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Farming and Mining

2014-07-22T23:27:48Z

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Waterways

2014-07-22T05:50:26Z

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[[Waterways]] is the blanket term encompassing the activities that rely on [[Myrken Wood]]'s rivers, streams and lakes. These include ''Fishing'', ''Shipping'', and ''Travel''. In [[Myrken Wood]], there are four major rivers - the [[West Mavoiir River|West Mavoiir]], [[East Mavoiir River|East Mavoiir]], [[Posehabnak River|Posehabnak]] and [[Sagpa River|Sagpa]] Rivers - and three major lakes - [[Silver Lake]], [[Tewllyn Lake]], and [[Lake Mavoiir]]. Due to this, Waterway work is always in demand, and much of Myrken Wood's shipping is done by river, with [[Myrkentown]] itself being situated on the shore of [[Silver Lake]].

===Fishing===
Anyone with the time, inclination, and a line or trap may catch a fish or two for supper. Most of [[Myrken Wood]]'s fisheries are situated on the shores of the region's lakes: [[Shawburn]] on [[Tewllyn Lake]], [[Myrkentown]] on [[Silver Lake]], and [[Quagside]] on the tidal estuary of the [[Posehabnak River]], which ships its catch upstream to [[Foggy Bottom]] to be pickled, packaged, and taken to market. There are also various industrious individuals that fish all along the rivers and streams for rarer catches and roe. [[Foggy Bottom]], at spring and at fall, becomes an attraction with the running of sturgeon and salmon, with workers migrating upriver in order to have a chance to make some quick coin.

*[[Quagside]]
*[[Myrkentown]]
*[[Shawburn]]
*[[Foggy Bottom]]

===Transportation===
[[Myrken Wood]]'s roads are of variable quality - while effort is made to keep main thoroughfares like the [[North Passage Down]] traversable, maintenance of secondary roads most often falls to those who rely upon these routes for their livelihoods - woodsmen, farmers, herders and the like. Many of these roads are thus deeply rutted and often impassably muddy for part of the year. Fortunately [[Myrken Wood]]'s rivers and lakes provide a faster, more reliable and more comfortable means of transporting passengers and cargo throughout the province. Settlements along Myrken's waterways rely upon river traffic for a good part of their economy. Teams of horses and oxen (or sometimes even local youths) wait at outposts along most major waterways to haul vessels upstream for a fee. Meanwhile [[Myrkentown]]'s location on the shore of [[Silver Lake]] has established the it as the region's main interchange between road and river traffic.

*[[Ostmere]], [[Erlkynwold]], and [[Lindock]] lie along the [[West Mavoiir River]], and are the major shipping outposts between [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Amasynia]]. [[Erlkynwold]], though almost unreachable by overland routes, serves as an important trading post between [[Myrkentown]]'s merchants and the inhabitants of the elven enclave deep in the [[Western Woods]].
*Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services along the banks of the [[Posehabnak River]].

Forestry

2014-07-22T05:49:08Z

2014-07-02T17:19:55Z

Esloane:

[[Waterways]] is the blanket term encompassing the activities that rely on [[Myrken Wood]]'s rivers, streams and lakes. These include ''Fishing'', ''Shipping'', and ''Travel''. In [[Myrken Wood]], there are four major rivers - the [[West Mavoiir River|West Mavoiir]], [[East Mavoiir River|East Mavoiir]], [[Posehabnak River|Posehabnak]] and [[Sagpa River|Sagpa]] Rivers - and three major lakes - [[Silver Lake]], [[Tewellyn Lake]], and [[Lake Mavoiir]]. Due to this, Waterway work is always in demand, and much of Myrken Wood's shipping is done by river, with [[Myrkentown]] itself being situated on the shore of [[Silver Lake]].

