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However any posts it links to are purely OOC information, unless you
happen to have a good explanation why you would know about them IC.]
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“Secret” Vesperian diary found
Strange events at Vesper museum – sabotage or theft?
A not-so-secret diary
was found, lying in a gutter in Vesper and donated to the town’s new
library. Maybe the fact it’s gone on display means it’s from someone
important; though we’re not sure if we’re to believe the claim made in
the diary itself that it belongs to Olof Twothumb, the dead brother of
Kain Twothumb.
Anyway, the library chronicles the events surrounding a mysterious
break-in at Vesper Museum a while ago. While the trespassers, disturbed
by the patrolling guardsman, disappeared into the night, nothing
appeared to have gone missing (not that the Vesperians ever bother to
visit their museum anyway, so they’d probably not know if anything
had!). The whole indicent would have no doubt have been forgotten, if
it wasn’t for the fact that one of the supposed robbers called the
other “Sir Jordan”. Now how many Jordans do you know? The plot thickens…
Mystery of Trinsic “abductee”
Is Vesper to blame? And how the hell did Kaldor get out of that one?
We’ve gotten word that there’s some fears in Trinsic that one of its
citizens might have been abducted by rebels from Vesper. According to a
couple of Kaldorians (friends of Trinsic these days, or so they say),
an unidentified individual was seen being dragged backwards through a
gateway just outside the Trinsic town walls on Monday night. Brave, or
foolhardy, take your pick, the Kaldorians jumped through the gate –
only to find themselves at Vesper’s premier watering hole, the Swaggers
Inn, staring into an avalanche of sharp and pointy objects. Being
pointed at them. Exactly how the Kaldorians extracted themselves out of
that mess we don’t know but we expect it’s got a lot to do with brown
trousers and burning heels. Trinsic’s finest, meanwhile, are left
scratching their heads over exactly who’s gone missing – apparently no
missing persons report has been filed yet and even the usual suspect
Tabbitha – winner of the “victim of the year” award five years running
– has developed a knack for staying out of trouble lately.
Black market – advertised?
Umbra traders report busy stalls and full coffers – full of what, that’s the question
The Black Market, held every so often by the necromancers of Umbra, took place again last weekend. If the necromancers’ press release
is anything to go by, it was a full success, with plenty of customers
entering the market, and many vendors leaving with a satisfied grin.
Oddly enough, we didn’t see that many visitors leaving the market…
Moving swiftly on, one must wonder about the sense of printing a press
release on a black market, or indeed advertising it at all. Have the
black arts become so respectable these days that they’re treated like
any other business, with open markets and press releases? Maybe they
even have a market place with long-term supply contracts for newt’s
ears, and pipelines for virgin’s blood leading into the city? You might
think it sounds ridiculous today, but just you wait…
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What’s On?
Surely there’s got to be something. Get off your lazy backsides, folks,
and let us know if you’re organising something!! Even if it’s just so
we can come along to point and laugh…
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Poste,
I was pleasantly surprised to read last nights Poste and see several
stories involving the North and also my home city, Vesper. My first
point is directed towards the story about the Ladies of Vesper wearing
masks. I do not know what part of Vesper you visited but I am yet to
meet any from any part of Vesper that wear masks on a regular basis.
The Ladies of the North are as fair as any Ladies from the hotter
south, if not more so, and despite being less “Lady like” their company
I do much prefer.
I would also like to comment on the Baron or Earl or whatever he calls
himself of Minoc’s letter. He seemed outraged that a back stabbing,
loyalist aristocrat from a small mining town was not recognised in a
City on the other side of the world? He is indeed a fool and might I
add that I find it hard to believe a Trinsic guard would show such back
bone; I found the story highly amusing.
The number of Barons and Earls and Mayors that have spawned from Minoc
has always surprised me, maybe this man has always been the same one, I
do not know. But he should learn, a reputation is earned, not given.
Yours sincerely,
Sir Kaelith Anar,
Knight of Vesper.
[Praise for our publication!?!?! Are you sure you’re quite right in
the head, Kaelith??? This isn’t April Fool’s Day, is it??? Well, thanks
anyway! - RS]
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Adverts
A very strange, shining, blinking advert has reached our offices,
glowing in a mysterious light. Witchcraft no doubt. And we’ve no idea
who delivered it… looks for the world like it floated down the chimney.
Odd.
Quote:
Lyim Rashidat's Menagery of Magicks!
Specializing in Alchemy and natural sciences, making the world a better
place and conducting research into the unknown, is proud to open its
enterprise to the public! From beauty cream to whetstones, heated
blankets to ever-chilled Ale kegs! Custom orders possible with time and
research pending. We have acess to the expert opinions of some of the
most accredited minds in the fields of:
Carpentry, The Tinker's Crafts, Masonry, Blacksmithy, Alchemy, Botany,
Anatomy, Engineering and Mathamatics, the Properties of Gemstones, the
Arcane Thaumatology and Theories of Dwemeanors, Mediums and the
Ethereal Plane, and much much more!
Many products available at bargain prices! A plethora of practical
devices ideal for every day living! Contact Lyim Rashidat via post or
look for him in Vesper. |
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