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   | The Olympia Times                                       issue g1-129 |
   | December 11, 1996                                                    |
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   | turn 129  122 players                            http://www.pbm.com/ |
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The Lords of Revelstone are greatly concerned by the silence of their
great friends, the Royal Geographic Society.  The Lords are mounting
a mission to the Halls of Discovery to determine the source of the
ill that has struck down Bartholomew and his fellows.  Should the
Society be found to have passed, the Lords will offer to fulfill the
agreements entered by the Society and will continue to be of whatever
aid they may be to the people of the greater Lands.

                           -- Lords of Revelstone [ad4]



Has anyone else wondered what those undead are doing 
wandering about.  I just found out and thought I 
would share the info.

 receives a vision of Limper [a6c]:
29: 
29: Location:     Emperor's Gardens [by22], in Provinia
29: Loyalty:     Fear-65
29: Stacked under:  Undead [ck3c]
29: Health:     100%
29: Combat:     attack 80, defense 80, missile 0
29:      behind 5  (stay behind in combat)
29: Break point:    0% (fight to the death)
29: use 9593 1     (concealing self, but not alone)
29: 
29: Skills known:
29:    Combat [121]
29:      Fight to the death [9505]
29:    Stealth [122]
29:      Sneak into structure [9574], apprentice
29:      Conceal self [9593], apprentice
29:    Beastmastery [123]
29:      Use beasts in battle [9507]
29:      Breed beasts [9508], grand master
29: 
29: Inventory:
29:   qty  name     weight
29:   ---  ----     ------
29:     4  dragons [286]       400   (500,500,0)
29:       ======
29:          400
29: 
29: Capacity:  0/100 land (0%)

                               -- The day of Rest [ju3]





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               South & West CAMARIS  Update

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  Monthly notice: every new visitor to either of

  our two fair isles should notify us in advance.

 (We'll only get back to you if there's a problem)





                            -- The Crazy Quilters [vn7]



  I still seek someone who can help me find a place to learn
  beastmastery.  I wish to breed my own beasts of burden.
  The reward for the one who brings me this knowledge shall 
  be ample.

                                        -- Daleon [s5l]



Customer Testamonial on behalf of the First Bank of Provinia

Greetings, Provinians!  My name's Jack and these are my beans.
I'm a trader.  I travel Provinia buying and selling the finest
beans and linen.  How did I get this great career?  The First
Bank of Provinia gave me a small-business loan.  That's how!
They have everything a businessman like myself could need:
low-interest loans, high interest rates, newbie bonuses,
warehouse facilities, shipping services...  What else could
you ask for?

So take it from me, Jaques et ses Haricots, don't wind up lying
in the gutters of Imperial City weaving baskets.  Stop by the
First Bank of Provinia a call.  You'll be glad you did.

                        -- Jaques et ses Haricots [x1a]



                                 Rumors



   Now accepting applications for the New Order of Olympians (NOoO),
   an alliance which will be the dominant force in g2. No scruples
   required.



Does the AOO control Hades again if they were able to kill Kaden the Hand?



An invasion of Zercia is in progress!



Everywhere I go,
the four corners of the world,
the AOO is there,
with their Dragon Lords.

Ugly lizards are they,
and their dragons are pretty homely, too. 



Ha ha a lot of gold



 more



  Resistance is futile!



  Ouch!  Quit it!



 un peu d'ore



     Where has the RGS gone?



>> Durned Savages!  Tore my castle down to the ground while
>>   I was out getting milk & bread!

Well if you hadn't bought a cheap prefab castle made from pressed Ork hair.




        Poetry one of the finer arts,
        and one of the more truthful.       



The RGS is still around and quite active.  We just haven't heard
from our leader in a while, that's all!



   Does anybody know if it's safe to auraculate now?
   Is the dreaded B finally gone?



Has anyone had any success with Inns



   We apologize for being unoriginal.  But we have little
   time and in dire need of gold.  So this is it.  - XXXX



Maybe you didn't hear me last turn. I said get off my island.
Your claim to the land is no longer valid since you lack the
strength to hold it. This is your last warning.



The time has come,
the Walrus said,
To talk of many things.

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax.
Of Cabbages and Kings.