===Fishing===
Anyone with the time, inclination, and a line or trap may catch a fish or two for supper. Most of [[Myrken Wood]]'s fisheries are situated on the shores of the region's lakes: [[Shawburn]] on [[Tewllyn Lake]], [[Myrkentown]] on [[Silver Lake]], and [[Quagside]] on the tidal estuary of the [[Posehabnak River]], which are sent down to [[Foggy Bottom]] to be pickled, packaged, and shipped. There are also various industrious individuals that fish all along the rivers and streams for rarer catches and roe. [[Foggy Bottom]], at spring and at fall, becomes an attraction with the running of sturgeon and salmon, with workers migrating upriver in order to have a chance to make some quick coin.

*[[Quagside]]
*[[Myrkentown]]
*[[Shawburn]]
*[[Foggy Bottom]]

===Transportation===
[[Myrken Wood]]'s roads are of variable quality - while effort is made to keep main thoroughfares like the [[North Passage Down]] traversable, maintenance of secondary roads most often falls to those who rely upon these routes for their livelihoods - woodsmen, farmers, herders and the like. Many of these roads are thus deeply rutted and often impassably muddy for part of the year. Fortunately [[Myrken Wood]]'s rivers and lakes provide a faster, more reliable and more comfortable means of transporting passengers and cargo throughout the province. Settlements along Myrken's waterways rely upon river traffic for a good part of their economy. Teams of horses and oxen (or sometimes even local youths) wait at outposts along most major waterways to haul vessels upstream for a fee. Meanwhile [[Myrkentown]]'s location on the shore of [[Silver Lake]] has established the it as the region's main interchange between road and river traffic.

*[[Ostmere]], [[Erlkynwold]], and [[Lindock]] lie along the [[West Mavoiir]] River, and are the major shipping outposts between [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Amasynia]]. [[Erlkynwold]], though almost unreachable by overland routes, serves as an important trading post between [[Myrkentown]]'s merchants and the inhabitants of the elven enclave deep in the [[Western Woods]].
*Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services along the banks of the [[Posehabnak]].

Waterways

2014-07-01T22:54:50Z

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'''Waterways''' is a blanket term for the various industries that rely on Myrkenwood's rivers, streams, and lakes. These include ''Fishing'', ''Shipping'', and ''Travel''. In Myrkenwood, there are four major rivers - the [[West Mavoiir]], the [[East Mavoiir]], the [[Posehabnak]], and the [[Sagpa]] - and three major lakes - [[Silver Lake]], [[Tewellyn Lake]], and part of the [[Mavoiir Lake]]. Due to this, Waterway work is always in demand, and much of Myrkenwood's shipping is done by river, with [[Myrkentown]] itself being situated partially on [[Silver Lake]].

'''Fishing'''
Anyone with the time, the inclination, and a line or trap may catch a fish or two for supper. Most of the major fishing industry lies at the lakes, with [[Shawburn]] at [[Tewellyn Lake]], [[Myrkentown]], and with sea fishes from [[Quagside]] sent down to [[Foggy Bottom]] to be pickled, packaged, and shipped. There are also various industrious individuals that fish all along the rivers and streams for rarer catches and roe. [[Foggy Bottom]], at spring and at fall, becomes an attraction with the running of sturgeon and salmon, with workers migrating upriver in order to have a chance to make some quick coin.

*[[Quagside]]
*[[Myrkentown]]
*[[Shawburn]]
*[[Foggy Bottom]]

'''Shipping and Travel'''
With [[Myrkenwood]] Province itself being rather back-woods and poor, many of it's roads are nothing more than dirt trails, the upkeep of it falling to undermanned woodsmen, local families, or local guard-posts. Most of the roads are deeply rutted, and hopelessly muddy for much of the year. Myrkenwood's rivers and lakes provide an easier, smoother, and quicker way of shipping large amounts of good and people throughout the province. Entire towns have sprung up around this concept, little more than buildings and docks lining the river. In rough spots, teams of oxen and horses are kept to help haul the barges through the rapids. [[Myrkentown]] is at the nexus of such travel, with many of the goods meant for here or for [[Amasynia]].

