Aetolian Game News
My withdrawl from the Tasur'ke Conflict.
Written by: Caliph Strung "Grunts" Cardinalis
Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2002
Addressed to: Everyone
Having listened to the intelligent arguments put forth by Haern's wild
men and women I have no option left to me as a thinking mortal but to
withdraw from this conflict as there is really no logical reason for me
to be risking myself in it. Having listened and looked it all over I can
see now that the totem spirit which spreads jungle over the village
truly is the best thing that the future can hope to bring to Tasur'ke,
for its children and its children's children. In fact, I am so
overwhelmed by all of this that I thought I would describe to you the
beautiful scene which changed my mind, complete with the cute, bright
and beautiful forest animal who was there for the children to cuddle
with.
Crumbling statues covered with jungle foliage..
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth.
In the center of this rocky jungle, you see four crumbling statues
covered heavily with thick vines and other plantlife. Looking closer at
the broken stone, at least one statue appears to have been made of
marble. Some crystalline material, like shattered glass, is strewn about
beneath the leaf litter. The rustling and scurrying of small animals
seems eerily absent, replaced by the occasional faint whispers at the
edges of your hearing. A brightly-banded poisonous snake lies quietly on
the ground.
You see exits leading east and west.
Like any child would, I proceeded to pet the pretty animal and examine
it more closely.
Quietly hiding in the undergrowth of the jungle, is a brightly-banded
poisonous snake. Its vibrant colouring an obvious warning to whomever
might be foolish enough to attack it. The snake is hunting smaller
rodents that dwell in the forest.
A poisonous snake appears to lack strength.
It weighs about 8 pounds.
The adorable young creature was apparently teething. Upon walking out of
the for now small region I found a dead child near the entrance to the
jungle... though I could find no serious wounds on the body I am
convinced that it was the fiend Shoimoro who beat the child to death
with his gauntleted hands. For, who else? Who else?! In fact, I urge all
of you to aide Haern in covering Tasur'ke in jungle, for then you can
prevent the monster Shoimoro and his slavering, beastal followers from
turning Tasur'ke into a city so that it is protected from those who
regularly make the trek there to slaughter all of its inhabitants out of
boredom and for a workout. I also suggest you aide them because if you
do not you may end up an enemy of the Duiran council, who though they
are patroned by Lord Haern and his followers may hold a 3/5ths majority
in leading it and have been bending over backwards to help this endeavor
of His are in no way at all connected to Him. Of course.
C.S. Cardinalis.
Penned by my hand on the 7th of Haernos, in the year 70 MA.