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Hailmur: Text replacement - "Belial De Courtenay-Wyldrose" to "Belmarie de Courtenay Wyldrose"

2026-08-04T18:09:31Z

Text replacement - "Belial De Courtenay-Wyldrose" to "Belmarie de Courtenay Wyldrose"

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	With the toppling of the Rock, the fields and fenland surrounding Drayham are being beset by restless spirits. The shadowy figures, dubbed ''Grey Walkers'' by the locals, have not been seen in centuries. They are clearly Marchers, wearing garb common in the fens hundreds of year ago, and draped in the tatters of funeral bindings. The move slowly and without sound across the fields to seek out any who trespass on what was once their land and drive them forth. Whilst easily dispatched they simply dissipate into thin air, only to coalesce again several minutes and a short distance away. It is within the power of a skilled priest to ascertain the strength of a shade using the [[Insight\| insight]] ceremony and to then [[Exorcism\|exorcise the apparition]].		With the toppling of the Rock, the fields and fenland surrounding Drayham are being beset by restless spirits. The shadowy figures, dubbed ''Grey Walkers'' by the locals, have not been seen in centuries. They are clearly Marchers, wearing garb common in the fens hundreds of year ago, and draped in the tatters of funeral bindings. The move slowly and without sound across the fields to seek out any who trespass on what was once their land and drive them forth. Whilst easily dispatched they simply dissipate into thin air, only to coalesce again several minutes and a short distance away. It is within the power of a skilled priest to ascertain the strength of a shade using the [[Insight\| insight]] ceremony and to then [[Exorcism\|exorcise the apparition]].

	Several of the shades are clad for battle and retaining more faculties of their previous existence. These individuals can deliver a potent curse to those nearby that will slowly manifest over time. It is certain that these notable ''Grey Walkers'' will be more difficult to dismiss via exorcism, and may require priests to collaborate, draw on ritual powers, imbibed potions or use magical items to overcome the shades strength of will. The civil service prognosticators have prepared a separate briefing for the High Exorcist, currently ~~Belial De~~ Courtenay-Wyldrose, with more details on the shades, how best to combat them, and how exorcists can remove any curse inflicted by the Grey Walkers on citizens during the battle.		Several of the shades are clad for battle and retaining more faculties of their previous existence. These individuals can deliver a potent curse to those nearby that will slowly manifest over time. It is certain that these notable ''Grey Walkers'' will be more difficult to dismiss via exorcism, and may require priests to collaborate, draw on ritual powers, imbibed potions or use magical items to overcome the shades strength of will. The civil service prognosticators have prepared a separate briefing for the High Exorcist, currently Belmarie de Courtenay Wyldrose, with more details on the shades, how best to combat them, and how exorcists can remove any curse inflicted by the Grey Walkers on citizens during the battle.

	Whatever the grey walkers are, they don't appear to respond the way a ghost might. They don't talk, even when [[Voice for the Dead]] is cast on them. Exorcism appears to be the only way to drive them from this world.		Whatever the grey walkers are, they don't appear to respond the way a ghost might. They don't talk, even when [[Voice for the Dead]] is cast on them. Exorcism appears to be the only way to drive them from this world.

GuiltyConscience: /* The Forest Endures */

2026-07-29T16:25:29Z

The Forest Endures

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	At first it is only a handful, but as [[the Oak]] rises in the sky, more and more trees push out of the soil. Oak and yew, ash and willow, along the border where the battle has raged. It soon becomes clear that these trees are not growing at random. Each grows from the place where a warrior has fallen - both barbarian and Imperial. Those bodies that have not been collected - the great majority of them at that - are lost to the earth as the trees grow. Pulled or pushed down into the soil as the roots dig down and the branches spread wide.		At first it is only a handful, but as [[the Oak]] rises in the sky, more and more trees push out of the soil. Oak and yew, ash and willow, along the border where the battle has raged. It soon becomes clear that these trees are not growing at random. Each grows from the place where a warrior has fallen - both barbarian and Imperial. Those bodies that have not been collected - the great majority of them at that - are lost to the earth as the trees grow. Pulled or pushed down into the soil as the roots dig down and the branches spread wide.