*[[Ostmere]], [[Erlkynwold]], and [[Lindock]] lie along the [[West Mavoiir]] River, and are the major shipping towns from [[Myrkenwood]] into [[Amasynia]]. Erlkynwold, in particular, is a destination for many goods purchased or sold by the Elvenfolk, and is thus slightly bigger than her twins.
*Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services up the [[Posehabnak]].

Deathwatch

2012-05-12T21:23:42Z

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Making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger: not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an NPC, you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the [[players]]. This page is dedicated to all the NPCs who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 212'''==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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|May 12 || Renauld || Suicide || [[Liam Swann]] || Read a book; his own life he took.
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|}

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 208'''==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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| May 12 || Ruy Azevedo || Crushed skull. || A macabre beast. || First to fall to the beast's attack upon the occupied counting-house.
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|May 12 || Anrrique Carvalho || Devoured. || A macabre beast. || First to satisfy the beast's vile hunger.
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|May 12 || Joham Ribeiro || Abducted, presumed dead. || A macabre beast. || Last to fall to the monstrosity.
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|May 12 || Alvaro Cruz || Multiple rupturing aneurysms || [[Rhaena Olwak]] || Sacrificed to preserve the other half of a metaconcert, during a psionic battle with Trader Olwak.
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|May 12 || Edward Aguillard || Stabbed in the back || [[Dulcie|Dulcie Baker]] || Stabbed while manning a window of the captured counting-house.
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|May 12 || Vincente Neves || Crossbow bolt || [[Myrken Militia]] || Shot while fleeing the captured counting-house.
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|May 12 || Anthonio Furtado || Crossbow bolt || [[Myrken Militia]] || " "
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|May 12 || Baltesar Tavares || Crossbow bolt || [[Myrken Militia]] || " "
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|May 12 || Duarte Batista || Disembowelled || [[Ymir]] || Sliced across the chest when ambushed by [[Dulcie|Dulcie Baker]] and [[Kurt Lentham]]; fell into the waiting arms of mul [[Ymir]].
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|May 12 || Luis Mendonca || Crossbow bolt || [[Myrken Militia]] || Shot following surrender to [[Agnieszka Kaczmarek|Captain Kaczmarek]].
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|May 12 || Veloso Oliveira Silva || Crossbow bolt || [[Myrken Militia]] || " "
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| May 6 || Unnamed Clerk || Bisected by an arcane shield.|| [[Maziani|Negociantes da Morte]]. || During a desperate attempt to flee the occupied counting-house.
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| May 4 || Yves Limantour || A longsword's thrust to the gut. || [[Kurt Lentham]]. || Succumbed finally to those wounds sustained during the Negociantes' taking of the counting-house.
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| May 3 || Unnamed Bridesmaid || Slit throat. || Jhorge Vasconcelos of the [[Maziani|Negociantes da Morte]]. || A demonstration of the Negociantes' serious intent.
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| March 26 || Treadwell's unnamed carriage driver || Beaten in the head || Unknown assailants || Killed while Treadwell's carriage was being assaulted.
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| February 6 || Piper Dreamirse || The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]]'s sword, Deliverance || [[Teron Ashfiend]] || Slain as retribuion for her theft of one silver urn.
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|}

