April Marginalia

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#C0C0C0" LINK="#FFFF00" VLINK="#808080"> <TABLE WIDTH="400" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../../images/mhb1.jpg" ALT="Magic Horizons Title Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="398" HEIGHT="162"></P> <H2>Port Mahon Marginalia </H2> <H4>Skallavir Attacks Port Mahon </H4> <P>Four Skallavir longships, each carrying between twenty-five and fifty warriors, beached near Port Mahon. Two more longships did not commit to the fight and remained anchored off shore. The raiders tried to capture a Calahornian merchanter that was drawn ashore for unloading. The citizens of Port Mahon rescued the merchants and their goods from the marauders, but were unable to save the ship.</P> <P>The Skallavir attacked Port Mahon itself, and were driven off in heavy fighting. The garrison defended the walls of the new palisade, while the citizen adventurers held the gate. The Skallavir suffered severe casualties, while there were none among either the garrison or the citizenry, a tribute to strong walls and superior skill at arms. Other Skall raids against the outlying farms met with similar, and equally successful, resistance. Only one farm was fired, but the blaze was extinguished before the building was consumed.</P> <P>While the Skallavir were rampaging through the surrounding countryside searching for valuables to carry off, Belisarius and Fekesh, two members of the Cuisinart Corps, snuck out to the beached longships and burned three of them. They took the oars, steering oar, and sails from the fourth ship so that the returning Skalls would have their escape cut off. </P> <P>The two ships that were anchored off shore came to the aid of their stranded comrades and towed the disabled ship out to sea. Without steering oar and sails it was undoubtedly soon lost at sea with all aboard. </P> <P>Some Skalls failed to return to the disabled ship, so they remain in the area. Like the orcs, goblins, and other monsters, they are now a hazard to be eliminated so that Port Mahon can expand. </P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+1">Advertise your Goods and Services<BR> in Port Mahon's premier newspaper,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE="+3">The Port Mahon Marginalia</FONT> <BR>Single issue, seasonal, or yearly rates</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Good Kern Pod Weather</H4> <P>The early spring has been good for the Kern Pods, at least according to Juvenal Bosca, one of the woodsmen that earns his living by gathering the pods. The plants have leafed out already, a sign that indicates that this years harvest should be heavier than last.</P> <P>Where there are Kern Pods, there are smugglers. Commander Julius Castor has stated that if the number of Kern Pods sold does not at least match last years numbers, the reward for the capture of the smugglers will increase. </P> <P>Once they left the Great Orc territory, the adventurers were attacked on sight by orcs armed with metal weapons. Superior numbers and fighting skill eventually prevailed, the Severed Head Orc tribe was decimated and Brand was captured and returned to Port Mahon.</P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Tertullian Monocles, Engineer</FONT></STRONG> <BR><EM><FONT SIZE="+1">"Building the Future of Port Mahon"</FONT></EM> <BR> Contracting, Labor Saving Devices, and Fortifications<BR> Other Projects Upon Request </P> </TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Margin Notes: an Editorial</H4> <P>As everyone knows, the Pragmatic Empire and Skallavir are at war. There has been no word of any battles elsewhere in the Empire. Port Mahon was attacked with disastrous results for the attackers. The eighty pikemen of the garrison, and the double handful of citizen adventurers proved to be enough to beat off a force of considerably higher numbers. I mean no insult to the skill and courage of Port Mahon's defenders, but the Skall were not using the sound tactics that they have developed in their centuries of raiding. </P> <P>Nor were they using the strategy that Bjorn Lanssen, the terror of the Northern Seas, should be using. Port Mahon is not a wealthy target, filled with important nobles that can scream for Imperial protection -- and get it. Nor are we a military target, no warships call this port home, and the two understrength companies of the 24th Gemarnian are easily ignorable. There was no reason for them to come here, 3000 miles from their home, 1000 miles from the nearest target of importance. </P> <P> Yet here they were. Why?</P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2">Darial the Spellbinder</FONT><BR> Enchanter, Papermaker, and Scholar.</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Famous Scholar in Town</H4> <P>Montgomery Cato, son of the late Hellenic scholar Corneleus Cato, will be in Port Mahon to examine any Hellenic artifacts in the possession of the citizens of Port Mahon. Like his father before him, he is an expert in Hellenic languages and ruins. After his visit, he will be returning to the new settlement of Fort Rollins, which he is in charge of.</P> <H4>Out of Game </H4> <P>Magic Horizons players receive subscriptions to Until Such Times, the S. Wisconsin IFGS newsletter, which includes a copy of the previous month's Port Mahon Marginalia, if we have your current address. Address corrections should be made at check-in or check-out, or sent to <A HREF="mailto:jaysongr@mail.execpc.com">Jayson Gralewicz</A>. </P> <P>Summer game dates: May 17th, June 21st, July 19th, August 16th, September 20th, and October 18th. <BR> All games are held at Camp Wowitan, check-in opens at 10:30am. The game starts at noon, and ends at 6:00pm. </P> <P><STRONG>DIRECTIONS TO YMCA CAMP WOWITAN</STRONG>: Take US 45 north from Milwaukee (or come down south from the north, whatever). Exit East Pleasant Valley Road (about 10 miles north of Milwaukee, 3 miles south of West Bend) and go east. At the stop sign (County Hwy P) turn left. Go one mile and turn right on County Highway NN (also known as Hwy 143). Go about 4 miles to Church road, then turn left on Church Road (going north) and stay on Church road until it dead ends. The building at the end of the road is Grede Lodge, where check-in is located. </P> <P>Material for the Marginalia, either in or out of game, is due one week before the game. If you cannot find me during a game and you wish to advertise or have some other information, talk to me out of game. <BR> Janice Hanchar -- (414) 466-3159 or e-mail to <A HREF="mailto:hanchar@mfa.com">hanchar@mfa.com</A><BR> Due date for May Marginalia: <STRONG>May 11th.</STRONG></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="97_mar.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/prev_g.jpg" ALT="[Previous]" BORDER="0" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="24"></A><A HREF="97_may.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/next_g.jpg" ALT="[Next]" BORDER="0" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="24"></A></P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD><A><IMG SRC="../../images/left_h.jpg" ALT="Left End Of Scroll Bar" WIDTH="32" HEIGHT="116"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../info/info_toc.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/info_h_n.jpg" ALT="[Logistics]" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="116" NAME="info"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../game/game_toc.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/game_h_n.jpg" ALT="[Game Info]" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="60" HEIGHT="116" NAME="game"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../misc/misc_toc.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/misc_h_n.jpg" ALT="[Miscellaneous Information]" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="116" NAME="misc"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../faq.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/faq_h_n.jpg" ALT="[Frequently Asked Questions]" BORDER="0" WIDTH="58" HEIGHT="116" NAME="faq"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../new.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/new_h_n.jpg" ALT="[What's New]" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="52" HEIGHT="116" NAME="whatsNew"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../../index.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/home_h_n.jpg" ALT="[Magic Horizons Home Page]" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="59" HEIGHT="116" NAME="home"></A></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="../../images/right_h.jpg" ALT="Right End Of Scroll Bar" WIDTH="22" HEIGHT="116"></TD></TR></TABLE> <P>Problems with the page? 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