	By midnight, a silent woodland covers the battlefield, here in the shadow of Graven Rock. By sunrise, the trees have spread further, new growth leaping from the graves of the fallen and out along the border between ~~Graven March~~ and the Rushes. As the first rays of the morning sun touch the first tree, the supernatural growth ends. A small forest now lies in western Gravenmarch, the oldest trees looking for all the world as if they have stood there for decades.		By midnight, a silent woodland covers the battlefield, here in the shadow of Graven Rock. By sunrise, the trees have spread further, new growth leaping from the graves of the fallen and out along the border between Gravenmarch and the Rushes. As the first rays of the morning sun touch the first tree, the supernatural growth ends. A small forest now lies in western Gravenmarch, the oldest trees looking for all the world as if they have stood there for decades.
	Some welcome this strange miracle, but the landskeepers who are present are less sanguine. They cast dark eyes towards the heavens, muttering about the Mountain and the Oak, about the sheer unnaturalness of these events and what they may hold for the future. Some cast an equally baleful eye to the south-east, toward [[Casinea]] and [[Anvil]], as they mutter among themselves.		Some welcome this strange miracle, but the landskeepers who are present are less sanguine. They cast dark eyes towards the heavens, muttering about the Mountain and the Oak, about the sheer unnaturalness of these events and what they may hold for the future. Some cast an equally baleful eye to the south-east, toward [[Casinea]] and [[Anvil]], as they mutter among themselves.

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	<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=RegionsofBregasland.png\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=RegionsofBregasland.png\|align=right\|width=300}}</div>

	==Game Information==		==Game Information==
	* '''The Empire has liberated Gravenmarch and made some headway into the Rushes'''		* '''The Empire has liberated Gravenmarch and made some headway into the Rushes'''

GuiltyConscience: /* Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness */

2026-07-08T14:04:13Z

Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness

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	===Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness===		===Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness===
	* '''Friar Bloughton came ~~her~~ to try to tackle the shades but has been ~~capture~~ by the Jotun'''		* '''Friar Bloughton came here to try to tackle the shades but has been captured by the Jotun'''
	* '''Rescuing the friar offers a chance to extend an olive branch to House Brawness'''		* '''Rescuing the friar offers a chance to extend an olive branch to House Brawness'''
	* '''If that happens, the nation could invite the household to come to Anvil to see if they can bury the hatchet'''		* '''If that happens, the nation could invite the household to come to Anvil to see if they can bury the hatchet'''

Hailmur at 20:22, 23 June 2026

2026-06-23T20:22:54Z

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	The noise goes on and on, rising in volume as the two armies clash. For some it is deafening, bringing with it a sense that the enemy cannot be defeated, that this challenge cannot be met. For others it is empowering, full of the assurance that the only way to lose is to give in to the fear of what lies ahead. The roar of Graven Rock echoes back and forth across the battlefield, ringing, ringing like a massive bell of stone. Sometimes, when one catches a glimpse of the rock out of the corner of an eye, it has become an immensity, a pinnacle of grey stone reaching so much higher than the usual fifty or so metres. Other times it resembles that odd dreamt-of tower.		The noise goes on and on, rising in volume as the two armies clash. For some it is deafening, bringing with it a sense that the enemy cannot be defeated, that this challenge cannot be met. For others it is empowering, full of the assurance that the only way to lose is to give in to the fear of what lies ahead. The roar of Graven Rock echoes back and forth across the battlefield, ringing, ringing like a massive bell of stone. Sometimes, when one catches a glimpse of the rock out of the corner of an eye, it has become an immensity, a pinnacle of grey stone reaching so much higher than the usual fifty or so metres. Other times it resembles that odd dreamt-of tower.
	The roar fades as suddenly as it arose, but the sensations it evoked linger as the battle rages on. The campaign so far has been bloody, but it is nothing to the battle here on the margins of the marsh, on the edge of the great fens of Bregas. Two implacable forces matched against each other, in the end it is the Empire that overcomes the obstacle presented to them by their foes. It is Imperial soldiers that push the Jotun back, force them to cede the field, force them to retreat north toward Sallow.		The roar fades as suddenly as it arose, but the sensations it evoked linger as the battle rages on. The campaign so far has been bloody, but it is nothing to the battle here on the margins of the marsh, on the edge of the great fens of Bregas. Two implacable forces matched against each other, in the end it is the Empire that overcomes the obstacle presented to them by their foes. It is Imperial soldiers that push the Jotun back, force them to cede the field, force them to retreat north toward Sallow.
	~~{{CaptionedImage\|file=Fitzwilliam Thorn.jpg\|caption='''Fitzwilliam Thorn''', General of the Bounders\|align=right\|width=350}}~~
	They do not retreat far; but does it matter? Gravenmarch is Imperial. The Rushes are next, with the Empire ready to press on after the retreating orcs to show them the folly of trying to claim Bregasland from its people, from the Strong Reeds.		They do not retreat far; but does it matter? Gravenmarch is Imperial. The Rushes are next, with the Empire ready to press on after the retreating orcs to show them the folly of trying to claim Bregasland from its people, from the Strong Reeds.