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 207'''==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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| November 8-16 || Over 100 citizens of [[Myrken Wood]] || The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]]'s sword, Deliverance || [[Teron Ashfiend]] || Murdered to serve the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] in undeath.
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|October 15 || Constable [[Charles McCoy]]|| Knife || [[Aeryn Karolinger]] || Slain in cold blood by the ex-Marshall after a dispute in the [[Broken Dagger]]
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|September 7 || Mateusz Kaczmarek || The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]]'s sword, Deliverance || [[Teron Ashfiend]] || Slain when the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] came to Calomel's Farm
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|September 7 || Laranna Kaczmarek || The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]]'s sword, Deliverance || [[Teron Ashfiend]] || Slain when the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] came to Calomel's Farm
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|September 7 || Elzhara Massry || Fire || [[Teron Ashfiend]] || Burned in her home when the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] came to Calomel's Farm
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|August 19 || Shepherd Knights and Constables || Various || The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]]'s undead servants || Slain in the attack upon the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] at [[Priory of Snowstill|Snowstill]]
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|August 16 || [[Jan Baker]] || Stabbing || Unknown || Murdered in his home; no signs of a struggle.
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|May 15 || Malinda Fairbanks || Knife || Michael Hart || Slain in the forest near [[Myrkentown]] after being ravaged.
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|April 28 || 6 [[Myrkentown Constabulary|Constables]] || Arrows || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] || Slain while performing their duties opposing a coup against Governor [[Coriolanus Helstone|Helstone]], orchestrated by [[Altias Bromn]] and the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]].
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|April 28 || 1 townsman || Severe head trama || Fellow townsman || Died from injury sustained in the riot that led to the coup against Governor [[Coriolanus Helstone|Helstone]], orchestrated by [[Altias Bromn]] and the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]].
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|April 25 || Ginger Jonas || Eaten alive || [[Slay]] || Chewed remains were found in the forest near the [[Broken Dagger]]
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|April 14 || Corporal Darryl Ruthvin || Various injuries || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] || Executed in a manner consistent with the predation of [[Mont'Kai]] cultists.
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|April 14 || 6 [[Myrken Militia|Militiamen]] || Various injuries || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] || Executed in a manner consistent with the predation of [[Mont'Kai]] cultists.
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|April 14 || 13 [[Myrken Militia|Militiamen]] || Various injuries || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] || Died upon Pritchite land, during an armed confrontation with the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Brotherhood]].
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|April 14 || Corporal Xavier Quentin || Physical trauma || [[Myrken Militia]] || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Janeiro]] Corporal, died of wounds sustained during a confrontation with [[Myrken Militia|Militiamen]] upon [[Pritchites|Pritchite]] land.
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|April 14 || Swentin Jacobs || Thrown spear || [[Myrken Militia]] || [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Janeiro]] Brother, killed instantly via a spear to the chest, during a confrontation with [[Myrken Militia|Militiamen]] upon [[Pritchites|Pritchite]] land.
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|January 29 || Two stablehands|| Skulls crushed ||Unknown || Murdered in their stable, where the horses were left unharmed.
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|January 21 || Janice Fines || Massive physical trauma ||Unknown || Thrown from the roof of [[Altias Bromn|Bromn]]'s bakery
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|}

