, and Lady Aubrae Telfin
was finally held. Some of the attending people grumbled about the commendations, and food being served.

Haelynir 12th:
Diemed started making room for more settlers in Tier. With no more raids from the Spider, people was
happy to hear that the beautiful province of Tier was open for more farms.

Haelynir 13th:
The Imperial Temple of Haelyn rebuilt their temples in Roesone. Troops under the employment of ITH
was also seen to enter ships in Braeme. The ships didn't sail under the banner of ITH though.

Haelynir 14th:
With peace settling between Diemed and Roesone, people slowly started to trickle into the province of Alamier
in the state of Haelynir.

Haelynir 15th:
Gavin Tael sent out people to look into the loyalty of his bureaucracy in the western part of Ghoere.
Several peoples loyalty was questioned. They soon after quit their jobs.

Haelynir 17th:
Baroness Marlae Roesone went to talk to Queen Liliene Swordright of Aerenwe.
While both regents was said to still be friendly after the meeting, neither seemed overly happy
with the results.

Haelynir 19th:
Arch-Bishop Adaeron went to Marilen with his lieutenant. After a month they had gathered a small
band of followers to the Imperial Temple of Haelyn.

Haelynir 20th:
The Holy Order of Haelyn's Aegis, together with the Militant Order of Cuiraecen declared that they
where going to liberate Coeranys from the joke of the current ruler.
They seemed to back up their word with a sizeable army. One marched into Coeranys through Osoerde,
but an even larger one came by sea. Together with MOC and HA troops, troops for ITH also entered
Coeranys.

Haelynir 22nd:
Heartland Outfitters opened up a new trade route between Ciliene and Endier.

Haelynir 23rd:
Forces from Markazor moved poured out from brushfire, and into Suthren Hills.
The Elinien forces fought valiantly, but found it prudent to move back into Elinie
when things began to shift to the wrong side.

Haelynir 25th:
Boeruine Trading Guild opened up a new shop in Thasbyrn.
There live very few people there, but it has potential.

Anarire 4th:
The Gorgon did a magic contest with Regien, the Court Mage of Mhoried.

Anarire 5th:
WIT preached around in Taeghas to gather up the last of the lost souls who still
don't follow the ways of the Western Imperial. WIT could proudly proclaim that
they now have full religious control over Taeghas.

Anarire 6th:
The Mhor declared Marshal Law, and moved into and seized all assets of
Overland/Highland Traders in Mhoried. A trade route was shut down,
and several shops and warehouses was cleared out in the provinces of Cwlldon
and Tenarien.
Fearing the wrath of his people the Mhor spear out all the sized goods to the people
of the two provinces. This appeased most of the people there.
At the same time, forces from Mhoried moved into Ghoere.

Diemed declared war on Ghoere.

Anarire 7th:
The castle in Caercas had obviously several faults, as it collapsed on itself in the middle
of the night. The Baroness and several of her retainers, staff, and servants was trapped inside.

The Overland/Highland Traders mustered a large army. No doubt they where less the pleased
with how the Mhor treats a honest guild, who built a trade routes which mainly would benefit
Mhoried.

Anarire 8th:
Aerenwe, Osoerde, and Alamie declared to all having defensive treaties with Ghoere, and that they
would honour this by standing against Mhoried.

Anarire 9th:
Arch-Bishop Adaeron overlooked emissaries to the east this month. We are not quite sure the exact
place they went, but we are quite sure its somewhere inside the Chimeron.

Anarire 15th:
The news from Coeranys is that the southern parts are under occupation from temples of the Empire.

Anarire 16th:
Guilder Kalien started bringing some law onto Caelcorwynn.

Anarire 18th:
The forces who took Suthren Hills last month, moved out of that province and moved into Periltrees instead.
This made it possible for the Elenien forces to move back into Suthren Hills.

Anarire 19th:
Strait of Aerele Shipping tried to opened up a trade presence in Brosien, but failed.

Anarire 20th:
Boeruine Trading Guild tried to opened up an office in The Imperial City of Anuire, but failed when
the other guild stood together against the attemt.

Anarire 21st:
Roesone????

Anarire 24th:
Arch-Duke Boeruine made room for more settlers in Bacaele.

The battles in Ghoere:
It all started when the Mhor declared war on Ghoere. The Mhor being who he is, refuse to
repay any damage he has done, and think it's better to make up some excuses and go to war.
An army of medium size moved into Tornilen.
Tornilen had a small fort, and a small garrison. The small army outside the fort was defeated
at midday, and the castle was set under siege by nightfall.
It was thought that the forces of Mhoried would take the fort the next day.

But fate had decreed otherwise. The following morning, another medium sized army, under
the direct command of Gavin Tael, charged the forces of Mhoried.
A bloody battle ensued, one which after a 2 days clearly was going Gavin Taels way.
Gavin Tael made several brilliant tactical moves, and his overall strategy was clearly quite
superior. Although the Mhor showed his to be a man well versed in the art of warfare,
he didn't manage to compete with Tael this time.

The forces of Mhoried withdrew back into Tenarien, where they bogged down
expecting a counter-strike.

On the west side of Ghoere on the other hand, an army from Diemed attacked Tireste.
The Imperial Observers was for some reason, against all forms of custom and laws.
It was afterwards explained that it was for their own good, since these invaders looked
like brigands, pirates and worse. And since they where not to be trusted to follow normal
rules, Ghoere didn't want the Observers to be hurt, since their services would surely be
needed other places the coming weeks.

