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   | The Olympia Times                                       issue g2-109 |
   | March 16, 1999                                                       |
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   | turn 109  309 players                            http://www.pbm.com/ |
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                        Player-contributed press



ICLF PROCLAMATION


Be it known to all Olympians:


The Inner Circle Liberation Front has struck its first blow in the
war of LIBERATION!  We shall not rest until we have liberated all
our oppressed brethern in Land's End from under the Shadowy grip
of foreign interlopers with their Lordly airs and tricksy lackeys.


Travelers advisory:  in our realm, if you are not us, you are THEM.
If we can hurt you, we will.   In Shawdowlands [former, not current]
and Musketeerville we will be a little more circumspect. No sense
hitting a PLATO or RM ally by mistake.


ICLF[hu8]


OOC:  Okay, okay, one faction isn't going to hurt a 30+ faction alliance.
      Maybe one of them will hurt himself laughing when he reads this.
      Point is, I now have more that one noble so I am going to be harder
      to exterminate.  And suddenly their rear area isn't so warm and
      fuzzy.



                                          -- ICLF [hu8]



Just a reminder that the Brotherhood of the Red God is harrassing the Lord's
shipping and naval troop movements in the Camaris Straits. 
All neutral ships in the waters between Camaris and Provinia east of 
the 50 longtitude line running through Harn should contact us so you 
are not caught up in this conflict. Any ships in these waters that 
have not contacted us will be considered hostile till we have 
determined otherwise.

  We currently have Brothers in the Drassa region with 
little to do. We are currently looking for contracts of any sort 
(training, recruiting, raiding, patrol duty, etc) in this area or any 
of the nearby islands. We have ship transport and don;t mind 
travelling.

Please visit our web site at 
www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1843/borg.html
  or contact us at
     asgardian@bigfoot.com

   May the Red God smile upon you.
 The Herald of the Brotherhood of the Red God 

                                        -- Wodan [d987]




 Mercenaries Wanted!

 Are there any factions out there interested
 in taking on some mercenary work?  I am looking
 for a few (well, a lot actually) good men to
 do some raiding, shipping disruption, undercover
 work, magical combat, and information gathering.
 I can afford to pay handsomely, and guarantee
 excitement, glory, and the chance to make enemies
 for--what may end up being a short but satisfying--
 life!  Please contact me through the mystical
 messaging service if you are interested.

 Note:  I had several takers, all of whom have by now
 received their first payment and are embarking on their
 assigned missions.  However, I have unlimited cash,
 and lots of work, so keep those cards and letters coming!



                           -- Ming the Merciless [2900]



If only I had a rope...You guy's are excellent. I couln't stop
laughing all day keep up the good work.

                                      -- Tabitha [7184]



As the column of smoke rises
 over the burnt ruins of Codric's southern fleet,
it is answered by an even larger pyre of smoke and flame to the northeast!


                                       -- Maltar [3475]



The Rimmon Musketeers remain open to new members.
Put your nobles on a fast development track with the resources of
a large alliance behind them!  We have opportunities for combat, trade,
magical and priest study, exploration and questing.
Contact me for more information.

All for One and One for All!


                                       -- Maltar [3475]



                                 Rumors



Oh for whatever... everyone seems to be looking for hm... 
"tools" these days... While I can understand what's wrong 
with all this scotch stills around, I wonder what will be
deaten to pulp next? poor little birds? Or will it be a
faction next? Does the tide really turn against the Lords?
In spite of the less than professional approach by the 
Rimmies... Will mercenaries dominate future conflicts?
Or will peach rule Provinia once again?
I can't help but await the future with curiousity...
Yours truly, The one and only Sparrow




 You can talk, you can talk.
 You can bicker, you can talk.
 You can talk talk bicker bicker bicker talk talk,
 but you gotta know the territory.