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 206'''==

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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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|August 23 ||20 members of the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] || Slaughtered || [[Drow]] and [[Kerrak al'Nerun]] || Lead to their death in an attack against [[Faeryl]] and [[Audmathus]]'s stronghold.
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|August 9 ||[[Jerron ClearWater| Jerron Augustus ClearWater Jr.]] || Murdered || [[Zin]] || Slit throat while passed out at bar. Blamed on [[Cringe DarkBlayde]].
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| August 1-8 || 274 [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] of [[Stonepath]], [[Thessilane]] || Consumed || [[Bracchus]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?p=12173#post12173 Bracchus: Dwarven Scourge]
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| July 17 || [[Little Jimmy]] || Consumed || [[The Blob]] || Eaten alive while playing in the [[Silver Lake]]
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| July 17 || [[Little Billy]] || Consumed || [[The Blob]] || Eaten alive while playing in the [[Silver Lake]]
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| July 16-17 || [[Wilhelm Scott]] || Murdered || [[the Beast]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=2019 Traitorous Blood]
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| July 16-17 || [[Mariville Hester]] || Murdered || [[the Beast]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=2019 Traitorous Blood]
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| July 16-17 || [[Jerald Duthane]] || Murdered || [[the Beast]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=2019 Traitorous Blood]
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| July 16 || 18 [[Lothbury Estate|Lothbury]] Guards and Labourers || Variously crushed, burned and damaged || [[Ugly Squad|The Ugly Squad]] || Perished during [http://brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=2028 The Obliteration of Lothbury Estate]
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| July 07 || [[Christianna Wayerly ]] || Murdered || [[Magdelaena Valteri]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=1990 For the Sins of Quiescence...]
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| July 06 || [[Olsmith|Tom Olsmith]] || Shot with arrows || The [[Nightmare Company]] || Slain by arrows while trying to escape an assault on his house.
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| July 06 || [[Olsmith|Jimmel Olsmith]] || Murdered || The [[Nightmare Company]] || Slain while defending his family.
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| July 06 || [[Olsmith|Joffrey Olsmith]] || Murdered || The [[Nightmare Company]] || Slain while defending his family.
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| July 06 || [[Olsmith|Old Man Olsmith]] || Murdered || The [[Nightmare Company]] || Slain while defending his family.
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| July 06 || [[Olsmith|Lady Olsmith]] || Beheaded || The [[Nightmare Company]] || Beheaded while trying to escape an assault on her house.
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| July 02 || [[Fawn Mourning]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || Slain while restrained by [[General Eriks DeMord Sleipner|The General]].
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| June 07 || [[Raeth Salki]] || Murdered || [[Reagan Biske]] || Murdered while seeking a cure from [[Bryce Larose]].
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| June 07 || [[Trum Little]] || Murdered || [[Reagan Biske]] || Murdered while seeking a cure from [[Bryce Larose]].
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| Late May || [[Kaczmareks|Josef Kaczmarek]] || Complications related to blood-loss || The [[Bloody Flux]]
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| May 14 || [[Gorje Swithin]] || Asphyxiation || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The word "FAWN" was carved into what remained of his chest.
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| May 9 || [[H’varth]] || Murdered || [[Reverie]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=1890 Tea, in the name of Myrken...] [[Drow Me the Way]]
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| May 9 || [[Susendra]] || Murdered || [[D'ran]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=1890 Tea, in the name of Myrken...] [[Drow Me the Way]]
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| May 9 || [[Ferdrek Tumsen]] || Murdered || [[Audmathus]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=1890 Tea, in the name of Myrken...] [[Drow Me the Way]]
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| May 2 || [[Bea Kanaya]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The word "BELIEF?" was carved into a wall near her corpse.
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| April 15 || [[Cordwainer Beucol]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The word "FAITH" was carved into the body.
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| April 15 || [[Dyer Halfplow]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The word "FEAR" was carved into his chest.
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| March 30 || [[Alwyn Swithin]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || "Surrender him" was written in blood beside his body.
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| March 28 || [[Sasha Rou]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The word "Recant" was carved into her back.
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| March 26 || [[Phinneas Ansgot]] || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || The words "[[BELIEVE|Belief Is Death]]" were carved into his chest.
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| January 27 || [[Smithy Gritchell]] || Murdered || Killed by [[Drow]] Patrols || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=1797 "In the name of..." ] [[Drow Me the Way]]
|}

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 205'''==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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| May 25 || Colin Dunne || Murdered || [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] || Died while attempting to return Ariane Emory to her cell, in the cavern of the [[Order of the All]].
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| May 25 || Delia May || Sacrificed || [[Thadius Dhrin]] || With her throat slit and her eyes removed, Delia May was a willing sacrifice for the [[Order of the All]].
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| May 18 || [[Jaque Fenway]] || Murdered || The [[Order of the All]] || Set upon by a mob directed by [[Thadius Dhrin]], dumped upon the lawn of the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)]].
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| May 12 || [[Kinny Fletcherson]] || Suicide || N/A || Jumped from the roof of the [[Chapel of Saint Iona]]
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| April 26 || [[Klenn Mertson]] || Murder || Unknown || Klenn's body was set atop his mule (which was also dead); the two are held upright by a support of wooden poles and coarse rope, so that from a distance they appear almost to be alive.
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| April 26 || [[Gertie Mertson]] || Murder || Unknown || Gertie has been similarly erected in her own kitchen, a wooden bowl and stirring spoon in her dead hands. The word "[[BELIEVE]]" carved into her forehead.
|-
|}