	The battle, though, has raged for the entire day and night is falling. Horns and drums sound, warbands and cohorts regrouping, the situation being assessed. Soldiers turning to each other and asking what that noise was, what it portended. And that’s when the other unlooked for miracle - if miracle it is - occurs.		The battle, though, has raged for the entire day and night is falling. Horns and drums sound, warbands and cohorts regrouping, the situation being assessed. Soldiers turning to each other and asking what that noise was, what it portended. And that’s when the other unlooked for miracle - if miracle it is - occurs.
	==The Forest Endures==		==The Forest Endures==
			{{CaptionedImage\|file=Fitzwilliam Thorn.jpg\|caption='''Fitzwilliam Thorn''', General of the Bounders\|align=right\|width=300}}
	That final battle on the boundary of the Rushes has been the bloodiest of the entire campaign. Easily as many soldiers on both sides fell, as have fallen in the whole time since the Winter equinox. Perhaps three thousand in total, human and orc alike, lying on the thirsty earth or in bloody pools, pressed into the earth as if in a final embrace. It is dark, and there are more pressing issues than recovering the dead – there will be time tomorrow to count the cost and begin the mourning, even as others prepare to pursue the defeated yet unbowed Jotun.		That final battle on the boundary of the Rushes has been the bloodiest of the entire campaign. Easily as many soldiers on both sides fell, as have fallen in the whole time since the Winter equinox. Perhaps three thousand in total, human and orc alike, lying on the thirsty earth or in bloody pools, pressed into the earth as if in a final embrace. It is dark, and there are more pressing issues than recovering the dead – there will be time tomorrow to count the cost and begin the mourning, even as others prepare to pursue the defeated yet unbowed Jotun.

TomH: /* Battle Opportunity: A Broken Rock */

2026-06-11T16:46:55Z

Battle Opportunity: A Broken Rock

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	Campaigning in [[Bregasland]] has been focused in the east of the territory this season. After heavy fighting the Imperial armies have liberated Graven March and pushed the [[Jotun]] back, but the fate of the territory still hangs in the balance. The Empire have yet to reach the vast fenland expanses of the Grey Fens where the orcs patrol the dispersed settlements, ensuring those who labour are kept in line, and keeping a watch out for signs of infiltration by the [[Strong Reeds]].		Campaigning in [[Bregasland]] has been focused in the east of the territory this season. After heavy fighting the Imperial armies have liberated Graven March and pushed the [[Jotun]] back, but the fate of the territory still hangs in the balance. The Empire have yet to reach the vast fenland expanses of the Grey Fens where the orcs patrol the dispersed settlements, ensuring those who labour are kept in line, and keeping a watch out for signs of infiltration by the [[Strong Reeds]].

