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===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/1 Posted Author A Burning on the Drag Oct 26 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merchants just outside of the Spice Market are breathing easier today, for a number of reasons. Four bodies were carted out by Brother Battle auxiliaries yesterday, reeking of burned flesh and melted fat. The stench took nearly a day to clear despite a fair breeze coming off of the Gulf. Details of yesterday's immolations have started to emerge from the dozens of rumors that are being spread. The consensus is that the preacher Father Giovanus and his increasingly devoted flock capture four Kurgans and set them on fire for the crimes of heresy and spreading false religion to the faithful. Three Brother Battle, headed by Brother Inspector Tulvio, arrived during the trial but did little to stop the executions, though this last point is a matter of some dispute. The four Kurgans were not the only individuals targeted by the faithful last night. Several soldiers wearing the tabard of Don Furio de Aragon, a recently arrived crusading knight, shattered the windows of a small rug store that had had Kurgan letters written on it. Two young women, known to be women of ill-repute favored by a visiting Kurgan merchant, were accosted and branded with the Jumpcross on their right breasts by unknown assailants. Finally, a man was left hanging from a wooden foot-bridge near East Goat street, an upside down jumpcross painted in blue on his chest and a handful of daisies tied to his hand by a leather cord. ======================================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/2 Posted Author Aborted Adoption Oct 26 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vice-Count Lyov had an introductory court today as he settled in the Palais Maleband, and one of his father's vassals - a Baron Ranjat - came before him to have Auberry grant permission for Ranjat's bastard son Alam to inherit the barony of Arsuf, one of the border fiefs in the Craglands. There was some debate on the propriety of a bastard inheriting, but it seemed as the adoption would be allowed when Kurgan assassins revealed themselves and attacked. The Baron was killed and several others wounded - Count Renaud of Leon slightly and Father Agravain much more seriously, with a Kurgan knife thrust between his ribs. Now, though, the more complicated question begins. Alam was never officially adopted by Baron Ranjat, though the Vice-Count took the boy's oath as his new baron - but Ranjat has a slew of relatives on Istakhr, all of whom will be arguing about who comes first in precedence to inherit. One thing is clear, though; none of Ranjat's family believe the proper baron is Alam bin Ranjat. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/3 Posted Author Wild Night at Club Jehan Nov 03 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last Night's Party at Club Jehan, hosted by Baroness Avenal was a wild night, living up to the lavish expectations of the Pirate Baroness' guests, and kept up the record of not disappointing. There was an open bar stocked with expensive alcohol, appetizer delicacies from around the Empire, music that in some cases dates back to the Second Republic clubs and others from top acts of Leagueheim. Many notables were seen through the night, including at least two counts and her own Vice-Count, who seems to be the source of much gossip already, and rumor has it his bacchanalia the source of extravagent betting amongst the nobility and others - and possibly even some injuries or deaths during one wild backroom orgy that could be heard from outside the door! Meanwhile, Count Renaud and Count Antonio arrived along with their retinues, and for a time there was much tension in the air, and maybe even some brawls according to one man. Count Renaud apparently even denounced the room and stormed out in a huff. Insults? Orgies? Large exchanges of money in bets? The Society Rags will surely have a lot to talk about from this party! ==================================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/4 Posted Author Li Halan Love Books? Nov 03 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So last night at the party, when Vice-count Lyov was making a pass at some Muster Sergeant, I heard some rumor that the Li Halan have some strange habit of writing salacious stories for private... consumption. And apparently it does involve forbidden loves! ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/5 Posted Author Sir William Gaheris Nov 03 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There has been a commanding, stern face around Exodus Cathedral lately: a Sir William Nathaniel Gaheris, Knight Grand Commander of the Swords of Lextius. He is one of the most senior Swords of Lextius alive, a minor Hawkwood knight who took a five-year oath and never left the holy company. He was a noted commander in the Church armies during the Emperor Wars, and as they drew to a close he became close to the Syneculla, the deputy to the Patriarch who is said to truly run the vast bureaucracy of the Universal Church. Why he is here is unknown, though he comes at a time when more and more Swords have been arriving on world. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/6 Posted Author Royal Van Gelder? Nov 04 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One of the first bits of gossip born from Court has already hit the gossip rags, before most of the nobility has even finished changing out of their courtly finery. The author of an anonymous but well circulated column the source: While there is certainly much of note happening at the meeting of the Curia, the appointment of a new Constable, noble flip flopping in the same breath, the conflict over the Church's rights in Count Renaud's lands, a little girl talking about streets running with blood. The standard games of the nobility, there was something else that people seem to have missed, and the faux pas manifold in it is shocking indeed! What may this be, dearies? Yes, the Countess Amber's claim to be from a Great House. The last I heard the Van Gelder were little more than gelded puppets of the Decados, and hardly approaching great house status anymore. And that was only one case of minor house nobility getting uppity in a courtly dance that saw the other minor houses doing the same. The Scandal! It seems that the houses here have no respect for real Royalty, their day is done. They should be happy for the positions they have. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/7 Posted Author Ignorant Newcomers Nov 05 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hey, did you hear what some of the newcomers are moaning about now? They don't know who our nobles are! Stupid beggars should have got here sooner, then. Only took them more'n 900 years - and one of ours to show the way! Don't get me wrong, that first Crusade under Count Joscelin - Pancreator rest his soul - saved our necks and no mistake. But it was /him/ who got the vision, /him/ who found the Empire, and /him/ who led the lot of them to the Holy World, wasn't it? Bunch of heroes, that first lot were, taking their lives in their hands and heading off into the unknown, following a stranger through the stars. Heroes, I tell you. But the ones who came later, just hopping in easy as you like? Bunch of Johnny-come-lately landgrabbers, most of 'em! 'Course they don't know who anyone on Yathrib is. They don't /want to/. Knowing might get in the way of grabbing even more of the world for themselves! Those who make it to Revelation, I'll grant they're most likely different. They try to do what they /say/ they're here for, don't they? But that second crusade didn't even come close to the Holy City, did it? Or did it get lost, and just grab half the Antipodes /by accident/, rather'n going where the real fight is? Fah. There's barely a one of the latecomers you'll see here in Akko who gives a damn about any of /us/, you can be sure of that. If they did, and if our high and mighty 'rescuers' were half so good as they tell us they are, then the Camps'd be empty and the Exodites'd be home by now. 'Course, if that happened, those offworld Chainers couldn't farm the Camps for slaves, could they? So of course they /pretend/ like they don't know who the De Moley or the Justinian or the Van Gelder or our al-Malilk are. It's just another excuse to take what they've no right to - and they pretend like we should be grateful! For what? People who'll rob us blind rather'n fight the Kurgans? ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/8 Posted Author A Kidnapping Nov 05 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some merchants and patrons of the Spice Market yesterday claim that three knights chased a young girl to the fountain, where they abruptly stopped and engaged in a short and seemingly friendly conversation. After a few moments, the knights suddenly seized the young lady, and hauled her off with them. She was heard to be yelling something about blood running in the streets. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/9 Posted Author Lost Wagers Nov 05 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At the Spice Market: "That Decados Vice-Count spoke not once but twice in his own voice at the Custodial Court. The second time, he was /pissed/. You owe me two firebirds, friend." "Yeah, but there was no duel at Court either. How droll. You owe me three, buddy." "I'm not your buddy, guy." ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/10 Posted Author Honoring the Dead Nov 06 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seeing the wounded and the dead arrive from Revelation is nothing new to the people of Akko. As the wagon trains of the dead made their way yesterday to the south to pile the bodies of the dead outside of the foregate, the denizens of the great fortress city held up their candles and torches to create a hallway of light out of the streets guiding the fallen warriors to the Pancreator. Word is that there was some fiasco in the Spice Market involving bodies falling off of the wagon, but thankfully a handful of soldiers and crusaders were there to aid in making sure the dead made it to their final resting place. Word is that the legion made a push through St. Lextius Ward and managed to make some small gains. The cost, however, was terrible and high. The moans of the wounded is all that can be heard in the Exodite quarter where the healers of Sanctuary Aeon have set up their field hospitals and tents. Hundreds of crusaders and soldiers are dead, and hundreds more are dying slowly in the open air tents of the Amaltheans. Hundreds more arrive every day to take their place to reclaim the Holy City. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/11 Posted Author Preacher Throwdown Nov 10 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Word spreads in the drag of strange church happenings. A few days ago, during his regular sermon, the well-known street preacher Father Giordanus was rallying crusaders and the people of Akko with stirring words about cleansing Yathrib of the Kurgan menace. That is, until another priest showed up and interfered. Some Inquisitor, it seems, took issue with Giordanus burning the heretics without the Synod's say-so, and preached that the Pancreator wants all souls converted to the true faith - not simply killed out of hand. Giordanus didn't get arrested, but onlookers say there was tour-de-force preaching on both sides that kept the crowd enraptured. Accusations of heresy, schism, and ignorance of the scriptures flew both ways. The Crusaders, of course, are less than convinced, and still think that punishing a few wayward Kurgans in Akko for their sins sounds like a great way to spend an evening until they get around to fighting in Revelation. And who ever heard of a soft-hearted Inquisitor, anyway? Things will go on as normal, for now. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/12 Posted Author A New Order Nov 11 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It seems as if a new order of knights has in fact cropped up in a city where there are already dozens of other orders. Made up mostly of a few Justinian knights, the Order of the Axe and Fist seems to not have a clear purpose. Their activities thus far seem mostly to revolve around drinking heavily in several establishments in Akko, and they have proposed a ride to Castle Sidon, their supposed Chapter House. Word has it that news of their order has been sent offworld, but any recruits have yet to arrive. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/13 Posted Author Employment & Adventure Opportunity Nov 12 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rumor is spread around the city of Akko that the Charioteer, Captain Gaius Menglor is looking to put together a crew of intrepid souls yet again. Apparently, the Charioteer has gotten word that there may be a cache of jumpkeys buried by a Sathraist pilot in an oasis in the desert, and he has plans to retrieve them for the Merchant League -- who would no doubt be very thankful to him and any who helped retrieve them. The problem is, the Sathraists have heard about these jumpkeys too, and so there is a race to find the oasis first. All that is known about the location of the oasis is that it has a crescent-shaped lake and a mound of rocks; apparently, the Sathraist pirate concealed his stash in a cave beneath the rocks. So, every day the free trader Astraeus takes off from the Tarmac in Akko heading west towards the Great Desert in search of this Oasis. OOC NOTE: A scene will be ran this Sunday at 6 PM EST involving the possible final search for this oasis and jumpkeys. Looking to get 2 to 4 additional folks to help out in this search. Contact Menglor if you're interested in participating. Also, I plan to run some flavor scenes during the week of heading out and searching for the Oasis, if you're bored and want some different Rp / possible action hit up Menglor. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/14 Posted Author Raids on the coast Nov 14 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ While holding a hunt between the vale of Cussler, a portion of the Barony of Josselin, it appears that the small hamlet of Focault was subjected to a raid by a Kurgan naval vessel. Ruled by the elderly and venerable Baronet Diogenes DeMoley, and already reeling from a reduction in its fishing grounds, Focault had very little in the way of resources. With the Count Leon nearby however, with his personal retinue, but also joined by Count Auberry and Countessa Joberg and their retinues, by the Heroic Castellan of the North, Hugh the Bastard and by a merchant of some dubious distinction, relief was close at hand. Unfortunately, the nature of raids is their swift nature, never staying for a pitched battle. By the time the reinforcements arrived, most of the Kurgans had pulled out, leaving only a scant few stragglers as they tried to load their longboat to depart. Several prisoners were taken, and the chapel of Focault had its ritual candlesticks and other valuables returned. Still... several people, including Baronet Diogenes and several men of the town are dead, and more taken as prisoner. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/15 Posted Author Return from Issen Nov 14 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Late yesterday evening, a small army of Swords of Lextius and Brother battle under the banner of the Jumpcross returned to Akko from the small hamlet of Issen in Leon. Led by Father Agravain van Gelder of the Inquisition, and accompanied by several more priests, including a one-legged Eskatonic with feathers in her hair and a rough looking Orthodox priest, as well as Sir Feng Charin Li Halan of the Swords and Brother Zebediah of the Brother Battle, those officially in charge are saying little. The retainers, though, talk of piling the dead bodies of all the residents of Issen on a pyre, and then setting fire to the bodies, the manor house, and the village. What the Church found in the manor isn't clear, but what is clear is that Issen is no more, all its residents were dead when the Church arrived, and the Inquisition felt whatever happened there could only be purged by fire. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/16 Posted Author Slaves & Chainers Nov 15 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talk coming out of Camp Beth is that the new Chainer Captain has been seen throwing his weight around the flesh market, appearantly he was some big time slaver back on Criticorum, and is planning on getting involved in the trade locally. About town as well, they say, he was seen at the Cafe, talking with one of the local Charioteers, the Merchant prince. Word is the discussion involved selling a lot of slaves to the wheeler! ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/17 Posted Author Return of the Baroness Nov 16 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Four days ago, Baroness Chiaka departed with her ship and an assortment of other notables including a Church Knight, a Justinian from the new Order of the Axe and Fist, and an amazingly beautiful noble of some house that could only be Thana, and who some stragglers mentioned is a Swordsman! Spirits were high, the crew seemed cocky, telling stories of a coming victory in the taverns the night before. Yet on their return? Spirits were anything but high, except perhaps, the spirits in their blood stream, even Baroness Avenal seemed quite drunk. Angry might be the best word. the Baroness herself seemed in the foulest mood. Her face apparently locked in an uncharacteristic scowl that bordered on both anger and tears as she stormed to the ground car that immediately took her to Avenal, her crew boarding other conveyances there to do the same for them. Needless to say, success must not have been the case, even with twelve prisoners in tow... Meanwhile, there is even some talk in whispers in the taverns that someone important was killed by the Baroness. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/18 Posted Author Kurgan trade Nov 16 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Word has spread that there's a new trader looking to charter ships for the transfer of goods to and from Tyche. The nature of the goods and the duration of any contract are as of yet unknown, though the offered pay is said to be generous. Possibly enough to wash away the bad taste of trading with the Kurgans. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/19 Posted Author Swordsmanship Nov 16 2012 Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anselm Morrot a known and respected swordsman and instructor has recently arrived on Yathrib, further rumours are spreading that the duelist is seeking to set up a sword school in hopes of gaining students and possibly even finding other masters willing to share knowledge. He can apparently be contacted at the Auberge. ==============================================================================
===============================- (IC) Rumors -============================================== Message: 1/20 Posted Author Circulars and Articles Nov 16 2012 Anonymous ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the parts of Akko where the more literate sectors of society frequent, some person or persons unknown appear to have misplaced quite a bit of reading material. There are conveniently visible discarded flyers and open magazines left on tables and shelves - no more than one in any particular place, so they're unlikely to draw attention. The flyers and articles cover a range of topics, but the thing that these all have in common is a byline to one Roshan Jalili-Keddah. (OOC: This is a deliberate excuse for other people to know who Roshan is. The reading material will probably all get picked up or thrown away after a day or so, so it's unlikely that anyone will make the connection, but a sufficiently observant individual might notice the guerilla marketing ploy.) ==============================================================================