=='''[[Anno Regalis]] 203'''==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
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! Date !! Name !! Cause of Death !! Person(s) Responsible !! Notes
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| December 19 || [[Nathaniel Darve]] || Murder || [[Baie Oblic`ej|The Baie]] || [http://www.brokendagger.com/BB/showthread.php?t=926 The Collection Grows]
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| August 16 || [[Loviti Obe't']] || Murder || [[Baie Oblic`ej|The Baie]] || Killed in a fight with The Baie.
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| June 1 || [[Drue Kanaya]] || Murder || [[Baie Oblic`ej|The Baie]] || Killed with many others during the [[Massacre at Townsedge]].
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| April 22 || [[Cass Tolmer]] || Murder || [[Baie Oblic`ej|The Baie]] || Killed by having her eyes removed.
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| April 22 || [[Vin Tolmer]] || Murder || [[Baie Oblic`ej|The Baie]] || Killed by an axe to the chest.
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| April 2 || [[Hebecka Phuri]] || Unknown || Unknown || See "Gad Phuri" above.
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| April 2 || [[Gad Phuri]] || Unknown || Unknown || Immediate knowledge of death was unknown because [[Aloisius Treadwell]] impersonated Phuri. No one knew of the death, so there was no investigation.
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|}

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Badgers

2012-03-04T00:08:47Z

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|Ramge: || [[Sikasoon Mountain]]
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|Alignment: || Derry Loyalists
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[[Badgers|The Badgers]], as they are collectively called, are a semi-organized group of bandits, freedom-fighters, anarchists, and loyalists that are, in principle, sworn to take [[Derry]] back from [[Thessilane]], and to drive the Occupiers and Intruders out of their homeland.

==the people==
Most Badgers are unlearned peasantry, craftspeople, former militiamen, and - in some rare cases - former members of the Guard. The average age is quite young, with a bulk of the small forces consisting of those who had been too young to oppose [[Thessilane]] in the initial fighting. Mountain-and-Fjord folk tend to outweigh the ones from the more gentler, Southern plains of [[Derry]], simply due to access and localized word-of-mouth, for the Badgers tend to operate in these areas rather than directly face the horses of [[Thessilane]].

==tactics and weaponry==
The average Badger wears stolen books and coats stolen off [[Thessilane]] soldiery themselves, along with any weaponry picked from the battlefield. Due to the general, untrained nature of the rabble, they prefer guerrilla tactics, taking advantage of their knowledge of the mountain paths to stage accidents, skirmishes, and theft of [[Thessilane]] goods, and those manufactured by known sympathizers. With their small, mountain ponies, they can hit almost anywhere along the roads. They prefer bows, slings, and axes, being as a rule untrained in swordwork.

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2012-02-15T17:34:55Z

Esloane:

Spiders and maggots.

==ab aeterno==

'''In''' the latter months of AR 209, there came to the Broken Dagger, and Myrkenwood in general, an emaciated madman who knew himself only as 'a Grand Catch'. Named 'Catch' from this by the locals, he was taken in by the kindness of Dulcie. His past nothing more than, to others and himself, ravings and seeming-riddles, fragments of memory that had become muddled in Catch's mind, no doubt the issue arising from the massive scar that neatly split his skull in two, from brow to nape, as if a great axe or sword had buried itself there in a battle long gone by. It became quickly apparent that, while inherently gentle and eager to please, the madman was prone to bouts of childish sulking and great violence, quickly compounded by the weight he put on while under Dulcie's care, the tall, thin man becoming a broad-chested creature of hard muscle.