	On the edge of Drayham Mere is the found the Ullsmere Rock. A huge ~~dolman~~, it has stood unmarked and unremarked for as long as anyone can remember. According to local legend it was erected centuries ago by visiting friars to ward the settlement from restless spirits. It clearly works well because there have never been any ghosts in the area that anyone can ever recall. As a result, sensible folk just leave the Rock be.		On the edge of Drayham Mere is the found the Ullsmere Rock. A huge dolmen, it has stood unmarked and unremarked for as long as anyone can remember. According to local legend it was erected centuries ago by visiting friars to ward the settlement from restless spirits. It clearly works well because there have never been any ghosts in the area that anyone can ever recall. As a result, sensible folk just leave the Rock be.

	To date the Jotun had paid the Rock no more attention than the Bregas ever did, but that seems to have suddenly changed. Sunne Astar, a [[Elite_Jotun_characters#Ghodi\|ghodi]] with a quixotic reputation, has gathered warriors from the Howling Night army and ordered them to drag the enormous stone all the way back to [[Hordalant#Vallorberg\|Vallorberg]] in [[Hordalant\|Hordalant]]. The ghodi claims the stone is a relic of [[Elite_Jotun_troops#Ulvenwar\|Ulven]], and that the orc hero ''hurled'' it at a troll to kill the monster without being close enough to touch it.		To date the Jotun had paid the Rock no more attention than the Bregas ever did, but that seems to have suddenly changed. Sunne Astar, a [[Elite_Jotun_characters#Ghodi\|ghodi]] with a quixotic reputation, has gathered warriors from the Howling Night army and ordered them to drag the enormous stone all the way back to [[Hordalant#Vallorberg\|Vallorberg]] in [[Hordalant\|Hordalant]]. The ghodi claims the stone is a relic of [[Elite_Jotun_troops#Ulvenwar\|Ulven]], and that the orc hero ''hurled'' it at a troll to kill the monster without being close enough to touch it.

Kirkbride: /* Crack in the Stone (Conjunction) */

2026-06-09T21:42:20Z

Crack in the Stone (Conjunction)

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	==Crack in the Stone (Conjunction) ==		==Crack in the Stone (Conjunction) ==
			<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Determination of Ice.webp\|caption='''Determination of Ice Kaisa''', General of the Narwhal's Spear\|align=left\|width=300}}</div>
	* '''A warband of yegarra are the vanguard for supplies going to the Southern Bear'''		* '''A warband of yegarra are the vanguard for supplies going to the Southern Bear'''
	* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''		* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''

Kirkbride: /* Battle participation: The Grey Walkers */

2026-06-09T21:39:04Z

Battle participation: The Grey Walkers

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	Up to 20 player volunteers can take on the role of a Grey Walker during the battle. You will need to arrive at Monster between 09:30 and 10:00, anyone arriving later will be asked to monster as normal. The role requires the volunteer to have simple Marcher kit, a gambeson or simple shirt is ideal, and to carry a one-handed weapon or rod; armour can be worn, but is not needed at all.		Up to 20 player volunteers can take on the role of a Grey Walker during the battle. You will need to arrive at Monster between 09:30 and 10:00, anyone arriving later will be asked to monster as normal. The role requires the volunteer to have simple Marcher kit, a gambeson or simple shirt is ideal, and to carry a one-handed weapon or rod; armour can be worn, but is not needed at all.
	</box>		</box>

			==Crack in the Stone (Conjunction) ==
			* '''A warband of yegarra are the vanguard for supplies going to the Southern Bear'''
			* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
			* '''The ''General of the Narwhal's Spear'' is [[Sentinel_Gate#Prognostication\|responsible]] for killing the yegarra'''
			{{AgainstBarbarians}}
			The cunning icewalkers and shrewd mediators of the [[Narwhal's Spear]] have had their work cut out for them this season in [[Bregasland]]. The Jotun have maintained a solid wall of steel against the Imperial attack, so getting information has been difficult. One lead that has borne fruit, is a warband of yegarra with some Jotun, serving as the vanguard for supplies going to the Southern Bear.

			If the yegarra can be killed, then the party of Winterfolk will be able to catch the wagons and divert the supplies to the Narwhal's Spear, restoring 250 strength before the campaign this season. If they can't be stopped, and at least half the party survives, then the supplies will make it to the Southern Bear, restoring 250 strength to ''that'' army before the campaign this season.