 Do the LotC have a death wish, or are they just not nearly
 as skilled as we thought? They boast of victories against 
 Rimmon but  the war machine of the Musketeers has just now begun
 to really produce. They are getting killed in Camaris, but 
 they keep sending more nobles to die. The BorG harass them 
 from all directions, and rumor is that the Tanstafl League is 
 about the join the cause against them.  Their "allies"
 seem only to be full of talk with no taste for action.
 All this, yet they continue to brag that they have matters
 well in hand, while anyone who is truly informed knows
 that their young empire is crumbling around them. Their
 inexperience in the ways of this world is beginning to show,
 and unless they pull back and consolidate they will soon not 
 be much of a factor to contend with. In some ways, they
 will be missed, as they have provided some much needed color 
 and interest for the last few years. Overall though, 
 their arrogance and (in the case of some of their factions) 
 outright stupidity has lowered the quality of discourse 
  to at times unacceptably low levels.

 One now wonders who will replace them as the "Great Evil," as
 they replaced PLATO?  Or perhaps we will enter an age of 
 enlightenment where people will live peacably with each other,
 trading, making pots, breeding centaurs, and quietly going
 about their own business.

 Yeah, right.





 Once upon a time, Captain Mordekai's supposed "author" pirated a
 joke off the Internet, then changed a few names and published
 it in the Times - like it was original material or something...



I THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT LIKE THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THE BRAVE AND
MIGHTY ARTEMIS ENTRERI KNIGHT OF THE CROWNED LORDS IN ACTION.

Bruce was here! [cp71], swamp, in Provinia, civ-1

 0: Garrison [p641], garrison, with ten soldiers guards Bruce was
 0: here! [cp71].
 1: Artemis Entreri [5339] attacks Aonghus Og [9758]!
 1:
 1:    Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes
[j310],
 1:    with seven peasants, nine workers, 19 elite guard, five pikemen,
 1:    two winged horses, three catapults, accompanied by:
 1:       Bruce [k275], behind 2, with seven workers, seven winged
horses
 1:       Bruce [c041], behind 9, with 127 elite archers, 193
crossbowmen,
 1:          three peasants
 1:       Bruce [f171], behind 9, with one winged horse
 1:       Bruce [x321], behind 9, with one winged horse
 1:       Sigfried of Dol [b873], behind 9, with one winged horse
 1:
 1:    Aonghus Og [9758]
 1:
 1: Artemis Entreri [5339] is victorious!
 1:
 1:    Artemis Entreri lost one pikeman.
 1:
 1:    Aonghus Og [9758] was taken prisoner.
 1:
 2: Artemis Entreri [5339] attacks Garrison [p641]!
 2:
 2:    Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes
[j310],
 2:    with seven peasants, nine workers, 19 elite guard, four pikemen,
 2:    two winged horses, three catapults, accompanied by:
 2:       Bruce [k275], behind 2, with seven workers, seven winged
horses
 2:       Bruce [c041], behind 9, with 127 elite archers, 193
crossbowmen,
 2:          three peasants
 2:       Bruce [f171], behind 9, with one winged horse
 2:       Bruce [x321], behind 9, with one winged horse
 2:       Sigfried of Dol [b873], behind 9, with one winged horse
 2:
 2:    Garrison [p641], garrison, with ten soldiers
 2:
 2: Artemis Entreri [5339] is victorious!
 2:
 2:    Artemis Entreri lost one elite guard.
 2:
 2:    Garrison lost ten soldiers.
 2:    Garrison [p641] was destroyed.
 2:

THERE HE IS WITH HIS MIGHTY ARMY...