'''For''' two years an uneasy limbo existed between the townspeople and the madman, where Catch struggled to be helpful and temper his irrational rages, and those who had come to know him - Glenn Burnie, in particular - did their best to keep him comfortable and under control. Catch's friendly and eager nature meant that he retained 'friends' from many sources, including werewolves, drow, dragons, and other desireables and undesireables, adding to the friction that surrounded him. From the first, his nature held many secrets he could not explain. A penchant for healing through, seemingly, magical means, a talent that Catch was urged to keep to himself by Elliot, and yet he used many times, such as freeing Suede Roschen's own mind from paranoia and madness. Catch insisted, too, that he could hear things that others could not, see and smell things they could not, and though he spoke in riddles without realizing, yet much of what he had claimed or said would come true. Instead if ingratiating himself, these abilities only seemed to set him further apart, leaving himself to Himself, and putting him further into the brooding morass that was his own, broken mind, infected with demons and frightening apparitions of his own creation.

'''At''' Glenn Burnie's urging, and with the aid of the healer Lamai, Catch began to find a peace he had not known before, able to quiet the ramblings in his brains. Such a peace, however, was short-lived, for with a semblance of sanity came terrifying dreams and visions, strange and awesome memories that could not possibly be true, and yet somehow were. At the Grand Ball, held in AR 211, Catch showed an ethereal, deadly creature hiding just under the skin, nearly murdering the shaman Thadius Dhrin, and placing Lamai into unconsciousness as his natural ability used her to, unknown to him, and uncontrolled, bring Dhrin back to life. Catch fled the Ball shortly after, evading capture and, in the end, punishment, for Glenn Burnie stepped in on his behalf, and Catch, frightened by what he had done, did his best to show that he was not murderous, or insane.

'''Catch's''' memories, however, were becoming more and more specific, more and more strange and uncontrolled and frightening. It was in the throes of one of these visions that he, unknowing, summoned a Presence into Silver Lake, a Thing that he called an Eye. When investigated, though catch struggled to keep it a secret, it revealed itself to be a strange, conical construct, three stones - obsidian, ruby, and alabaster - skillfully twined into one. It was at this time, as well, that Catch became increasingly friendly with Jirai and Matron Faeryl, and brought fresher sins to light, so that Glenn Burnie sought to educate and manipulate the addled man into fearing the Drow through use of a puppet-show. Moderately successful, Catch veered back onto a path of, if not sanity, then well-ordered and obedient servitude to the people and Tavern that has given him so much.

===novus===

'''Unable''' to resist the forbidden Rhin, Catch, in his attempts to see her without Drache knowing, instead stole the child from her bed. He was found out when he came to the Broken Dagger to attempt in feeding the hungry child, and was taken to the Gaol by Agnie and Renea. The latter did her best to keep the madman comfortable, but unable to walk the forests and paths that he loved, the madman drew further and further inwards, down paths in his mind that he, under normal circumstances, did not go. It was in one of these paths, in sleeping, that Catch finally came into his Truth. With a Word that has no Sound, Catch destroyed the Gaol, and inadvertently caused the ground to shake so terribly that Myrkentown, and the surrounding areas, had come to flame and poison from the pressures released deep underground. Ignorant of what he had caused, Catch ''Changed'', at once becoming ''more'' sane, and yet still slipping further into insanity.

'''Catch''' is, currently, at large, though Kacela and Jarod know how to find him.

==vulticulus==

'''Catch''' is a large man, standing at six and six inches of height, and weighting at roughly fourteen stone. His muscled build consists of broad shoulders, long arms and legs, and a long waist, giving him an odd, stretched appearance, as if he should have been a smaller man, but some great hand had changed it. His hands are large and, for the most part, clumsy, his fingers, too, stretched long. They alone out of his body contain scarring, silver remnants of strange, ugly, militaristic tattoos. While the finer aspects of most grooming evade him, he does take pains to keep himself clean, and other residents have, at one time or another, done their part to keep his near-white beard and hair trimmed, or else they grow into wild, tangled curls.

'''The''' most startling part of his appearance, the most sickening, as the great scar that neatly bisects his skull, beginning at the twisting of his brows and traveling a bare path to the very nape of his neck. It has not healed well, and so is a knotted and twisted0 thing, angry red even after all these years, and is left conspicuous because no hair will grow in the places it infests, or cover it. Catch attempts to keep it hidden under various hats, the hats themselves becoming something of an obsession of his.

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