The Akamar Herald year Five Religious Ferver Sweeps the Caliphate of Monokeros

The following two issues cover the turn of Hal and John and other events.    As Year Five of the campaign drew to a close Hal and John decided to expand their empire at the expense of other players.  There is another missing issue which covered Gary's turn and the coup he staged in Musca

THE AKAMAR HERALD

BROWN DORT RETURNS

BROWN DORT, THE FORMER RULER OF PERSEUS, HAS RETURNED TO ITS THRONE WITH THE AID OF CALIPH OZNAN OF MONOKEROS.  BROWN DORT HAD BEEN IN EXILE AFTER THE DELPHINIAN LEAGUE INVADED PERSEUS.  AT ONE POINT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BEEN IN HOROLOGIUM, BUT IT APPEARS THAT HE HAD BEEN HIDING IN THE ANCHA DESERT IN THE OASIS TOWN OF MATAR.

TRADE CARAVANS ARRIVE

THE VANDMEER, CARRACK, AND NESDE CARAVANS HAVE ARRIVED IN THE GLORIOUS CITY OF AKAMAR AFTER CROSSING THE ANCHA DESERT.  THEY HAVE BROUGHT UNCOUNTABLE GOODS AND GREAT WEALTH TO THE NATIONS OF VELA. 

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CRYSTAL BALL

AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH OF THE WIZARD’S CHAMBERS THE CRYSTAL BALL COULD NOT BE FOUND.   IT HAD BEEN IN HIS POSSESSION PRIOR TO HIS ASSASSINATION.   BEING A POWERFUL MAGIC ITEM THE SORCEROR SILIDON HAD HOPED TO GAIN CONTROL OF IT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE MISTY ISLES.  HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ATTUNED TO THE LIFE FORCE OF THE WIZARD AND MAY HAVE VANISHED WITH THE WIZARD.   INTENSIVE QUESTIONING OF THE ASSASSIN BY SILIDON’S INQUISITORS HAS REVEALED THAT BURNT REMAINS IN THE WIZARDS CHAMBER WERE ACTUALLY THOSE OF A SERVANT AND NOT THE WIZARD’S.   WHEN THE ASSASSIN STRUCK THE WIZARD VANISHED IN A BLINDING FLASH LEAVING NO REMAINS.

THE AKAMAR HERALD

CALIPHATE OF MONOKEROS

THE CALIPHATE OF MONOKEROS HAS EMBARKED ON A MASSIVE MILITARY BUILDUP.   UNTIL RECENTLY THE CALIPHATE HAD ONLY HAD A SMALL TRIBAL MILITARY FORCE.   NOW THE CALIPHATE CAN BOAST ABOUT HAVING FIVE ARMIES.   THE CALIPHATES TAKE OVER OF PERSEUS NETTED TWO ADDITIONAL RMIES.   THE TRIBAL LEVIES HAVE BEEN DOUBLED AND A MERCENARY FORCE KNOWN AS THE FNEBISH ARMY HAS BEEN HIRED.

THE CALIPHATE HAS MADE DEMANDS FOR TRIBUTE FROM ITS NEIGHBORS AND THREATENED THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THOSE WHO WILL NOT MEET ITS DEMANDS.

ARCHBISHOP DENOUNCES CALIPHATE

THE ARCHBISHOP BUCKET (PRONOUNCED BOO-KAY), LEADEER OF THE ONE TRUE FAITH HAS SPURNED THE DEMANDS OF THE CALIPHATE.   CALLING THE CALIPHATE A SNAKES NEST OF PAGEN INFIDELS HE HAS STATED THAT NOT ONE TALENT OF TRIBUTE WOULD BE GIVEN TO UNBELIEVERS.

CALIPHATE ATTACKS V.E.L.A.

THE CALIPHATE HAS SENT THE FNEBISH ARMY TO INVADE HOROLOGIUM, A MEMBER OF V.E.L.A.   HOROLOGIUM, A PEACEFUL KINGDOM DID NOT HAVE ANY MILITARY FORCE TO DEFEND AGAINST THE INVADERS.   FOLLOWING ITS CONQUEST OF HOROLOGIUM THE CALIPHATE IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSED ITS CITIZENS TO FORM ANOTHER ARMY.

CONVERSION BY THE SWORD

THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE CALIPHATE ARE URGING CALIPH OZMAN TO USE THE ARMIES OF THE CALIPHATE TO SPREAD THEIR FAITH.   THEY ARE INCENSED THAT ARCHBISHOP BUCKET (PRONOUNCED BUCKET) WOULD CALL THEIR FOLLOWERS A SNAKES NEST OF INFIDELS.   THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT BUCKET’S (NOT PRONOUNCED BOO-KAY) HEAD BE SENT TO THEM IN A BUCKET.

CALIPHATE PLANS INVADSION OF PISCIS

CALIPH OZMAN HAS ACCEEDED TO THE DEMANDS OF HIS RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND HAS ORDERED FOUR OF HIS ARMIES TO MARCH ON PISCIS.  THIS WILL INVOLVE AN ARDUOUS MARCH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THAT SEPARATE THE TWO COUNTRIES.

PISCIS HIRES MERCENARIES

UPON LEARNING OF THE ADVANCE OF THE CALIPHATE’S FORCES AGAINST PISCIS ARCHBISHOP BUCKET (THAT IS PRONOUNCED BOO-KAY NOT BUCKET) HAS HIRED THE CONDOTTIERI OF SFORZA.