Wicca's Lament [cn71], plain, in Provinia, wilderness

 0: Garrison [k669], garrison, with 11 soldiers, nine peasants guards
 0: Wicca's Lament [cn71].
14: Bruce [k275], with 16 workers, seven winged horses, seven peasants,
14: 18 elite guard, four pikemen, three catapults, arrived from the
south,
14: accompanied by:
14:    Bruce [c041], with 127 elite archers, 193 crossbowmen, three
peasants
14:    Bruce [f171], with one winged horse
14:    Bruce [x321], with one winged horse
14:    Sigfried of Dol [b873], with one winged horse
14:    Bruce [f400], with four winged horses
14:    Bruce [v524]
14:    Bruce [x109]
15: Bruce [k275] attacks Garrison [k669]!
15:
15:    Bruce [k275], with 16 workers, seven winged horses, seven
peasants,
15:    18 elite guard, four pikemen, three catapults, accompanied by:
15:       Bruce [c041], behind 9, with 127 elite archers, 193
crossbowmen,
15:          three peasants
15:       Bruce [f171], behind 9, with one winged horse
15:       Bruce [x321], behind 9, with one winged horse
15:       Sigfried of Dol [b873], behind 9, with one winged horse
15:       Bruce [f400], behind 1, with four winged horses
15:       Bruce [v524], behind 9
15:       Bruce [x109], behind 9
15:
15:    Garrison [k669], garrison, with 11 soldiers, nine peasants
15:
15: Bruce [k275] is victorious!
15:
15:    Bruce lost one elite guard, two pikemen.
15:
15:    Garrison lost nine peasants, 11 soldiers.
15:    Garrison [k669] was destroyed.
15:

WELL THERES HIS ARMY WHERE DID BRAVE ARTIMIS GO???

Bruce was here! [cp72], mountain, in Provinia, wilderness

 0: Garrison [r546], garrison, with one soldier, 34 peasants guards
Bruce
 0: was here! [cp72].
 6: r546, arrivedr546, accompanied by:
 6:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner
 7: Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes [j310],
with
 7: two winged horses, went east, accompanied by:
 7:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner


Bruce was here! [cp73], swamp, in Provinia, wilderness

 0: Garrison [6838], garrison, with ten peasants guards Bruce was
 0: here! [cp73].
10: 6838, arrived6838, accompanied by:
10:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner
11: Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes [j310],
with
11: two winged horses, went south, accompanied by:
11:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner


Bruce was here! [cp72], mountain, in Provinia, wilderness

 0: Garrison [r546], garrison, with one soldier, 34 peasants guards
Bruce
 0: was here! [cp72].
 6: r546, arrivedr546, accompanied by:
 6:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner
 7: Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes [j310],
with
 7: two winged horses, went east, accompanied by:
 7:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner


Bruce was here! [cp73], swamp, in Provinia, wilderness

 0: Garrison [6838], garrison, with ten peasants guards Bruce was
 0: here! [cp73].
10: 6838, arrived6838, accompanied by:
10:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner
11: Artemis Entreri [5339], duke, wielding Sabre of the Tribes [j310],
with
11: two winged horses, went south, accompanied by:
11:    Aonghus Og [9758], prisoner
30: It has stopped raining.

RUN RUN LIKE THE COWARD YOU ARE ARTI BABY. WE WILL COME FOR YOU....



Ahh you saw us comming Maltar. There are more than one of us and we
will get your remaining nobels. heck your down to 6 I see, never fear
it wont be long now.
                 -Soon to be leader of the Musketeers-



I can't belive it you have all those mages holding hands playing what
appears to be Ring Around the Rosie as our armies stomp you at every
turn. This is great.



What with those bad attempts at killing me, I finally 
got enough bones and tendons to make my Necromantic Still.



Now, I've got a still.  Mmmmm, I can already taste that Scotch.



Sailor: Argh, There be whales here Captain.
Captain: Oh shut up and keep fishing.
Sailor: Aye, Aye Captain. But what about th'm sails of 't port?
Captain: I already told you what to do, so do it. Ignore the sails.
What could possibly go wrong.



Pig Foul will make a nice roast !!!



The heavy handed ruler acts as a would be king.
A lone  beast howls at the pale half risin moon.
The duke dons a red dress to dance with  men.
Copy machine repairmen as do little boys act as fools.
Fear the boogie man for he is among you now.
Proper time shall soon arrive and the ax will fall.
Then we shall hear a last long and final laugh.



   Every month I learn something new.
   Soon you'll know what I learned last month.

               -Seeker in Shadow