Emmanovi: you nock arrows not bows, I accept nose bees

2026-06-09T17:43:44Z

you nock arrows not bows, I accept nose bees

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	[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:388YE Spring]] [[Category:Military Council]]		[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:388YE Spring]] [[Category:Military Council]]
	<div style="float:left; width: 40%; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Blue Banners Dancing.jpg\|caption=The beaters ~~nock~~ their bows; their arrows see no difference between bandit scoundrel and barbarian warrior.\|align=left\|width=6000}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 40%; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Blue Banners Dancing.jpg\|caption=The beaters draw their bows; their arrows see no difference between bandit scoundrel and barbarian warrior.\|align=left\|width=6000}}</div>
	==Dreams Come==		==Dreams Come==
	{{audio\|link=https://youtu.be/MPFY9RvFDo0?si=Ly8F24AoqI7Emv16}}		{{audio\|link=https://youtu.be/MPFY9RvFDo0?si=Ly8F24AoqI7Emv16}}

Twiggy at 17:41, 9 June 2026

2026-06-09T17:41:01Z

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	[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:388YE Spring]] [[Category:Military Council]]		[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:388YE Spring]] [[Category:Military Council]]
	<div style="float:left; width: 40%; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Blue Banners Dancing.jpg\|caption=The beaters ~~knock~~ their bows; their arrows see no difference between bandit scoundrel and barbarian warrior.\|align=left\|width=6000}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 40%; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Blue Banners Dancing.jpg\|caption=The beaters nock their bows; their arrows see no difference between bandit scoundrel and barbarian warrior.\|align=left\|width=6000}}</div>
	==Dreams Come==		==Dreams Come==
	{{audio\|link=https://youtu.be/MPFY9RvFDo0?si=Ly8F24AoqI7Emv16}}		{{audio\|link=https://youtu.be/MPFY9RvFDo0?si=Ly8F24AoqI7Emv16}}

Noserenda: /* Objective: Recover the Ullsmere Rock */

2026-06-09T13:41:25Z

Objective: Recover the Ullsmere Rock

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	The Jotun have succeeded in pulling the stone out of the ground and have begun to drag it away from the area on a rudimentary sled. The Ullsmere Rock, is a massive block of hewn rock that is not possible to be moved without concerted effort. If the ghodi Sunne Aster is slain then it will put an end to the plan to upgrade the quality of the Howling Night army. If the Jotun are killed, or driven off, then citizens can return it to where it was originally placed. The sled is essential to shift the weighty cargo, and even then it will take six unarmed individuals to move it slowly back into position. Should one of those labouring on the sled be struck down or unable to contribute, then the party will have to wait until a full six are able to work together on the task.		The Jotun have succeeded in pulling the stone out of the ground and have begun to drag it away from the area on a rudimentary sled. The Ullsmere Rock, is a massive block of hewn rock that is not possible to be moved without concerted effort. If the ghodi Sunne Aster is slain then it will put an end to the plan to upgrade the quality of the Howling Night army. If the Jotun are killed, or driven off, then citizens can return it to where it was originally placed. The sled is essential to shift the weighty cargo, and even then it will take six unarmed individuals to move it slowly back into position. Should one of those labouring on the sled be struck down or unable to contribute, then the party will have to wait until a full six are able to work together on the task.

	Dragging the Rock back where it belong is half the battle. Once there, Marchers can use rough music to drive off the shades and restore the hearth magics that allow the Rock to ward the marshes. If the ''Ullsmere Rock'' is restored then the Grey Walkers will sink back into the waters of the Fens - if the stone is not returned then the dead will spread out across the bleak landscape and the Grey Fens will become [[Region_qualities#haunted]].		Dragging the Rock back where it belong is half the battle. Once there, Marchers can use rough music to drive off the shades and restore the hearth magics that allow the Rock to ward the marshes. If the ''Ullsmere Rock'' is restored then the Grey Walkers will sink back into the waters of the Fens - if the stone is not returned then the dead will spread out across the bleak landscape and the Grey Fens will become [[Region_qualities#haunted\|haunted]].

	===Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness===		===Battle opportunity: Open relations with House Brawness===