But even though we don't have any first hand witnessess of the actual battle, we do know
the outcome of the battle, which was that Diemed won the first skirmish, but that the
counterstrike from Rhumannen as good as devastated the Dieman army.

The remains of that army fled into Endier hoping to escape the wrath of their persuers.

Deismir 4th:
Rhoubhe and some of his friends appeared in Endier this month, raiding the peasents.
They disapered before the army managed to do anything about it.

Deismir 7th:
Boeruine was approched by the Mhor who wanted to talk with him.

Deismir 8th:
There was a party in Endier this month. Since it was rumoured that people like Prince Avan
was resent helped to make it be "the party of the year".
It was said that the Free City of Endier was one big party for a week.

Desimir 10th:
In Diemed some troops was trained.

Deismir 12th:
The unrest in Mhoried grew as several hundred in Mhorieds army denonced their oath to
the Mhor, and decleared that Michael should take the throne, as he was a much better
person to lead Mhoried.
To avoid trouble the army that was still loyal to the Mhor moved north away from the
those who "defected". But the slower units was soon attacked, and a small skirmish began.

Deismir 13th:
Under the banner of Overland/Highland Traders, an army marched into Maesilar.

Deismir 14th:
ITH started heavy consteding against RCS holding in Roesone.

Deismir 16th:
Count Aglnodier was seen running around in Fairfield. Most peasents became quite
convinsed that the Count had become quite insane.

Deismir 18th:
Marlae Roesone and those of her court who still lives, had several visits to Gavin Tael
throughout the month. At the end of the month, it was said that the Baroness, and the Baron
was almost friendly. The Baroness was brought up to don't trust Ghoere, but it seems these
talks have managed to quell any talks of war between the Roesone and Ghoere.

Deismir 20th:
In a move that was a complete surprise to most, Guildmaster El-Hadid and Guildmistress
Ghoried annonced their intensions to marry.
From what we had gathered earlier we had though that Ghoried neither trusted or liked
El-Hadid, but if Roesone and Ghoere can appear to be friendly when they are not required
to by Imperial Costum, then other miracles can happen too.

Deismir 21st:
A small shipment of gold was sent from the Eastern Archbishopric of the ITH, into the Chimeron.

Deismir 22nd:
Alamie marched into Byrnnor, and fought iwht Mhorieds army there.

Deismir 23rd:
Strait of Aerele Shippers again triad to opened up a shop in Brosien.

Desimir 24th:
The people of Mieres yet again had a surprising nationwide drop of loyalty.
Several provinces is said to be near rebellion. If this in it self didn't cause the
governor enough problemts to deal with, most of his army defected too.

Deismir 25th:
BTG invested Torain, and built a few roads.

Deismir 27th:
Someone is fortifing the old Five Peaks provinces Puinol and Floodspaeth.

Rumours:
"While in the midst of leading her army against Diemed this spring, the Baroness of Roesone were attempted assassinated.
The assassins came close, injuring her in an ambush, by shooting her in the back with crossbows.
Rumors claims that the assassins were in the pay of the Bellamie family in Bellam."

"The Baroness of Roesone is secretly being woed by the Baron of Ghoere.
It seems that the far older man have become besotted by the fierce spirit she displays, as well as her looks.
As the Baroness have become very close to the Mhor, it is rumored that Ghoere is contemplating war on Mhoried
to get rid of what he perceives as a rival."

"Investigations into the murder on Ranwe Melion, lieutenant of the Baroness of Roesone, have revealed proof that the leader of ITH,
Hubaere Armiendin, was involved. This is consistent with the fact that Melion wrote the letters "AR" with his own blood after being
assaulted by unknown persons.
How this will influence the relationship between the barony and ITH remains to bee seen."

"Prince Avan have a bastard son unknown to all but Guilder Kalien, who have managed to lure the young man into his employ."

"An earthquake struck Proudglaive, the capital of Roesone, and tore down a large part of the city. Even the Castle Blacktower were
compleatly razed and several people were killed. Among the more severly damaged were the Baroness of Roesone."

"The realm of Dhoesone have secretly funded the goblinrealm of Thurazor in its war against Taelinie."

"There is unrest in the realm of Mhoried. Several of the populace is tired of the Mhor's rule and want his son Michael to take over.
Indeed, during the war the Mhor instigated against its neighbour Ghoere, after he had a most embarrassing incident with the
Arch-duke of Alamie, several units in the Mhorien army refused to accept his leadership, demanding instead to be put under
Michaels command. The Mhor had every man i these units executed, leaving them no choice but to commit mutiny."

"Boeruine has offered the Mhor to become his vassal as the price for helping Mhoried in the war against Ghoere and Alamie."

"The Duchess of Coeranys have been discovered to be a secret follower of Belinik.
Therefore the forces of Haelyn's Aegis and the Militant Order of Cuiraécen have embarked on a holy war to remove her from her throne."

"A not named greater noble from the Anuirean heartlands, while out making war, have lost his personal diaries due to theft.
The diaries is rumored to contain highly sensitive information of a both personal as well as political nature, some of which could
easily lead to more war in the region."

"The castellan in Roeson have retired due to old age. In his stead the Baroness of Roesone will place a new lieutenant.
As the earlier castellan have withdrawn himself with his whole family to land granted him by the throne, it seems that it will
not be one of the former castellans own sons who will take up the position after him. If so it will be a radical change as
the title have been more or less hereditary ever since Roesone were founded."

"In Haelynara great underground nests of monsters exist. These nests are the real reason that the Medoerean population left the land.
Any new settlers there will be in mortal peril at most times as the monsters make quick forays into settlements to steal and kill.
Its only fools that will go there to live."